[musictlk] Something that I noticed on Youtube

[Timothy Clark Music]

so, if they want to market us as blind musicians that's fine. let's use their marketing against them. 
 see we get fans sometimes because of our blindness.  
 now, if we can show those fans we are normal through the means of social media then that's a win for us as musicians. 
 they do that with def people as well. 
 we can't have everything our way so it's up to us to make it how we want it. 
 use the blindness card only when people are marketing you as a blind individual. 
 take me for example. 
 i'm a blind individual who now writes christian music full time. now being as i'm blind it gives me the chance to share my faith like no other. 
 so you see, this being blind and being marketed as such isn't always a bad thing. 
 it's what you do with it and how you view it is the changing point. 
On Oct 8, 2012, at 1:08 PM, Joshua Lester wrote:

> Brandon, most of the male opera singers, that I've heard, are tenors.
> Basses are the exception to the rule, and the only basses in opera that I know of, are Russian.
> Blessings, Joshua
> ________________________________________
> From: musictlk [musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Brandon Keith Biggs [brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 11:31 AM
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> Subject: Re: [musictlk] Something that I noticed on Youtube
> 
> You know what is even more annoying, when I tell people I'm an Opera singer
> in my big bass voice and the first thing people always say is: Like Andrea
> Bocelli?
> What makes them think of Andrea Bocelli? He isn't even Opera, he's classical
> cross over. He is Italian and I'm American, He is a tenor and I'm a bass and
> the only thing we have in common other than both being singers is we're
> blind.
> We don't even sing the same songs! The only thing that would come close
> would be the Perl fisher's Duet.
> It would be like me going up to Taylor Swift and asking if she was a singer
> like The lead singer of Garbage...
> They're both women singers :)...
> Thanks,
> 
> Brandon Keith Biggs
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua Lester
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 6:43 AM
> To: foristnights at comcast.net ; Music Talk MailingList
> Subject: Re: [musictlk] Something that I noticed on Youtube
> 
> Wow!
> Blindness should never be made fun of, or be marketed!
> Ray Charles, Ronnie Milsap, Stevie Wonder, and others should be recognized
> as great musicians, and marketed as such.
> They shouldn't have this blindness thing over their heads!
> We're blind, and we're not ashamed of it, but please treat us as you would
> sighted musicians!
> Blessings, Joshua
> ________________________________________
> From: musictlk [musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Annabelle Susan
> Morison [foristnights at comcast.net]
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 8:33 AM
> To: 'Music Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [musictlk] Something that I noticed on Youtube
> 
> I remember my partner telling me that when he heard Stevie Wonder performing
> on VH1, he heard a guy telling Stevie, "White people are useless when
> they're blind! What kind of sick person would go so far as to say something
> like that, I wonder?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Joshua
> Lester
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 6:01 AM
> To: musictlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [musictlk] Something that I noticed on Youtube
> 
> I was listening to some Gospel music on Youtube, when I noticed this video.
> It says, "Blind guitar player playing "Just a Closer Walk with Thee."
> They didn't even mention his name, but they made a big deal out of his
> blindness!
> I wish people would view us as everyone else, and not make blindness such a
> big deal!
> Good grief!
> What say you?
> Thanks, Joshua
> 
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