[musictlk] Something that I noticed on Youtube

[Timothy Clark Music]

i see your point but who says they didn't want it like that. they didn't do it with steven wander or anyone like that. 
On Oct 8, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Joshua Lester wrote:

> Yeah, but the problem is when they put blind, ad part of the person's name.
> "Blind," Willie Johnson, "Blind" Lemon Jefferson, etc.
> Blessings, Joshua
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> From: musictlk [musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Timothy Clark Music [black59cash at aim.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 12:38 PM
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> Subject: Re: [musictlk] Something that I noticed on Youtube
> 
> 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
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>> 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
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>> 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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