[musictlk] Something that I noticed on Youtube

Mon Oct 8 17:59:53 UTC 2012

i totally agree. 
On Oct 8, 2012, at 1:52 PM, Joshua Lester wrote:

> Well: I guess back in the 1920's, (which was when these two were popular,) the steriotype of blindness was so strong, that they were pressured into it.
> Now, thanks to the NFB, things are slowly changing!
> I don't want to be marketed as "Blind" Joshua Lester.
> 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 12:45 PM
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> Subject: Re: [musictlk] Something that I noticed on Youtube
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> 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
>> ________________________________________
>> 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
>>> ________________________________________
>>> 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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