[MusicTlk] introduction and welcome

[Jamie Prater]

Hi, I wanted to say hi and welcome all new members and introduce myself.  I
am not a member of NFB, but this may be the only list for musicians who are
blind and who read braille music.  I taught myself to read braille music
from books back in high school back in the 1980's.  I have studied voice and
piano in the past and also flute and a bit of harmonica.  The harmonica is
fun and the tabs are easy to read and/or remember but the harmonica made my
teeth vibrate and feel funny so I had to abandon it but still have some tabs
I can play with.  I am taking flute again from a young lady in my college
town who needs some credits for teaching music and is giving free lessons.
I am relearning where the keys are and stuff like that and I have some
braille stuff as well as some Bill Brown material from the nls.  I am a
47-year-old woman and I have my own apartment, I own two dogs, and I love to
cook and do several yarn crafts.  I also am an avid reader.  I do gardening
when it is in season.  I can use a lot of the piano youtube videos but
haven't tried with flute.  I am interested in learning the violin but so far
that hasn't taken off the ground yet.  I haven't taken time to see how
accessible flute videos are yet and am curious as to what you all think of
that.  I love music and at one time wanted to become a music teacher but
that didn't work out.  I am glad there has been an increase in what the nls
is doing for flute music and flute players and I am also happy about the
possible flute list for the blind and would definitely be interested in
this.  Thanks for taking time to read this and have a blessed day.