[stylist] A New Member

[Donna Hill]

Jim,
He probably had that mentor, because he is also fortunate to be a member 
of an extremely wealthy family.  I love his voice, but I do recognize 
that he isn't as consistent as some.  When he's on though, he has such 
a  wonderful feeling for the music.  As far as falling off stage ... I 
heard that.  It's funny that when sighted people fall off stage, no one 
gets on their case.
Donna

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James Canaday M.A. N6YR wrote:
> for John's info,
> Andrea Boccelli is an italian tenor blind and selling a lot of CD's.  
> he was fortunate to have a very very famous mentor.
>
> my wife who is blind and a voice teacher feels he actually is a poor 
> singer, and that he only got his fame because of his mentor.  his 
> mentor was Luciano Paviroti (sp?).   couple of years ago Boccelli fell 
> off a stage on which he was singing.
>
> no, I an't no singer or musician and couldn't play one on TV!
> jc
>
> Jim Canaday M.A.
> Lawrence, KS
>
> At 07:48 PM 12/28/2008, you wrote:
>> Fred,
>>
>> He's one of my all-time favorite singers, but alas he is Italian, not 
>> American.
>> Donna
>>
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>> phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=259244374 
>>
>>
>> Performing Arts Division of the National Federation of the Blind
>> www.padnfb.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Fred Wurtzel wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> How about Andre Bocelli?  He is a world-wide superstar and younger 
>>> than me.
>>>
>>> Warm Regards,
>>>
>>> Fred
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Donna Hill
>>> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 11:33 AM
>>> To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [stylist] A New Member
>>>
>>> John,
>>> Perhaps not, but that has more to do with the fact that musical 
>>> superstars are traditionally more popular than acting superstars.
>>> Furthermore, we haven't had a new blind American superstar since 
>>> Jose Feliciano and Stevie Wonder, both of whom attained their status 
>>> decades ago when the emphasis on needing to be a sex symbol in 
>>> addition to being a musician had just begun to emerge.  I think you 
>>> have also missed the point that blind women are not part of the 
>>> American mainstream culture at all, whether they are accepted in the 
>>> blindness community or not.
>>> The existence of female representatives of minority groups has 
>>> accompanied a change in public acceptance of their minorities.  So 
>>> far, the public doesn't find blind women that appealing.
>>> Donna
>>>
>>>
>>
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