[stylist] stylist Digest, Vol 85, Issue 19

[Kerry Thompson]

Hi Donna,

Where can I buy your CDs? Will they come up if I search for your name at 
Amazon? If so, would it be Donna Hill or Donna W. Hill?

Thanks,
Kerry

On 5/16/2011 4:12 PM, Donna Hill wrote:
> Hi Kerry,
> I supported myself as a musician for over 20 years and put out 3 recordings
> (2 of which are on CD). I did all my own PR, and it used to give me a charge
> every time the Philadelphia Inquirer printed one of my press releases as if
> it were an article written by a staff member. The bulk of my income was from
> doing school assemblies, church and library gigs and from street performing.
> I occasionally got aregular gig, but not often. I think things must be a bit
> better nowadays for blind women, but still there are no blind women in the
> mainstream media. Brooke Fox (NYC), who is visually impaired, seems to get a
> lot of work, and Lisa Ostrow was doing OK in the easy jazz circle. Mindy
> Flegelman Jacobson, who is NFB of NY vice president and is my age, is the
> first blind female cantor. Still, none of them are household  words like
> Stevy Wonder or Ray Charles.
>
> BTW, it was my early experience doing my own PR which gave me the tools to
> do the PR I do for blindness issues. No manager would give me a shot, so it
> was do it myself or give up.
> Donna
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Kerry Thompson
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 3:13 PM
> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [stylist] stylist Digest, Vol 85, Issue 19
>
> Hi friends,
>
> Brad, Andrea Boccelli(sp?) is blind, isn't he? And seems to me I've read
> that Diana Crawl(sp?) is visually impaired. She's certainly well known,
> at least in Jazz circles. But I agree that one or more of our Music
> Division members need to become stars. I'dcertainly buy your records --
> oops, that's CDs -- if you made any. Nowadays it's not that hard I
> gather. Anyone can put a video up on YouTube. I don't know if just
> anyone can put a file up on iTunes, but it probably wouldn't be hard to
> find out. Are you on the MusicTalk list? That's the place to discuss
> this matter. We have sound engineers and guys who know about the
> intricacies of modern recording as well as musicians and songwriters.
>
> Donna, I'm sorry and distressed to hear of your difficulties, surprised
> too. Maybe it is a gender thing. Maybe male club owners and the like
> find it easier to accept a blind man than a blind woman. I really can't
> imagine what the problem is. I've not been on MusicTalk for some time,
> so please forgive me for not knowing this. Have you made a CD? It's not
> all that unusual for me to see items on local news and magazine programs
> about hometown folks, usually women, who've put out a CD. Of course,
> that would involve doing PR, YUCK! But it's something to think about as
> an end run around uncooperative venues. Just a thought. I'm a
> songwriter, not a musician.
>
> Kerry
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