Hi all, Sorry for the very off topic nature of this post, but I feel there might be some very helpful opinions on this list.
If you have thoughts on this, you might e-mail me directly rather than me clogging the list with off topic traffic. My e-ail is: [email protected] So, generally, I have never made a reference to being blind in any press releases or musician bio's on websites etc as I strive to be noticed for my music alone. Similarly I chose not to make any reference tto being blind on official documentation or websites to do with my studio. However, I've recently changed my opinion a bit on mentioning it in my musician bio/press release as I plan to release my next EP. There are two reasons for this. 1. Recently I played an international guitar festival, and in the programme, they wrote a description for each artist, and after a cool description of me, right at the end was a real awkward looking sentence. Brian is also the first blind musician to play the festival. Like it matters! Anyway, that was a bit cringe, so I've been thinking sense by mentioning my blindness in my own releases, I take control of the situation and set the agenda on how it is mentioned, or at least to an extent. So if I mention it fast, and get it out of the way I might be better off. Obviously if I got more and more well known then people are going to learn about me anyway. 2. The second reason is obviously it's a some what unique selling point, so if I am going to mention it, again I m ay as well mention it early in a bio/press release, catch the attention and move on to talking about what I want to talk about. So that is my reasoning. I'm struggling to find a great way of putting it that I like though! Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Below is a draft I've tried to come up with that addresses it in the very first sentence, aiming to get it done and dusted before the first sentence is even finished. Thanks all, Brian. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At the age of 4, Brian Casey permanently lost his sight after a short but life threatening illness, yet memories of his early life are dominated by his desire to try and explore every musical instrument that crossed his path, because it is music that defines this 25 year old far and above any of lifes other influences. His second EP Rain Songs, due for release this November is a 5 track alternative folk journey through stories of hope and despair, thriving on an eclectic pallet of influences ranging from the intensity and aggression of rock/blues heroes of old to the nuance and openness of his favourite modern day singer-songwriters. Moving from simple acoustic arrangements to larger than life soundscapes with ease, the EP is a self-recorded exhibition of Casey's songwriting, multi-instrumentalism and production skills in equal measure,. Raised on the south-west coast of Ireland, on the edge of Europe, a mish mash of influences pulled Casey's attention from classical piano to traditional Irish music, from his parents collection of classic records to the alternative sounds of the 1990's, drip fed through the static of long wave radio and his brothers cassette-tapes. With very few musicians of a similar age around, makeshift attempts to record and overdub with home stereos and Dictaphones came as a natural solution, setting him on a course of parallel paths that continues today, juggling engineering, musicianship and songwriting in his Wavefield recording studio. Never staying still, 2015 will see the completion of a debut album between touring and other production projects, expanding on the sounds and themes of Rain Songs and Casey's 2014 debut EP, Plain Sailing. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
