[Jobs] Blind People in the Recording Industry

[Dick Davis]

Tim,

Thank you for responding.  I looked at both websites, and I really like the
one where you click on a band member and get that person's part of the song.
It's really cool.  In order to make that happen, I assume each band member
was on a single track.  Is that true, or is my knowledge of recording
technology too far out of date?

One of the things we work on in the classes I teach is putting our students
in touch with people (blind ones, if at all possible) who are doing the kind
of work each student is interested in.  I would like to put the guy I am
working with, whose name is Mike, in touch with you if you are willing to
answer more questions.  

If that is O.K., can you send me your e-mail address?  If you don't want to
post it on the listserv, you can send it to my e-mail, ddavis at blindinc.org.


Thanks again,
Dick Davis
Assistant Director for Employment Programs
BLIND, Inc.
100 East 22nd Street
Minneapolis, MN 55404


-----Original Message-----
From: jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Tim Elder
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 8:56 PM
To: Jobs for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Jobs] Blind People in the Recording Industry

There are plenty of blind people in the recording industry. I'd say most of 
them doing it though are freelance for hire or own their own studios. It 
kind of depends if you want to go into business recording other people or if

you simply have the equipment and proficiency so you can produce your own 
records without having to hire an engineer and studio for $50 and upper 
hour. I operate my own studio setup to save costs in production but don't 
really hire my services out because I'd rather spend the time focusing on my

own music and selling CDs.
The bottom line though is that there are blind people operating recording 
studios on many different levels. There's a plethora of individuals working 
out of small bedroom project studios and the number starts to shrink as you 
get up into the larger more expensive studio setups. It kind of just depends

on what you want to do, what you know how to do and how much demand there is

for your skill set and equipment.
Sonar is an excellent accessible program for extensive MIDI arranging and 
light audio multi-tracking. Pro Tools is the industry standard for 
multi-track audio recording and production. It isn't completely accessible 
but there are a number of tactile surface controllers and screenreader 
applications that get it in the ball park. There are other alternatives as 
well.
Let me know if you want to know more.
 Tim Elder
The music I produce
http://radioaltar.com
or
http://myspace.com/radioaltar


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Portillo" <jp100 at earthlink.net>
To: "Jobs for the Blind" <jobs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Jobs] Blind People in the Recording Industry


> Quite honestly, that would interest me very much as well!
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dick Davis" <ddavis at blindinc.org>
> To: "'Jobs for the Blind'" <jobs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:42 PM
> Subject: [Jobs] Blind People in the Recording Industry
>
>
>> I'm wondering if any of you guys know of blind people who work as
>> recording
>> technicians or do other jobs in the recording industry.  I am working 
>> with
>> a
>> guy who very much wants to be a recording technician.
>>
>> Thanks for any help you can give.
>>
>> Dick Davis
>> Assistant Director
>> BLIND, Inc.
>>
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