Re: Off topic question with regard to addressing the topic of my blindness in an artist bio/press release

2014-10-12 Thread Keith Reedy
Hey Brian, Great bio I learned a lot about you. I have done a number of CDs and singles over the years, Amazon iTunes and more and I have never felt the need to talk about my blindness. I booked out of Nashville TN for a few years some years ago and it was never an issue. Well there was one

Off topic question with regard to addressing the topic of my blindness in an artist bio/press release

2014-10-11 Thread Brian Casey
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: briancaseymu...@gmail.com So,

Re: Off topic question with regard to addressing the topic of my blindness in an artist bio/press release

2014-10-11 Thread Scott Chesworth
This is all subjective obviously, but for me the sweet spot for the bombshell is usually 2nd or 3rd sentence in. I always feel like the first sentence drop means blindness defining everything that follows, whereas a couple of sentences in should be early enough to catch the attention of anyone

Re: Off topic question with regard to addressing the topic of my blindness in an artist bio/press release

2014-10-11 Thread Brian Casey
I wish my hearing was extra good! Thanks for the thoughts, I'm basically back to wanting to leave it out altogether again. My ideal hope if I was to include it is to get it in the first sentence in a way that makes it clear that it shouldn't define everything else that comes after it, which

Re: Off topic question with regard to addressing the topic of my blindness in an artist bio/press release

2014-10-11 Thread Scott Chesworth
Ah, but remember you're coming at this from a totally different angle to the reader. For you, this is something to splurge and get out of the way as soon as possible so you can talk about the stuff that's actually important. For them, it's an interesting thing, and it's a perspective that the next

Re: Off topic question with regard to addressing the topic of my blindness in an artist bio/press release

2014-10-11 Thread Slau Halatyn
Hi Brian, This is one of those philosophical questions that has, of course, no right or wrong answer. Naturally, you already know that and are clearly just fielding others' opinion. You've already gotten a couple of good responses. While blindness surely isn't your focal point and it's