“Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities.”
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I hope the seeds I have sown will be taken up by those who will follow me because the journey I have begun cannot be undertaken in isolation.
And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well, no, we won't accept you, because we haven't a clue - you know - of the future of a so-called 'deaf' musician. And I just couldn't quite accept that.
Marimba is much more of a wood-type experience and there is no real possibility of getting a dry sound, and getting that contrast in the same way that you can in a vibraphone.
I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops.