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Sound Without Sight podcast
by Sound Without Sight
Connect. Collaborate. Create. Sound Without Sight is a community-driven online knowledge hub, collating information and resources to support blind and partially sighted musicians and audio engineers to break down access barriers. This podcast highlights content produced by the project. This includes recordings from our Monthly Meet-up Sessions, which each bring together an established VI music or sound professional with community members who are just starting out, and everybody in between. Catch up on all the knowledge, solutions, and tips for success here. If you’re a visually impaired musician or audio engineer, why not share some solutions you’ve found on our knowledge hub? You can learn more and get involved at: soundwithoutsight.org If you’ve enjoyed listening to this podcast,
Episodes
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Webinar: Honing stagecraft and visual presentation as a blind or partially sighted performer, with Sandra Gayer
In this episode, we welcome professional singer, actor, and voiceover artist, Sandra Gayer. Sandra shares valuable insight into the importance of visual styling, stagecraft, and choreography. She explores how blind and partially sighted performers can develop these skills to deliver polished...
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Gary O'Donoghue Q&A: excelling in broadcast journalism
In this episode, we welcome Chief North America Correspondent for BBC News, Gary O’Donoghue. Gary shares valuable insights into: His career and how he navigated a very competitive sector to reach his current position; The techniques he uses in his role to deliver outstanding live content and...
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Making digital mixing consoles talk, with DiGiCo and the Audio Accessibility Alliance
In this episode, we explore how DiGiCo have made their new range of digital mixing consoles talk, with support from the Audio Accessibility Alliance. Representatives from DiGiCo demonstrate their technology prototype, codenamed “DiGiVoice”, which aims to make digital mixing workflows accessible…
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Webinar: Using VOCR to access music software on macOS
In this episode of the Sound Without Sight podcast, artist and producer, Andre Louis, demonstrates VOCR - a third-party add-on for macOS that enables VoiceOver to recognise text and other visual elements that would otherwise prove inaccessible. Andre shares: Where to get VOCR and how to set it…
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Joey Stuckey Q&A: producer, guitarist, and accessible music tech connoisseur
In this episode, we welcome Joey Stuckey, a performer, producer, studio owner, and accessible music tech connoisseur. Joey shares insight into: The solutions he has found throughout his career to enable him to produce and perform, How he runs Shadow Sound Studio, Accessibility trends he is…
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Lachi Q&A: artist, producer, and music industry executive
Notes and links: https://soundwithoutsight.org/lachi-qa-artist-producer-and-music-industry-executive/ Hello and welcome to the Sound Without Sight podcast. In this episode, we welcome Lachi, a musician, producer, CEO and all-round disability icon. Lachi shares insights into her career journey so...
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SightlessKombat: Audio Innovations in Game Accessibility
In this episode, we welcome gaming accessibility consultant, SightlessKombat, who shares examples of some of the audio innovations that are improving access to video games. He shares clips showing how sound cues, narration and audio description are used to enable blind players to navigate and...
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Webinar: Playing in an orchestra at the BBC Proms as a blind musician.
Notes and video version: https://soundwithoutsight.org/replay-now-playing-in-an-orchestra-at-the-bbc-proms-as-a-blind-musician/ In this episode, we welcome recorder player James Risdon. whose work has led him from Bach to Bowie, the Middle Ages to Minimalism. He recently performed with…
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Webinar: Making a BBC Radio documentary
In this episode, we explore the making of the BBC Radio 3 documentary, “Joining the Dots - 200 years of Braille Music”. We welcome Kevin Satizabal, the producer of the documentary, and Matthew Wadsworth, its presenter. Kevin and Matthew share insights into: How they got into their roles. The...
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Monthly Meet-up Session: Musical Cheffing with Andre Louis
In this episode, we welcome Andre Louis, who composes a full track for our next season of podcasts in around an hour, using Logic Pro and Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol with a screen reader. Andre refers to the session as 'musical cheffing' and he takes suggestions for ingredients from...
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Monthly Meet-up Session: MuseScore Studio tips for musicians with print disabilities
This episode demonstrates accessibility tips and tricks in MuseScore Studio. We cover how to access all the functions that might be useful to low vision and neurodivergent musicians, including: Customising the size and colours of the user interface, Applying Modified Stave Notation styles to...
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Monthly Meet-up Session: Ciara Moser
This episode features an interview with Ciara Moser. Ciara is a world class session bassist, composer, and educator on a mission to inspire through music, break down barriers, and show the world that disabilities are not limitations. Ciara speaks about: Performing live, touring, and playing on...
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Monthly Meet-up Session: Byron Harden
This episode features a studio tour and Q&A with producer, engineer, and technology trainer, Byron Harden. Byron speaks about: His music career and his complex journey with sight loss. How he developed ‘I See Music’ - a vocational training provider specifically aimed at blind producers and audio...
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Panel discussion: releasing and monetising your music
So you’ve written something cool and you have a great sounding master … what next? How do you get your music out into the world and what are the different ways you can earn money from your recordings? This episode features a panel discussion about releasing and monetising music! Prolific musician...
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Precious Akindele: applying to and studying at the BRIT School
This bonus episode features an interview with young composer and performer Precious Akindele. Precious shares her experiences of studying at the prestigious BRIT School in the UK, as well as tips for succeeding in the application and audition process. We hope this episode will be especially...
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Monthly Meet-up Session: Ben Price
In this episode, we share the recoding from one of our first ever Monthly Meet-up Sessions, in which welcomed Ben Price as the headline guest. Ben is a prominent advocate for accessibility, in the music industry and an established Artist Manager. His company, Harbourside Management, focuses on...
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Braille Music in the 21st Century - James Risdon
This episode features presentation and Q&A hosted by James Risdon! James is a professional recorder player and a founder member of Paraorchestra. He is also the Access Lead at ABRSM, and previously worked as the Music Officer at RNIB. As part of the celebration of 200 years of braille, James…
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Updates from the Audio Developer Conference, ADC24
In this episode, we share updates from the Audio Developer Conference, ADC, 24. Community member Trahern Culver reported live from the event, and later in this podcast, you will hear the interviews he captured with heritage audio company SSL, musician Andre Louis, and software instrument company...
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Panel discussion: approaches to learning music with a visual impairment
In this episode, we host a panel discussion, curated by Zenny Jabeera, exploring the different approaches that blind musicians might take to learning music and communicating musical ideas. We welcome three very special guests onto the panel: Kevin Satizabal, a composer and music journalist,...
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Live demonstration: braille music translation using Sao Mai Braille (SMB)
In this episode, James Bowden demonstrates all the basics of braille music translation using the Sao Mai Braille app (SMB). James shows how you can use SMB to convert MusicXML format scores into BRF files, ready for embossing or reading on a braille display. You can access the accompanying…
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Live demonstration: MuseScore Studio with a screen reader
In this episode, James Bowden, Braille Technical Officer at RNIB, demonstrates all the basics of the notation app MuseScore Studio using a screen reader. Please also see the accompanying handout and notes. If you’re listening to this as an audio-only podcast but would like to see James’ screen, a...
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Monthly Meet-up Session: Emma Tracey
In this episode, we welcome Emma Tracey. Emma is a blind podcast producer, presenter, and journalist working at the BBC. She presents BBC’s weekly disability and mental health podcast, Access All, and she can often be heard on BBC World Service, Radio 4, and 5 Live. Emma shares insight into a…
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Monthly Meet-up Session: Joanne Roughton-Arnold
In this episode, we welcome Joanne Roughton-Arnold. Joanne is a visually impaired soprano and CEO and Creative Director of formidAbility, the UK's only disability-led opera company (to our knowledge). Joanne covers topics including: • Her work as a leader in disability arts, including starting up...
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In Tune with Success: educational and professional pathways for VI musicians
In this episode, we host a panel discussion, exploring the educational and professional pathways open to musicians, and tips for navigating these with a visual impairment. We welcome three very special guests onto the panel: Bobby Goulder, who has built a career as a musician since graduating in...
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Monthly Meet-up Session: Slau Halatyn
We are excited to share the recording from our first Monthly Meet-up, featuring headline guest, Slau Halatyn. Slau is a New York based producer, studio owner, musician, and advocate for accessibility within music production tools. He is best known for his supporting the development of…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Connect. Collaborate. Create.
Sound Without Sight is a community-driven online knowledge hub, collating information and resources to support blind and partially sighted musicians and audio engineers to break down access barriers.
This podcast highlights content produced by the project. This includes recordings from our Monthly Meet-up Sessions, which each bring together an established VI music or sound professional with community members who are just starting out, and everybody in between. Catch up on all the knowledge, solutions, and tips for success here.
If you’re a visually impaired musician or audio engineer, why not share some solutions you’ve found on our knowledge hub? You can learn more and get involved at: soundwithoutsight.org
If you’ve enjoyed listening to this podcast,
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