| User | Martin S. Allen | | Topic | Wheelchair | | Message | I have been on this site for awhile and am finally revealing i’m in a wheelchair. I want to know everyones opinion on something though, I’m a musician who plays bass guitar, piano and sings. I write songs as well and am starting a band, but it seems like the music business is obsessed with looks and what have you. My question is: Would you go see a band whose lead singer was in a wheelchair, if there music was good would the wheelchair affect your decision on buying there albums or going to there concerts? |
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| User | Paradox | 2008-05-15 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | Dude. Just learn drums. No one will ever notice. :D |
| User | tZar | 2008-01-31 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | I don’t think I would go. It is just wrong in my opinion! It is like making fun of real people.
-tZar |
| User | GoKart Mozart | 2007-11-20 | | | Subject | correction: | | Message | turn*
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| User | GoKart Mozart | 2007-11-20 | | | Subject | well... | | Message | i agree with, well, the majority of these people. i would like to know what kind of music you play, though.
it would be awesome to see a bassist in a wheelchair, what do you have to worry about?
of couse, you’re going to have people who tyurn their noses up at you, but what band doesnt?
look at Rick Allen, for cryin’ out loud!
greatest drummer in the world....
and he only has one arm.
now, if YOU are afraid to pursue your dream just because you’re in a wheelchair, then i have no respect for you, because that man was very young when he lost his arm in a car accident and not once did he ever THINK about CONSIDERING giving up his dream.
The band is still doing damage to people’s speakers =]
as a matter of fact, they’re on tour right now, and they’re a band from the 80s!
so, here’s come challenges THEY’ve faced, and i’ll let you compare them with your own:
1.)their first singer walked out on them because he was too controlled by his girlfriend and wasnt dedicated
2.)their drummer lost his arm in a car accident
3.)one of their lead guitarists died of alcohol poisoning (which was a long time coming)
4.) THEY’RE OLD =]P (but you’d never know it!)
so you tell me,
do you think you can handle it?
ps dont forget to let us know what kind of music you play! |
| User | manwithnoname | 2007-10-13 | | | Subject | weee! | | Message | wheelchairs are cool! You could spin around in your chair and do wheelies. I’d love to see that during a concert!
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| User | jaycee | 2007-10-05 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | Do not let a chair stop you from reaching for your dream. Myn bro-in-law is a para and I love watching people forget about his chair. His personality is so forceful, and charismatic that you just forget. As for a band, some genres will be more accepting than others. You could compensate by sitting at a piano until your audinece gets to know you, but even if you didn’t there are plenty of people with a lot of talent with disabilities. If you believe, you can make others beileive it too. It’s all in the way you carry it off |
| User | Azuire | 2007-04-20 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | There’s nothing wrong with wheelchairs. In fact I fully encourage you to go out there and give the world a good kick (no pun intended). It shows you’re not afraid of being who you are, and really, if you want to go into music it doesn’t matter what you look like, as long as you have passion, dedication, and good music.
All the way! |
| User | mae | 2007-04-03 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | There is a popular gospel group whose members are all blind men. They’ve been on The Tonight Show as well as others.
If your music is good, what difference does it make?
mae |
| User | Dark Romeo89 | 2007-01-28 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | it would catch my attention
i would be curious onough to check it out
and if it was good u would have a new fan |
| User | Luanne | 2006-10-15 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | If the music was great I would go regardless of a wheelchair, purple and green hair or pink skin . Every person should be looked at as a person !
If the music industry is so obsessed with looks and appearance then it is them themselves who are losing out on some maybe " great talent"
I wish you great success from someone who knows first hand the challenges .
Take care and follow your dream ....you’ll do great |
| User | bbcherry | 2006-07-30 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | if your music was good i wuold go to see you play.who cares.i mean it suck thats you have to be in one but whats a little more metal to a stage. fallow your dreams thye may become reality. |
| User | Conquest | 2006-05-31 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | That guy that plays bass.
That guy in a wheelchair that plays bass.
You just differentiated yourself from the majority of the popular.
There was even a guy in a wheelchair tonight at the concert!
They may not remember names, but they’ll likely talk about you since it’s a rare occurance to see on the stage. More talk = better. |
| User | littlepoet | 2006-05-29 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | no |
| User | alteredlife | 2006-05-26 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | To tell you the truth I’d be more inclined to go see a band with a dude in a wheelchair. I’m not being mean, just being completely honest with you. Sorry if it comes across as making a novelty out of you being in a wheelchair, but hell, I’ve never seen anyone in a band in a wheelchair before and I’d go out of sheer curiousity.
If I’d heard your music before I went to see you live it would make no difference-- I’d go if I liked your sound, plain and simple. |
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