>> The world of recording music is
constantly upgrading
and using new software,
but none of them are
designed to be friendly
to the visually impaired.
Growing up as a kid,
you're not treated too different.
You don't have to behave too
different from other kids.
I think that I had a lot of
problems starting in
high school because
everyone else was starting to
become real independent adults.
I think that's possibly one of
the reasons why I was
acting out so much,
and I think a lot of that was purely
my attempt at finding
my own independence.
I had known I was going
to be a musician for
a while purely because I
liked playing music so much,
I was going to do it as a hobby
no matter what. Mom's a singer.
She taught me how to pluck out
those chords on the piano,
and then I took piano lessons.
She would teach me by ear.
That's sort of went from there.
My brother was grudgingly looking
for keys to go on his band,
and we're brothers, so
neither of us wanted to be
in the same band together.
But man, it was sounding
so good and so much fun,
that it just made sense.
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>> It honestly makes it
so much easier at the end
of the day because you have
known someone your whole life,
and you know what makes them tick,
and you know what they're thinking
even before they do, or
you'd like to think.
>> Exactly.
>> We're in the midst of a tour,
playing 300-400-person rooms,
and we had this huge venue,
and then low and
behold, it was packed,
1,500 people there all singing along.
It was the first time where
we really realized as
a band that the grind would pay off.
A lot of my angst these days
has to do with recording
and music production,
but without computers, I wouldn't be
able to do almost any of
the things that I do.
I can read books and browse
the Internet with Skype,
and call, and of course,
record music as well.
It's amazing how much technology
has allowed me to do.
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>> I appreciate it.
>> Inclusivity obviously and
acceptance and having everyone
feel welcome in a part
of our community has
always been something that's
really important to us as people,
and of course, as a band.
We're going to keep on
trying to push boundaries,
and make our music as available to as
many different types
of people as we can.
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