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Incredible BLIND guitar player

Alecs	Date: March 5, 2006 @ 4:31 PM http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8195641071653844546&q=shred+guitar All I have to say is WOW!
GuitarChick99	Date: March 5, 2006 @ 5:09 PM holy shit, thats amazing lol
guitaroo	Date: March 5, 2006 @ 5:17 PM WOW!! That is incredible...unbelievable...
EvilPicnic	Date: March 5, 2006 @ 5:20 PM Don't really see what's so special (other than the weird, poncy upside-down playing style. Show off). A shreddy amateur guitarist with decent technique. Who happens to be blind (or at least wears dark glasses, lol). All the blind musicians I know have been extremely gifted musicians. Blind people are generally very good at listening. So I would actually expect more of a blind guitarist than a sighted one. And this one isn't so amazingly special. There's no need to eulogise a disabled person who happens to be good at something. They want equal treatement, not to be patronised. The biggest arsehole I know is a paraplegic who expects everyone to defer to him because he's disabled. He's selfish, rude and constantly expects preferential treatment, and yet hardly anyone dares talk back to him because he's in a wheelchair. Disabled people are still people.
FebruaryBattles	Date: March 5, 2006 @ 5:27 PM agreed* when you lose an ability you were born with, or if u never had it, the other senses are increased. Look at Beethoven, Stevie Wonder among many others. Plus vision isnt necessary in order to play an instrument. It just helps with starting. Once you get a feel for it you don't need to look at all of what u are doing. U feel it.
TameasDust	Date: March 5, 2006 @ 7:52 PM
shadowself	Date: March 5, 2006 @ 9:27 PM He's decent. I bet that grip comes from learning with the guitar sitting in his lap, like Jeff Healey. I do agree with the "blind does not = more impressive" idea. If you have been playing your instrument for a while, you can play in the dark. I can play guitar and keyboard in pitch blackness, and I don't consider it an amazing feat - I equate it to my ability to type very fast without looking at the keys. You get used to it. Now, if he was a blind DART player...
FebruaryBattles	Date: March 5, 2006 @ 9:36 PM haha
Alecs	Date: March 6, 2006 @ 10:24 AM shadow You're right that blindness necessarily add to how impressive someone's playing is. At the same time, though, You have to respect how much work he must've put in to make up for his disability.

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