The deaf part of being a deaf music student made my studies of music more than just about rediscovering sound. It meant that I had to overcome a lot of assumptions about what it was to be deaf. Many of these assumptions were held by other people but just as many were assumptions I held about myself, as an independent woman.
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tdwillis, I've enjoyed reading your posts. I'm glad you decided to reclaim your independence as opposed to the other option. When you decided to pursue music you were already deaf, correct? I'm wondering if there was a clear moment when you thought to yourself "I'm going to study music"! If so, what was the catalyst for this? Also, do you ever share your music online?
Good morning. I'm glad you are enjoying my blog. To answer your questions, I was already deaf when I decided to pursue music. I had been deaf for 2 years. If you are okay, I think your second question will be the topic of my next blog. How the idea to study music came to me is a bit of a long answer and kind of funny in hindsight so it may make for an interesting post. I am actually in the process of digitizing some of my work to post on my website. I am hoping to have the first of several excerpts posted by next weekend so please keep checking back. And thank you for the questions. There is so much to write about and people's questions let me know what they are interested in so it helps me figure out what to write about next.
Good morning, I look forward to reading the post. Were you a musician prior to becoming deaf? Good luck with the digitizing, I know it can be time consuming.