Sound Without Sight podcast
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
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- Update frequency
- every 21 days
- Average duration
- 74 minutes
- Episodes
- 14
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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 mu…
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 w…
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 h…
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…
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 …
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 …
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, an…
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)…
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 speci…
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…