(Macon,
GA) February 16, 2015 – Joey Stuckey, Macon’s music ambassador, will
be travelling to London for a 10 day tour in just a few weeks. The tour will
include a two-day conference for visually impaired musicians on
March 10 and 11.
Joey will be performing and speaking during the conference. His single, ‘Blind
Man Drivin’ will be featured as the theme song of the conference and released at
the trendy Ivey House in London on
March 12.
The Visually-Impaired
Musicians’ Lives conference will be held at the University of London’s School of
Education. Their mission is to “bring together visually-impaired performers,
music teachers (sighted and visually-impaired), researchers concerned with
visual impairment and music, representatives from the music industry and
organizations in this arena. It will address key issues surrounding the musical
participation and learning of visually-impaired people, including: music
education and lifelong learning; participation choices and approaches to music;
the relationship between musical approaches, musical genre and sight; and how
technologies are shaping the music-making of visually-impaired people. These
will be explored through presentations and performances.”
For many
years, Joey has worked to improve the lives of those around him through music.
Working to further the mission of enhancing music education remains Joey’s top
objective. The conference has given Joey the opportunity to share his passion
for music education. “As a blind person and brain tumor survivor, I have some
limitations physically. But I am so excited to share [personal] inspirational
insights with the University of London and the Blind Musicians’ Lives Conference
attendees. My talk about living a successful life as a blind person and brain
tumor survivor, making music education accessible for everyone, and a
performance of original songs will be the finale of the
conference.”
Joey’s single, ‘Blind Man Drivin,’ is the theme song
for the conference. According to Doctor David Baker from the University College
of London’s Institute of Education, “
Joey's participation reflects his
great enthusiasm for bringing musicians together and supporting the
interests of visually-impaired artists across the globe. We are honored
that he has dedicated his new song "Blind Man Drivin" to this event
too, which is attracting visually-impaired musicians, specialist music
teachers, people working for visual impairment charities, and
developers of accessible music technologies from across the
world. “
‘Blind Man Drivin’ was written by
one of Joey’s closest friends and collaborators, Henry Oliner, who also appears
on the ‘Blind Man Drivin’ music video. The single will be officially
released March 12 and the album with the same title will be released in
September 2015.
While in London, Joey will be giving talks
and performing at various venues. For more information about his tour, Gateway
Macon will be featuring daily blogs and photos of Joey beginning March 9 through
March 17.
For more information on Joey
visit:
www.joeystuckey.com
www.facebook.com/jstuckeymusic
www.twitter.com/jstuckeymusic
For
more information on the Visually Impaired Musicians’ Lives conference
visit:
http://vimusicians.ioe.ac.uk/confer_train.html#
http://vimusicians.ioe.ac.uk/links.html
