Comments on: 10 Famous Musicians with Disabilities

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:24:01 +0000

Not only was Beethoven a Great Composer but he revolutionized the way symphonies were composed as far as the length of them. Back around Haydn’s and Mozart’s day (when Beethoven was just a young boy) a symphony at best was 30 minutes in length. Then Beethoven composed his 3rd symphony “Eroica” which a prescribed score is between 50-55 minutes and the music world was taken aback. Also Beethoven had no peer when it came to sight reading music and before his impending deafness had no peer when it came to playing and improvising on the piano. Treat yourself and listen to both his 4th and 5th Piano Concerto…….

By: kristine

kristine — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:13:35 +0000

wow bethoven is a good composer

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:50:03 +0000

I’m still a Huge KISS fan and the only reality show that I ever watch is “Gene Simmons Family Jewels” (that’s when its on, which should be everyday). And I am 49 years old!!! But simply because of the length of Paul Stanley’s (Stanley Eisen) hair, I never would have known. I also see that Paul is a painter as well. I would not mind having one of his painting’s on my wall. Thanks for that info that you have submitted

By: MsStarchild

MsStarchild — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:28:40 +0000

I just wanted to clear up something about Paul Stanley’s Microtia. He spoke of it on “the Drs” as a level 3 Microtia, which meant that not only was the outer ear unformed/malformed, between the outer ear and the inner ear (where all the workings are that translate sound for us)–there is no ear c*****. And yes, he had this from birth. I think he has a bone anchored device now, but here’s something interesting a former bandmate said. Bruce Kulick said Paul has perfect pitch–when the band rehearsed, he was the first to notice someone was off key.

If you don’t like KISS that’s ok by me, most of you are at least being respectful about it.

By: Sophie Wilder

Sophie Wilder — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:47:31 +0000

Ian Dury, Delius, Gene Vincent, Stevie Wonder, a whole busload of blind blues singers…

By: MCBarkingspoon

MCBarkingspoon — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:05:43 +0000

Here’s another disability they all share, their videos don’t work.

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:44:25 +0000

Bedrich Smetana (1820-1892) Czech composer, sudden deafness. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), the last year of his life he was blind. Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Major Depression and suicidal

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:03:56 +0000

Even though he’s not as popular as all the musicians listed above what Mark Goffeney managed to do was phenomenal…… He was born without any arms and he learnt the to play the guitar with his toes and he’s amazing in doing that …better than the normal folks …..

By: Les

Les — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:10:04 +0000

You should have included James dePriest, conductor of the Oregon Symphony Orchestra from 1980-2003. I was surprised the first time I saw him come on stage since he has to use crutches to walk. I’m not sure what caused the disability.

By: msxz busted

msxz busted — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:46:03 +0000

wew.how fast his hands..! :O