Making music with the blind | Marie Naffah | TEDxCourtauldInstitute

After her grandmother became blind as a result of AMD (age-related macular degeneration), Marie Naffah asked herself 'what is it like to lose your sight?' She wrote, recorded and performed a song while blindfolded. In this inspirational tribute to her grandmother and to creativity, the musician tells the story of recording her track 'blindfold' with six visually impaired musicians. Disability, she shows, does not obstruct talent or creativity.
Marie Naffah is a 23-year-old singer/songwriter from London. Since graduating from the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2015, Marie has performed internationally, with her most recent shows taking place in Brussels and Berlin.
Last year, Marie teamed up with a group of six blind and visually impaired musicians in order to record her track 'Blindfold' which formed part of a short documentary that seeks to raise awareness and understanding for the issues surrounding visual impairment and sight loss: • #Blindfold: 6 Visually...
She is currently working on her debut release and was named MTV’s Unsigned Artist of 2014
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@IamSHAR_]

Marie, This project was clearly done with soo much heart, soul and love and to see you advocating this way for disabled musicians and specifically musicians with sight-loss in this way felt like a little pocket of magic 😍

[@gowanhewlett745]

Stunning discovery....for me l mean.....l am sighted....Thankyou for opening this door.

[@philippephil99]

Yes!!!!!!!!!! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤

[@stereoreservoir]

Beautiful and totally motivational.

[@tishdsmiley]

That was AMAZING!

[@CliveGardiner]

brilliant and inspiring Marie. very well done

[@angelxx8443]

Learning this

[@robindunford]

This is just a fantasitic project, and will be spreading the word.

[@nabeelaaslam3042]

Super

[@venkatbabu4233]

Dr. kamal Hassan actor India is following this, please contact him