{"id":7686,"date":"2022-11-01T09:31:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T14:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7686"},"modified":"2022-11-01T09:31:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T14:31:06","slug":"meet-matt-carson-musician-singer-songwriter-and-producer-who-happens-to-be-a-tbvi-teacher-of-the-blind-and-visually-impaired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7686","title":{"rendered":"Meet Matt Carson &#8211; Musician, Singer\/Songwriter and Producer Who Happens to be a TBVI (Teacher of the blind and Visually Impaired)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6171\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7686-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Matt_Carson.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Matt_Carson.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Matt_Carson.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Podcast Summary:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeff and Pete welcome mat Carson into the Blind Abilities studio today. Matt is a Teacher of the Visually Impaired, a musician, a singer songwriter who is proud to write and perform sad songs that fit neatly into the country music genre. Matt has written, performed, recorded and produced dozens of songs, most of which he produced himself in his home studio. Matt released his first full length album in 2019 entitled no regrets, on which he played all of the instruments with the exception of drums And pedal steel guitar. Matt has also been totally blind since birth. He shares \u00a0all of these topics, with Jeff and Pete and as usual, they introduce quite a few excerpts of his music, not only from his no regrets album, but from his current project, a three song EP on which he welcomes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7658\">Michael Cleveland, Bluegrass fiddler extraordinaire, whom Jeff and Pete introduced on Blind Abilities<\/a>\u00a0a couple of months ago.\u00a0<br><br>Sit back and enjoy this fascinating interview with \u00a0their multi-talented guest, Matt Carson., A fascinating conversationalist a Teacher for the Visually Impaired,\u00a0And an accomplished singer, songwriter and all around entertaining country artist.<br><br>Check out Matt&#8217;s web site:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mattcarsonmusic.com\/\">www.MattCarsonMusic.com<\/a>\u00a0for all things Matt, his music, touring schedule and tickets.<br><br>* Matt\u2019s music is available on Spotify, Apple music, YouTube and other outlets and streaming services.<br><br>* Social media: Facebook, Twitter, \u00a0Instagram and Tick Tock,@MattCarsonMusic\u00a0<br><br>* Matt just released a single: I Never Go Around Mirrors<br><br>Below are the tine spots and titles of Matt\u2019s songs which have been inserted throughout the podcast:<br><br>* 6:35 &#8211; Finally Be Free, , featuring Rob Polivka &#8211; from No Regrets album.<br><br>* 8:46 &#8211; One Last Time<br><br>* 10:15 &#8211; Waste of Time<br><br>* 11:10 &#8211; Help Me Make It Through the Night, written by Kris Kristofferson<br><br>* 16:23 &#8211; Pro Tools with Speech, Matt and Rob Polivka, Introduction<br><br>* 21:45 &#8211; Back on the wagon- written by Matt, with Michael Cleveland on Fiddle<br><br>* 23:33 &#8211; I Never Go Around Mirrors, from No Regrets album, with Michael Cleveland on Fiddle, Mandolin and Acoustic guitar<br><br>* 24:35 &#8211; Jerusalem Ridge &#8211; Michael Cleveland on Fiddle<br><br>* 25:14 &#8211; I never go around mirrors &#8211; single just released.<br><br>* 25:45 &#8211; Jamming out back on Facebook, Here I Am<br><br>* 27:13 &#8211; A Place to Fall Apart, with Michael Cleveland, Merle Haggart cover<br><br>* 29:15 &#8211; No Regrets, title song for No Regrets album, in closing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contact-your-state-services\"><strong>Contact Your State Services<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Pre-ETS Program and Transition Services Manager Sheila Koenig by&nbsp;<a>email<\/a>&nbsp;or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contact\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can follow us on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br>On the web at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br>Send us an&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@BlindAbilities.com?subject=Podcast\">email<\/a>&nbsp;and give us a call at 612-367-6093, we would love to hear from you!<br><br>Get the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/blind-abilities\/id1085849859?l=es&amp;mt=8\">Free Blind Abilities App&nbsp;on the App Store<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&amp;hl=en_US\">Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Give us a call and leave us some feedback at 612-367-6093 we would love to hear from you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/607027582712671\/\">Blind Abilities Community<\/a>&nbsp;on Facebook, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlindAbilities\/\">Blind Abilities Page<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/jobinsightsgroup\">Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6173\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7686-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Matt_Carson.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Matt_Carson.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Matt_Carson.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Matt_Carson.mp3 Podcast Summary: Jeff and Pete welcome mat Carson into the Blind Abilities studio today. Matt is a Teacher of the Visually Impaired, a musician, a singer songwriter who is proud to write and perform sad songs that fit neatly into the country music genre. Matt has written, performed, recorded and produced dozens of songs, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,529,512],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-musician-spotlight","category-tvitoolbox"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-1ZY","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7608,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7608","url_meta":{"origin":7686,"position":0},"title":"Uptown got it&#8217;s hustlers, The bowery got it&#8217;s bums, Blind Abilities got AJ Croce, he&#8217;s a killer pianist\u00a0\u00a0like no one -Please welcome musician, singer songwriter, AJ Croce\ufffc","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"September 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Full Transcript Podcast Summary: Our guess today on Blind Abilities is AJ Croce. 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