'Music is almost like a language. It is a language really. I memorize patterns for each song,' said pianist and singer Bryan Woolbert. The 23-year-old was born without vision due to a rare genetic condition.
"Music is almost like a language. It is a language really. I memorize patterns for each song," said pianist and singer Bryan Woolbert. The 23-year-old was born without vision due to a rare genetic condition.If you've spent any time on the Ocean City Boardwalk this summer you probably heard the inspirational rock and roll music ofThe pianist, producer, songwriter and Rowan University grad is legally blind from birth.
"Seeing colors in music. You're not actually seeing the colors out in front of you, but you're perceiving them in the back of your head," explains Bryan. "Whenever a frequency, a musical pitch sounds, there's a corresponding color. There's 12 pitches in Western music, and in my mind there's a color associated with each of those 12 pitches," he says. "And my mind sort of automatically developed them at a very young age, 6 or 7 years old. It was very natural and involuntary. It's really cool."
In addition to his outdoor performances on the Ocean City Boardwalk, he also performs all over the state --rocking out to his influences Billy Joel, Elton John, Ray Charles and more including jazz and country. He's even composed around 50 original pieces. "I learned by ear. I learned by memory. You look at Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles. It's like patterns. Music is almost like a language. It is a language really. I memorize patterns for each song.""Years ago I attended a global leadership conference. Someone said, 'If your dream doesn't scare you, it's not big enough.' Dream big. Don't be afraid. Use that passion inside of you.
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