Here are our thoughts about quality and being a band of musicians with learning disabilities:
Lee Hubbard (lead singer and bass): “I work hard and play lots and I feel responsible for making sure it is good. We like to be liked! Some people like it and some people might not, which can be stressful [for us] because I like to make music for people. If they don’t like it, I think ‘how can I change it?’ – I enjoy gigs when there’s a big crowd!”
Chris Rider (drums): “We know we have learning disabilities and sometimes I think we don’t need to keep going on about it. Would you know if you heard us on the radio? But then I think I like doing as other bands do and want to tell people all about our story.”
Claire Offley (keyboards and backing vocals): “It was a big step when we started playing without staff support and we wanted to celebrate it!”
Chris Rider: “We went to Manchester and did a gig and didn’t make a big deal of being a learning disabled band. It went okay. The other bands we played with enjoyed our set”
Dear Creative Minds Team
Thank you for organising a loving Creative Mind conference and where the places we can go and stay it made me feel exicitended and feel goodinside.
katie branch, trainee information officer.
What a great day as one of the chairs/artists on CM. How was it for u ? have “some support workers” found your kind of music hard to like? eg the kind of words you put in your music.