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Jim Byrnes was quoted at the time as saying: “The theme of the song fits so well with the mandate VAMS lives by: music truly sets you free. We are all prisoners in some way. We have a physical disability or a mental disability or we’re afraid of something in our lives; but I think this project is an
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MC control. In addition, it contains an M-Audio Axiom 49 keyboard, LTD electric guitar and bass, Takamine semi-acoustic guitar, Roland HD1 drum kit, a custom vintage tube microphone and a UA DCS remote pre amplifier. Both the iMac and Axiom 49 keyboard are height-adjustable to accommodate
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wheelchairs. A jouse (joystick-operated mouse which can be operated by the users’ mouth or chin) and a head mouse can be used to operate the equipment, and a MidiWing allows joystick programming of a keyboard.
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opportunity to show how this music, that we love so much, is a way to set us all free and allows us to be a part of the world that surrounds us.”
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