RockAbility covers "Believe in Yourself" at Continue the Love Fest

RockAbility played a 90-minute set at Continue the Love Festival in Richfield, Ohio June 10, 2023. "Believe in Yourself" is among the band's favorites!
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What is RockAbility?

RockAbility welcomes musicians with disabilities into existing, performance-based musical projects of varying genres. Participants work with local mentor musicians who already gig and record. A successful audition demonstrating an ability to play an instrument or sing is required to participate.

Goals
- Increase confidence
- Build community connections
- Elevate self-advocacy
- Establish & build touch-points with audiences
- Demonstrate integration in action
- Improve musical skills
- Have fun and rock out!

Tactics
1. Weekly rehearsals
2. Small ensemble performances at existing open-mic venues
3. Large group performances: fully integrated rock / blues / funk / folk / country music show

What RockAbility Isn’t:

RockAbility is not a music instruction organization run by music teachers. We do not gather during rehearsals to teach people how to become drummers, guitarists, singers, or play any other instrument. RockAbility places musicians with disabilities into situations where they can bring their existing skills to a project that can help elevate their abilities. RockAbility’s mentor musicians are local artists, many of whom have life experience with someone who has a documented disability. Mentors realize that things will take time and not be perfect - but that’s why they're there. Mentors provide the backbone of the material as needed. They offer constructive suggestions to the clients who need help finding the beat, staying on pitch, or working out a few kinks in a solo. Often, mentors show up at practice early or stay late to help a client musician work on specifics. Although the emphasis will be on spotlighting our musicians with disabilities, mentor musicians can step in and help carry the material during performances.

RockAbility exists as a quality-of-life program for musicians with DDs so they can have something productive and constructive to do with their talents and abilities. It is offered free of charge to client musicians. NPower Services is grateful for the support of individual sponsors as well as the Geauga County Board of Developmental Disabilities and the Metzenbaum Foundation and Jewish Family Services Association. RockAbility is not intended to be a source of income for any client musician.