Meet Cindy Freeman
Cindy Freeman made her first career in newspaper. She knew when she was young that she wanted to be a writer (even though a few other things came to mind over the years). She has been able to cultivate that interest as True Visions Media. In 2013 she created Positive News Month (July) and Positive News Day (July 15) as a global effort to change the definition of "news."
Cindy has always had an interest in music. She wanted to play drums, but was told that she couldn't because she was a girl. As an alternate, she started playing guitar in third grade and started singing in the school choir in fifth grade. In high school, she was so determined to continue her lessons strapped her guitar to her back and rode her bicycle across town to get lessons from a woman who was in a rock band and who started teaching her for the first time to learn a little bit about bar chords and theory of chords and playing notes rather than just chords on the instrument. Also while in high school, she joined the church "folk group." She mostly played guitar, did some singing with the group and also discovered her interest for singing with her hands using sign language.
For more than 20 years, Cindy was part of a group that performed sign language to music. She continued playing guitar and singing in various church choirs. in the mid-90s she attended a work retreat and was given her first song while walking a labyrinth at the Sienna Center in Racine, Wisconsin. She did not consider herself a songwriter even though pieces of songs came into her head. In 2007 she decided to return school to become a sign language interpreter. Also through the years, she interpreted for Jana Stanfield. As she lost her eyesight and had to withdraw from the program, she started to learn to play guitar by ear. She also joined the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI). In spite of the eyesight loss, she verbalized a dream to perform with Jana at the Posi Music Awards. With Jana's encouragement, Cindy spoke to the organizers of the Posis. Because of being the interpreter for the three event concerts, she and her friend Jillian Clark attended the Posis where they met Rachel Martinez.
Cindy's goal is to continue writing music that inspires and motivates others. She also has overcome the main issues of being legally blind and has returned to the sign language interpreter training program. After graduation, she would like to continue to motivate people by writing the songs and then interpreting them and works of other motivating people with her hands. You can learn more about her at her website.
Cindy has always had an interest in music. She wanted to play drums, but was told that she couldn't because she was a girl. As an alternate, she started playing guitar in third grade and started singing in the school choir in fifth grade. In high school, she was so determined to continue her lessons strapped her guitar to her back and rode her bicycle across town to get lessons from a woman who was in a rock band and who started teaching her for the first time to learn a little bit about bar chords and theory of chords and playing notes rather than just chords on the instrument. Also while in high school, she joined the church "folk group." She mostly played guitar, did some singing with the group and also discovered her interest for singing with her hands using sign language.
For more than 20 years, Cindy was part of a group that performed sign language to music. She continued playing guitar and singing in various church choirs. in the mid-90s she attended a work retreat and was given her first song while walking a labyrinth at the Sienna Center in Racine, Wisconsin. She did not consider herself a songwriter even though pieces of songs came into her head. In 2007 she decided to return school to become a sign language interpreter. Also through the years, she interpreted for Jana Stanfield. As she lost her eyesight and had to withdraw from the program, she started to learn to play guitar by ear. She also joined the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI). In spite of the eyesight loss, she verbalized a dream to perform with Jana at the Posi Music Awards. With Jana's encouragement, Cindy spoke to the organizers of the Posis. Because of being the interpreter for the three event concerts, she and her friend Jillian Clark attended the Posis where they met Rachel Martinez.
Cindy's goal is to continue writing music that inspires and motivates others. She also has overcome the main issues of being legally blind and has returned to the sign language interpreter training program. After graduation, she would like to continue to motivate people by writing the songs and then interpreting them and works of other motivating people with her hands. You can learn more about her at her website.
