While there's a lurking danger that the excellently named Ultimate Thunder might find themselves labelled and therefore pigeon-holed as a "disability rock band" (rather than simply a rock band), things such as this short BBC video piece are very much to be welcomed. It hints at the liberating and empowering aspect of making and performing music and at what those with learning disabilities can achieve if given the right funding and support.
Anyone whose interest in the importance of open access to music making has been piqued would be well advised to read Richard Phoenix's eye-opening Rough Trade publication DIY As Privilege: A Manifesto - which, for me, was a real eye-opener.
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