Baskis 360

Sometimes Steve creates demonstrations for blind or visually impaired individuals. This episode features Steve describing how a blind user can use Pro Tools to record midi drums. Steve goes over creating an instrument track, loading a virtual instrument, recording a simple rock drum beat, editing & navigating midi notes, selecting & splitting midi notes and finally quantization. Visit Baskis.com and fill out the contact form to get in touch with Steve Baskis if you have further questions.

Steve explains in more detail, how a blind or visually impaired individual scans physical mail.

A B360 Access Production... The audio in this episode is connected to an article you will find on my personal website. Have you ever wondered how a blind person can read mail. Well, in this episode I explained how ideal with physical mail and how I use technology to live an independent life. Check out the article I wrote on my blog at Baskis.com to learn even more. Here's the link to my blog post: https://www.stevebaskis.com/how-does-the-blind-deal-with-physical-mail/ #Baskis360 #AssistiveTechnology #B360Access

Steve Baskis, Nick Morris and Ali Shelley speak with Jeff Bornstein. Read more about Jeff below… Jeff is a retired US Army, military intelligence, communication specialist who says the most intelligent thing he ever did was to marry his wife. His favorite hobby, he’s amateur radio (HAM) operator KM6OPI. After the Army he answered an ad in the newspaper for background actors for the movie "Rocky III". In 1989, he pursued one of his dreams - to become a Hollywood stuntman and to date, has been chased, beaten and shot at by the best. Jeff is an Award-Winning magician. In 1991 he became a performing member of the World Famous Magic Castle in Hollywood CA. In 2004, he was the only Comedy Magician invited to go overseas with five other comedians to entertain during Operation: Iraqi Freedom. They performed in five countries, 32 shows in 23 days! Today, he and his lovely wife perform for the USO, Corporate and High End Social Events, as well as producing their own military show, "Operation-Bravo", which entertains the U.S. Armed Forces both domestically and abroad. Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bornsteins/ IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0097138/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Nick Morris and Steve Baskis speak about their war injuries, recovery and rehabilitation. Steve asks questions about Knicks mental perspective before joining the military, while serving during war and after physical trauma. Questions are asked about whether resilience training should exist or be improved, as well as whether or not military personnel worry about being seriously wounded during combat operations. If you have anybody in mind for the show, please fill out the form at Baskis360.com

Nick Morris and Steve Baskis discuss many topics in this episode. Please be aware we are still setting up some things in the studio and trying to figure out a format, we hope to redesign the show and have some sort of standardization moving forward. This episode is just us rambling about our opinions and what is going on in the world today. I have not interviewed someone in sometime now, so if any listeners have a request or someone they would recommend for the show, please visit...

in this episode Steve Baskis and Nick Morris discuss a few random topics, ranging from the social media network giants to wildlife found in Colorado and other places. I dare you to give it a listen and try to stay on track. Nick talks a little bit about sports and specifically football teams he dislikes or admires. Please subscribe to the podcast or share on your social media networks.

In this episode Steve and Nick speak about a lot of different controversial subjects, racism, firearms, education standards and climate control to name a few. make sure you do your own research to locate credible sources of information about the topics we spoke about. Remember these are our opinions and we are having a unplanned conversation about current events that are affecting our country and citizens. Feel free to visit Baskis360.com and send us any questions you may have about the...

In this episode Steve and Nick speak about vaccine mandates, politics and Cova 19. Their goal was to talk about controversial subjects, but they rambled about many different things. ultimately both men have some issues with government mandates and regulation, so have a listen and find out what they had to say.

Steve Baskis and Nick Morris speak about war, trauma and politics in this episode. Feel free to subscribe and follow the show.

In this episode Steve speaks to a gentleman by the name of Ignasi Cambra. Ignasi is a professional classical pianist who performs all over the United States and Europe, but lives in Barcelona, Spain. he tells his story of how he chose to go to school in the U.S., how music has been part of his life from a very young age and contemplates whether Music will be his main focus in the future. be sure to look him up on Google and find his music which should be available through streaming services and on the Internet. #Music #ProTools #Baskis360 #Podcast

In this episode Steve speaks to Kevin Reeves a talented musician and instructor at I See Music. Kevin talks about some of the challenges he faces as a blind individual, how I see music was born, what it is like to work as a session vocalist and what it means to be adaptable. Kevin has published his music to the different major streaming companies such as Apple Music, Spotify etc. check them out if you get the chance. Visit ISeeMusic.com to learn more about the organization that helps teach blind and visually impaired people The art of recording audio and music. #Baskis360 #Podcast

In this episode Steve speaks to John Gunn a Blind musician who dabbles with audio recording and composing. #Podcast #BlindMusician #Baskis360

in this episode Steve speaks to Andre Louis a blind musician and music composer. They discuss different things about Andre‘s life, influences and where Music is taking him. We also discuss his involvement with the company Native Instruments and how some of their products are accessible to the blind and visually impaired. Here are some links Andre provided: http://www.andrelouis.com/shorts/ https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnjLouis/

A conversation with Steve’s father Who is a scientist that has developed a number of technologies. In this episode Steve talks to his father about life, his fathers influences and the work he has pursued over the years. visit this website to learn more about one of his companies: www.draconisextractiontechnologies.com

A conversation with Dr. Thomas Zampieri president of the Blinded Veterans Association. In this episode we discuss the changes that have occurred in July of 2020 on Capitol Hill for disabled veterans, specifically items related to the special adaptive housing grant. Visit: www.bva.org to learn more about how you can help Blind Veteran‘s.

Steve Baskis speaks about his experience with smart home technology and how it benefits him as a blind/visually impaired individual.

A conversation with Matt Diemert about his life, music and blindness...

Dr. Fliesler is a SUNY Distinguished Professor, UB Distinguished Professor, the Meyer H. Riwchun Endowed Chair Professor of Ophthalmology, and Vice-Chair/Director of Research in the Department of Ophthalmology, State University of New York (SUNY)- University at Buffalo (UB). He also holds concurrent appointments as a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and in the Neuroscience Graduate Program at UB, as well as being a Department of Veterans Affairs Research Career Scientist at the Buffalo VA Medical Center, VA Western NY Healthcare System. Dr. Fliesler's research is focused on inborn errors of cholesterol metabolism and their impact on the development, structure and function of the retina, as well as blast injury to the eye, using animal models, and has published more than 150 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters and reviews. His research program has been funded continuously for more than 35 years by multiple grants from the NIH and private foundations, as well as, more recently, MERIT Awards from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Fliesler currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), representing the Retinal Cell Biology (RC) Section as well as being President of ARVO. He was inducted in 2009 as a Silver-tier Fellow of ARVO (FARVO) and, in 2014, became a Gold-tier FARVO. In addition, he is a past Councilor, Treasurer, and President of the International Society for Eye Research (ISER). Dr. Fliesler is the Editor-in-Chief of Experimental Eye Research and serves on six other journal editorial boards, including Molecular Vision and the Journal of Lipid Research. If you would like to learn more about the topics discussed, check out the following websites: http://grantome.com/grant/NIH/I01-BX002439-02 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29648979 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blast-related_ocular_trauma https://jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1742-2094-10-79 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4842954/ https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/research-and-journals/retina-may-be-sensitive-gauge-of-blast-wave-pressure-injury https://ajp.amjpathol.org/article/S0002-9440(17)30155-4/fulltext https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2212696

Larry Carlin, a visually impaired veteran, shares some of his experiences during the Tour of the Canyons bike ride that he participated in 2018. If you would like to watch the Tour of the Canyons Video presented on this podcast, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlOBL0icTI0