The South’s positive inspiration
Visually challenged Corrie Visagie taught himself how to play several music instruments.
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH – While the South of Johannesburg is notorious for a variety of deviant behavior and its deteriorating state, one visually challenged musician displays an inspirational side people may generally not see in a blind person.
Corrie Visagie from Kenilworth is a visually challenged singer, computer programmer, music instrument teacher and producer who believes blind people can do much more than just sit on the streets and beg for money. In fact, this husband and father of three says his motto is: “In your world seeing is believing, in my world feeling is the naked truth”..
Corrie invited the COURIER after reading a story about two blind elders who fell into a manhole with the aim to display another side of blind people. He insists people should not see blind people as people who are needy and beg on the streets, because they too can do so much more.
He can fluently play the bass, guitar, concertina, piano, organ and the keyboard, but he has taught himself to play all those instruments, including drums, which he no longer plays.
Corie programmed his computer to speak Zulu, Sotho, Afrikaans and other South African languages by downloading basic English software and modified it himself.
“I also perform gigs for people and charity organisations, because I make gospel, country, Boere and Afrikaans music. Some people I teach how to play instruments, and for others I master their music, because I believe in live music. I only use my computer to mix the sound, and produce my albums,” Corrie said.
Visagie owns Kwagga Productions and has four albums, Waves of Balance, So klink èk, Hoor jy my?, and So klop ‘n boerehart, which are for sale on 082 978 0578 or kwagga.productions@gmail.com or on Kwagga Productions’s Facebook page.
Visit the Southern COURIER Facebook page and website top watch videos of Corrie performing live.
