Derek Berube had a list of things he wanted to do in his life. Chief among them was to make a professional recording of the songs he had written. Derek was deaf, but could play the guitar with tremendous skill. He suffered a serious eye injury at work, and was having trouble with his insurance company. Eye surgery forced a change in his medications, which caused his Crohn’s disease to return. He used music as an outlet, writing songs that detailed his experiences. Derek died before he could record any of the songs, so his father Dan is working to fulfill that wish.
Wow. That ending blew me away. You are so talented. … I’m a writer who has started doing videos for my paper. What has made me better as a writer is to read great stuff. So this is what I’m trying to do with video, and I found your site.
I’ll be back.
(Loved the vampires and Mystic Pizza videos, too. Can’t wait to see more.)
Colleen Kenney
Lincoln Journal Star
[...] Peter Huoppi of TheDay.com sent me this video he produced about a father fulfilling his deaf son’s wishes by recording the boy’s music after his untimel…. [...]
Very touching storytelling, Peter. Is that you on the voice-over? The tone of that really added to the mood.
Thanks Roman, Yes, I did the narration for this one. Good voice-over is a skill that I’m not sure I’ve mastered yet, but hopefully I’m getting better with each new one.
[...] incredible story about a father who loses his deaf son, but breathes life into his son’s music as a tribute. [...]
[...] The Deaf Kid Who Played Rock n’ Roll was a touching piece with plenty of emotion. I’m usually not the one to feel something and get emotional when I watch a video or a sad movie, but this was definitely one of the exceptions. [...]