Blind Bard Music Andrew Beaird AJ (Blind Bard) is a singer-songwriter from the PNW. Diagnosed with Macular Dystrophy in 2011, and watching it claim most of his central vision, he writes music as journal entries. His music stems from him trying to make sense of the things he sees around him, as well as those he cannot see. He longs to bring hope to a world that needs it. To "cry through the joy and laugh through the hurt, and celebrate life in death."