#16 Mandy Harvey | Deaf Jazz Vocalist | Songwriter + Musician | Inspirational Speaker | America's Got Talent Finalist | No Barriers Ambassador

MANDY HARVEY is an award-winning jazz singer, songwriter, & inspirational speaker, who lost all her residual hearing by the age of 19. In 2017, she came 4th on America's Got Talent, her debut performance on the show convinced Simon Cowell to give her the 'Golden-Buzzer', & afterwards he compared her to Adele. She's also absolute fire with a ukulele in hand. I don't know what's more impressive with Mandy: her angelic voice, her incredible lyrics, the fact she does it all without hearing anything, or just what a wonderfully open & genuine person she is.  She's an inspirational speaker, & she. is. INSPIRATIONAL! This was one of my favourite conversations for this podcast so far, & I hope you enjoy it!!  TIMESTAMPS: [00:49] Mandy's childhood + early love of MUSIC [03:18] Hearing in her younger life   [05:58] Becoming a musician   [09:59] Reading music, getting more technical   [11:30] Writing music [12:44] Love of music + loss of hearing [15:03] Pop Tarts, university, and the day the music died [28:31] Depression + anxiety   [35:45] Rediscovering music [39:49] Enjoying & learning music without hearing it? [41:30] Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) [43:18] Singing again + writing music [59:24] Memories of sounds + imagining her songs [01:04:33] America's Got Talent (2017) [01:14:52] NO BARRIERS [01:20:02] Mandy's message in a bottle OUR LINKS: CLICK HERE for ALL podcast links Website MAIN YOUTUBE YouTube CLIPS channel Instagram @haveyoumet_podcast Twitter @haveyoumet_pod Facebook LinkedIn Anchor MANDY'S LINKS: Website: https://mandyharveymusic.com/ SUBSCRIBE to Mandy's YouTube Channel Twitter @mandyharvey Instagram @mandyharvey TikTok @mandy.harvey Facebook Check out NO BARRIERS, an amazing organisation that Mandy is an ambassador for. Mandy's 1st audition on AGT Some of Mandy's songs... MASTERPIECE This Time: https://youtu.be/kdEzeli5Gjs Try: https://youtu.be/byt-r7PGmjw Support Mandy via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mandyharvey - NEW EPISODE EVERY OTHER FRIDAY - Open-minded & curious conversational interviews. Extreme variety of guests & topics. Just two people talking...  #podcast #haveyoumet #mandyharvey #jazzvocalist #mentalfitness #mentalhealth #inspiration #inspirationalinterview #americasgottalent #goldenbuzzer #EhlersDanlossyndrome #EDS #deaf  Thank you for watching! I hope you enjoyed!! If you really enjoyed it, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, & SHARE with someone you know, it really helps :) ALL LINKS: https://linktr.ee/HaveYouMet