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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: tuna ketchup x on 15 Dec 2008, 20:24
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So one of my friends got a killer thrift store find for me: an accordion! "Hey, Tuna, ninety bucks for an accordion, you want?" YES. It is a student 12-bass model and is red and is apparently in near mint shape. I pick it up this weekend. I am so excited!
Does anyone here play the squeezebox? Any good starter rock/klezmer books? I already ordered the Mel Bay primer in preparation, but I'm guessing the actual songs are going to be kind of lame. I'm hoping I can figure this thing out and not just leave it in the closet like the kid who owned it. I already play piano so maybe that will help. Anyone want to start a gypsy punk band? :-D
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Hey cool! A friend of mine just bought one as well, and they've started an "accordion club" in the park near where I used to live. From the only time I've picked one up, I think the hardest part will be learning the left-hand (?) chord buttons. I've been thinking about getting one myself, but I can't really justify it when I don't really play my harmonium or trumpet as much as I should...
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Hmmmmm..... Gypsy punk bands. Hmmmmm...
Needs more bagpipe.
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If you already play piano you should be fine. I'm not sure how versed in piano you are, but if you download a chord chart for the left hand side (stradella bass), you'll notice the buttons are arranged in the circle of fifths; that should make it easier to memorize the buttons. Though I'm not sure what a 12 bass looks like, I'm assuming it's just less to worry about than a standard 120 bass.
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Anyone want to start a gypsy punk band? :-D
YES. My friend Davis and I are supposed to start an avant garde steampunky street band. He plays cello, and I play drums.
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Slip like Freudian
Your first and last step, to playing yourself like ACCORDION!
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dude, seriously. this friend of mine plays accordion and he is one of the most in-demand musicians in my town. anytime anyone is recording and they want an interesting instrument on such-and-such track, they call him up.
which, of course, is when he says, "Yeah, man, twenty bucks."
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Does he get many people not willing to cough up the $20?
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I fucking need an accordion.
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around here, most of the music dudes are good friends, so usually, he does it for free.
but my husband runs a little studio and whenever the artists are at a loss, he will suggest something, like: "Hey, this might sound cool with some accordian, lemme just call up my buddy" and they usually go for it. it is such a great instrument, it totally changes the entire tone of the song.
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I know a guy who plays accordion. Accordions are just so cool.
If anyone has seen Amelie and knows the theme, La Valse D'Amelie, there is an accordion version on YouTube that I am absolutely in love with. Link is below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofSpQfjkSY4
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Accordion is awesome and can go oh, so many ways. I should totally learn it. First i gotta finish up the banjo training though >_>
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Thanks for reminding of this band.
Accordion Death Squad (http://www.myspace.com/accordiondeathsquad).
Have fun with your accordion!
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Thanks for reminding me of Ten in the Swear Jar. If I weren't at work, It'd be blaring so hard.
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Seriously, the only instrument better than an accordion is a set of turntables. Enjoy being awesome. Also for some cool accordion music you should check out Carlos Libedinsky's Narcotango albums, the Zydepunks (Three of whose albums I posted in the mediafire thread) and maybe some Jason Webley.
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Do this, please (http://www.blogotheque.net/A-Hawk-and-a-Hacksaw,3650).
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Do this, please (http://www.blogotheque.net/A-Hawk-and-a-Hacksaw,3650).
I sort of (http://a871.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/102/l_004328ecfb250df8679305b655bb6ba6.jpg) did that (http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/13/l_d96c3c62e453412fab9d0adde3af45f9.jpg).
I'n not nearly as talented, though...