New years resolution....
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Eddy Yates
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As we say in Montana, double back atcha!
To improve my playing, fight that arthritis harder and make more videos!
My big goal for 2019 is to learn to sight read quicker, at speed if possible, by sight reading more and more music on a regular, if not daily basis. I am also going to take another stab at Anzaghi and publish more videos and arrangements.
Good luck with all of your goals in 2019!
Good luck with all of your goals in 2019!
Corsaire
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My resolutions are to practise much more and to improve the way I play.
And get myself a diatonic !
And get myself a diatonic !
Stephen Hawkins
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My New Year resolution is to have as much fun as possible. I also set great store in love & laughter, and will do all that I can to promote it throughout the year.
Happy New Year,
Stephen.
Happy New Year,
Stephen.
JeffJetton
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I'm going to continue working on memorizing repertoire this year.
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A Happy New Year to all of you !
I'm going to focus on adding repertoire (songs, popular tunes, bal musette tunes, ... ), to follow free reed inventions and 3D technology in music instruments.
And of course, promoting the accordion as an ideal portable companion for aspiring amateur musicians.
I'm going to focus on adding repertoire (songs, popular tunes, bal musette tunes, ... ), to follow free reed inventions and 3D technology in music instruments.
And of course, promoting the accordion as an ideal portable companion for aspiring amateur musicians.
- becoming a father
- dividing my attention between 3 musical projects: irish punkrock, dutch trad/kitsch and cabaret duo
- trying to get from 2 to 20 songs on my 2-row melodion
- dividing my attention between 3 musical projects: irish punkrock, dutch trad/kitsch and cabaret duo
- trying to get from 2 to 20 songs on my 2-row melodion
Corsaire
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Congrats on becoming a father, jazz - for the first time ? A friend used to play his accordion during sleepless nights .... :lol:
I like the idea of the Irish punk rock - I'd love to play the sort of music played by Santiano, a German band (sea songs, some tradition, some their own compositions). The difficulty is finding people of like mind !!
I like the idea of the Irish punk rock - I'd love to play the sort of music played by Santiano, a German band (sea songs, some tradition, some their own compositions). The difficulty is finding people of like mind !!
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maugein96
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Sally,
My resolution was to shut up and listen, but it only lasted a minute or two.
In my lifetime I've wanted to play just about every type of accordion music there is, but the years have caught up with me and I reckon I'll have to just select maybe 50 different genres so that I won't get bored.
Try coming back to Scotland and find anybody at all who wants to play the accordion. For reasons I can't quite work out the young players are all getting older, but the old players aren't getting younger. German accordion music in Scotland? "Awa' ye go hen an' play the stuff we aw ken. Accordions wurnae meant tae play aw that foreign keich!"
My resolution was to shut up and listen, but it only lasted a minute or two.
In my lifetime I've wanted to play just about every type of accordion music there is, but the years have caught up with me and I reckon I'll have to just select maybe 50 different genres so that I won't get bored.
Try coming back to Scotland and find anybody at all who wants to play the accordion. For reasons I can't quite work out the young players are all getting older, but the old players aren't getting younger. German accordion music in Scotland? "Awa' ye go hen an' play the stuff we aw ken. Accordions wurnae meant tae play aw that foreign keich!"
Corsaire
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:lol: :lol: :lol:maugein96 said:
I missed a trick when I lived in Helensburgh. I was asked if I fancied playing the piano accompaniment to some accordionists. I can't for the life of me remember why I turned the offer down. Actually, I'm not sure I felt up to it ...
Come to Brittany, John, lots of young players here and some of them are pretty darned good !
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maugein96
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Piano vs some Scottish accordionists would be easy. Nobody would hear any mistakes you made.
On Sunday nights a few of us used to attend folk nights at an Edinburgh hotel. I was cajoled into playing acoustic guitar and mandolin. Any night somebody turned up with a box, or worse still two boxes, that was the end of our acoustic session. One night a female fiddle player asked them if they could play a bit quieter, and they said they'd never heard that tune before.
One night I took an electric guitar and a 50 watt amp, and the box players never turned up! Don't think they'd have appreciated Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin tunes at a folk club, so I never took the guitar out of its case.
On Sunday nights a few of us used to attend folk nights at an Edinburgh hotel. I was cajoled into playing acoustic guitar and mandolin. Any night somebody turned up with a box, or worse still two boxes, that was the end of our acoustic session. One night a female fiddle player asked them if they could play a bit quieter, and they said they'd never heard that tune before.
One night I took an electric guitar and a 50 watt amp, and the box players never turned up! Don't think they'd have appreciated Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin tunes at a folk club, so I never took the guitar out of its case.
it is a matter of semantics but is it not that you only become father once (the first time) ? :mrgreen:
but anyway it is the first time yes, so I don't know how much time and opportunity I will have left in a couple of weeks
we were talking about rehearsing out back with one of those babyphones with LED meter so he/she can sleep upstairs while we do our thing
but anyway it is the first time yes, so I don't know how much time and opportunity I will have left in a couple of weeks
we were talking about rehearsing out back with one of those babyphones with LED meter so he/she can sleep upstairs while we do our thing
Eddy Yates
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Jazz, congratulations on fatherhood! I have four sons, and they’ve always been a part of my musical life. The problem at first will not be so much working to be quiet so the baby can sleep, but in working so YOU can get some sleep!
All best wishes to you and your family!
All best wishes to you and your family!
So, how are we doing on those resolutions? I've been doing a lot more sight reading, and being very conscious of notes and intervals, even on tunes that I know. I noticed that my alternating basses are really sloppy and I have been concentrating on that. One of those "better correct that before it's too late" issues. I've posted a couple videos, but mostly I've been concentrating on sight reading and repertoire. How about you?
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