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Mr Mark post_id=57019 time=1523410750 user_id=1991 said:Whatever works. I do lots of covers; rock, reggae, countrified, old school, classical. Not saying Im great at them or existentially they are easy for me, but thats probably the vocalist coming through on the latter (I sing the vocal parts).
Basically; whatever makes you happy.
Accordion is an acoustic band/orchestra/combo with a single player. You dont see a lot of one-person entertainment videos (accordion or otherwise) on Youtube since an actual band/orchestra/combo can cover quite more ground regarding sound and feeling and orchestration and thus tends to be better at entertaining if not impressing.Keymn post_id=57020 time=1523418485 user_id=2502 said:To keep the accordion alive, we need more publications of accordion doing pop and rock classics. I think it was mentioned before, much talent out there, but very few you see on You Tube doing rock classics.
I grew up playing the accordion in the,60s. Learning Beatles, Dave Clark Five, etc. have an interest in the Rockabilly sound too. Which I saw many bands like Bill Haley and the Comets (rock around the clock), Gary Lewis and the Playboys, all had an accordion.
Frankly, he likely should play with others more often. For highly rhythmical dance music such as Boogie, I find the lack of a dependable meter (and the variations dont appear to be part of a coherent plan) distracting. To be fair, I have the same should play with others more often experience not infrequently when listening to organ music, again a single-person orchestral setup.Dingo40 post_id=57030 time=1523441909 user_id=2622 said:Now THIS is an accordionist!
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Geronimo post_id=57024 time=1523432717 user_id=2623 said:Accordion is an acoustic band/orchestra/combo with a single player. You dont see a lot of one-person entertainment videos (accordion or otherwise) on Youtube since an actual band/orchestra/combo can cover quite more ground regarding sound and feeling and orchestration and thus tends to be better at entertaining if not impressing.Keymn post_id=57020 time=1523418485 user_id=2502 said:To keep the accordion alive, we need more publications of accordion doing pop and rock classics. I think it was mentioned before, much talent out there, but very few you see on You Tube doing rock classics.
I grew up playing the accordion in the,60s. Learning Beatles, Dave Clark Five, etc. have an interest in the Rockabilly sound too. Which I saw many bands like Bill Haley and the Comets (rock around the clock), Gary Lewis and the Playboys, all had an accordion.
Basically, the accordion is to band/orchestra/combo what the ukulele is to the guitar: mostly something covering the spine of the functionality of the big thing, with rather little perception of its own intrinsic value.
With regard to rock covers, the really good ones are more often than not, like This version by StevenSeagulls of ACDCs Thunderstruck, seriously tongue-in-cheek.
Funny thing, I find this actually better than the original which gets quite more tedious over its duration. Of course, here the accordion plays just one part in a group and is not used in its one-player entertainment function. Thats easier in countries where the accordion is an accepted part of living musical culture, like in this case in Finland. In Germany where I live, thats trickier since it is associated strongly with ossified commercialized offspins of folk music for older audience (I cannot get used to increasingly becoming the oldest in any company), like what they call here shanties or mountain music.
Geronimo post_id=57024 time=1523432717 user_id=2623 said:Accordion is an acoustic band/orchestra/combo with a single player. You dont see a lot of one-person entertainment videos (accordion or otherwise) on Youtube since an actual band/orchestra/combo can cover quite more ground regarding sound and feeling and orchestration and thus tends to be better at entertaining if not impressing.Keymn post_id=57020 time=1523418485 user_id=2502 said:To keep the accordion alive, we need more publications of accordion doing pop and rock classics. I think it was mentioned before, much talent out there, but very few you see on You Tube doing rock classics.
I grew up playing the accordion in the,60s. Learning Beatles, Dave Clark Five, etc. have an interest in the Rockabilly sound too. Which I saw many bands like Bill Haley and the Comets (rock around the clock), Gary Lewis and the Playboys, all had an accordion.
Basically, the accordion is to band/orchestra/combo what the ukulele is to the guitar: mostly something covering the spine of the functionality of the big thing, with rather little perception of its own intrinsic value.
With regard to rock covers, the really good ones are more often than not, like This version by StevenSeagulls of ACDCs Thunderstruck, seriously tongue-in-cheek.
Funny thing, I find this actually better than the original which gets quite more tedious over its duration. Of course, here the accordion plays just one part in a group and is not used in its one-player entertainment function. Thats easier in countries where the accordion is an accepted part of living musical culture, like in this case in Finland. In Germany where I live, thats trickier since it is associated strongly with ossified commercialized offspins of folk music for older audience (I cannot get used to increasingly becoming the oldest in any company), like what they call here shanties or mountain music.
I dont see the point since a V-accordion and an acoustic have different strengths. You dont get to beat the V-accordion playing a Ländler with an alpine set, a bowed bass, steel guitar chords and a drum set, assuming a reasonably good amp. Then play something like the Bach Air slowly and expressively, and the V-accordion sucks pretty much using any registration. For Take 5 its a tossup given a good accordion. Overall, the V-accordion sound differentiation is nicer but its sax sounds are not differentiated finely enough to work well expressively.Alan Sharkis post_id=57057 time=1523475814 user_id=1714 said:I discussed the idea of getting the publics image of the accordion to change with my teacher this very day, after he described a disaster he experienced at a so-called accordion club (a whole story in itself, but not for now,) His response was to hold an event, maybe in a park, where something new and flashy like a Roland V-accordion is used to play some of the music wed like to associate with accordions, and then somebody playing an acoustic accordion does the same thing. The Roland catches the audiences attention, and the acoustic matches it note for note. It could change some folks minds about our instruments. I do realize, for those who play V-Accordions, that they are worth a lot more than using them in this manner, but if it gets the job done ...
Geronimo post_id=57024 time=1523432717 user_id=2623 said:Accordion is an acoustic band/orchestra/combo with a single player. You dont see a lot of one-person entertainment videos (accordion or otherwise) on Youtube since an actual band/orchestra/combo can cover quite more ground regarding sound and feeling and orchestration and thus tends to be better at entertaining if not impressing.Keymn post_id=57020 time=1523418485 user_id=2502 said:To keep the accordion alive, we need more publications of accordion doing pop and rock classics. I think it was mentioned before, much talent out there, but very few you see on You Tube doing rock classics.
I grew up playing the accordion in the,60s. Learning Beatles, Dave Clark Five, etc. have an interest in the Rockabilly sound too. Which I saw many bands like Bill Haley and the Comets (rock around the clock), Gary Lewis and the Playboys, all had an accordion.
Basically, the accordion is to band/orchestra/combo what the ukulele is to the guitar: mostly something covering the spine of the functionality of the big thing, with rather little perception of its own intrinsic value.
With regard to rock covers, the really good ones are more often than not, like This version by StevenSeagulls of ACDCs Thunderstruck, seriously tongue-in-cheek.
Funny thing, I find this actually better than the original which gets quite more tedious over its duration. Of course, here the accordion plays just one part in a group and is not used in its one-player entertainment function. Thats easier in countries where the accordion is an accepted part of living musical culture, like in this case in Finland. In Germany where I live, thats trickier since it is associated strongly with ossified commercialized offspins of folk music for older audience (I cannot get used to increasingly becoming the oldest in any company), like what they call here shanties or mountain music.
Mr Mark post_id=57071 time=1523497415 user_id=1991 said:I think there is room for the one-player entertainment function doing covers as an accordionist, but not solely with the accordion...as demonstrated here .
Well, thats more like the minimalist approach again. There is a market for one-person entertainers, and there is a market for accordionists. The main market driver for the former is just cost: a band is more expensive, and the market is almost exclusively for live acts (for recordings, the cost of distribution govern the production, so the one-person act just is not worth covering). V-accordion plus arranger may well work for the former job description and involve a lot of rock/pop.jozz post_id=57079 time=1523527722 user_id=2600 said:Mr Mark post_id=57071 time=1523497415 user_id=1991 said:I think there is room for the one-player entertainment function doing covers as an accordionist, but not solely with the accordion...as demonstrated here .
I agree with that, but I wouldnt necessarily stay and listen till the end in this particular example :mrgreen:
jozz post_id=57079 time=1523527722 user_id=2600 said:Mr Mark post_id=57071 time=1523497415 user_id=1991 said:I think there is room for the one-player entertainment function doing covers as an accordionist, but not solely with the accordion...as demonstrated here .
I agree with that, but I wouldnt necessarily stay and listen till the end in this particular example :mrgreen:
Geronimo post_id=57080 time=1523529026 user_id=2623 said:With regard to one-person entertainers (not accordion but rather electronic keyboard and voice/other instruments), Ive seen both extremes: one guy who was really great. And some guys who were a disgrace.
Mr Mark post_id=57088 time=1523583733 user_id=1991 said:Covers are very good for drawing in the rock/pop crowd who have no inclination towards the accordion whatsoever, so there is that.
For the most part I am not into covers at all, even if they are bastardized. This might explain my aversion to Weird Al. Perhaps aversion is too strong a word, as I cannot knock someone for doing something they like and are good at - they just might not get my attention and/or money. For example there was this band I saw covering AC/DC last year featuring a bagpipe lead - and while they were very good at what they did, I had to leave almost as quickly as I had arrived...there were definitely a lot of people who stayed though. StevenSeagulls on the other hand I would stick around for...at least the first time.
They probably were AC/DC.Mr Mark post_id=57088 time=1523583733 user_id=1991 said:For example there was this band I saw covering AC/DC last year featuring a bagpipe lead - and while they were very good at what they did, I had to leave almost as quickly as I had arrived...there were definitely a lot of people who stayed though.