My learning experience is only just little similar to Fran�s. Back in the early �50�s, like many others, I took accordion �lessons�. After two years, I got a job with a wedding band, quit lessons (thought I knew everything). I played in some really low-life dives as a three chord merchant in the early Rock days. Then just dropped music, 4 yrs. in the military, 41/2 years of college after which I had one semester of eligibility on the GI bill. I attempted to scratch an itch I had always had for studying music by enrolling in the Neupauer Conservatory. At that time, kids and a mortgage etc. only allowed me to do that one semester. Shortly after that, I started to do children�s entertainment with the accordion which graduated to group homes, frat orgs., country clubs, trade shows etc.; then from the clown act it turned into regular restaurant gigs. So, after 35 years in the mental health business, I was able to return to music full time. I called the old Conservatory number (now defunct) and Dr. Neupauer accepted me as a private student. This is a long winded way of answering your question. I really don�t �take lessons�, it�s more like 3 to 4 hour weekly sessions that include theory & harmony, writing/arranging, and of course performance-pretty much based on the conservatory curriculum. Frequently, after the sessions, we go to dinner where the lectures continue. I must admit, it is extremely difficult, at my age, to absorb what the maestro is trying to teach although he says he�s going easy on me.
Fran, who was your accordion teacher?
Ciao,
Jerry