Post by jtd7 on Apr 1, 2014 22:32:51 GMT -5
hoodrat has mentioned that Franz Nicolay is crowd-funding the recording of his next album. I was going to pony up for a digital download, but when I saw how reasonable his prices were I decided to splurge on an accordion lesson.
I have played piano all my life, and picked up the accordion a couple years ago with my "band" (just a bunch of friends who get together to play once a month). Figured some things out with a "Teach Yourself Accordion" book from the library, but I can sure use some guidance.
I have to give Franz a lot of credit for being diligent about fulfilling the pledge. He sent me an e-mail to set up the lesson within five minutes of my making it. A week later we were having a lesson by Skype. Franz was all business about it (not much small talk). I wanted to build my technical skills so he gave me lots of exercises, showed me fingerings to play scales with the left-hand buttons -- it had not even occurred to me to try that, but it should help build my mental map of the notes over there. He gave me a full hour of his time, too (I was expecting the therapist's 50-minute hour). Great experience for me.
He goes into the studio in two weeks or so (but I'll bet he's still accepting donations: franznicolay.com/about/digital-pre-order-of-to-us-the-beautiful/ )
I have played piano all my life, and picked up the accordion a couple years ago with my "band" (just a bunch of friends who get together to play once a month). Figured some things out with a "Teach Yourself Accordion" book from the library, but I can sure use some guidance.
I have to give Franz a lot of credit for being diligent about fulfilling the pledge. He sent me an e-mail to set up the lesson within five minutes of my making it. A week later we were having a lesson by Skype. Franz was all business about it (not much small talk). I wanted to build my technical skills so he gave me lots of exercises, showed me fingerings to play scales with the left-hand buttons -- it had not even occurred to me to try that, but it should help build my mental map of the notes over there. He gave me a full hour of his time, too (I was expecting the therapist's 50-minute hour). Great experience for me.
He goes into the studio in two weeks or so (but I'll bet he's still accepting donations: franznicolay.com/about/digital-pre-order-of-to-us-the-beautiful/ )
