6 Reasons To Play Accordion

Have you ever wonder why should you start playing an instrument?
Well, here are top 6 best reasons to start playing accordion. Why are these best? Because they will not just help you starting but also keep you going when the things get rough.
In fact these reasons are so important that if you meet the majority of them you will succeed acquiring accordion skill and if you don't, most likely you will fail.

1. Fun

The first and most important reason is FUN. This is why you should start very slow with simple stuff and work your way up to more advanced stuff with patience. Make your learning process easy and fun, and there will be nothing to stop you. Spending hours and hours in the beginning doing only exercises might get you frustrated and even to quit.

2. Challenge

Life without challenge is boring. If everything is predictable and easy, you would get bored out of your mind. While playing accordion you can be sure you will encounter challenges. However, challenges need to be balanced with fun. Too much challenge and the fun is gone.

3. Distinction

Everybody needs to feel somehow different, or special, if you may. And this is a great way to do so. I mean, face it; how many persons you know are playing accordion? My guess is: very few. (Especially if you do not study music in school)

4. Connectivity

Although practicing in your room alone it will not gave you any connection, singing at special events like birthdays or just to show your friend and family some tunes, will connect you with people around you in a special way. Not to mention if you gather some people to sing along.

5. Growth

In the process of learning accordion you have plenty of space to grow. No matter how good you became there will always be something for you to improve. This means the challenges will be there, always looking after you not to get bored.

6. Contribution

You may not feel like contributing too much in the beginning, but we need music in our life. And if you can make one person smile in your entire accordion carrier, then you can be sure your contribution is big.
Because without feelings there would be no music.

That’s it, those are the 6 reasons to start playing accordion and after that to keep you going.
Cheers.

Piano Accordion In Rock Music

Aaa..., rock music! From the old school hard rock until the most complex symphonic rock it has enchanted or horrible zed hour ears.
Although everybody has his own different taste in music, I guess it is hard (or impossible) to find someone who doesn’t have at least one rock song in his heart.
And that's because Rock includes a big variety of genre and because it is old and also new and it had time to evolve.

In the evolution process some bands did not make it far, for example T-Ride one great band that was described by Joe Satriani as "The future of metal" made only one album. Others like Queen and Pink Floyd had time to experiment and become legends. Although T-Ride and other bands prematurely broke up, they teach us one lessons: Always experiment.

You’ll probably say at this point: But those are just other words for "Be original", smart pants! And you are right, but in a world where everything needs to be original, the music it got pretty standard, isn't it?
The image is always the same: rappers need to be gangsters, the ladies singers need to be good lucking and kinda sexy and the list goes on. The instruments also got pretty standard too: only guitars, drums and, at some extent, keyboards are allowed in a metal band. Accordion should be used only for polka or tango.

Okay..., what about accordion in rock music, that’s right and without a making a stretch. Is it out of line? Well, let us see a top 5 published by WashingtonTimes after a contest held in 2008 by The American Accordionists Association in Holiday Inn hotel, Rosslyn.

Here are the Top five accordion rock songs:
1. Squeeze Box — Played by Pete Townshend.
2. 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy).
3. Jenny's Got a Pony.
4. Back Street Girl.
5. If You Should Fall From the Grace of God.

Well, did it change your mind?