Originally Posted by Torrey Bliss
"My maternal grandfather, Carl Crouch, once told me the definition of a true gentleman is a man who knows how to play the accordion very well - but doesn't."

Alan, I'll just have to remain a pretender on accordion! Wow you are a master at the use of realtreaks production! There is nobody better in the forum IMO!

Alan, I know you've been through a lot recently, but it does my heart good to see you hanging in there and making wonderful music! It's so inspiring to me!

Take care, TB


Torrey, I can recognize an accordion if I see one. But I tend to disappear when someone picks it up and starts to play. One of the very few accordionists I have enjoyed is our own Graham Henderson. But he hasn't posted anything in a while.

Those are some very nice words, Torrey. I'm honored to be on the receiving end of them. But a craftsman is only as good as his tools, and PG Music, through BIAB, has given us some mighty good tools to work with. I just throw a few chords onto the sheet, hit generate, and voila! I know virtually no music theory, neither read nor write notation, and never had a lesson. I simply watched, listened, asked questions, and practiced until my fingers were raw. My ears and inner soul guide me. I'd rather be able to do it and not explain it than to explain and not be able to do it. I'm very pragmatic, and that's been a big help for me in many things in my nearly 80 years. I generally stay within the parameters of my skill set, although my next upload in a few days might challenge that assertion.

Many thanks for the constant and much-appreciated support.

Alan

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