Beyond the Beer Barrel Polka

A profile of William Schmmel, accordion player and teacher:

"We've invented things," Mr. Schimmel said, "that have set precedents for people who want to get into aspects of the accordion that haven't been touched. Like the punk rock accordionist I have in my series. I swear, he's the best punk accordion player in the business, simply because he plays the accordion rather well. He's not just someone putting on an accordion and doing some punk. In fact, he plays it so well that he has to do a little dumbing down to do it right. So we're having a dumbing-down seminar, called `Dumbville/Stupidville,' about how to lower the level if you're too smart.

MORE...

hi...I wanna learn accordion playing