Double Bass Hey is that an OBOE?

[Paul Warburton]

This is one of the few places I would consider doing so--if that makes sense.

Sure it does. What the hell, i'm an alcoholic.

 

[Chris Symer]

Hi, my name is Chris and I used to play the Accordion.

 

[transition]

Think that's bad? I still play the saxophone.

 

[Paul Warburton]

Hi, my name is Chris and I used to play the Accordion.

Holy ****! That's HUGE.

Please, step up and share. Who's yer higher power?

EDIT: Same power that made you decide to tune in fifths? Be very careful.

 

[Paul Warburton]

Think that's bad? I still play the saxophone.

Don't quit too fast. Just cut down the amount you play the instrument daily. You can do this. You doan want the DT's do ya?

 

[transition]

Don't quit too fast. Just cut down the amount you play the instrument daily. You can do this. You doan want the DT's do ya?

That's solid advice. Luckily, I've already cut down significantly.

But how I regret the recklessness of my youth. I was out of control: once you got me going, I couldn't stop. It was such a rush, such a high, but I was so blind to how it was hurting those around me. "Just one more chorus, I promise! I can quit any time I want!"

The horror...

 

[Paul Warburton]

That's solid advice. Luckily, I've already cut down significantly.

But how I regret the recklessness of my youth. I was out of control: once you got me going, I couldn't stop. It was such a rush, such a high, but I was so blind to how it was hurting those around me. "Just one more chorus, I promise! I can quit any time I want!"

The horror...

You, my man, are in a serious state of denial. You need The Big Book.
Better yet, have you ever heard of Rational Recovery?

 

[Huy Nguyen]

Hi my name is Huy, I used to play accordion. I still own one actually.

Higher power? Who else? Satan.

 

[Don Higdon]

Hey! Who these haricot verts in my green beans?

Damn. I don't speak Hawaiian.

 

[transition]

You, my man, are in a serious state of denial. You need The Big Book.
Better yet, have you ever heard of Rational Recovery?

Nah, that was my younger self.

Now I'm older and wiser, evidence: I'm learning the bass.

(and regretting not having done this years ago... )

 

[Paul Warburton]

Hi my name is Huy, I used to play accordion. I still own one actually.

Are you hiding it and playing it when nobody's around? How many times a day?
There're are some CA (Cordeen Anonymous) meetings in the Bay Area, Huy, or call Symer up in Seattle and see if he still has his cordeen hidden somewhere (I suspect he does).



That's something my old friend, Pete Barbutti, who I use to work with alot has to say about the cordeen..

 

[Don Higdon]

OK, we're derailed, so -
Marian McPartland and George Shearing once worked in the same band. How could this be?
Free pizza to the one with the answer.

 

[Paul Warburton]

OK, we're derailed, so -
Marian McPartland and George Shearing once worked in the same band. How could this be?
Free pizza to the one with the answer.

Because George was playing the cordeen.

Double I-talian sausage and double cheese, please.

 

[Don Higdon]

It's waiting in downtown Ridgewood. I'll bring you in from the airport.

 

[Huy Nguyen]

Are you hiding it and playing it when nobody's around? How many times a day?
There're are some CA (Cordeen Anonymous) meetings in the Bay Area, Huy, or call Symer up in Seattle and see if he still has his cordeen hidden somewhere (I suspect he does).

Pete Barbutti "Accordion Lessons" - YouTube

That's something my old friend, Pete Barbutti, who I use to work with alot has to say about the cordeen..

Truth be told, I was caught at the Cotati Cordeen festival by a Getty photographer over ten years ago. So my ugly mug with my teacher at the time is somewhere in the Getty archives. I'm glad I can't dig up that photo.

Man, that thing pumps out polkas just by looking at it.

 

[MartinBorgen]

Don't quit too fast. Just cut down the amount you play the instrument daily. You can do this. You doan want the DT's do ya?

Yes, I flat-out quit and had a horrible backlash - one entire concerto with saxophone again after no playing at all in 8 months. Cut down slowly and nicely and you'll be entirely clean. As long as you don't listen to At the jazz band ball by bixie beiderbacke and start thinking about bass sax