{"id":730562,"date":"2010-05-20T15:05:34","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T19:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/?p=159094"},"modified":"2010-05-20T15:05:34","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T19:05:34","slug":"accordion-players-step-into-the-l-a-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/730562","title":{"rendered":"Accordion Players Step into the L.A. Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/2010\/05\/20\/accordion-players-step-into-the-l-a-spotlight\/roland-accordion\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-159095\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/roland-accordion.jpg?resize=348%2C261\" alt=\"\" title=\"roland accordion\" width=\"348\" height=\"261\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159095\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get ready to unleash your inner Weird Al Yankovic and sign up for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/go\/v-accordion_festival\/\">Roland U.S. V-Accordion Festival<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>This headbanging event will be held in Los Angeles (home to the Van Halen, Motley Crue, Ratt, and other well-known accordion-influenced bands) on Saturday, September 18. Aspiring accordion artists can submit application videos until July 15.<\/p>\n<p>If that dusty old thing you found in Grandpa Hertzel&#8217;s attic isn&#8217;t cutting it anymore, you can pick up a snazzy new Roland V-Accordion. The company features 14 models, ranging in price from about $1,300 to $3,600. You can even rock a threatening instrument like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/products\/productdetails.php?ProductId=992\">white-with-tribal-accents Fr-1b accordion<\/a> pictured here.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget, guitar virtuoso Steve Vai started his musical career as an accordion player. 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