IDEAS – Judging from the incredible growth and support from the entire international digital accordion community at all levels – it looks like this is an IDEA whose time has come! Joe Natoli and Michael Soloway, the co-founders of this new and unique organization will be performing and teaching at the NAA meeting in Dallas Texas beginning March 6, 2019.

This will mark the first anniversary of the creation and public announcement of the society that embraces and fosters digital and electronic accordions as an instrumental art form in their own rite.

Two years in the making, Joe and Michael brought out their concept for an independent digital/electronic accordion community just one year ago at the very same NAA meeting last year. Since then, the membership and involvement has continued to grow exponentially. Dialogue, discussion and playing unfolds daily on their face book page – GR8 IDEAS that surpassed 500 participants in less than a year and is expected to go over a thousand by the end of the year.

IDEAS SYMPOSIUM I was held in Ohio last November 2018 with participation from all over the globe and was so exciting and successful that SYMPOSIUM II, Nov. 6—10, 2019 will begin registration next month at the NAA meeting. Requests are coming in already as Joe and Michael work to keep up with all of the interest as the international digital accordion community is finally finding its “home”. The new IDEAS website is undergoing construction and will be unveiled soon.

WWW.GR8IDEAS.ORG with public and also private members sections. In the meantime, until the first anniversary at the NAA, annual memberships in IDEAS are being offered at $40 instead of the regular $60. To join in, just email the group at thegr8.ideas@gmail.com and request the membership. Remember the annual discount will end after the NAA meeting on March 10, 2019.