• Steve Kimmel, Accordion enthusiast
• Garry Hemminger, Accordion repairman, arranger, & performer
• Bruce Metras, Accordion enthusiast
• Tom Tonon, Accordion enthusiast
• Tom Sullivan, Accordion enthusiast
• Tom Vesey, Accordion enthusiast
• Diego Zambelli, Accordion enthusiast
• Tom Rosich, Accordion enthusiast
• Tom Sullivan, Accordion enthusiast
• Gary Dahl, Performer & noted accordion arranger for Mel Bay Publications
• Philipp Griner, Performer and organizer of the "AkkZent" accordion library in Sissach, Switzerland
• Gary Dahl, Performer & noted accordion arranger for Mel Bay Publications
• Faithe Deffner, President of the AAA and Ernest Deffner Corp.
• Murray Peterson, Performer & JANPress customer
• Dottie Beck, Performer & JANPress customer
• Jay Powell, Performer & JANPress customer
• Courtney Von Drehle, Performer & Leader of Three-Legged Torso
• Joan Cochran Sommers, accordion professor at UMKC
• Peter Soave, accordion concert artist
• Faithe Deffner, President of the AAA and Ernest Deffner Corp.
• Henry Doktorski of The Classical Free-Reed, Inc., accordion composer/concert artist
• Guy Klucevsek, accordion composer/concert artist
• Rober Sattler, accordion concert artist
• Wayne Knights, creator and webmaster of Accordions Worldwide site at www.accordions.com
• Cheri Thurston, President - Closet Accordion Players of America
• Ron Accettullo, accordionist
• Steve Navoyosky, owner of Steve's Accordion Shop in Salem, Ohio
• Jim Wadowick, accordion arranger and owner of JaMar Music
• Peter DiBono, accordion arranger & teacher

 HI JOE,
 WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I GOT MY MUSIC FROM YOU TODAY. COULDN'T BE HAPPIER.  IT ALL LOOKS GREAT AND I CAN'T WAIT TO START LEARNING THE FREEBASE STUFF.  I WAS SO SURPRISED TO GET THAT EXTRA PIECE OF MUSIC. THAT WAS SO GREAT OF YOU. NOTHING MAKES ME HAPPIER THAN FINDING SOME OF TITO'S PIECES AND I HOPE THAT SOMEDAY I CAN RETURN THE FAVOR. THANK YOU AGAIN. YOU'RE THE BEST!
STEVE

Dear Joe,

Hi again and many thanks for your email reply - I'm glad to receive word from
you - thought my previous message did not reach you for some reason?!

Anyway, I did receive all the music you and Frank Marocco had sent me- my
most, sincerest thanks for this-plus the 2 n/c items you included- what a nice
gesture from a nice guy! Last ( but far from least)  I must commend you on the
super great packing job - everything arrived in mint condition!

Do you have the capacity (or interest) to be able to post .wav or .mp3 files sent in from the ng members? ... Your site is so fantastic that any added exposure (if it weren't too much of a pain) might be beneficial. 

Joe,

Thanks for the many interesting articles on your Learning Center web page. 

Regards,
Tom

Tom Sullivan, Accordion enthusiast

Joe,

Wonerful, wonerful article [re: memorization at <http://janpress.freeservers.com/lcjoen2.htm>].... can you suggest other resources (or more from you!) on music specific practice/memorization skills and techniques?

Everything I have read or been taught revolves around this "cardinal sin" of "fingers only" method. 

It is important to know, not only what to do, but what not to do as well.

Thanks for the very constructive help.

Tom Sullivan

...Gary Dahl's Happy Birthday in Cool looks cool to me, and I think I will buy
the music after seeing the first little bit of it at the JanPress site. 

Tom

Dear Mr natoli,

You were highly recommended by Mr Stricker and mentioned spontaneously by Mr Marocco.
Do you have a website ? I am interested in your CD's by accordionists.

Thank You
Diego Zambelli

Hi.  Just to wish you the best for the new year.  My New Year's resolution is
to practice more and to work on the great music you've published. Take care,
and I'll continue to visit the website.

Tom Rosich

Tom Sullivan, Accordion enthusiast

Joe,

Appreciate your website. Always hungry for ideas (and a forum)

Tom Sullivan

Hello Joe:

I want to commend you on the brilliant idea of a "Learning Center". The articles I've read so far are first rate and extremely educational and informative!

JANPress is well on the way to be the major force in all areas for the Accordion Community. Thanks for a job well done!

Dear Joe,

Congratulations to this new and appropriate way of publishing accordion music! ...Your editing work is done very carefully!!!

I've got to beg your pardon that I haven't informed you of the arrival of the package earlier. It arrived three weeks ago (31.8.) in good shape and I enjoyed very much taking a first look at the music and listening to your tape - thank you for including it - especially listening to „Prism / Rebirth" with
the score in my hands was really exciting and often amusing!

The whole material is already in the library of „AkkZent" in Sissach where it awaits to be discovered by further enthusiastic accordionists...

Gary Dahl, Performer & noted accordion arranger for Mel Bay Publications

Hi Joe

I went through the other arr. and all just excellent. ...the 2 dif. jazz arr. very good and good study pieces, one has to play them on a high level to make them work...some interesting ideas on harmony too. The Cifani Carnival  of Venice is excellent.

Faithe Deffner, President of the AAA and Ernest Deffner Corp.

Dear Joe,

Wishing you a happy anniversary and continued growth for the future.

Faithe Deffner

Murray Peterson, Performer & JANPress customer

Dear Joe:

It is allways a pleasure to hear from you. I pay standard bass accordion, and will appreciate the music "Five Roses Rag". The arrangement of "Jingle Bells Around the World" is great.The internet has shown me that the accordion is not dead.

Yours truly
Murray Peterson

Dottie Beck,Performer & JANPress customer

[Henry Doktorski's] Serenade arrived safely and is beautifully done! I am quite impressed!

Dottie

Jay Powell,Performer & JANPress customer

Joe -

Everything arrived in great shape, including the CD which arrived separately. Unfortunately, my accordion is in the shop, so I haven't yet been able to try out the endings of the pieces whose first pages I downloaded from your website. I really like that approach to selling sheet music. It sure beats buying blind from a catalog.

Cheers,

Jay Powell

Courtney Von Drehle, Performer & Leader of Three-Legged Torso

Greetings Joe,

I received "Mounted on the Fairground's Magic Horses" and your own "Jeu d'Esprit Waltz" a couple of days ago. In terms of feedback, I think you've done an excellent job. The packaging is good and will increase the life span of the music. The notation is great and is printed on good quality (thick) paper. Now all I have to do is learn the pieces.

Good job and thanks.

Courtney

Dear Joe,

What a great job you've done! Congratulations! I sincerely hope you will not let any frustrations dull your evident ardor for this new project. This is a fantastic beginning for a long-overdue solution to a need for accordion literature facing a great many people, especially in the USA, today. I wish you great success. Again, congratulations!

Joan Cochran Sommers

Peter Soave, accordion concert artist

Dear Joe,

Congradulations and thank-you for informing me of your new site. I have visited it several times and think it's just marvelous. BRAVO!!! I have your first Toccatta on the "back burner" so-to-speak & hope to present it in some future projects....naturally, time is a factor in learning major works such as the Toccatta.

I wish you the best of luck in your new business & look forward to future communication.

Sincerely,
Peter Soave

Faithe Deffner, President of the AAA and Ernest Deffner Corp.

Dear Joe,

I had a quick look at your site and think it is very good. Congratulations and thank you for adding positive and erudite input to the world of accordion in cyberspace.

Best wishes for ongoing success with the site.

Faithe

Henry Doktorski of The Classical Free-Reed, Inc., accordion composer/concert artist

Joe, Joe, Joe!

IT'S ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS! I LOVE IT! WOW!
I can't wait for your official opening. I want to be the first website to put a link to it!

Once again, It's great and I can't think of anything to suggest!

Sincerely,
Henry

Guy Klucevsek, accordion composer/concert artist

Dear Joe,

The site is terrific... Everything is clear, concise, logical, crisp, user-friendly and easy to follow and understand. Those are my only criticisms.
...
In the meantime, I wish you every success in your exciting new venture.
As with everything you do, this appears to be highly professional and top notch.

All the best,
Guy

Robert Sattler, accordion concert artist

Dear Joe,

Thanks for your note! Glad to see your site - it looks very nice (I've got it bookmarked for easy reference)...

Robert Sattler

Wayne Knights, creator and webmaster of Accordions Worldwide site

Dear Joe,

Congratulations on your website! A great piece of work.

Best wishes,
Wayne Knights

Cheri Thurston, President - Closet Accordion Players of America

Very nice! I love being able to download a page and take a look at a composition before I order.

Cheri Thurston

Ron Accettullo, accordionist

Hi Joe:

I just visted your new website and wish you nothing but the best! It's got to be the easiest website to access 'cause, if I can get there in 1 try, anyone can!!

Again, all the best of luck to you and everyone involved with this long overdue project!

Regards,
Ron

Steve Navoyosky, owner of Steve's Accordion Shop in Salem, Ohio

I appreciated the background color as it makes reading effortless and the design is not obtrusive at all. I'll give you an A+ .

Steve

Jim Wadowick, accordion arranger and owner of JaMar Music

I like your web page. Keep up the good work.

"Endangered Species"
JaMar Music (Jim Wadowick)
E-mail: wadowick@p-c-net.net

Peter DiBono, accordion arranger & enthusiast

Joe,

What a terrific idea. My best regards for a lot of success.

Peter Di Bono, San Francisco

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