S02E21 - Carl Riehl

Accordionist, Carl Riehl, joined us in the studio to share his
story of a dual career as a Lawyer and Musician. Composer of
three off Broadway musicals and commercial jingles, he always
followed his mantra to pursue any interesting opportunity that
comes along that he can do or learn how to do. He talked about;
his transition from classical piano to the accordion, his current
instrument choice, how he landed the “An American in Paris” gig,
the accordionist network in Manhattan, physical injuries caused
by playing the accordion, different schools of accordion
technique, diversity of repertoire with the accordion, creating
performances venues-bands, adjusting as a musician from a
classical background into a pop musician, how he learned to
improvise, how he practices improvisation and practicing the
fundamentals.