kcw wrote:Dude I want to go to Berklee so bad. Its pretty expensive and i dont know how selective they are on picking people to accept but its the only school ive found with an acoustic rock performance guitar major with a program to do a double major with songwriting. Thats my first choice so far. Well my only choice really i dont know of anywhere else that has all that.
What kind of tool goes to college to become a rock star??
the kind that wants to look at all of us that dont go study music and laugh.
Yep, sounds like a tool.
By studying music in college you get a better chance of being a sucess. If you just go and have no real idea of what your doing and you send demos out to record companys then your most likely not going to get signed unless your amazing.
College is a way to learn theory, learn more about composition, etc........
I think if your planning on being "signed" you damn well gonna have to be amazing either way. Going to Berklee would help you to become a session player but I doubt it would help to make you a "star".
You should also ask yourself if you honestly think being in such a competitive environment would be healthy for musical development.
If you've never formally studied the guitar/singing your chances of getting in might be slim. Although you don't need to audition. They just want proof that you've taken the instrument seriously for a while.
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Beauford33 wrote:A session player can make more money then a "star"
I didn't say anything about money but yes that's true. It also requires a crap loud of knowledge and experiance in a vast array of styles. That's one area where I think intensive study would help.
Oh and what picks does Dave use? Are they better than Tims?
Beauford33 wrote:A session player can make more money then a "star"
I didn't say anything about money but yes that's true. It also requires a crap loud of knowledge and experiance in a vast array of styles. That's one area where I think intensive study would help.
Oh and what picks does Dave use? Are they better than Tims?
Id be more interested in what strap he uses...and if they are better then Tim's
You will have to be amazing either way yea.....but......you would have to be a whole lot better to get signed without any education with it than if you were to go to college for music. And going to college will help a lot with learning more about music composition making your songs sound a lot better. Plus it will teach you a crap load of other useful things, while giving you chance to perform and maybe even get into a band.
If you get signed and you go onstage for your first performance ever than you most likely will screw it up cause of how nervous you are unless you feel comfortable in front of people. But if you get nervous which most people do than its better to have a lot of experience with it.
And why insult me by my grammar? I'm sorry I don't check for spelling and punctuation and all, but seriously its a message board i'm not writing a freaking english paper.
oh, btw. You are more liley to find other talented musicians at a music college (for that reason specifically) rather then meeting a few people at some non-music college. It is a music haven and you are surrounded by other talented musicians that were also accepted there
Beauford33 wrote:oh, btw. You are more liley to find other talented musicians at a music college (for that reason specifically) rather then meeting a few people at some non-music college. It is a music haven and you are surrounded by other talented musicians that were also accepted there
Beauford33 wrote:oh, btw. You are more liley to find other talented musicians at a music college (for that reason specifically) rather then meeting a few people at some non-music college. It is a music haven and you are surrounded by other talented musicians that were also accepted there
