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TaylorsBaby225 wrote:after i get out of high school i want to get a year of formal training on guitar, then see if i can scrape up enough funds to go to berklee, after that i just need a couple strokes of luck and ill be there.
BERKELEY! everyone spells that ish wrong.....haha. but i don't think i'm gonna pursue this anymore than possibly open mics or something. its just a very passionate hobby i have. i'm gonna be a doctor. Doctor Mikey that is.....:lol:
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i-am-me wrote:
TaylorsBaby225 wrote:after i get out of high school i want to get a year of formal training on guitar, then see if i can scrape up enough funds to go to berklee, after that i just need a couple strokes of luck and ill be there.
BERKELEY! everyone spells that ish wrong.....haha. but i don't think i'm gonna pursue this anymore than possibly open mics or something. its just a very passionate hobby i have. i'm gonna be a doctor. Doctor Mikey that is.....:lol:
he spelled it right dude, there are TWO different colleges. Berkley is in california and berklee is a music school in boston
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fatjack wrote:
i-am-me wrote:
TaylorsBaby225 wrote:after i get out of high school i want to get a year of formal training on guitar, then see if i can scrape up enough funds to go to berklee, after that i just need a couple strokes of luck and ill be there.
BERKELEY! everyone spells that ish wrong.....haha. but i don't think i'm gonna pursue this anymore than possibly open mics or something. its just a very passionate hobby i have. i'm gonna be a doctor. Doctor Mikey that is.....:lol:
he spelled it right dude, there are TWO different colleges. Berkley is in california and berklee is a music school in boston
berklee in boston is the rich kids music school...anyone can go there so long as you have the money. 40 grand a year unless they give you scholarships after they place you...it's not exactly well looked upon in the higher-music-learning crowd either...but you've got a heck of a lot better shot making it after going there then just trying to do something out of nowhere. and making it as a studio musician really isn't that hard. guitarists who can read are in fairly high demand. being a pro-musician more often than not isn't about writing and performing your songs...
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fatjack wrote:
i-am-me wrote:
TaylorsBaby225 wrote:after i get out of high school i want to get a year of formal training on guitar, then see if i can scrape up enough funds to go to berklee, after that i just need a couple strokes of luck and ill be there.
BERKELEY! everyone spells that ish wrong.....haha. but i don't think i'm gonna pursue this anymore than possibly open mics or something. its just a very passionate hobby i have. i'm gonna be a doctor. Doctor Mikey that is.....:lol:
he spelled it right dude, there are TWO different colleges. Berkley is in california and berklee is a music school in boston
Haha. Actually, Berkeley is in California. It's my home town!
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gcom007 wrote:
fatjack wrote:
i-am-me wrote:
TaylorsBaby225 wrote:after i get out of high school i want to get a year of formal training on guitar, then see if i can scrape up enough funds to go to berklee, after that i just need a couple strokes of luck and ill be there.
BERKELEY! everyone spells that ish wrong.....haha. but i don't think i'm gonna pursue this anymore than possibly open mics or something. its just a very passionate hobby i have. i'm gonna be a doctor. Doctor Mikey that is.....:lol:
he spelled it right dude, there are TWO different colleges. Berkley is in california and berklee is a music school in boston
berklee in boston is the rich kids music school...anyone can go there so long as you have the money. 40 grand a year unless they give you scholarships after they place you...it's not exactly well looked upon in the higher-music-learning crowd either...but you've got a heck of a lot better shot making it after going there then just trying to do something out of nowhere. and making it as a studio musician really isn't that hard. guitarists who can read are in fairly high demand. being a pro-musician more often than not isn't about writing and performing your songs...
its gotta be almost impossible to get a scholarship to berklee... doesn't it?
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i'd love to be a professional musician for a living.. but it seems like such a remote career.... :(
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AdamCU81 wrote:
fatjack wrote:
i-am-me wrote:
TaylorsBaby225 wrote:after i get out of high school i want to get a year of formal training on guitar, then see if i can scrape up enough funds to go to berklee, after that i just need a couple strokes of luck and ill be there.
BERKELEY! everyone spells that ish wrong.....haha. but i don't think i'm gonna pursue this anymore than possibly open mics or something. its just a very passionate hobby i have. i'm gonna be a doctor. Doctor Mikey that is.....:lol:
he spelled it right dude, there are TWO different colleges. Berkley is in california and berklee is a music school in boston
Haha. Actually, Berkeley is in California. It's my home town!
thats what i said, berkley with a "y" is in california...
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TaylorsBaby225 wrote:
gcom007 wrote:
fatjack wrote:
i-am-me wrote:
TaylorsBaby225 wrote:after i get out of high school i want to get a year of formal training on guitar, then see if i can scrape up enough funds to go to berklee, after that i just need a couple strokes of luck and ill be there.
BERKELEY! everyone spells that ish wrong.....haha. but i don't think i'm gonna pursue this anymore than possibly open mics or something. its just a very passionate hobby i have. i'm gonna be a doctor. Doctor Mikey that is.....:lol:
he spelled it right dude, there are TWO different colleges. Berkley is in california and berklee is a music school in boston
berklee in boston is the rich kids music school...anyone can go there so long as you have the money. 40 grand a year unless they give you scholarships after they place you...it's not exactly well looked upon in the higher-music-learning crowd either...but you've got a heck of a lot better shot making it after going there then just trying to do something out of nowhere. and making it as a studio musician really isn't that hard. guitarists who can read are in fairly high demand. being a pro-musician more often than not isn't about writing and performing your songs...
its gotta be almost impossible to get a scholarship to berklee... doesn't it?
I don't think it's ridicuously hard if you know a bit, I mean, if you just play dave, open stuff and you don't know any theory, it's not happening, if you know a bit...well, you get a few grand, not much when it's still 36 grand a year...the school is just a little goofy...
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gcom007 wrote:
TaylorsBaby225 wrote:
gcom007 wrote:
fatjack wrote:
i-am-me wrote:
TaylorsBaby225 wrote:after i get out of high school i want to get a year of formal training on guitar, then see if i can scrape up enough funds to go to berklee, after that i just need a couple strokes of luck and ill be there.
BERKELEY! everyone spells that ish wrong.....haha. but i don't think i'm gonna pursue this anymore than possibly open mics or something. its just a very passionate hobby i have. i'm gonna be a doctor. Doctor Mikey that is.....:lol:
he spelled it right dude, there are TWO different colleges. Berkley is in california and berklee is a music school in boston
berklee in boston is the rich kids music school...anyone can go there so long as you have the money. 40 grand a year unless they give you scholarships after they place you...it's not exactly well looked upon in the higher-music-learning crowd either...but you've got a heck of a lot better shot making it after going there then just trying to do something out of nowhere. and making it as a studio musician really isn't that hard. guitarists who can read are in fairly high demand. being a pro-musician more often than not isn't about writing and performing your songs...
its gotta be almost impossible to get a scholarship to berklee... doesn't it?
I don't think it's ridicuously hard if you know a bit, I mean, if you just play dave, open stuff and you don't know any theory, it's not happening, if you know a bit...well, you get a few grand, not much when it's still 36 grand a year...the school is just a little goofy...
not to mention it has one of the highest freshman drop out rates in the country
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fatjack wrote:
gcom007 wrote:
TaylorsBaby225 wrote:
gcom007 wrote:
fatjack wrote:
i-am-me wrote:
TaylorsBaby225 wrote:after i get out of high school i want to get a year of formal training on guitar, then see if i can scrape up enough funds to go to berklee, after that i just need a couple strokes of luck and ill be there.
BERKELEY! everyone spells that ish wrong.....haha. but i don't think i'm gonna pursue this anymore than possibly open mics or something. its just a very passionate hobby i have. i'm gonna be a doctor. Doctor Mikey that is.....:lol:
he spelled it right dude, there are TWO different colleges. Berkley is in california and berklee is a music school in boston
berklee in boston is the rich kids music school...anyone can go there so long as you have the money. 40 grand a year unless they give you scholarships after they place you...it's not exactly well looked upon in the higher-music-learning crowd either...but you've got a heck of a lot better shot making it after going there then just trying to do something out of nowhere. and making it as a studio musician really isn't that hard. guitarists who can read are in fairly high demand. being a pro-musician more often than not isn't about writing and performing your songs...
its gotta be almost impossible to get a scholarship to berklee... doesn't it?
I don't think it's ridicuously hard if you know a bit, I mean, if you just play dave, open stuff and you don't know any theory, it's not happening, if you know a bit...well, you get a few grand, not much when it's still 36 grand a year...the school is just a little goofy...
not to mention it has one of the highest freshman drop out rates in the country
hehe...
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I'm gonna study English
(because I like it so much!!!)

I actually never had the intention to study music or something... I sing and play for fun and to forget worries and stuff and to relax of course
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id love to go pro. probably won't, but it won't be for lack of trying (after i get all my schooling out of the way) i mean like pro pro too, like in a band. i want to be the rhythm guitarist/backup vocals for a band. right now it's just me and one other guy, but who knows. first i have to figure out how to write songs, i mean i can, but my lyrics suck. and im slowly trying to turn myself into a lead guitarist, cause i know the largest population of guitarists are rhythm.
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yeah, I'm learning scales and stuff right now to be able to play some improvised solo stuff. But it's hard at first. Needs time I think.
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I'd have to say that if I could play music for the rest of my life and make enough money to get by I would, but realisically I am pretty sure this won't happen for me. My real vision for the future is to finish my time here in college and work computer systems for some company (yes, I am a huge computer nerd) and then play solo or in a band in my free time. I really just play music because is it entertaing for myself and I like to entertain others.
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horsmar15 wrote:I'd have to say that if I could play music for the rest of my life and make enough money to get by I would, but realisically I am pretty sure this won't happen for me. My real vision for the future is to finish my time here in college and work computer systems for some company (yes, I am a huge computer nerd) and then play solo or in a band in my free time. I really just play music because is it entertaing for myself and I like to entertain others.
Yeah, that's perhaps what I'd like to do in the future too.
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