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I wrote:
>>>> If you are going to Berklee College of Music to get an education,
>>>> you'll be sorely disappointed.
> 
Nick Batzdorf  wrote:
> You get out ten times what you put in. Ten times nothing is nothing.
> Is that sufficiently patronizing?
> Good, because I got an excellent education.

hahahaha... I like your attitude. I believe exactly the same thing. I meant
no harm, that was just my limited experience at Berklee for only a 2 week
visit after getting a full scholarship. I ended up going to University of
Miami which had a much more personalized approach from the get go and felt a
lot more well rounded. Plus it was warm.

I wrote:
>> Allow me to clarify: If you are going to berklee college of music to get a
>> WELL ROUNDED education you'll be disappointed. the music curriculum there is
>> certainly fine. If you like a factory atmosphere, it's the place to go.

I'm sorry I got involved in this thread and I'm not going to reply on list
anymore to this topic since it's so obviously OT and gets people riled up
when someone expresses a strong opinion. I heard this about the academics
from people who went there. Sorry if I was insulting your school. I didn't
like it, but that doesn't mean anything. Different strokes... my advice to
anyone searching for a music school to attend is "visit a few places for
more than a week each, sit in on some classes, if you feel good there,
attend."

Nick Batzdorf wrote:
> Bah. It's been a while since I was there (1979 - 81), but it was only
> a little bit of a factory the first two semesters. After that all the
> 19-year-olds who only became interested in music the year before (and
> just want to play guitar with their shirts off) drop out. Then it
> becomes a fantastic environment with lots of great musicians from all
> over the world and some excellent faculty.

that sounds about right. Maybe it would have a better reputation if they
wouldn't take all the posers $. I just didn't feel like waiting around for 2
semesters for the posers to drop out. I suppose that Berklee is more of a
realistic scenario as far as the percentage of musicians who suck in real
life. At Miami, there were %0 posers. They have very high standards for
entrance.

Nick Batzdorf wrote:
> And the academic classes I took were excellent too.

good. I stand corrected.

Nick Batzdorf wrote:
> You're going to hear good and bad things about any school, but I
> wouldn't trade that experience for anything.

to me, music school is an oxymoron. If I had it do over, I'd stay in NYC and
take private lessons and play gigs. I did enjoy my time at Miami and the
school is excellent but I'm not sure it was the best way to go. I learned
more from my high school guitar teacher than I did in music school, but I'm
a freak of nature and that certainly is not the norm. Music school was more
of a place to meet future co-workers. For me it should have been called
"music networking for future gigs school"...

peace,
Teddybut