Berklee College of Music Chances?
You can audition with voice as your instrument, but the style you sing is completely up to you. Unlike other schools, Berklee students study literally every kind of music from classical to funk to metal to Latin, and the admissions team wants to see where YOUR passion lies. So sing a song (any song!) that you love and feel shows your technical skill, something you truly enjoy performing that will demonstrate your unique personality. Your prepared piece is the center of your audition, which is the biggest factor in both your admissions and scholarship decisions, so show them who you are and how much potential you have. In addition to your prepared piece, your audition will consist of sight-reading, improvisation, and call & response exercises. For more details and practice materials, see the link below. To increase your chances at a scholarship, be well prepared to showcase your skills in every part of the audition. If you are not already taking private voice lessons, you should do so to make sure that you are preparing in an effective way and that you don't have any bad habits that could damage your voice. If you write music, you can also apply for the Writing and Composition Scholarship: http://www.berklee.edu/scholarships/Writing-Composition-Scholarship.html You didn't ask, but since the other posters brought it up: Berklee prefers at least a 2.5 GPA.
How do I get into Berklee College of Music?
It’s not too hard to get in to Berklee actually. You fill out the admission forms of course and then you’ll get your audition. If they think you’re good enough, you’re in.You should know that the program is very intense. I don’t remember a single party. It was constant never ending huge amounts of work!Classwork needs a lot of participation and homework is heavy.Then you’re required to join performance groups and go to nightly concerts. So, while it’s not tough to get in if they think you have talent, it’s very hard to STAY in! You really need to be devoted. I hope that helps.Go knock ’em dead!
I have ABSOLUTELY no money for Berklee school of music (college/university), Can I still go there?
I really want to go to Berklee school of music but I really have absolutely no money whatsoever or anyone who can help... I am a native New Yorker in my mid 20's and have literally been drifting around world since I have been 18. I now have a wife and daughter who I am trying to get back over here in the states and am trying to settle down. I just came back in the country pretty much with nothing except the clothes on my back and have been working up from the bottom for the last few months. I am now living in New York city. After paying my rent and whatever else, and taking care of my family I have no money left over and am really struggling. I am actually still unemployed and have sort of been freelancing since ive been back in the US just to make ends meat which sometimes even barely happens. Ive never even filed taxes in my life. My family is broke to and has no means of helping whatsoever. My parents credit score is also pretty bad. Since I was 14 I wanted to go to Berklee school of music. I play a bunch of stuff but mostly my instruments are Drums and synthesizer/programming/digital composition... I want to know if it is possible for someone like myself who is really absolutely broke to go to Berklee just off of student loans, pel grants and whatever else. I would be going full time, dual major if possible, so I wouldn't be able to work so much also I have my family to look after as well. I wouldnt be staying in the dorms either because its not possible for me. What can I do? There are just so many expenses. Is it possible as well to get financial aid towards paying for an apartment in Boston? Ive heard of it. Please, if there is anybody who has been in my position please tell me how you did it. Being the artists that we are, im sure there are other people like me who choose to lead a life different from the typical norms of society and finally decided, hey I want to go to Berklee, its time! ??? I just wasn't ready when I was younger. The only reason I would even consider college would be for my love of music, so Berklee is my first choice and maybe last as well. Please let me know, Thank you
How difficult is it to get into Berklee College of Music?
I am a drummer. I play set. How good do you have to be to nail an audition? To even get in? I've been playing since I was about seven, so I could say 10 years if I wanted, but it really only amounts to, say, five years at most. I'm the lead drummer in my school, but it's a relatively small school. I haven't taken private lessons for set yet, but I intent to. My father is a drummer, and he has taught me a bit. I can also play euphonium. I'm very interested in composition. What might be useful is if someone could post a link to a video of a drummer whose skill level is around the minimum requirement... if possible.
Music Business bachelor at Berklee College of Music?
I'm planning on applying to the music business bachelor at Berklee College of Music. Does anyone have any experience with this school, having the music business as a major? Will the fact that I'm not applying for, for example, bachelor in music composition mean that I can get away with not being the best at my instrument? I play the guitar, and have played for 7 years, but I don't see myself as a pro or anything. I am pretty decent though, I know my chords and scales and have a good ear. I'm from Norway, the government here will give me scholarship if I get into the school, so the price is not a topic.
Outside of the Berklee College of Music online courses, what other web-based music tutorial services are notable?
I'll second the vote for Groove 3, and also recommend WinkSound (http://www.youtube.com/user/Wink...), PureMix (http://www.puremix.net/), ProTools Expert (http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/), and Recording Hacks (http://recordinghacks.com/). There are also more music production resources for your review on my site: Creatively Forward.
Been following Berklee College of Music. Why does Indian Ensemble led by Antoinette perform AR Rahman's compositions but none of Ilayaraja's?
*updated*I was just musing this question over again and was thinking a couple of things… Both of these artists are very popular and for the very same reasons. I guess in US terms one would say current “pop” culture versus “old school” as it relates to the Bollywood music genre. When I went to Berklee, one of my best friends (still is), father was a popular Pakistani actor who’s starred in hundreds of Bollywood movies. I remember my friend describing his dad as old and no longer a sexy leading man like he used to be. After being invited to my friend's wedding, I discovered his dad(as a current actor)is still a leading man, just only the patriarch, not the main love Interest. Does this make his role any less important? If he didn't exist, there would no longer be a story line. I feel the same way regarding ARR and Ilayaraja. One would not have happened if it were not the appreciation of the past inspiring the future.Just like any professor in any curriculum, there's creative licensing. The college hired the professor to teach a class in this culture in hopes that they teach a wide variety/diverse offering in which the students gain knowledge in more than what's most popular. For instance, I grew up in the Midwest in the US, where popular music heard on the radio was pop 40, “classic rock”, or country music. Unless you were exposed to any other kind via your parents or teachers, it's all you knew. Look to your professors as a fountain of knowledge helping you to explore another way of hearing, sensing, feeling, another form of music rather than judging what is merely popular.
Where can I study contemporary and popular music in the USA (besides Berklee and Musicians Institute)?
There are a ton of different music schools/universities other than MI and Berklee. For instance theres Juliard, Tanglewood for the performing arts, L.A. Music Academy, Boston Conservatory and countless others. Im not clear on why you'd choose other than the 2 you mentioned. It really all depends on what you want to accomplish. If you want to be a teacher, or play professionally in an orchestra, then you'll need a degree for sure.That being said, if you just want a solid background in music theory or a particular instrument,then just take lessons. The important thing to remember is, the circle of 5ths and all 7 modes are the same at EVERY school you can go to that teaches theory. So dont get hung up thinking that one guy from Berklee would know theory better than the guy at the next school. Hope that helps.