tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post4032337547130917352..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: The Music School BubbleCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-81725832660723974682015-08-26T08:49:23.095-07:002015-08-26T08:49:23.095-07:00Rule #1 of any profession, getting paid. Beit wri...Rule #1 of any profession, getting paid. Beit writer, musician, juggler, comedian, get paid. If you are not getting paid, you're not a working profession.BigFirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08691686124373392635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-20055073464209491072015-08-25T06:31:49.864-07:002015-08-25T06:31:49.864-07:00Great guest post. My own anecdote - I attended a p...Great guest post. My own anecdote - I attended a private New England engineering college (electrical engineering) that required a "sufficiency" project. This meant you basically had to minor in some kind of social science or humanities topic. The ridiculousness of this requirement aside, I had been a classically trained guitarist since 12 so when given options I chose to minor in music theory with a concentration on jazz theory. I had a professor who actively gigged outside of school and pretty much taught to support his playing. I learned more from this one professor jamming out at his apartment then I did taking 6 years of music classes and the minor I earned.<br /><br />After I was "good enough" he put me in touch with some of his friends in that scene, and I ended up with very minor backup roles and the occasional request for improvisation/leads. This started out as barely covering gas money but eventually I started making some real coin, all under the table. His comment about finding that one teacher is 100% true in my mind. Again, this was a great read and great advice.<br /><br />Also being able to have pretty girls attend shows where you are playing is a dynamite way to get laid.Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-1005695676508773402015-08-23T02:26:28.616-07:002015-08-23T02:26:28.616-07:00If some of these Berkley grads want to experience ...If some of these Berkley grads want to experience music making in the raw, they should come to Europe. I live in Cologne, and there are a lot of buskers, some good, a lot (most) of them mediocre and the rest are just terrible. Occasionally we see young American kids over here playing guitar and singing on street corners. I wonder if their parents know what they're up to?<br /><br />German audiences are appreciative of good talent and will reward the best street musicians quite handsomely. The mediocre, who are in the majority by the way, are not even glanced at.<br /><br />The young Berkely grads should be aware that the competition for handouts is quite fierce. You are either very good and make a fair bit of coin or you starve. There is no in between. Sing out of tune and people will walk by as if you're not even there. Play very well, and I emphasize the word "very", then you will have an audience who will cheer, clap, throw money and take selfies with you.<br /><br />A final tip is to offer the street audience something unique. A few years ago there was a banjo player who played superbly and his hat was overflowing with Euro coins. A couple of blocks away another American, drugged out and unkempt, was playing guitar badly and singing off key. His hat was empty, save for a few pfennig.<br />Expat in Germanynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-80106258239819067832015-08-22T10:05:00.429-07:002015-08-22T10:05:00.429-07:00The 4th paragraph: Where he states that the reason...The 4th paragraph: Where he states that the reason those undergrads were so advanced was on account of their being subsidized by their high economic status along with having others take care of their basic responsibilities.<br /><br />How much of the success of certain individuals are the results of their being able to focus on their trade/profession/hobbies without the superficial and mundane interferences incurred by most of the rest of us?Tal Hartsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077424958233740898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-32948516957830928612015-08-21T18:51:14.411-07:002015-08-21T18:51:14.411-07:00Great post. Berklee now has an online school with ...Great post. Berklee now has an online school with degrees that is much cheaper than being on campus. The instructors and content are pretty much the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com