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Originally Posted by Jazzarian
Alex
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06-22-2009 12:16 AM
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"Everybody gets into Berklee. I was accepted as a junior in high school."
Used to be true. Not anymore! (Well, hopefully anyway). And thank goodness they have gone back to some standards there. When I was there, I remember meeting a girl who had been playing guitar for six months. She said she went to Berklee to meet guys. Of course, almost none of these people stayed around long.
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Originally Posted by franco6719
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Originally Posted by Smitty
That's good to hear.
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I don't think at fast changes you're restricted to sale fragments. You might play them, but it's not as if you have to ignore the changes and only focus on the key of the tune rather than the chord of ther moment. A couple weeks with some arpeggios and a metronome will clear that right up
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not the key of the tune, the "key of the moment." i'm definitely not advocating not playing the changes.
giant steps is a great example of a tune where this approach works very well.
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07-12-2009, 03:00 PM #32Jazzarian GuestOriginally Posted by franco6719
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
I did Giant Steps and Countdown back to back for my jury last semester, and for both of them I found it easier to think chord by chord. The only time I feel completely comfortable thinking key instead of chord is on modal tunes
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Originally Posted by Smitty
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Originally Posted by timscarey
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Originally Posted by timscarey
It was always that way. Everyone applied 20 years ago as well. Everyone also GOT IN 20 or so years ago. Your explanation does nothing to explain the enormous statistical difference between 75% TO 20%!! Something has changed RADICALLY and that is all for the better. Beside that, Berklee was ALWAYS prestigious and always will be prestigious for its history, the people who studied, taught and/or passed through there at some point. And that is WHY people apply to get in there in the first place. Nothing more to be said.
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Originally Posted by Jazzarian
Last edited by BigDaddyLoveHandles; 07-16-2009 at 03:11 PM. Reason: Never realized before Lenny was Canadian.
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Originally Posted by franco6719
And, not many people apply to it any more, either because of money or because of fear. I know lots of people that chickened out of their audition! Not exactly a good attitude to have, but whatever!
So...back to improvising talk.
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Yes, Berklee was a tiny little school with basically two buildings and a small student body even when it was open admission. Someone must be thinking of UC Berkeley or Harvard or something like that.
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