The Truth About Music School

The best education in music will always be the BANDSTAND.

Music is a language.

If you want to learn Chinese, does it make more sense to learn Chinese in a classroom and go 300K in debt?

Or, should you just go to a country that speaks Chinese and immerse yourself in the language and culture?

Learning music in college is like learning Chinese in a classroom where the teacher has questionable fluency in Chinese, and you’re learning Chinese alongside other students who are also trying to learn Chinese.

One of the best videos about! Another point; countries who speaks english is so expesive, for example in germany music schools are relative cheap, in Brasil public universites are free, and there are great music courses, but we in Brasil suffer with high levels of insecurity, social vunerability, lack of sanitation, high taxes and lack of access to equipment. if i had been born in EUA, maybe I wouldn't be majoring in music or would be, i don't no, for me an average brazilian study on julliard is impossible haha 86.000 U$ x 5,5 (Real Brazillian)… here is comum one people get two degree, and one master and still win a scholarshipfor example.

I did this without the social reward. I was also without the social skills, but it's worth noting the social reward isn't definitively granted. In my case, there were 6 people on my course.

Guy like me (Caribbean) we pirate all that shit from torrent (we don't care how old the edition is, we work it out however we can) & start from an ALSO pirated version of Ableton Live & f around until we hit gold.

This was a great video! Wish I saw it before I got my music degree 🥲

Good video

I went to a conservatory for composition for undergrad. I didn't end up becoming a working composer, but I did discover that I really liked music history, and ended up getting a Ph.D in musicology instead. Still on the academic job market… but I've published a lot and had a lot of interviews, so fingers crossed something happens soon! But that's a thing that I think is maybe underdiscussed, that you can also end up with a career in music that's slightly adjacent to what you were into. I absolutely don't regret doing a conservatory education for undergrad, as I think that set me up with a really good foundation in music that I didn't have before college, that helped me with my later research (even though it's not primarily focused on classical music) and teaching.

I would say for some to think a lot about the curriculum and how focused it is on music or your specific style of music specifically. For me it was important that the conservatory be part of a larger university where I could take classes in other things, but some might find the Julliard stand-alone conservatory approach more useful. And look at, like Mic the Snare discusses, how much you get of your specific musical focus vs. broader stuff like music theory and music history, ensembles vs. more individual performing opportunities, etc., if you're not doing a performance degree how much you're still expected to do performance stuff on your primary instrument. Also, see if you can find out from current students or alumni what the culture of the campus and your particular department is like. Does it have a reputation for success? Is it supportive or more cutthroat? Etc.

Music school is great if you want to teach…

Very very solid and in-depth video. Respect and thank you!!
Musician without college education here. I think it works out okay enough for me, since my goal has always been to make original music. Though sometimes I wonder whether I'd like to actually get a degree since I feel like I lack especially where technical ability and broad more in-depth experience in various genres is concerned. The major problems I face are more about my own work ethic and Youtube addiction, though. If I got that sorted out I think I'd be able to get ahead just fine.

This is a great overview of the considerations someone should take when deciding whether to go to music school. Like you said, there's no one right answer for everyone, it just depends on what your specific life situation and goals are. Personally, I finished my gen ed classes at community college first, and then transferred to a state university for music school. I started out wanting to be a vocal performance major but eventually switched to music education and got teaching endorsements in choral and general music. It took a long time for me to finish but I think it was worth it for all of the valuable things I learned from the experience and the friends I made along the way.

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This video is very helpful, hopefully my course in salford can help me succeed

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mannnn…. this makes me so sad for people in the us (and all "first world" countries who force people to pay absurd amounts to go to college). the mindset that college is the time and place to figure out what you want to do in your adult life is the most common – and in my opinion, correct – mindset in brazil, where getting a good education can be (and is for most people) a 100% free endeavour

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14:13 dude. How did you know?

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