GagDragon

Posts Tagged ‘berklee college of music’

my dad took me to berklee and julliard to audition when i was in high school.
we went to NYC first. i walked in to julliard in my normal attire. shorts, gym shoes, TOOL shirt and my hat on backwards with my headphones on me ears. i walked up to the front desk and the lady asked, in a smarmy english brogue i took for her “hamptons” voice “young man, are you in the right place?”

i turned around and looked at my dad, shook my head and said aloud “dad, fuck this place”

we turned around and went and bought STOMP tickets for that night.

then in boston i took the tour and the guy was saying how everyone was taught three years of jazz and jazz theory and that if you can play jazz you can play anything and i raised my hand and said “i hate jazz, is there a program for people who hate jazz?”
‘no. you go to berklee, you play jazz.’

i turned around and looked at my dad, shook my head and said aloud “dad, fuck jazz”

i auditioned at berklee just for shits and giggles and wouldve gotten a 75 dollar a semester scholarship! yeah, thats 75 bucks off 25,000 a year, which im sure has only gone up since 1996.