The Berklee College of Music

Date: Mar 10 2008
Major: Music - Performance (This Major's Salary over time)
It is pretty damned simple: Berklee is a fantastic college to be if you yourself are a fantastic musician. I really don't care a bit if this sounds unpleasant because the entertainment industry isn't either. Even with the new audition process Berklee is VERY EASY to get in to. If you failed the audition, don't even think of trying again - just get real: music is not for you. A great deal of the students are musical air-heads with absolutely no intellectual curiosity and no genuine innate musicality, yet they expect Berklee to transform them into something far removed from what they are really capable of. It is safe to say that almost all of the negative comments present on this site originate from people who simply should never have come in the first place. Who cares if you think you're good?! That doesn't impress me one bit. Impressing your peers and impressing an entire industry are two very different things. There is very little point in coming here unless you are actually good at what you do. This sounds painfully obvious yet many people miss this point entirely. Don't lie to yourself because Berklee is expensive and only worth the time of those who are on scholarships anyway. I for one had a great time with great facilities and teachers and am doing VERY well. It irritates to me to see people complain about a college using their lack of success as an argument. If you and your three chords on guitar can't get a gig you can't possibly blame Berklee. Most people here don't appreciate the difference between loving music as a hobby and using music as a way of life and business - this explains the angry comments.