Berklee Audition

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- March 24, 2008 at 2:25 am
FretDancer69
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Hey guys! This Friday (March 21) i had my audition at Berklee! It was awesome! i did really good, except for the sight reading and the chords hehe 😀 but yeah i did good imo. The place is so amazing, loots of cool people from everywhere with all kinds of instruments and different approaches and thoughts about music, its an amazing place! The faculty is really nice and make you feel comfortable about the place!

Just wanted to share this with you guys, 🙂

Rock on ! 😀

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- March 24, 2008 at 2:50 am
tjchep
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That’s real cool man..

What did you do really? Did they just give you a couple of exams or what?
- March 24, 2008 at 3:00 am
FretDancer69
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@tjchep 1949 wrote:

That’s real cool man..

What did you do really? Did they just give you a couple of exams or what?

they asked me to play the piece that i had prepared for them (Im Alright – Neil Zaza). Then they asked me too sight read some stuff (wich i barely could get a couple of notes), then some chords. Then some Call-response ear exercises, rythmic exersises and they asked me to improvise with a Backing Track and that was it. 🙂
- March 24, 2008 at 3:00 am
InFlames
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@FretDancer69 1947 wrote:

Hey guys! This Friday (March 21) i had my audition at Berklee! It was awesome! i did really good, except for the sight reading and the chords hehe 😀 but yeah i did good imo. The place is so amazing, loots of cool people from everywhere with all kinds of instruments and different approaches and thoughts about music, its an amazing place! The faculty is really nice and make you feel comfortable about the place!

Just wanted to share this with you guys, 🙂

Rock on ! 😀

hey

You had ur audition at berklee school of music in boston?
- March 24, 2008 at 3:08 am
FretDancer69
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@InFlames 1951 wrote:

hey

You had ur audition at berklee school of music in boston?

yeah, thats correct 🙂
- March 24, 2008 at 3:39 am
tjchep
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If you do get accepted..

What are you going to major in?
- March 24, 2008 at 3:44 am
Lit1219
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That is awesome. I want to go there also but I might attend a different school first (a local one). I live in MA so I am fairly close to Boston so hopefully someday I’ll get there!

Great to hear you think you did well. Keep working on what you think you need to improve in that they have tested you on! It will most likely benefit you.
- March 24, 2008 at 4:19 am
FretDancer69
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@Lit1219 1958 wrote:

That is awesome. I want to go there also but I might attend a different school first (a local one). I live in MA so I am fairly close to Boston so hopefully someday I’ll get there!

Great to hear you think you did well. Keep working on what you think you need to improve in that they have tested you on! It will most likely benefit you.

Thanks man! 🙂 I hope you do well when your time comes to audition. And yes, ill start taking sightreading lessons from now on! 🙂

@tjchep 1956 wrote:

If you do get accepted..

What are you going to major in?

If i get accepted, ill pursue a dual major, one in Performance and the other one in Music Education 🙂
- March 24, 2008 at 4:25 am
Lit1219
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@FretDancer69 1969 wrote:

Thanks man! 🙂 I hope you do well when your time comes to audition. And yes, ill start taking sightreading lessons from now on! 🙂

If i get accepted, ill pursue a dual major, one in Performance and the other one in Music Education 🙂

No problem man and good luck!
- March 24, 2008 at 7:13 am
Sean Conklin
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That’s very cool man! Good luck! 🙂

I attended Berklee in 2002 for one of their week-long Guitar Sessions. It was really fun. I learned a lot that week. Probably one of my favorite experiences was meeting Dave Martone and seeing him live like 3 times that week. Martone is the man.
- March 24, 2008 at 9:06 am
Mike Edwin
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Very Cool!

Best of luck with your application!
- March 24, 2008 at 11:52 am
Bill
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Hey congrats on the interview:) hope all goes well for you:)
- March 24, 2008 at 4:23 pm
FretDancer69
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@Sean Conklin 1990 wrote:

That’s very cool man! Good luck! 🙂

I attended Berklee in 2002 for one of their week-long Guitar Sessions. It was really fun. I learned a lot that week. Probably one of my favorite experiences was meeting Dave Martone and seeing him live like 3 times that week. Martone is the man.

Wow man thats so cool! :O , Ive also heard that Steve Vai, John Petrucci and many others hang around there from time to time and you get to meet them, that is so awesome 😀

Thanks so much guys 🙂
- March 24, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Pavel Denisjuk
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I wanted to attend Berklee some time ago but for foreign students it’s way too expensive! I guess i’ll have to continue as self-taught 😀 😀

Wish you a lot of luck m8! You’re a happy man if you get accepted – that place is UNREAL!
- March 24, 2008 at 5:35 pm
FretDancer69
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@Pavel Denisjuk 2008 wrote:

I wanted to attend Berklee some time ago but for foreign students it’s way too expensive! I guess i’ll have to continue as self-taught 😀 😀

Wish you a lot of luck m8! You’re a happy man if you get accepted – that place is UNREAL!

Thanks man! Yeah its true, that place is ridiculously expensive, if i dont manage to pay it or get it, ill continue as self taught too!

Thanks man, that place is indeed PARADISE 😀
- March 24, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Owen
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That’s awesome!

When do you find out if they want you to be part of it or not? Remember to tell us if you get in! 🙂