Re: College, Music Major?
I was a jazz performance major for two years. THere is a lot of stuff that we had to do. In fact, compared to many academic majors, music majors probably had much more work to do then most. I had to take jazz theory, which was extremely hard(but very cool and fun), learn piano(much harder then it sounds), various performance based classes like two small group combos a semester and big band once a week for 3 1/2 hours and sectional work for 2 hours a week. I also had to take a fundemantals course that was predominatly ear training and composition courses. To go on top of that I needed to make sure that I got in at least 6 hours of practicing a day along with two academic courses a semester. A music major is not an easy major at all, but it sure was fun, though I was a major in a form of music that is thankless as many people seem to think that crappy smooth jazz is the main form of jazz that is out there these days
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