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as a 16 year old kid from northwest washington who's only college plan is Berklee I must say this video coming out now is surely a good sign
Awesome! You can prepare really well! Andrea got full ride for her 4 years.
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LOTS of important information from the source. We appreciate how hard you are working to help us reach new levels in our playing. Have a great day!
So glad to hear that. You're very welcome! Thank you!
Thanks Tomo such a blessing to us guitarist and musicians
Thank you!
GREAT INFO!!! Thanks TOMO
You're welcome!
A very lovely video. Thank you so much Tomo sir😍😍
You're very welcome!
This video is so helpful. Thank you so much!
You're so welcome!
Thank you, I'm starting out my guitar journey having played for years! I think I have a lot to learn, I'm 65 and I never learnt anything properly. Now seeing what you know..... also the first thing I noticed is wonderful tone, clear sharp no bends or vibrato. I've owned a 1972 music master bass for years. When I had it rewired the workshop told that it has e guitar pickup. Perhaps that's why the guitar sounds so good through the amp. All the Best Si 😀
Good job! Awesome! Yes! That's correct! I love old Musicmaster Bass! Thank you!
Great to know that there are senior citizens getting into the music
This video has helped me realize how much I don’t know, which is quite a lot. I wish there were a guitar course available that would teach this kind of knowledge without having to attend a music school.
You can join my Guitar Wisdom. Only $9.99 a month subscription video lessons. Thank you!
@@TomoFujitaMusic Thanks. I’ll check it out.
btw totally enthused by you
thank you for what you do
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge Tomo :)
My pleasure!
@@TomoFujitaMusic you know you don’t have to answer every comment right? 😂
@@nickppv Yes. Thank you!
My audition is in 3 weeks, this videos been a huge help
So happy to hear that! Thank you for sharing!
How'd it go?
Around the 17:00 mark is advocated to learn something you never use to actually play music.
I waited for the reason to do that and I heard some vague "the learning process is different" idea that was not convincing and not elaborated on.
This is mainly the problem I have with jazz musicians: they will tell you to learn every position of every scale, even impractical positions in keys you never play or that you could play in a familiar form by retuning to Eb.
There is an Adam Neely video that also illustrates my point where he explains how he says he should be practicing every 12 chromatic scales up and down his bass, and then explains why he doesn't because he has no time and the process literally takes all day.
Yet still jazz musicians will tell you to learn all this stuff they don't have time for and don't use. It really blows my mind.
Thank you so much for sharing! Good bebop! We use a little bit different way! more rhythmic and follow chords!
This is a crazy vid to think one man has this deep of an understanding of the neck based on music theory.
Thank you!
@@TomoFujitaMusic You're welcome. Every vid is a teaching experience. Thank you for doing what you do. I enjoy how you deliver music to the world. God Bless.
i am proud to say that the only thing i could not do was the jazz inprov, and a few of the chords. i turned 15, two weeks ago, and live in the Netherlands. so berklee is not gone be my college, but now i know how to prepaire for my audition for primary eduation for the conservatory of Amsterdam. so altought i will probebly not go to berklee, this still helpt me a lot!
Thanks for sharing! Jazz Improvisation. You can do! Jazz guitar lesson for 1-2 years.
In the conservatory of Amsterdam, you don't have to worry about scholarship because it is given by government instead. But getting into a top conservatory in Europe is really harder compared to Berklee. This is because of the fact that there is more competition and you are required to be exceptional in your playing. The things Tomo was talking about are actually elementary knowledge and won't guarantee you entrance in Amsterdam (it won't get you a full scholarship in Berklee too btw.).
@@bleromafia thanks for the information, i know i still need to studie hard, to get there. I am happy that i still have a couple of years left to learn. I hope, althought the big amount of competition, i will still get in, in a couple of years.
I'm not saying Berklee is easier, it really isn't but the entry procedure works differently. At berklee you might be let in easier, but you'd have to pay your fees almost completely (this will cost at meadt 30 gand). The great thing about this is that they let in people who might be on level 3-4 enter and really improve themselves oer a few years.
Now when it comes to getting a full scholarship is where it gets tricky. To get a full scholarship you'd have to be top of the top and this spot is taken by people who have been preparing for their audition only for a full year.
@@woutbelleman good luck, you are on the right path from what I'm reading!
Excellent 👌👌👍
Thank you!
I'm 31, been playing since I was 13 years old. Am I too old to pursue Berklee? I really and truly just want to take my playing to the next level. Love your playing and personality! Wise words.
I have one student who is about my age. Never late! Thank you!
You can join my Guitar Wisdom. You will see...
A lot of hard work to do but it will be worth it
Yes! Great hard work is so much fun!
I would rather write a really cool sound with some really cool effects and just shred out whatever comes to mind. Haha. Although it takes a lot of knowledge and patience to learn all these different styles and techniques…. I just don’t have the patience for it. I am really impressed with all that you know. Must have taken forever to learn all that.
Thanks for sharing
こんにちはトモ、あなたはこれまでで最高のギターの先生です。どうもありがとう。
素晴らしい音葉、ありがとうございます！
Hey tomo! This video really helped, although I did have one question, have you discontinued the Skype lessons? I can't seem to find them on the website.
As a future berklee aspirant, this really helped in showing me where I was weak, which was the scales and the theory which you mentioned. Good thing to work on!
But I'd really love to sign up for the Skype lessons, so I wanted to ask. Thanks!
Thanks so much! I don't teach Skype lessons now. You can join my Guitar Wisdom. If you really need my private lesson, you can email me at tfujita@berklee.edu
@@TomoFujitaMusic oh, that's sad to hear! I'll join your guitar wisdom, definitely
@@viking3113 Thank you so much!
The Sight-Reading part must be done on the instrument or solfege singing ?
Both. I spent my time with singing solfège too.
I failed your test miserably Mr Tomo😄all I can play is Dorian scale, Pentatonic and Blues Scale! But I can make up my own music but nobody should ask me the logic or theory behind it! 😅😂
Don't worry! It's so simple! Without specific preparation ... no miracle! No magic, no luck! It's all pure hard work! So you can learn anything if you are interested in.... Never late! You can analyze your own music by music theory. Fun!
@@TomoFujitaMusic 😄Thank you for your encouragement🙏🏽Miracle and Magic happened when I first learnt to play the Guitar, it doesn't feel like a hard work anymore because it's fun!
This looks a damm hard audition
Thank you for sharing!
I attended Berklee before Tomo and didn't have to audition. I was a student of Lenny Breau and he signed a letter of recommendation for me. If I auditioned, I surely would have failed. Lenny was a great player, but terrible teacher. I left Berklee after 2 years. If I had an instructor like Tomo, I'm sure things would be different.
Tomo, I love your videos and attitude. I'm signing up for your Guitar Wisdom course by tonight!
Thanks for sharing! That's so awesome! Many great players are not great teachers. Please enjoy my Guitar Wisdom.
@@TomoFujitaMusic I'm sure I will! You're an inspiration. BTW, because of you, I bought the Ibanez AZES40. Wow! It sounds fantastic, and the build quality is 2nd only to my PRS and equal to, or better than all my Fender guitars. Now I want a Kanji guitar.
"See" you online by tonight!
@@slim1893 Awesome! Please enjoy more on the Ibanez AZES40 & my Guitar Wisdom!
Thanks for being honest about your experience. There are a lot of great teachers out there, but unfortunately there's even more bad ones. It's a shame that college is advertised as this one-size-all approach that you're 'surely going to get the most out of', but the reality is your situation, not everyone ends up with the best teachers, not every highly ranked and recognized college has the same quality of teachers each semester. People come and go.
Bob Moog taught electronic music at UNCA before I went there. He wasn't teaching it when I got there, and I can firmly say that no one was. Yet they STILL advertise that Bob Moog taught there. I bet he literally taught one or two classes, total, for one or two semesters, total.
Do you happen to live in Maine? I know he lived there for a while and as Mainer I love to hear about those who had connections to him.
Hi Tomo, I really am considering going to Berklee but is it worth it being an international student. I'm not from the US. Should I just go to the music conservatory in my city?
It's all up to you. Do more detail research.
She got her full scholarship for 4 years from Berklee
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well, i wonder, if i already bring in all this to the audition what will i learn then in the end? i'd like to go to school to learn all this. what differs the berklee to other schools?
This is a just brief ideas around music school audition. Thank you!
This what I have been wondering for years lol it's like applying for med school and they asked you to perform a surgery to evaluate if you are a candidate or not to go into med school lol you are applying to enter to learn how to do that
I was awarded a partial scholarship from Berklee but never enrolled I really regret it
Never late. How long did you prepare before your audition?
@@TomoFujitaMusic I was awarded the scholarship through the 5 week program me and my dorm mate Myles Jasnowski won a songwriting competition and it’s been nearly a decade
@@bouviamusic3566 Thanks for sharing.
@@TomoFujitaMusic no problem amazing experience
Great video!! what would you say is the main difference between level 3/4 to 5 or above? meaning between being pretty good to getting a scholarship?
Thank you! Please watch this a few more times then you know that clearly!
Thats why I made 25 minuets video!
@@TomoFujitaMusic I understood from the video that all the advanced level stuff you showed are still considered level 4. Is that enough for a scholarship or you need to know even further than what’s on the video? Thank again !
@@hilajulius5798 Yes! Plus all depends how many that level guitarists in that time. You're welcome!
@@TomoFujitaMusic thank you so so much!!
What do the various levels mean? Level 2 you're not getting in? Level 4 maybe admitted? Level 5 a scholarship?
Any level you can get in. In order to get scholarship & upper classes... a little better... Level 2-3...
A nice chord melody arrangement of a well known standard, like girl from ipanema, body and soul, misty, summertime, etc, would that work?
Yes! Summer Time is a little too easy! Chord melody of All The Things You Are (Play chord melody once & solo once) etc.
@@TomoFujitaMusic well, I like the 4 on 6 version of summertime ;)
@@jfar3340 I am making "Four on six" lesson for my Guitar Wisdom!
I really want to come
I'vebeen playing everyday for 5 years
Practicing
I'm 20, maybe it's been 4 years
4.5
actually i don't think i can ever remember all those scales
Would it be worth auditioning on guitar if I’m 48? I already have three degrees and a career but I’ve always wanted to study the guitar and I’ve love the two year performance course.
Never too late! Why not? You can study guitar at my Guitar Wisdom so you can test skills etc. Go for it!
@@TomoFujitaMusic I have a bunch of other courses to get through before I can tackle yours. I’d be interested to know if I could pass the audition. Does it help that I play jazz piano semi-professionally as well? 🤔
Can you make a video or link some information on the online audition process I’m confused.
Basically you can find Berklee admissions online!
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@@TomoFujitaMusic are Video lessons still available with you?
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Can i attend Berkley after I graduated in Engineering.
Yes! Anytime! You can contact Berklee admissions
Here's the best tip in the world:
If you are going to college, for a degree, ask the people who want you to spend THOUSANDS of dollars what your job prospects will be immediately after graduating. If the only answer they have for you is "Well you can teach other musicians or.. you'll be so ACCREDITED, so you know, gigs and stuff", then you need to seriously ask yourself if that's the path you want to go in order to further your music.
You can study music intensively, for four years, while getting private lessons from an amazing teacher, without paying THOUSANDS of dollars to go to a university. Guess what? You're going to be in the EXACT same position after those four years as you would after four years at a university. Truth be told, you will probably make LESS connections by going to a university, than actually being out in the community and city you live in, playing, making connections, getting gigs.
If you're in college for music, you're going to have a lot less time for your OWN gigs than you will for studying, ensemble rehearsals, ensemble performances. There's always more to learn with music, you can always get better. At some point with practical degrees, you've learned this subject, you know this other thing, you've learned it. Universities just do not have the capacity to set anyone up with actually being ready for a career any differently than studying a subject privately on your own.
You may work better having a teacher pushing you, great, keep taking private lessons. Save yourself thousands of dollars. Play gigs around town, do the grind, make connections yourself. After 4 years, you're going to be in an infinitely better position in the same area as any music student who's been spending 6-10x much money as you have.
Thanks for sharing! Good explanation. Basically "You never know" Each way is great for someone. No absolute correct way or correct answer. What if John Mayer did not go to Berklee? Maybe he tried being the best guitar player (seeing many amazing guitarists in Boston) then if not.... he may did not find his way to song writing?
My case, if I did not get my full ride to Berklee.... Simply I didnot have any chance to go to Berklee... my case I never had gone to America!
@@TomoFujitaMusic It's definitely for some people, but for those that have to foot the bill 100% themselves, or even 80-90%, it may not be the optimum choice.
The point you make about John is a valid one, what if he hadn't of gone there, would he be any less of a guitar player now? Maybe. Would he be a different guitar player now? Definitely. Everyone becomes the musician they are over the series of events we each call life. If John hadn't of gone on the path he did, he may have never wrote the songs that he did. I do firmly believe that he'd be just as good and talented as he is now. I can't speak on the industry connections he gained at Berklee, or his career in general, but I'd venture he probably made connections that got him the deals and success he has now by being out there playing, not from knowing the right professor.
@@loganwhite8375 Thanks for your reply! It's all possible either directions! You said it well "LIFE" Until you stepped in... no one knows! It was very interested John's reaction at Berklee first few weeks... then after midterm... he really shifted toward his song writing part than guitar playing part. John is so talented because he really made his hard work! (Even now! He works his ass off all the times!) Thank you!!
thats a decent point except i grew up in a town with no musicians and I just want to go somewhere that i know i can make connections
I have a friend that I'm sure 100% can get a scholarship since he's very very talented can play everything, but unfortunately from the Berklee website I don't think Berklee accept non US citizen for a scholarship? Too bad since he won't be able to afford going there.
That's not true! Scholarship is a part of prepare performance audition & interview... someone could play really incredible & not so good explain things on their goals... then clearly will fail!
She got full scholarship for 4 years!
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she's so great. so Berklee opens up performance audition for a scholarship for a non us citizen also? so great to know. my friend Stanly Bactian needs to know about this . this is his song music.czcams.com/video/tCXSyFGlKuU/video.html&feature=share
Yes! Totally open to anyone!
If i say to the teacher I like metal music, will he kick me out ?😅
Any style of music with excellent work ethic!
As hard as i laugh when a beginner says I'm good at guitar they would laugh harder at me auditioning for Berklee
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