SHOULD YOU GO TO SCHOOL FOR JAZZ?
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2020
- This video aims to help you answer the question: should you go to school for jazz? After 4 years of schooling, I acquired a degree in jazz performance from Humber College, and I wanted to reflect on that and share the pros and cons of music school in order to help people decide if it's right for them.
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Looks like I cut off the last couple seconds in the export but you all get it! I probably just said something CZcamsy like “subscribe” or “smash the like button” (if you’re into that kind of thing). Anyways, thanks for watching!
A very interesting video Kyle! I’m about to enter my second year as a jazz & commercial music composition major (yep, that’s what it’s called at my college)! I definitely agree with all of these points. I was a classical pianist in elementary school and I started learning jazz in middle school, did jazz band all throughout high school, and have learned a lot about jazz and music in general even in just my first year of college. I’ve had a lot of fun playing with a lot of friends and other great players, but now I’m at the point where it’s like “what am I doing with my life? What’s a jazz degree gonna do for me?”. I feel like I should have chosen something like computer science where I could make a lot more money but it wouldn’t be as interesting to me as a career. I would definitely rather be a composer/producer than be a gigging jazz musician who’s struggling to make bank, and yes as you said a lot of good educational information about music/jazz can be found online which almost makes music school worthless apart from networking. For me, I would love to become a full-time CZcamsr as a source of income but I’m definitely not sure that being a jazz musician is something to fall back onto as a backup plan. Sorry for my rambling, great video bud! 😂
Thanks for this! I’ve been battling whether to do music or business ad at Humber next fall, this just helped me out a bunch! Thank you!
Kyle - Great to find this video down the line. Lots of great points made here. Hope you're doing well these days, it's been a long time!
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For me going to music school would not be to get a job out of it, itd just be to allow myself to have the time and energy to develope as a musician. I feel like if youre working full time or studying another subject you’d barely have much time or energy to spend on music.
That's true and I think it's one of the best reasons to go
Yup!!
You had a similar experience?
@@kylewindjack6876 point for point. Yes! I completely agree. Every time I had a "yeah but _____" thought it was literally the next thing you said!
Ahah nice!
I solemnly swear never to live in uni residence!
So glad I could be of service!
What colleges would be best for someone who wants to be a studio and gigging jazz musician
Humber is probably the best in Canada for that. U of T is good too. Otherwise UNT in Austin is good, Berklee if you can get a scholarship. Maybe New School or MSM if you wanna be in New York. It has more to do with the scene in that city than the school itself imo. Toronto, New York and L.A are all good options
@@kylewindjack6876 would connections from music schools in Boston and Miami most likely lead to connections in NYC just because of how connected they are