Hey,
So I'm a double major at Loyola Marymount University currently studying film and screenwriting. I'm also a second semester sophomore. I've taken the semester off since I have enough credits to be a junior. I made this decision because I want to switch career paths to music. Being home for a semester allows me to focus obsessively on music and get my chops back to where they used to be (or hopefully to a professional/studio level). It would be great to start my own independent music label like the place I've interned for in the past, Clatter & Din.
I've been playing music since I was 10, and I'm a multi-instrumentalist (guitar, piano, drums, vocals, bass). Additionally, I would say that I'm a 6 out of 10 as a recording engineer (having taken two classes at a college level and recording since I was 14). I work with pro tools/Ableton and have few (but nice) recording equipment.
My question for you all is whether finishing off my BFA at a music college is worth the dough or if its better to stay home, get my chops up, and network as much as possible. I've already applied to to transfer into Berklee, Columbia of Chicago, and CalArts because my school doesn't have that good of a music program (however it is in LA). Luckily, I'm blessed to be in a good enough financial situation that I will probably not have to pay for college. So I am really asking whether it's worth my parents spending the money to send me there...
I've heard some mixed reviews on music school, so some help would be nice!
Peace.
Oh! And I live in Seattle, and plan on moving to LA permanently in the future.
So I'm a double major at Loyola Marymount University currently studying film and screenwriting. I'm also a second semester sophomore. I've taken the semester off since I have enough credits to be a junior. I made this decision because I want to switch career paths to music. Being home for a semester allows me to focus obsessively on music and get my chops back to where they used to be (or hopefully to a professional/studio level). It would be great to start my own independent music label like the place I've interned for in the past, Clatter & Din.
I've been playing music since I was 10, and I'm a multi-instrumentalist (guitar, piano, drums, vocals, bass). Additionally, I would say that I'm a 6 out of 10 as a recording engineer (having taken two classes at a college level and recording since I was 14). I work with pro tools/Ableton and have few (but nice) recording equipment.
My question for you all is whether finishing off my BFA at a music college is worth the dough or if its better to stay home, get my chops up, and network as much as possible. I've already applied to to transfer into Berklee, Columbia of Chicago, and CalArts because my school doesn't have that good of a music program (however it is in LA). Luckily, I'm blessed to be in a good enough financial situation that I will probably not have to pay for college. So I am really asking whether it's worth my parents spending the money to send me there...
I've heard some mixed reviews on music school, so some help would be nice!
Peace.
Oh! And I live in Seattle, and plan on moving to LA permanently in the future.