Signs
I need a new layout. One that's much more me, and not so generic.
So I've decided that I'm going to major in Music Business at Berklee. Bob and I talked about it, and something happened today that solidified it. Here's the story:
When I got home from school today I threw my stuff down by the table where I always do. The mail had already come so I was looking to see if there was anything for me--there wasn't. The cover of NewsWeek caught my eye, it was powerful women in America and in the world. I noticed Rachel Ray on the cover so I was like, "I have to see this." I walked into the den, flopped down on the couch and just opened up to a random page, and who would it be? Not Rachel Ray, but Julie Greenwood, President of Atlantic Records. So of course I had to read it. That, my friends, is a sign. A sign that I need to go into the music industry definitely, but more so a sign that I will one day work for (and potentially run) Atlantic Records (how cool would that be). Working could mean being signed by them, working in the recording process, producing, advertising..Anything. But that was just..it.
I need to do this.
At my last guitar lesson, Bob and I talked majors. He thought I wanted to be a Performance major, and I told him no, that Business is where it's at. I saw a light in his eye and everything changed. One of his really good friends, Stephanie Kellar, is a professor at Berklee in the Business program. So he was like, "Okay, well, this changes..everything! You know what, I need to set you up with a lunch date with my friend Stephanie who is a professor in the Business program."
Also, Berklee has the best Music Business program in the world. The world.
It's good to know the right people. Be a good person, play guitar, and good things happen. I had really thought about going to Berklee for songwriting, until Bob was like, "Not a good idea. Look at your heroes..Did they go to school for songwriting?" No, they didn't. Maybe it's just something you're born with. The songwriting gene. Like the go-gene as we call it in my family. My mother, myself, and my cousin Dale all have the go-gene. We like to go places. We don't stay home often. Either way, I'm glad I have that. I don't need someone to tell me how to arrange my lyrics and chords, I already know how to do it.
So I've decided that I'm going to major in Music Business at Berklee. Bob and I talked about it, and something happened today that solidified it. Here's the story:
When I got home from school today I threw my stuff down by the table where I always do. The mail had already come so I was looking to see if there was anything for me--there wasn't. The cover of NewsWeek caught my eye, it was powerful women in America and in the world. I noticed Rachel Ray on the cover so I was like, "I have to see this." I walked into the den, flopped down on the couch and just opened up to a random page, and who would it be? Not Rachel Ray, but Julie Greenwood, President of Atlantic Records. So of course I had to read it. That, my friends, is a sign. A sign that I need to go into the music industry definitely, but more so a sign that I will one day work for (and potentially run) Atlantic Records (how cool would that be). Working could mean being signed by them, working in the recording process, producing, advertising..Anything. But that was just..it.
I need to do this.
At my last guitar lesson, Bob and I talked majors. He thought I wanted to be a Performance major, and I told him no, that Business is where it's at. I saw a light in his eye and everything changed. One of his really good friends, Stephanie Kellar, is a professor at Berklee in the Business program. So he was like, "Okay, well, this changes..everything! You know what, I need to set you up with a lunch date with my friend Stephanie who is a professor in the Business program."
Also, Berklee has the best Music Business program in the world. The world.
It's good to know the right people. Be a good person, play guitar, and good things happen. I had really thought about going to Berklee for songwriting, until Bob was like, "Not a good idea. Look at your heroes..Did they go to school for songwriting?" No, they didn't. Maybe it's just something you're born with. The songwriting gene. Like the go-gene as we call it in my family. My mother, myself, and my cousin Dale all have the go-gene. We like to go places. We don't stay home often. Either way, I'm glad I have that. I don't need someone to tell me how to arrange my lyrics and chords, I already know how to do it.