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[QUOTE="aril:782378"]http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/muc/740633831.html This may seem like a stupid rant. But I think there is a group of musicians that will agree with me. I recently left my band. My replacement happens to be a Berklee grad. I went to see the guys play, I'm still friends with them, and took the opportunity to talk to the new guitar player to see how he was getting along with my buddies. He broke the Ice by asking me what my influences were. To which I replied: Hendrix, Page, Blackmore, Van Halen, Paul Gilbert, etc. I could see utter disgust in his face, and he interrupted me by saying "You know, rock players, some of them can play, but the real players are George Benson, Tal Farlow, that's where the real vibe comes from". He then proceeded to ask me what my experience with music was, my background. To which I proudly replied "Self taught, I have been playing for the last 24 years in bands, both covers and originals". His reply, "Man, I play jazz, plus I'm a Berklee grad". Ok, I'll continue by saying that not all Berklee grads are assholes, like my buddy here. But This is not the first time that I encounter a "schooled" musician being a total jerk to other guitarists and being absolutely condescending. With all the people graduating Berklee every year, how come we don't see them dominating the music industry, if they are so good? I have seen many guitarists that have graduated that school and I have to say, I am totally unimpressed with their abilities. They all sound the same, you know, the "Berklee Sound", and I finally figured it out. Berkelee will teach you music, but will not give you the balls or the spirit to play rock and roll. I can safely and proudly say that, as far as Rock and Metal goes, I can do everything a Berklee grad does, and better. And there are scores of self taught musicians that can do the same. Why do they go to school then? To be able to look down on people and treat them like crap, with complete disregard for fellow musicians and their experience? May be that's the reason that players that went to Berklee and became famous, only went to that school for a semester or two. I think that Berklee should ad another course to their curriculum. Ethics, along with humility. These guys seem to forget that the founder of that school was not even a full time musician, not even a schooled one. I see now why some musicians, particularly in rock, refuse to play with Berklee grads. [/QUOTE]
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