My experience studying music at college was a difficult one. Higher education and music education are in a sad state. Should you go to music school? Here’s my story.

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00:00 A Common Story For Musicians
00:50 How Much Did It Cost?
01:38 Basic Music School Explained
02:11 Music Classes Are Mostly Irrelevant
02:56 Highschool 2.0 Requirements
03:52 My Problem As A Laptop Musician
05:23 Toxic Cycle
06:22 Studying Electronic Music
07:29 Ronald Sherwin Gutted My Music Program (imo)
09:25 Music Composition Major Abolished At My School
10:44 I Pushed Through
11:18 Post-College Result
11:36 The REAL Cost of Music School
12:36 An Extra Fee Just To Study...Your Instrument
13:11 Schools Find Ways To Get As Much Money As Possible
13:42 Take out $30,000 at age 18?
14:03 Systemic Problems With Higher Education
14:34 Reality For Me After School
14:51 Reality of the Job Market
15:30 No Degree Required
16:18 Something More Powerful Than A College Degree
16:50 What YOU Should Do If You Want To Study Music...
18:06 Follow-Up Stream!!

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