I suppose i should elaborate a bit (a lot) on my previous entry.
So let's start from the beginning:
This semester sucks (class-wise)
My classes are
-Logic (basic introductory phylosophical argumentation...yah it's that shitty. It's also a substitute for the advanced math requirement cuz numbers make me emo)
-Intro to Media (one of the require communications classes necessary to switch into the major. i never go to the class. it's bullshit. I also have a studious aquaintence who goes habitually. So i just steal her notes. Why show up?)
-Advertising in the Media (not a course on HOW to advertise. But about how advertising effects cultures. Interesting material...if you can get by a few things: 1.) My teacher repeats things OVER AND OVER AND OVER. And he elaborates on the most benign bullshit. 2.) He's quite conspiratorial. According to him we're stealing water from other countries to put in our bottles. What it boils down to is that this man blames the US for every problem on Earth. interesting course. Dumb-fucking-teacher.)
-Physics of Music (not a music course. It's a physics course. In fact it has very little to do with music. It's really the physics of sound. Like hertz, and waves, and frequencies and all that just, just taught through music to make things understandable...sort of. My favourite of my four classes, but the only reason i go is cuz he grades us on in-class stuff)
See almost all my professors upload the day's material onto the web. So i don't go to class cuz i can do it from my computer.
Trouble is...i don't till about a week before the test. Then i cram. For most courses i do okay. I'll pass the Advertising class i'm SURE...and i'm most likely going to pass comm 121 cuz it's so self-explanitory. Physics i'm pretty sure i'm going to pass cuz i actually get a majority of it. Logic i'm quite positive i'll fail though. Because it's boring, it's stupid, it's pointless, useless...etc etc.
Now this is where things start getting interesting---I JUST DON'T CARE.
i don't care what grades i get or how my GPA looks. I don't care if i do badly on the test or if i don't understand the material. I'm not going to go out of my way for extra help, because none of this has any importance to me.
I skip all my classes (for the most part) to do the only thing i really care about: Music.
I listen, i write, i learn. Since my birthday i've completed the music for 3 songs and begun work on 3 others. That was 8 days ago.
For 14 years i've been going to school. and for 14 Years i've hated it for various reasons. Sometimes i liked my teachers, though rarely. I never had more than 3 real friends, and almost everyone else loathed my existence.
Finally i'm here with people who can bare me, but Kristine and i have broken up and things have...needless to say...gotten more than a bit stiff and awkward between us. But the issue is THE ACADEMIC part. you know...the reason i'm here. I'm just plain sick of it. I'm so done with academic schedules, due dates...shit like that, for something that i care so little about.
i UNDERSTAND that i'll have a tight schedule as a musician. But it's something i LOVE. It's something i've wanted to do since i was 5. I still remember conversations about going to Berklee when i was in FIFTH GRADE. It's my whole life. While other kids played soccer and baseball i sat in my room writing lyrics. While the little boys and girls dreamed of being firemen and princesses i imagined myself singing in front of 25,000 people. It really is my whole life.
Which brings us to Boston.
Boston is not a music city. Especially now with the "under 21 shows must end by 11 pm. in the City proper" laws in place, so many bands have decided to stop playing in Boston. What's more is the rock scene here sucks. And there CERTAINLY isn't a glam/punk/metal/sleazy/trashy/hairsprayed/80s-influenced scene at ALL here. I can barely find musicians into heavy music to jam with, let alone ones with teased hair, eyeliner and tight clothes, ya' know?
So i've decided on Los Angeles.
For a number of reasons. 1.) The above scene ABOUNDS there. L.A is a sleazy, trashy disgusting city in and of itself. And if you ever spend any time browsing bands on myspace you'll know that a lot of the sleazier, punkier, in-your-face-ier bands come from (around) L.A 2.) I'm SICK TO DEATH of cold weather. (Which is why i'm not picking NYC or Chicago, two more great music cities). I've lived here in Boston for 20 years and i'm still not used to this weather. Bundling up is not for me. If i can't be in a t-shirt and jeans i'm not comfortable. 3.)L.A is where fame is. The punkier in yoru face 'tude is coming back in music. Just look around you. Southern California is the center of the entertainment universe. If you're doing TV, go to NYC, if you're doing films or music, go to L.A.
So i think i will. Within a year i plan on Leaving UMass, getting a full-time job and saving money. That way i'll have something to live on (briefly) while i get out there, get an apartment and find a job (pref. at a club or a bar or something). Then i can work, make music, find musicians to start a bnd with. Shit like that. It's the only way i can think of getting over the monotony of Academia, and actually doing what i was born to do.
So let's start from the beginning:
This semester sucks (class-wise)
My classes are
-Logic (basic introductory phylosophical argumentation...yah it's that shitty. It's also a substitute for the advanced math requirement cuz numbers make me emo)
-Intro to Media (one of the require communications classes necessary to switch into the major. i never go to the class. it's bullshit. I also have a studious aquaintence who goes habitually. So i just steal her notes. Why show up?)
-Advertising in the Media (not a course on HOW to advertise. But about how advertising effects cultures. Interesting material...if you can get by a few things: 1.) My teacher repeats things OVER AND OVER AND OVER. And he elaborates on the most benign bullshit. 2.) He's quite conspiratorial. According to him we're stealing water from other countries to put in our bottles. What it boils down to is that this man blames the US for every problem on Earth. interesting course. Dumb-fucking-teacher.)
-Physics of Music (not a music course. It's a physics course. In fact it has very little to do with music. It's really the physics of sound. Like hertz, and waves, and frequencies and all that just, just taught through music to make things understandable...sort of. My favourite of my four classes, but the only reason i go is cuz he grades us on in-class stuff)
See almost all my professors upload the day's material onto the web. So i don't go to class cuz i can do it from my computer.
Trouble is...i don't till about a week before the test. Then i cram. For most courses i do okay. I'll pass the Advertising class i'm SURE...and i'm most likely going to pass comm 121 cuz it's so self-explanitory. Physics i'm pretty sure i'm going to pass cuz i actually get a majority of it. Logic i'm quite positive i'll fail though. Because it's boring, it's stupid, it's pointless, useless...etc etc.
Now this is where things start getting interesting---I JUST DON'T CARE.
i don't care what grades i get or how my GPA looks. I don't care if i do badly on the test or if i don't understand the material. I'm not going to go out of my way for extra help, because none of this has any importance to me.
I skip all my classes (for the most part) to do the only thing i really care about: Music.
I listen, i write, i learn. Since my birthday i've completed the music for 3 songs and begun work on 3 others. That was 8 days ago.
For 14 years i've been going to school. and for 14 Years i've hated it for various reasons. Sometimes i liked my teachers, though rarely. I never had more than 3 real friends, and almost everyone else loathed my existence.
Finally i'm here with people who can bare me, but Kristine and i have broken up and things have...needless to say...gotten more than a bit stiff and awkward between us. But the issue is THE ACADEMIC part. you know...the reason i'm here. I'm just plain sick of it. I'm so done with academic schedules, due dates...shit like that, for something that i care so little about.
i UNDERSTAND that i'll have a tight schedule as a musician. But it's something i LOVE. It's something i've wanted to do since i was 5. I still remember conversations about going to Berklee when i was in FIFTH GRADE. It's my whole life. While other kids played soccer and baseball i sat in my room writing lyrics. While the little boys and girls dreamed of being firemen and princesses i imagined myself singing in front of 25,000 people. It really is my whole life.
Which brings us to Boston.
Boston is not a music city. Especially now with the "under 21 shows must end by 11 pm. in the City proper" laws in place, so many bands have decided to stop playing in Boston. What's more is the rock scene here sucks. And there CERTAINLY isn't a glam/punk/metal/sleazy/trashy/hairsprayed/80s-influenced scene at ALL here. I can barely find musicians into heavy music to jam with, let alone ones with teased hair, eyeliner and tight clothes, ya' know?
So i've decided on Los Angeles.
For a number of reasons. 1.) The above scene ABOUNDS there. L.A is a sleazy, trashy disgusting city in and of itself. And if you ever spend any time browsing bands on myspace you'll know that a lot of the sleazier, punkier, in-your-face-ier bands come from (around) L.A 2.) I'm SICK TO DEATH of cold weather. (Which is why i'm not picking NYC or Chicago, two more great music cities). I've lived here in Boston for 20 years and i'm still not used to this weather. Bundling up is not for me. If i can't be in a t-shirt and jeans i'm not comfortable. 3.)L.A is where fame is. The punkier in yoru face 'tude is coming back in music. Just look around you. Southern California is the center of the entertainment universe. If you're doing TV, go to NYC, if you're doing films or music, go to L.A.
So i think i will. Within a year i plan on Leaving UMass, getting a full-time job and saving money. That way i'll have something to live on (briefly) while i get out there, get an apartment and find a job (pref. at a club or a bar or something). Then i can work, make music, find musicians to start a bnd with. Shit like that. It's the only way i can think of getting over the monotony of Academia, and actually doing what i was born to do.
oskar:
You should check out SF man. I like it a lot better than LA. Everything is close and accesible. If you live over in Berkeley you can take the train over in to the city. The music scene is great. Norcal is a lot prettier imo than Socal. Think about it.