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CoolBec · 09-01-2013, 06:10 AM

I'm not sure I'd agree that "all" music schools are like that Jason. I didn't major in music in college (didn't care to go into the family business), but I've got a pretty strong classical background and I knew a lot of the students and faculty of the music department quite well. Not only was there an active jazz studies program, but many of the music majors played gigs and such to support themselves, so being a classical snob so to speak wasn't really a luxury they could afford.

Wherever it is that you're "posting" your work, I'd stay away from there. Sounds like a bunch of A-holes trying to impress everyone with their "superior knowledge." And if the school is really that bad you might want to consider a change. I don't think I could stomach an environment like that.

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CoolBec Psycho Hosebeast Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Southeast U.S. Posts: 122	I'm not sure I'd agree that "all" music schools are like that Jason. I didn't major in music in college (didn't care to go into the family business), but I've got a pretty strong classical background and I knew a lot of the students and faculty of the music department quite well. Not only was there an active jazz studies program, but many of the music majors played gigs and such to support themselves, so being a classical snob so to speak wasn't really a luxury they could afford. Wherever it is that you're "posting" your work, I'd stay away from there. Sounds like a bunch of A-holes trying to impress everyone with their "superior knowledge." And if the school is really that bad you might want to consider a change. I don't think I could stomach an environment like that. __________________ *Bec's Poetry Corner* http://www.musicbanter.com/song-writ...ry-corner.html Last edited by CoolBec; 09-01-2013 at 10:18 AM.