Re: College

[Art Simon <simart@gmail.com>]

I can share my experience. I entered college undeclared, initially set
up an independent course of study that I called "music engineering,"
abandoned that and got a conventional undergraduate degree and then
got my MFA in electronic music.

I earn my living outside music (I'm a high school teacher now), so I
think that conventional undergraduate degree is very helpful. I
wouldn't trade those two years I worked on my MFA though, as I think
that was the only two years of my life where I was never asked to do
anything I didn't want to do.

But you know what, I don't think it really matters. You don't need to
know what to do with your life or major in. Just go to college
undeclared and follow your nose. Seriously, you'll be fine. Relax.
You'll make better music that way too.

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Gmail <k3zz21@gmail.com> wrote:
> So I'm at the part of my life to choose what I want to do in the future 
> (Junior year highschool). I feel torn by this decision especially 
> considering that I'm highly indecisive on a daily basis... I kinda want 
> to major in some field of piano music, but I don't want to have to end 
> my hobby/goal/love for electronic music. However without my piano 
> background I probably would have no musical knowledge to fuel my 
> electronic music and also wouldn't have known the joys of the emotional 
> roller-coaster music brings :p.
> Basically I'm asking (particularly anyone who has been in this position) 
> What should I do? It feels like the end of the world for me right now 
> yet its barely the beginning :/



-- 
Art Simon
simart@gmail.com