TheHappySpaceman
Sweet F.A.
Okay, so I think I know why I wasn’t accepted into JMU’s music composition program.
I mostly compose rock music, and the two compositions I submitted were two of my best tracks–granted, one of them was the 16-minute long rock symphony “War of the Worlds”–but they were still rock. My music recording professor at NVCC mentioned that universities typically consider rock a lesser art form, and only take jazz and classical music (particularly modern classical) seriously.
Matter of fact, when the music composition professor heard that I wrote rock music, he said, “Might I suggest the Music Business class? That may be more in line with your interests.” When the head of a program you’re applying for suggests a different program, that’s always a bad sign.
I mostly compose rock music, and the two compositions I submitted were two of my best tracks–granted, one of them was the 16-minute long rock symphony “War of the Worlds”–but they were still rock. My music recording professor at NVCC mentioned that universities typically consider rock a lesser art form, and only take jazz and classical music (particularly modern classical) seriously.
Matter of fact, when the music composition professor heard that I wrote rock music, he said, “Might I suggest the Music Business class? That may be more in line with your interests.” When the head of a program you’re applying for suggests a different program, that’s always a bad sign.