| with all due respect mam, I don't think you can know that many people if you can count on one hand how many people are doing what I describe. In any case, I know who these people are but I won't say their names because they aren't here to speak for themselves. In any case, it's just evidence that you don't need to go the traditional route, and I am not saying you have to go to Princeton. You can go anywhere that there is a great teacher. A lot of good palyers only do artist diploma's precisely to avoid all the tideous and useless music stuff, so now people are considering getting a university education in another field while practicing. It is a trend that will grow, as evidenced by the fact that several of the top "next big things" are doing this, and the fact that universities are getting much better teachers than they used to have. |