Matt Jensen, assistant piano professor and founder of the Bob Marley Ensemble, weighs in with his experience at the festival. The Berklee Bob Marley ensemble performed on August 8 at the Charlemont Reggae Festival way out in beautiful Charlemont, Massachusetts.
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Postcard: Charlemont Reggae Festival
August 12, 2009 – 8:25 am
Berklee musicians are having so much fun touring this summer that it should be made a capital offense… yes, I’m jealous. Here’s a postcard from student bassist Tim Luckow. So far at Berklee I have had many memorable moments, but few can compare to playing the Charlemont Reggae Festival with the Bob Marley Ensemble.
Business—not as usual
August 6, 2009 – 12:00 pm
One of my favorite parts of the Berklee in L.A. program is the music business panel that Don Gorder, Chair of the Music Business department, coordinates. On Tuesday night, five Berklee alumni who work in the music industry volunteered their time to come and talk to students about how to start their careers. They offered [...]
Berklee in L.A. in the classroom: Songwriting and Production lecture with Michael Farquharson
August 5, 2009 – 10:21 am
For one of the Berklee in L.A. electives this week, Michael Farquharson, a faculty member in the Contemporary Writing and Production department, gave a special topics lecture entitled “Michael Jackson: Perfection as a Songwriter and Producer.” Using two of Jackson’s songs as examples, he broke the approach to effective songwriting and producing into categories. “What makes a record amazing?” [...]
New Orleans press
August 4, 2009 – 2:03 pm
Berklee volunteers’ good deeds in New Orleans didn’t go unnoticed. (I hope they went unpunished!) A number of media outlets covered their work building houses in Habitat for Humanity’s Musicians’ Village. Boston Metro Worcester Telegram—interview with staff member Giles Christenson York (Nebraska) News-Times—interview with staff member Noah Brown And to see our sweaty crew on the work site, here’s [...]