After winning a context, guitar performance student Ben Levin—last seen auditioning for Lady Gaga’s band—is in Los Angeles at a master class with his creative hero, Berklee alumnus Steve Vai—and he’s just stuck his foot in his mouth. Fortunately, they move on…. – Steve immediately opened the floor for questions and not too many people [...]
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Ben Levin: My Private Session with Steve Vai (part one)
August 27, 2010 – 12:30 pm
Have you ever had a conversation with your biggest creative influence? Guitar performance student Ben Levin did, with Berklee alumnus Steve Vai—and wasn’t disappointed. Here’s the first part of his kinda crazy, very L.A. experience. More next week. – I recently won a contest where Steve Vai picked 10 guitarists to fly out to Los [...]
A successful summer for Paula Thompson from Mississippi
August 13, 2010 – 8:36 am
Fairytales do come true. . . it happened to Paula Thompson, a Clarksdale, Mississippi high school student who came to Berklee this summer for the Five-Week Program on a full scholarship. (Publicist Allen Bush blogged about Paula here and here.) The singer was the first female Five-Week scholarship recipient from the Delta Blues Museum music [...]
A day in the studio with Wyclef
July 14, 2010 – 10:36 am
Hey Berklee-Blogs! My name is Will Wells, and I am a 7th semester Film Scoring/Music Production and Engineering student. I recently had the opportunity to work with recording artist/producer Wyclef Jean, a musical monster most known for his work with the Fugees, and many other artists such as Shakira, Lil’ Wayne, T.I., and Lauryn Hill [...]
Joey Guglielmo in Kenya, pt. 2
July 12, 2010 – 2:30 pm
Another dispatch from the music business major, who was part of the Berklee team that traveled to Kenya to audition potential students and connect with music educators. Read his first post.