Last Monday I took a field trip to the Lawrence Music Clubhouse to hang out with the teachers there, talk about PULSE, and check out the learning environment. I spent some time sitting in on lessons, meeting the students and giving some PULSE demos. The LMC is a fantastic community space for kids to sign [...]
Author Archives: James Staub
My Internship at Berklee PULSE
March 26, 2010 – 10:33 am
If you’ve been following the PULSE blog, you may be wondering “Who is this intern guy, and why do I care?” Well I can answer the first question at least. In the beginning of January I started my internship with Berklee PULSE to fulfill my Experiential Learning requirement for Northeastern University. Erin Genett, PULSE’s Information [...]
Songs for Songs Concert: Putting Guitars in the Hands of Ugandan Youth
March 22, 2010 – 12:01 pm
Allison Preisinger, a work study for the last year and a half here at PULSE, is putting together a benefit performance of Berklee songwriters to raise money for guitars and music equipment to send to Pader, Uganda. Natalie Weaver a Songwriting Major at Berklee recently visited Pader to work with youth effected by the ongoing [...]
From The Intern’s Desk: Sound Tracking for PULSE Video
March 8, 2010 – 12:00 am
Here in week 7 of my internship at Berklee PULSE, I’ve spent most of the last few days placing music examples in our upcoming History of Strings video. The breadth of examples mentioned in the video makes the job of syncing sound clips pretty interesting, and often times kind of funny. It is pretty rare [...]
From the Intern’s Desk: Audition and Interview
March 1, 2010 – 2:18 pm
During my second week as an intern at Berklee PULSE, I tagged along with the video team on a shoot for one of the supplemental videos to the Take 5 documentary series. Jamilah Allwood, the Associate Director of Admissions, Recruitment and Special Events, walked a group of students from the City Music program through the [...]