Tag Archives: Berklee Scholarships

The snare drum rolls in Clarksdale for the summer scholarship applicants

I can’t imagine what the two young women have been thinking since their scholarship auditions at the Delta Blues Museum on Thursday.  Jacquline Gooch and Paula Thompson, students from the Delta Blues Museum’s Arts & Education Program, were both outstanding.  Gooch, 19, accompanied herself on a guitar with a sliver of worn wood below the sound hole that [...]

Guillermo Marin blog 2 (Story of a S.G.A.E winner)

  Estoy emocionado este semestre. He declarado mi Double Major, en MP&E (Music Production and Engineering) y CWP (Contemporary Writing and Production) y no puedo estar con más ganas. Precisamente hoy estoy estrenando el Bundle de programas que nos obligan a comprar al declarar el major, que es diferente según la especialidad que elijas, y [...]

La historia de Guillermo Marin (The story of Guillermo Marin)

Con sólo 25 años las canciones de este artista español (Zaragoza) han vendido cientos de miles de copias en todo el mundo de la mano de diversos artistas: Tamara, Cortés, Naím Thomas o La Barra (en Argentina) y próximamente Sergio Dalma.

Tel Aviv – Ramallah – Amman

Monday began with an initial meeting with the Rimon administration and faculty.  We reviewed our longstanding partnership and addressed issues around curriculum transfer and student recruitment.  There is apparently a surge of interest in Rimon’s songwriting program with 150 students currently enrolled.  The program is taught by some of the best known songwriters in Israel [...]

Arrival in Tel Aviv

After a 4-hour layover in Frankfurt, we arrived safely in Tel Aviv and made our way to the Melody Hotel.  This is part of a larger strategic plan to stay only in hotels that have names associated with music (;JK).  We just know there is a mixolydian or phrygian hotel out there somewhere.  I am traveling [...]