<p>Snowflake,</p>
<p>No, she wasn’t at Berklee this past summer. She toured from PA to Maine (and Vermont – they played Higher Ground…) This is their second year really touring. As a result, they know full well what they will be getting into when they continue with music. No blinders. No false assumptions. They KNOW.</p>
<p>Her whole band won a summer session scholarship a year ago and they all did the Performance Workshop together as a band. It was the only one that they could all take together and have it make sense with their tour schedule. Both she and her drummer could have had half scholarships to the 5-week but couldn’t do them in years past simply because they had so many gigs booked already. (Believe me, if gigs hadn’t been booked they would have both loved to attend.) Her guitar player went (on scholarship) to the guitar sessions this summer and won a very large scholarship (the largest they gave out) for four years renewable. While, surprisingly, if you receive a scholarship you aren’t guaranteed admittance (don’t ask me) – he should be attending I would think because he wants to go… (Maybe it is an out for the school because of potential ax murderers? Who knows?) </p>
<p>A BU (Boston University) Music Professor saw them play at a fair in Northern VT this summer, he praised their musical abilities (all unsolicited - he came up to me and I had no idea who he was) and he said it was extremely unusual for a young band to all be so accomplished, especially the soon-to-be seniors. Usually there is one really good musician that carries the band and that wasn’t the case here. </p>
<p>They will have been together four years in February, an eternity for a teen band. I care for all of them like they are my own kids. While they do stuff separately (my daughter is Joanne in Rent, the guitarist does a capella at his school and sits in with other bands, the drummer sits in with another band, etc.), they really shine and are so tight together. So while she, the guitarist, and the drummer are all 17, they should continue to grow together, even if they aren’t at the same music schools for some reason. The keyboardist is only a sophomore. He may have to work REALLY hard to keep up. (grin) </p>
<p>She also plays bass and sings lead. It isn’t quite like a guitar or piano… I guess she could make a karaoke track of one of her original songs minus the bass line and the vocals if the whole band couldn’t do it… or even a medley? I don’t know, that is the next hurdle. Ultimately, it is up to her, but she will probably have to call and see what are good options.</p>
<p>RockBandMom</p>