Good music scene

College Search & Selection
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<p>What colleges have good music scenes preferrably rock and metal music? This is pretty important to me as I want to try and start a band in college. I'm looking to stay in the Northeast but wouldn't mind going down South or out to California. Thanks!</p>

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<p>hah. have fun trying to with the terrible current trend of "screamo"</p>

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<p>UT-Austin, College of Charleston, UMichigan, NYU</p>

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<p>idk im kinda sad. my high school band is gonna be no more now :(</p>

<p>but kcirsch, i hope youre right :)
i hope there's a good amount of metalheads at NYU :)</p>

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<p>Deep Purple-- this thread delves into good-music-scene colleges, although not the specific genre (such as metal):</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=70211%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=70211&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>suggest you try to find the latest Rolling Stone article mentioned near the end of the thread.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies, lol this is an important factor to me. Oh and the screamo trend must die. </p>

<p>The colleges I've applied (ing) to so far are URI, UT, SUNY Stony Brook, and SUNY Albany. I'm looking for a fith and sixth slot. I may look into those schools kcrich, thanks.</p>

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<p>Also, Wisconsin, Boston University, UGA and most schools in large cities.</p>

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<p>Rochester, NY has a pretty good music scene (I think the artists Tweet and Teddy Geiger have gotten their starts here; there are plenty more though) so maybe University of Rochester?</p>

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<p>You might want to get a hold of the book, Schools that Rock - The Rolling Stones Guide to College Music Scenes, which covers this exact topic. It's a great read as well. Here's the Amazon link, although any bookstore or library should be able to order you a copy:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932958533/qid=1136776475/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-9147765-4525501?s=books&v=glance&n=283155%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932958533/qid=1136776475/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-9147765-4525501?s=books&v=glance&n=283155&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I saw that at Barnes and Noble yesterday, actually........weird.</p>

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<p>oberlin, nyu, eugene lang...</p>

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<p>Both Bard and Oberlin have conservatories. Oberlin's one is world class.
Many other small LACs like Kenyon and Vassar have good music scene too... but I wouldnt say that it's along the line of pop music and such...</p>

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<p>i second UGA
so many bands come out of athens</p>