I don't think anybody knows this, but I'm an aspiring jazz guitarist in my last year of high school. I applied to two institutions with international reputations in jazz studies, the University of Toronto and Humber College (both in southern Ontario). In a nutshell, Toronto is pretty much the jazz capital of Canada (along with Montreal), and the faculty at both of these schools is world-class. The people who teach at Humber and U of T are literally some of the best jazz players in the world.

Long story short, I got accepted to the Humber foundations program (basically, I go there for a year and then re-audition for the three year program) after sitting on a wait list for three weeks. Considering the amount of people who apply for guitar, I'm pretty freaking pleased - I went to a 2 day audition prep workshop, and there must have been fifty or sixty guitarists (compared to like two sax players, three pianists and ten or so drummers). The odds were even worse than that when you consider that not everybody who applied went to the workshop.

So yeah. Posting from me is definately going to taper off once I move in to residence (tuition and residence are going to cost about 10000 of my useless Canadian dollars) because this is something I really want to succeed at, but I thought I'd post to spread the joy of "I got in to Humber!"

Anyways, I figure on going out in a blaze of glory around mid august or so...

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Dude I've seen girls and I've seen lobsters, and that is totally a lobster.

-Correction

Don't lose any fingers.

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Roach - Caught in the war of hemispheres.
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Well thanks. Now that you've said it they're going to get caught in the photocopier or something.

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Dude I've seen girls and I've seen lobsters, and that is totally a lobster.

-Correction

damn laser spolls get you every time

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---Thomas jefferson, Declaration of Independance.

Don't lose any testicles.

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"Ever since I was a boy, I have always kept your laws, now I want to follow you and join you in your noble cause. Jesus turned to him and said, 'Sell all you have give to the poor.' Rich young ruler hung his head, not to follow, walked instead." - Vanishing Lesson

Don't lose any sanity.

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhehehe.....

heehee.

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Saberopus: omfq musical genuis j00 >mozart
Thrawn42689: Mozart = n00b

Congradulations.


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What once was...

Congrats!

My university wanted to put me on the foundation physics program because my A-level maths grade was really bad, but somehow I managed to convince them not to, I really don't know how...

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/end boob rant

Mmm. yesh, Humber. I myself would rather get into Berklee's college given time, but that's because I just want to get out of canada.

Best of luck with everything, Jazz is a kickass genre, although I have a better interest in classical stuff and adapting it to modern metal, Jazz is still awesome since it's so versatile.

I just hope you don't slack off, guitar is a lifelong learning process, but no doubt you already know this. =D

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Wake up, rise and shine, Gotta take another pint, Dig heads and watch out for the night.

Seduction?

Congrats, Tracer.

Yeah. There was kind of a mini-lecture during the workshop days, where they were all like "Berklee isn't as good as Humber," but whatever. What stopped me from trying out at Berklee was the price ($30,000 US!) and SATs.

And a special thank-you goes out to Sajn. Obviously I'm not going to lose any testicles. Good grief...

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Dude I've seen girls and I've seen lobsters, and that is totally a lobster.

-Correction