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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nah.  He can write his music and practice the guitar but he needs to do his school work.

Take the guitar and make him do his school work to get it back.  Tell him you're fine with him creating music but school comes first.[/quote]

You are just awful. Do not take this kid’s guitar.

I suggest reading Dave Growl’s book, The Storyteller, and trying to be like his mom. They had an incredible relationship.

Also read Stixrud’s The Self-Driven Child. He blew off school to spend hours on the guitar. I think he’s done pretty okay in life.[/quote]

For every Dave Growl there are hundreds of thousands of men who could never pay rent with their music. I would focus on the overwhelmingly more likely scenario and plan for it.[/quote]

It’s Grohl.

Dave is the first person who would say he’s not the most technically proficient drummer. He has talent for sure, but also a TON of perseverance and a dose of luck (primarily Nirvana needing a new drummer). He also made some good business decisions (primarily releasing his music on his own record company).

Point being that if OP’s son throws himself into this and really commits, chances are he will be able to support himself with something related to music. Becoming famous really isn’t the goal for most musicians. It’s being able to do music full-time.[b] He could be a session musician. He could do soundtracks. He could produce. He could supplement that all by teaching[/b].

There’s a million ways to do it.[/quote]

The overwhelming majority of those people have a college degree, usually in a field related to music. If you are a star you can get away without education, but being a star is like winning the PowerBall.[/quote]

How is a college degree necessary for those jobs though? [/quote]

Not that PP but my XH I mentioned above who makes a nice living (or at least did while we were married maybe it’s all turned to shit now, I don’t know) does all of that and more, and he has a college degree. It wasn’t necessary but [b]I do believe it helped[/b] and he had a few famous relatives in the music business. [/quote]

How has it helped? Honestly curious. [/quote]

Everyone says that a musician needs a college degree but can't explain how that degree is going to help the musician.  There are plenty of people with liberal arts degrees and student loan debt and are working at Starbuck.  For the last time, how does a college degree help a musician? 
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Are you serious? Berklee has a Bachelor and Masters in all these fields. Yes, the person who majored in Film and Media Scoring will have a whole lot more opportunities and SKILLS than OPs son, so will the person who has a degree in Contemporary Music Production or Music Education or Music Business Management.

The people who don't have these degrees are either STARS or had a very lucky break.

Let's also not forget that OPs son wants to be like his uncle, who is rich and successful. Does he want to be a musician if he has to work as a manager at Chipotle to support his passion? That's what dad should ask him. [/quote]

You act as though going to Berklee guarantees you success. It doesn’t at all. You still need a lucky break.

The point is that you can succeed in music without a degree. That’s just reality. Especially in rock music, which I think is what OP’s son wants to do. [/quote]

It increases your chances of success and of making a living in the music industry by a significant margin.

You seem to think in extremes and one off cases, i am talking about what is most likely.[/quote]

Can you prove that to me? [/quote]

This is why the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.[/quote]

Just because you can quote Thoreau doesn’t make you right.[/quote]

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