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“The music industry is alive and well, it truly is,” Stone told attendees at the show’s opening bell. “We’ve gone from being pretty much run by the major labels to pretty much being…a cottage industry that satisfies all the needs of the artist today.” Stone pointed out that it’s this evolutionary contraction cycle that presents many opportunities, while also noting that “You’re only as good as your phone book.” He suggested utilizing events such as AES as a social networking tool and that artists look toward other area of opportunities with their music, including film and television, video games, and even houses of worship. “This makes the artists our target customer,” he said.

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The deadline for our winter term Celebrity Online Scholarship Program is coming up fast. Apply by November 2nd.

Each term, Berkleemusic recognizes sixteen of our best and brightest online students for outstanding performance in our certificate programs. These students are each awarded a $1250 scholarship in the name of a renowned music education champion.

The Fall 2008 scholarship honorees and recipients were:

• BT Scholarship: Michael Campion Leczinsky, Gianluigi D’Autilia, Henrique Matulis Filho, and Michael Wooten
• Alf Clausen Scholarship: Katie Gosnell, Peter Jonatan, Angel Smith, and Stephen Woodard
• Juan Luis Guerra Scholarship: Celeste Cresswell, Erin Daniels, Maria Paz Escudero, and Carlos Perez Velilla
• Patty Larkin Scholarship: Amanda Knollman, Andrea Olson, Branden Petersen, and Scott Tuttle

Are you one of our next recipients? Find out how to apply for our winter term scholarship program before it’s too late.

We recently had the chance to chat with Sugarland’s touring band (and Berkleemusic online students) Brandon Bush, Annie Clements, and Thad Beaty. Since the release of their gold-selling album Love on the Inside in July (which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200!), it’s been a wild ride for the band.

Check out our exclusive interview with these guys and find out what it’s like on the road with one of the biggest bands in the country.

There are limited spots still available in over 130 online music courses and programs. Don’t miss your chance to start studying online with Berklee.

It’s not too late. Enroll today.

We’ve got some great new courses starting this fall, including our first-ever online voice course, all authored and taught by Berklee College of Music’s renowed faculty.

Check them out:

Jazz Bass by Jim Stinnett - Gain the tools and knowledge you need to improvise jazz bass lines like a seasoned professional. Learn to play great jazz bass lines, recognize common chord progressions in jazz standards, and study the work of jazz bass greats like Paul Chambers, Ray Brown, Ron Carter, and Christian McBride.

Arranging: Woodwinds and Strings by Jerry Gates - Gain a practical, real-world understanding of the sound and personality of woodwind and string instruments, and learn how to properly apply them to songs, arrangements, and compositions.

Jazz Guitar 201 by Bruce Saunders - Develop your jazz guitar performance skills by learning advanced techniques to improvise over chord changes, both in traditional “standards” and complex modern harmony.

Voice Technique 101 by Anne Peckham - Make your voice sound more powerful, use vocal technique to expand your range and expression, and learn to become more confident in vocal performances.

Guitar Chords 201 by Rick Peckham - Master Berklee’s approach to playing guitar chords. Improve your style, intonation, technique, time feel, and tone in this in-depth course. Explore open triads, seventh chord structures, open triadic shapes, and inversions in a variety of musical styles.

We’re only a week away from the start of our new semester. Get started today!

Bass master Oteil Burbridge—best known as the bassist for the Allman Brothers Band—recently visited Danny Morris‘ Bass Player Workshop at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Burbridge shared his thoughts on music and performance. “Funny how the conversation with students dealt with the expression of emotion and life experience,” Morris said. “This is so evident in Oteil’s playing.”

“It was a joy to play with Oteil and communicate through sound. He is a wonderful person and, yes, musician.”

Morris’ Berkleemusic online course, Bass Performance 101, is enrolling now. Fall term begins September 29th.

Enroll in any Berkleemusic certificate program by this Friday (August 15th) and one lucky student will be eligible to receive the Home Studio Package from M-Audio and Digidesign!

Home Studio Package Includes:

• Nova - Large Capsule Cardioid Microphone
• Oxygen 49 - 49-Key USB MIDI Controller
• Studiophile BX5a - 70 Watt Bi-Amplified Studio Reference Monitors
• Digidesign Mbox 2 - USB Audio/MIDI Pro Tools LE Interface

Total Retail Value of More Than $1,250!

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Designed to reward and assist outstanding online students who demonstrate superior performance studying in Certificate Programs at Berkleemusic, these quarterly scholarships are awarded in the name of renowned music education champions. This term’s scholarships are named in honor of Alf Clausen, BT, Juan Luis Guerra, and Patty Larkin.

The student recipients of each Celebrity Online Scholarship will receive an award of $1,250 to be used towards paying their tuition and helping them achieve their goals.

The Summer 2008 scholarship honorees and recipients were:

• Glen Ballard: Cindy Nelson, Vincent Russo, Frederico Oliveira, and Ronald Berard
• Gloria Estefan: Alberto Ramirez, Ileana Palmieri, Stephanie Rosario, and Evangelos D. Karageorgelis
• Mark Mothersbaugh: Bob Strenger, Tyler Erlandson, Jiri Janis, and Michael Paduano
• Steve Vai: Andrew Bonica, Kathleen O’Halloran, Michael MacDonald, and Shane Flail

Are you the next to join this talented group of winners? Apply now.

Our summer term begins this Monday! There’s still space in all of our courses and programs, enroll now!

Based on feedback from Ableton users, our new Advanced Music Production with Ableton Live course offers a forward-thinking approach to recording, editing mixing and mastering using Ableton Live. The course features hands-on, guided demonstrations of Ableton Live, and goes into great detail on using the application for complex compositions, mixing, and live performances in any musical style.

Our other new course, Producing Music with Cubase, provides you with a broad skill set and a fully realized background in music production using the state-of-the-art Cubase 4. Cubase is the perfect tool for producing music for song demos, recording your band’s album, or scoring music for film or TV.

We’ve also launched three new multi-course certificate programs: Orchestrating and Producing Music for Film and Games, the three-course Producing Music with Cubase program, and the three-course Producing Music with Ableton Live program. We’re only three weeks out from our summer term, get started today!