Hey, guys... Just wondering whether anybody here knows some Universities of Music in the UK... No matter whether private.

I didnt know, where to put this topic, so mods.. if I put it in a wrong place please, move it.

http://www.icmp.uk.com/ - Levi goes there, ask him for details.
http://www.guitar-x.co.uk/ - They have a cover of Far Beyond The Sun on their frontpage. 'nuff said

Both of these are in London. I remember there's also a school in Brighton (I think). Google is your friend

http://www.acm.ac.uk/

http://www.bimm.co.uk/

but yes i go to the guitar institute


it is the DOGS!

you thinking of going to one?

Paul Macartny has a school in Liverpool with a great reputation. Dont remember the name at the mo...

LIPA. But you really need some skills to get in. Not just pay to play.

Oh, and it's super expensive.

A friend of mine goes there and he pays about 15.000£ per year.

from what iv looked at its like an EXTREMELY well financed turd....

looks great...but the staff leave alot to be desired

icmp has the best tutors in the country... FACT

ACM has some great tutors, it's just a shame they're working with a terrible syllabus and pretty awful course.

Thanks guys Yeah, I'm thinking of going to one of these soon Levi, where are you accomodated and how high are the costs of the accomodation in lest say London Levi, you have passed all of those bloody exams Cuz I'm not into the theory So.. its going to be hard to get anywhere, am I right?

my rent is 100 a week, you can find a room for 70 a week i guess

and yes i passed all the exams, im degree top group...so if your planning to do the degree, swat up, its not too hard

ok... so I have to keep on learning... I wonder whether you could tell me just a one more thing: What exams are there Except for playing 2 selected tracks. Do I have to START learning how to read the notes

yes! theres a sightreading test to get in, its probably the most important test

i was told "if you cant sightread dont bother because they wont accept you, youl only fall behind" sightreading class is hard work, but also the weekly performance songs we have to learn have no tab either

Sightreading is pretty easy once you get into it.

exactly, you dont struggle to read words, and theres 26 letters, there are only 12 notes, and usualy u only use 7...it comes very quickly if you practice alot

Here's the question of the day... in a year and a half should I move to London and go to the London guitar school???

or M.I.??

Since you already live in America, I suggest Berklee.

yeah berklee, you can get a REAL qualification, at MI youl get a certificate.... i can give you a certificate...it doesnt mean anything

im getting an internationally respected degree validated by UEL

for that reason i say come here....

I would love to go to Berklee, however I believe Berklee costs more than the M.I. and the Ms.Misstreater's schooling combined.. am I right?

it's not a matther of certificate or not.

MI can be better for you, if you're looking for what they teach over there (whatever that is)

the head of guitar at ICMP is an MI grad (he did it with gambale) he wrote our sylybus, i can assure you, its everything learnt at MI...and more

after all its a degree...not a certificate

And the location matters as well. You already live in south Cali Eric, so it'd be favorable for the money to go to MI. If you go to London, you have to pay tuition + living costs. Expensive. Plus many material goods cost much more than it does over here.


Plus, you don't only have to go for the certificate (4 quarters, roughly one year) at MI. They offer a Bachelor of Music degree (4 years). There's also Associates as well. I don't know where Missmisstreater got his idea of "only certificates", but yeah, it isn't completely correct. You should check the website yourself Eric and get all the info you can. Sign up and get brochures. The MI brochure comes with a CD that you pop into a computer and you can check out all the enrollment dates and degree plans that you want to apply for.

I really recommend not slacking, and just go through those pdf files. Got to do a bit of research. It'll take 10 minutes at most.


BTW: I'm not saying that you shouldn't go to London. I'm thinking that Missmisstreater is a teeeeeensy bit biased about which school you should apply to, and you shouldn't rely on false info to decide which school you go to. Check both school websites, get the brochures, check the dates/courses/degree plans.



I kind of understand what Missmisstreater means my "certificate", because MI is fairly on the down low compared to berklee or another school, but a lot of LA music business CEOs will look for MI grads before looking at other schools. So if you're planning on a career here in the biz, then it'd be in your best interest to go to school here. If you go to london, I'd imagine it's the same thing. It's better if you live there.