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Hey guys, and welcome to my page. My name is Geoff; and I'm glad you've stumbled upon my videos here. If you feel the urge to send me a question, please read the FAQ I've written out before doing so.

I'm a guitarist, bassist and vocalist who has recently graduated from the Musician's Institute, and these are my videos from the LPWs or Live Performances Workshops at school. Now that I have graduated I'll probably be doing some covers and such when I get bored.

I am a voice actor, and will also post some voice overs I have done as they come along.

I upload these for my friends and family to see.

Some of these videos are not from MI, some may be from MikomiCon, a Japanese animation convention which I help run in Northridge, Ca. Or anywhere else I might film something and it needs to be uploaded.

I get A LOT of questions about MI... And all of them are exactly the same. So to make things clear about MI and so I won't have to answer all of your questions every single time I wrote out this FAQ.

Q: Have you met Paul Gilbert there? Does he come around often and do you hang out?
A: Yes, I met him once, I don't know... I don't stalk him... And no, I would if he asked me to, but I'm not going to try and be buddy buddy with him because of who he is... And neither should you.

Q: What do you learn at MI?
A: Music Theory, Ear Training, Single String Improv(Scales, Arpeggios, modes, pentatonics, etc...), Rhythm Guitar(Chords, strumming patterns, etc), Music Reading(Whole to 32nd note reading in notation and not tablature, rhythms ans syncopation). Then there are elective.. DON'T ASK ABOUT ELECTIVES, use your imagination... What do you think a music school would teach for ELECTIVES?

Q: Is it a hard school to get into?
A: No... If you're not an idiot or just started playing then no...

Q: Is the school hard to keep up with?
A: See the answer above.

Q: Is it hard to find band mates?
A: Depends on the genre you play.

Q: Does MI help you find a career after you graduate?
A: There's a career center that will help you find gigs, but don't depend on it.

Q: Would you recommend that I go to the school?
A: ONLY IF YOU'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT MUSIC AND WANT TO HAVE IT AS YOUR CAREER. THERE ARE WAY TO MANY VARIABLES AND I DON'T KNOW OR CARE ENOUGH ABOUT YOU TO ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR YOU.

Q: How much is tuition?
A: It varies... Ask for a catalog from school... They'll send it over to you. Or go to an open house if you're in the area.

Q: Are there dorms?
A: No

Q: what kind of programs are there? Like how long are they?
A: Encore-3months, Certificate-1 year, AA-1.5yrs, BA- 4yrs.

Q: I'm self taught, will I do alright at MI?
A: I"m self taught until I came to MI... I'm doing fine.

Q: What positions do you learn to read in?
A: open, 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 12th mainly.

And that's pretty much it, there are a few others but I'll update this as I go...

Have fun, kids...