This is EXACTLY like about 80% of all music majors that I have ever encountered. They do the bare minimum, eventually quit, and do absolutely nothing useful or fulfilling with their lives.
oh god. Lol i really wish that girl was real so I can punch her in the face....lyk omg i wanna beeee a musician but practice?!? Work hard?!? LYK OMG I GOT INTO MUSIC NOT TO DO THOSE THINGS. -___-*** Cunts.
This has to be the least funny video I've ever had the misfortune of watching. Maybe you should make one about bitter people who don't pursue music because they don't believe in themselves or have support from their family. Is that something you can relate to?
A buddy of mine (also a music major) was telling me once that his friend questioned how hard being a music major is. "Why are you saying it's so difficult? All you do is play music you like all day!" ...Then my buddy set him straight.
I hate Music-ignorant people. If you don't appreciate such a beautiful art, one that takes years and years to master, you are a fool! Ive spent 6 years of my life sweating my ass off on MY FREE TIME to be apart of something bigger than myself.. and I excpect even harder tasks when I join drum corps... if I even make it... Music is amazing, if you don't agree, fuck off! :)
I'm majoring in biology, and plan to apply to nursing school. I have always considered the music majors at my school to be very hard working and very talented people.
@MrScottman91 I don't think this is aimed at people who just enjoy performing, but rather at incoming freshmen who have extremely low expectations of what being a music major is. The think they just get to sing/play all day, and to some extent you do use your instrument a lot, but there are a lot of complex courses that many do not pass because they lack the endurance.
@gizmocat11 Almost all of the greatest artists went to school to learn their craft. Were it music, painting or digital art you need to learn the concepts and techniques of the area you're working in, there's a huge amount of theory and other stuff behind it. Very rarely you can become good by just doing. And it is always good to get guidance from people who know more than you.
There are the things you know, the things you know you don't know and the things you don't know you don't know
Hmm. Having done a B.Mus at King's College in London, I would agree with many comments. It is extremely academic and mathematical and you have to have about 5 interviews and sit an entrance exam as well as perform on two instruments to get in plus have excellent A level results. Obviously a bit different in the states!
Im a music composition grad student, and I teach undergrad aural skills courses, there are a lot of kids like this coming into college, they all fail out or leave of their own volition within a year, only the ones who are actually good musicians make it.
Advanced music theory is like organic chemistry, very mathematical and not always as straight forward as you'd like, and no matter how good a performer you are there's always someone better.... people don't understand that you really have to have a great deal of innate talent to succeed as a music major. improving in music is one of the most rewarding things there is though =)
ResurrectedProdical my advice is to take private lessons in music and/or theory. Lots and lots of practice. Lots of listening, to everything- jazz, classical, new age, choral, instrumental. Read the theory book, don't just attend class. Writing your own music will help it sink in too. Mimicking the Greats will do you wonders, just don't get too disappointed when you find you can't keep up. You'll get there.
It's rough being a music major. It's a five year degree, or
I think to be a music major and I understand that, I just want feedback, I am extremely interested in becoming a music major. I dont expect a cakewalk whatsoever.
@ResurrectedProdigal Practice.I'm currently a music major and it is definitely not a cakewalk. Like most others, I practice 4-6 hours a day. I don't know how long you have been taking music lessons for, but i'd say do private instruction on 1 instrument, and excel at it. If you just started at high school, you are already extremely far behind, as most audition requirements are grueling. look at some audition repertoire, and see if you can do it. Music requires 100% of you, no less.
@dannav147 Thank you for the response. I am vey quick at picking up concepts and I am extremely dedicated, not trying to hype myself up by saying it. I'm willing to practice and keep practicing during my free time, I love music and i'd rather play than do anything else with my personal free time. I'm going to make guitar my main instrument and i'm already studying music theory, there's an instructor on youtube who gives free theory lessons his name is Andrew Furmanzyk.
Hello everybody, I have many questions and here is the dilema. I know it takes alot to be a music major, and I have looked into it and it's what I would love to do. I want to learn and understand not only music as a whole, but how it functions. But here's the dilema. I have no formal musical high school background, and I am just learning to read music and am taking a piano and guitar class at school. What do you think my chances are? Again, please dont bash me I know it takes much more than
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA..."I will drop my performance major to a bachelor of arts because I can't pass theiry and ear training" I know 3 people who had to do this at my school. Though I will admit, I don't practice my ensemble music as much as I should...but I passed ear training and theory and history, so I'm in the clear, right? (ha...yeah no)
@Rockynurse You're right for a lot of people, but if you have the talent, work ethic, and intelligence, it can be different. The music ed program I'm in has 100% placement, and it's in its 100th year.
100% placement is very broad. It could mean almost anything. The average, median, low and high starting salaries objective and a great measure of a programs success. The companies the school places students with is also an objective measure. Not even julliard has a 100% success rate at placing students in jobs with livable wages so your school is probably exaggerating.
@melissalouise2 Many music ed programs claim this. The fine print is usually that 100% of graduating students land a job, not necessarily a job in music education, especially nowadays since music and arts classes are often the first thing to go when school budget cuts happen.
Music majors do class, then practice at least four - five hours per day on top of rehearsals and coachings. Studying and reading would be the equivalent to say, a psychology major. They attend class then read hundreds of pages per week. It all evens out. The ones that choose to not work hard probably won't get good jobs in the future, unless you change your habits. The quicker you realize to get your shit together earlier, the better off you are later. This video is hysterical, though.
Some people miss the point of humorous videos. This is not a video slamming music majors for being lazy. It is a video lamenting the kind of student represented here. She says things like "basic fundamental" because she is stupid. To correct her mistakes would be to take the humor out of it. I guess I am shoveling sand against the tide trying to explain humor.
"The work ethic of music majors is often disappointing." Key word from Jason Hobert here: OFTEN.
To be SUCCESSFUL in music, unless you get lucky as a pop "star", 99% of the time, you have to have an INSANE work ethic, and, most of the time, if you're not a public school teacher, you also have to hold down a job OUTSIDE of music until your resume is more competitive with more seasoned music professionals, which is even more trying and difficult.
@jimlapbap HAHA Ditto! My school has 6 sections of Theory I, 4 sections of Theory II, 2 sections of Theory III and just a single section of Theory IV!
Like no lie, Music Theory is tough, but like any other class you just have to study it and get as much help as you can. Ironing out chorale part writing problems can suck but you just have to put the time into it.
Maybe this video can be shown as part of a freshman orientation for new music majors. This can be shown in conjunction with various freshman placement exams that music majors take during their first week or so of classes. That way, the students will hopefully learn early on that it's not only their talent, but also their work ethic that will make or break them as a music major.
While in a class required for freshmen music majors, the prof warned us repeatedly that less than 2/3 of us would make it to graduation. As a graduating senior, I can look back and see he was right - many had vanished over the years as my theory and pedagogy classes got smaller and smaller.
I like to think that they disappeared and changed majors rather than dropped out altogether (but I do know of several that dropped for - what else? - bad grades in music theory and history classes).
Ummm....no. I practice 2 hours a day and have great work ethic. I am a music education major. I work hard every day and am busier than all other majors on campus. Free time is about 10 minutes before I go to bed...like now.
I guess this is true of those less than stellar music departments. This wouldn't have worked where I attended. The people like this only make it about a semester or two.
I've heard this type of conversation way to many times. The ones who think they can cruise in music school fail and never get anywhere. The ones who put in the hard work for it will.
LoL. What schools are all these people going to? If I had half that attitude, I would get crucified.... although as far as incoming freshman is concerned, that may explain the number of people that drop/flunk out.
Music Theory is great. I dont know what you guys are talking about. Its hard at times, but if you can do freaking high school algebra you can learn all you need to know :).
Ah music majors, (I'm a minor and I'm dating a major), there are two camps: vocal and instrumental. Vocalists are generally poor at reading music and practicing, because they assume, "I've been singing for my family for years, everyone loves to hear me sing--I don't need to change anything now."
Instrumentalists have something else wrong with them. They'll practice, but only what they want to. Instrumentalists know what they want and will have nothing else of anything else. That's why I'm in IT!
Yea as a music major I must say this is somewhat depressing, because this is true for some other music people. Most of us do work hard and anyone can tell you it's not easy by any means. My 3 hr a day practice minimum is a great example and having to play all sporting events and commencements. To say being a music major is easy is ridiculous but to some extent this video has a point
this painful to watch because Im a hard worker with music and am planning on becoming a professional violinist and am not a slacker and neither are the people in my orchestra.
I just don't understand...there are so many other majors where people simply don't work hard. It seems like everyone in college slacks off. Why are music majors always in the spotlight for laziness? I've heard this all before...
@CellarrDoorr I agree, unlike almost every other major you can't fake being proficient at your instrument. I guess I should just get a "business" degree, all the opportunities!
@CellarrDoorr Because if you slack off in most classes you can still get a job. If you're a performance major, for example, and you take this approach you won't be able to get a job in music.
@CellarrDoorr Yeah, we just look lazy because we're dead tired from practicing until 2 am... followed by all the homework everyone else has to do in core classes, too.
"if you get lazy in college" is pretty much the main point of failing.
if they don't want to be there and get bad grades, soon enough you'll be put on academic probation. If there is no reason for the poor performance then the individuals ass is GONE. :p
Mediocraty is the average - by definition. Nonmusicicians can pass along without others noticing. One is in tune and in time or not. In math, equations also incorrect or not. Inmany other areas much is subjective and or politcal.
Very pointed and often true. But not always. Similar observations apply to other majors. The difference being that music is heard by the listeners and subject to instant object critique and response.
Just great! Now I know what most of those school band directors were doing in school. Too bad they pass on their ignorance to future generations. The high drop out rate they are experiencing might be a message for them?
@JOBOB5838 - are you kidding me? Are you a band director? Do you know anything about music? Are you really blaming something as huge as a high drop out rate on one single teacher in a school? Band is not required in schools, it's something that students CHOOSE to take. Do you know about state, zone, district, and county competitions and showcasings? Do you know the National Standards for Music Education? The students that take band have a work ethic, and you're an idiot.
"I am a member of a colorguard in a division I drum corps"-so that means they don't work hard in drum corps? And the 12 hour a day practices in 100+ heat are....easy?
I'll be honest I felt like this before my first semester in college. Musicianship classes are a trombone players best friend, yes those music history classes may be too much but it helps you play music in that era better if you understand it and have a good foundation behind it. Theory classes help as well with understanding the structure of the piece. I know it seems like a lot of work with all the ensembles of top of that, ges, and all the exit exams but it is worth it!
I love all the comments about how "hard" people work at their music major. The point of the video is to say that A BUNCH of music majors are disillusioned when they come to college. The people who are defending themselves are the people who feel the need to defend their own stupidity.
you must be or have been a music major. This one isn't going to make it. To succeed you have to work your butt off. and there are students who do. I was one of them.
Funny, but your statement that the work ethic of music majors is "disappointing" is in itself disappointing. I work very hard at my major, and I know many others who do too.
@randapanda2009 They video never claims that all music majors are like this. It simply points toward the great number of performance majors who are just artsy retards.
The sad thing is that the problem doesn't just exist in school.. I encounter very unproffessional attitude as a gigging musician, and it's horrible. If it's not the musicians you work with, its the venue, the people who hired you.. etc etc. Whether you are in school or out there gigging, it really is up to you to put in the time and make something out it.
If this is an accurate reflection of what is happening these days, it is an indictment of the schools where it is happening. Where I obtained my BA in Music, Lawrence University, we worked our tails off for four solid years and I received an education that changed my life forever.
This was our entertainment during the violin pieces/intermission of the Scheherazade concert last night. Just thought I'd let you know. Mike was broadcasting it to everyone outside of Bennett..lol..and I just saw that the clarinet professor from Troy University just posted this on FB,..and I think it's hilarious that this is getting out EVERYWHERE! Go you lol
A month ago, I had a conversation with a prospective student, and it happened just like this...except that at the end I suggested he consider another major.
This video is perfect for the small universities and colleges throughout the U.S. that accept anyone who owns/rents an instrument. They do the minimum amount of work, expect a job when they graduate, and get upset when they do not receive glorifying letters of recommendation. The good jobs don't go to them, and they end up teaching music out in the farmland training more shitty musicians, who in turn go to shitty colleges, and the whole shitty cycle continues.
This is so sad! I worked very hard in college bc I was not prepared enough in high school for collegiate level music education, and so spent 5 years earning my degree. I hate to think that I could've been that girl!
Don't know about others, but I worked my backside off obtaining my BMEd degree . . .21 hours one semester, practiced up to 6 hrs a day, conducted choirs, learned to play all instruments, member of ensembles, jam sessions and more. One of my pet peeves is that many think musicians are simply handed a degree!
@MsBaileymouse this obviously does not apply to you if you indeed worked so hard. This is just a generalization, which can be annoying to someone like you since it does not apply. Until more music majors develop a work ethic similar to yours, this is going to continue to exist. Basically you're just going to have to deal with it and either ignore people or explain to them how you're not like the rest.
Wow... I know this is supposed to be funny (and it is), but I'm more depressed at how much of this I see at my university. It's disturbingly accurate. Barf....
@zackbr2000 Hey now. . .I'm a vocal major and I actually do a lot of work and I have a good understanding of theory. Not all vocal majors are airheads lol.
@swiftybone yeh although grammar doesnt suggest anything, i was talking about art education and musical education.
think about it dont be ignorant,
THINK, the master artists that used to excist did not have anyone to teach them, they actually had inspiration. not some ppl telling them how they HAVE to do it.
and next time i make a grammar mistake dont mention it, i really dont care about a little bit of grammar. people got what i ment
@CarpathiaS Despite what you "ment" YOU are being ignorant and uninformed. All great artists stand on the shoulders of those that precede them and learn from the masters of the past (inspiration). You obviously know nothing of artistic development. As a student I have never been mandated to do something one way, only encouraged to grow and solidify my own artistic identity.
@CarpathiaS You are terribly confused about the nature of education. I'm sorry for you. ---- and great artists/musicians DID have someone to teach them.
wow...someone is really bitter about music students. This video is ridiculous
Vocalisse92 6 hours ago
I am a hard working music major at a top music school. This is the most inaccurate thing I have ever seen.
emcgee08 1 month ago
@emcgee08 The film depicts the several thousands of lazy kids at regular universities (who don't even have auditions to determine who gets in).
HeidelbergSoprano 3 weeks ago
This is EXACTLY like about 80% of all music majors that I have ever encountered. They do the bare minimum, eventually quit, and do absolutely nothing useful or fulfilling with their lives.
SuperTrey09 2 months ago
oh god. Lol i really wish that girl was real so I can punch her in the face....lyk omg i wanna beeee a musician but practice?!? Work hard?!? LYK OMG I GOT INTO MUSIC NOT TO DO THOSE THINGS. -___-*** Cunts.
TOkenftw2010 2 months ago
This has to be the least funny video I've ever had the misfortune of watching. Maybe you should make one about bitter people who don't pursue music because they don't believe in themselves or have support from their family. Is that something you can relate to?
acousticelise 2 months ago
UNT is fucking HARD!
secondshen 3 months ago
@secondshen I go to UNT, and yes. It's INSANELY hard.
emcgee08 1 month ago
They are making fun of the people that give alllllll of us music majors crap for doing music. This is amazingly funny! 5 stars!
gnxxxx 3 months ago
Being a music major is no where near easy
ap1027 4 months ago
To be a great musician, you have to be willing to play all day.
w9j15g 4 months ago
@w9j15g No, to be a great musician you have to play great music. This includes understanding the importance of silence.
tetilt 4 months ago
music majors have it rough! they get little free time!! and they are so tired that they seem lazy
Kehlsteinhaus7 4 months ago
hmm... im watching this instead of practicing my instrument
breathmusic 4 months ago 2
@breathmusic
me too ha ha ha ha
alalange 2 months ago
Hmm...maybe this video explains why music majors have a false sense of superiority?
KnitKnots 5 months ago
A buddy of mine (also a music major) was telling me once that his friend questioned how hard being a music major is. "Why are you saying it's so difficult? All you do is play music you like all day!" ...Then my buddy set him straight.
isisdazs 6 months ago
I hate Music-ignorant people. If you don't appreciate such a beautiful art, one that takes years and years to master, you are a fool! Ive spent 6 years of my life sweating my ass off on MY FREE TIME to be apart of something bigger than myself.. and I excpect even harder tasks when I join drum corps... if I even make it... Music is amazing, if you don't agree, fuck off! :)
jared71322 6 months ago
I'm majoring in biology, and plan to apply to nursing school. I have always considered the music majors at my school to be very hard working and very talented people.
IwillKillYourCereal 7 months ago 23
i dont have a performance degree in music. im a business major. am i not allowed to play my guitar publicly?
MrScottman91 8 months ago
@MrScottman91 I don't think this is aimed at people who just enjoy performing, but rather at incoming freshmen who have extremely low expectations of what being a music major is. The think they just get to sing/play all day, and to some extent you do use your instrument a lot, but there are a lot of complex courses that many do not pass because they lack the endurance.
smhermione 8 months ago
Music theory is really interesting i'm 17 and after i get my master i wanna teach college theory :D
I only study 40 min. of theory it makes my head spin :[
chinoxdark 8 months ago
LAME
grnlighter 8 months ago
Why do people get degrees in music? A bunch of artists did not go to school for it and they make millions.
gizmocat11 9 months ago
@gizmocat11 usually people who wish to teach or perform the classical route go to school.
christinavelia 9 months ago
@gizmocat11 Almost all of the greatest artists went to school to learn their craft. Were it music, painting or digital art you need to learn the concepts and techniques of the area you're working in, there's a huge amount of theory and other stuff behind it. Very rarely you can become good by just doing. And it is always good to get guidance from people who know more than you.
There are the things you know, the things you know you don't know and the things you don't know you don't know
HaistaPaska92 8 months ago
@gizmocat11 those artists tend to be groomed by a corporation or just really lucky. How many friends do you have that are in a band?
Plus, with classical and jazz music, which have higher performance standards, school is basically a requirement.
menschmaschine5 5 months ago
she can't do anything well because she's a woman
fledgehog 10 months ago
@fledgehog lmfao niceeee :D
gvsfgdf 9 months ago
lol
kchatmon4 10 months ago
Hmm. Having done a B.Mus at King's College in London, I would agree with many comments. It is extremely academic and mathematical and you have to have about 5 interviews and sit an entrance exam as well as perform on two instruments to get in plus have excellent A level results. Obviously a bit different in the states!
beckynahmad 10 months ago
Im a music composition grad student, and I teach undergrad aural skills courses, there are a lot of kids like this coming into college, they all fail out or leave of their own volition within a year, only the ones who are actually good musicians make it.
skitzo429 11 months ago 6
I have a Master's degree in Music, and I completely agree with this entire video. Too funny. Awesome.... very appropriate.
schumanncello 1 year ago
Advanced music theory is like organic chemistry, very mathematical and not always as straight forward as you'd like, and no matter how good a performer you are there's always someone better.... people don't understand that you really have to have a great deal of innate talent to succeed as a music major. improving in music is one of the most rewarding things there is though =)
LexingtonWells 1 year ago 17
IF it ain't Music Education no point
Hitamaru 1 year ago
There are too many musicians and 90 percent suck, including me lmao
MrROTD 1 year ago
This is harsh, but accurate.
ResurrectedProdical my advice is to take private lessons in music and/or theory. Lots and lots of practice. Lots of listening, to everything- jazz, classical, new age, choral, instrumental. Read the theory book, don't just attend class. Writing your own music will help it sink in too. Mimicking the Greats will do you wonders, just don't get too disappointed when you find you can't keep up. You'll get there.
It's rough being a music major. It's a five year degree, or
karjer01 1 year ago
@marshsev2 :Theory
BURREMAT000 1 year ago
I think to be a music major and I understand that, I just want feedback, I am extremely interested in becoming a music major. I dont expect a cakewalk whatsoever.
ResurrectedProdigal 1 year ago
@ResurrectedProdigal Practice.I'm currently a music major and it is definitely not a cakewalk. Like most others, I practice 4-6 hours a day. I don't know how long you have been taking music lessons for, but i'd say do private instruction on 1 instrument, and excel at it. If you just started at high school, you are already extremely far behind, as most audition requirements are grueling. look at some audition repertoire, and see if you can do it. Music requires 100% of you, no less.
dannav147 1 year ago
@dannav147 Thank you for the response. I am vey quick at picking up concepts and I am extremely dedicated, not trying to hype myself up by saying it. I'm willing to practice and keep practicing during my free time, I love music and i'd rather play than do anything else with my personal free time. I'm going to make guitar my main instrument and i'm already studying music theory, there's an instructor on youtube who gives free theory lessons his name is Andrew Furmanzyk.
ResurrectedProdigal 1 year ago
Hello everybody, I have many questions and here is the dilema. I know it takes alot to be a music major, and I have looked into it and it's what I would love to do. I want to learn and understand not only music as a whole, but how it functions. But here's the dilema. I have no formal musical high school background, and I am just learning to read music and am taking a piano and guitar class at school. What do you think my chances are? Again, please dont bash me I know it takes much more than
ResurrectedProdigal 1 year ago
I wish you well in your "music career".
filcomp 1 year ago
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA..."I will drop my performance major to a bachelor of arts because I can't pass theiry and ear training" I know 3 people who had to do this at my school. Though I will admit, I don't practice my ensemble music as much as I should...but I passed ear training and theory and history, so I'm in the clear, right? (ha...yeah no)
marshsev2 1 year ago
Haha, this is great. I'm a music major at FSU, and I've met a few people like this, but they didn't get past the first semester.
melissalouise2 1 year ago
@melissalouise2
Yes and even those that make it to graduation will probably be underemployed or unemployed at graduation. Music is a hobby for most not a career.
Rockynurse 1 year ago
@Rockynurse You're right for a lot of people, but if you have the talent, work ethic, and intelligence, it can be different. The music ed program I'm in has 100% placement, and it's in its 100th year.
melissalouise2 1 year ago
@melissalouise2
100% placement is very broad. It could mean almost anything. The average, median, low and high starting salaries objective and a great measure of a programs success. The companies the school places students with is also an objective measure. Not even julliard has a 100% success rate at placing students in jobs with livable wages so your school is probably exaggerating.
Rockynurse 1 year ago
@melissalouise2 Many music ed programs claim this. The fine print is usually that 100% of graduating students land a job, not necessarily a job in music education, especially nowadays since music and arts classes are often the first thing to go when school budget cuts happen.
menschmaschine5 9 months ago
Music majors do class, then practice at least four - five hours per day on top of rehearsals and coachings. Studying and reading would be the equivalent to say, a psychology major. They attend class then read hundreds of pages per week. It all evens out. The ones that choose to not work hard probably won't get good jobs in the future, unless you change your habits. The quicker you realize to get your shit together earlier, the better off you are later. This video is hysterical, though.
Nycounterpoint1 1 year ago
"I will not practice my ensemble music" BAHAHAHAH.
Punkerthanthou6 1 year ago 2
Some people miss the point of humorous videos. This is not a video slamming music majors for being lazy. It is a video lamenting the kind of student represented here. She says things like "basic fundamental" because she is stupid. To correct her mistakes would be to take the humor out of it. I guess I am shoveling sand against the tide trying to explain humor.
readerjoy 1 year ago 3
"The work ethic of music majors is often disappointing." Key word from Jason Hobert here: OFTEN.
To be SUCCESSFUL in music, unless you get lucky as a pop "star", 99% of the time, you have to have an INSANE work ethic, and, most of the time, if you're not a public school teacher, you also have to hold down a job OUTSIDE of music until your resume is more competitive with more seasoned music professionals, which is even more trying and difficult.
BenjaminGessel 1 year ago
"I will also not establish basic fundamental theory skills." Isn't the term "basic fundamental" redundant?
missourichamberorch 1 year ago
My theory class my freshman year had 40 students in August. It had 20 by December.
jimlapbap 1 year ago 4
@jimlapbap HAHA Ditto! My school has 6 sections of Theory I, 4 sections of Theory II, 2 sections of Theory III and just a single section of Theory IV!
Like no lie, Music Theory is tough, but like any other class you just have to study it and get as much help as you can. Ironing out chorale part writing problems can suck but you just have to put the time into it.
Sammoab 1 year ago
Maybe this video can be shown as part of a freshman orientation for new music majors. This can be shown in conjunction with various freshman placement exams that music majors take during their first week or so of classes. That way, the students will hopefully learn early on that it's not only their talent, but also their work ethic that will make or break them as a music major.
jfluter 1 year ago
HAHA, one of my teachers showed this at one of my ASO classes
bsmashingu24 1 year ago
I love they way he gestures with his hands as quotes for the words "music career" .
jprush 1 year ago
This is probably the funniest, most true thing I've seen all day. I've been on youtube watching other people's awesome talents instead of practicing!
L5guitarist 1 year ago 3
Bahahahahaha. People should probably not take this SO seriously. :) It's awesome.
Tsquizzared 1 year ago
While in a class required for freshmen music majors, the prof warned us repeatedly that less than 2/3 of us would make it to graduation. As a graduating senior, I can look back and see he was right - many had vanished over the years as my theory and pedagogy classes got smaller and smaller.
I like to think that they disappeared and changed majors rather than dropped out altogether (but I do know of several that dropped for - what else? - bad grades in music theory and history classes).
E310FLWMO 1 year ago
Ummm....no. I practice 2 hours a day and have great work ethic. I am a music education major. I work hard every day and am busier than all other majors on campus. Free time is about 10 minutes before I go to bed...like now.
dwtheatob 1 year ago
Jason, you are pretty much dead-on.
DrNDJas 1 year ago
I know it's just a video, but I can't really see how if someone had been part of a division 1 drum corps, that they would have bad work ethic.
Chidsuey 1 year ago
I guess this is true of those less than stellar music departments. This wouldn't have worked where I attended. The people like this only make it about a semester or two.
bnovota 1 year ago
I've heard this type of conversation way to many times. The ones who think they can cruise in music school fail and never get anywhere. The ones who put in the hard work for it will.
cpthornman 1 year ago
Being a music major is one of the hardest major.
TheGerman6th 1 year ago 129
@TheGerman6th: but if you stick it out and are one of the 1/3 who DO graduate, what a terrific work ethic you will have built for your Life.
TheDrMendy 1 year ago
@TheDrMendy Agreed
Kristenbasore 5 months ago
@TheGerman6th Naa... Architecture is a bitch.
Alavistaven2012 1 year ago
@TheGerman6th and the most rewarding!!
BA Music/Phil 2002
boobtuber06 1 year ago
@TheGerman6th Yeah! They don't even need to know basic grammar.
bo3hm 1 year ago
@TheGerman6th No it fucking isn't.
zawmbees 4 months ago
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csmcmillion 3 months ago
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@TheGerman6th > Being a music major is one of the hardest major.
Yeah, right. Math, physics and electrical engineering are easy by comparison. (FACEPALM)
csmcmillion 3 months ago
LoL. What schools are all these people going to? If I had half that attitude, I would get crucified.... although as far as incoming freshman is concerned, that may explain the number of people that drop/flunk out.
clarinetist87 1 year ago
@clarinetist87 like every music school... lmao
sergiolozanoviolist 1 year ago
This sounds like a lot of liberal arts students too. Just substitute the word "practice" for "study/homework."
Bluepies 1 year ago
As a college music professor, I thought this would be extremely funny if it weren't so true!
Of course, not all students are like this - only the ones who fail.
campodw 1 year ago 2
Music Theory is great. I dont know what you guys are talking about. Its hard at times, but if you can do freaking high school algebra you can learn all you need to know :).
zongrog 1 year ago
Ah music majors, (I'm a minor and I'm dating a major), there are two camps: vocal and instrumental. Vocalists are generally poor at reading music and practicing, because they assume, "I've been singing for my family for years, everyone loves to hear me sing--I don't need to change anything now."
Instrumentalists have something else wrong with them. They'll practice, but only what they want to. Instrumentalists know what they want and will have nothing else of anything else. That's why I'm in IT!
marb13f00t 1 year ago
Yea as a music major I must say this is somewhat depressing, because this is true for some other music people. Most of us do work hard and anyone can tell you it's not easy by any means. My 3 hr a day practice minimum is a great example and having to play all sporting events and commencements. To say being a music major is easy is ridiculous but to some extent this video has a point
1030Blake 1 year ago
This is perfect. Good job! Pretty much sums up many music students.
jecissalynn 1 year ago
this is amusing. it could be true of any music school. makes me wonder if you're from my college!
myfrees 1 year ago
HAHA. too true...
mooorgaan 1 year ago
this painful to watch because Im a hard worker with music and am planning on becoming a professional violinist and am not a slacker and neither are the people in my orchestra.
overtherainbowieskie 1 year ago
@overtherainbowieskie Then I imagine this doesn't apply to you and your minority, then, does it?
mcxorro 1 year ago
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cattyclarinet622 1 year ago
BTW, do pardon my sarcasm. This video has a painful element of truth to it.
ChastainProductions 1 year ago
This is so funny! It makes fun of music schools for taking in bimbos and poorly teaching ear training and harmony!
ChastainProductions 1 year ago
this is brilliant. we were just having this conversation at school last week in class - got pretty dark. well done!
prsguitarsr4me 1 year ago
This is a cool style of animation and sound.
zigdiggity 1 year ago
This is fantastic (in the message and sarcasm) and terrible at the same time. Thanks for approaching the issue. Haha.
"Oh barf," was one of my favorite lines.
ScarlettLime 1 year ago
I just don't understand...there are so many other majors where people simply don't work hard. It seems like everyone in college slacks off. Why are music majors always in the spotlight for laziness? I've heard this all before...
CellarrDoorr 1 year ago 51
@CellarrDoorr I agree, unlike almost every other major you can't fake being proficient at your instrument. I guess I should just get a "business" degree, all the opportunities!
semajhs 1 year ago
@CellarrDoorr Because if you slack off in most classes you can still get a job. If you're a performance major, for example, and you take this approach you won't be able to get a job in music.
ThePolyticks 1 year ago
@CellarrDoorr Yeah, we just look lazy because we're dead tired from practicing until 2 am... followed by all the homework everyone else has to do in core classes, too.
Denkyuu 1 year ago 5
@Denkyuu And don't forget the fact that we have 1h classes x 3 days/week and still only get 1 credit for it.
stewkingjr 1 year ago
@stewkingjr Oh, god, don't remind me.... We take a full load every semester and still only hope to graduate in 4 years and that's the thanks we get!
Denkyuu 1 year ago
@CellarrDoorr
"if you get lazy in college" is pretty much the main point of failing.
if they don't want to be there and get bad grades, soon enough you'll be put on academic probation. If there is no reason for the poor performance then the individuals ass is GONE. :p
Tockwork 1 year ago
Mediocraty is the average - by definition. Nonmusicicians can pass along without others noticing. One is in tune and in time or not. In math, equations also incorrect or not. Inmany other areas much is subjective and or politcal.
cornetjim 1 year ago
Who let Carl Sagan take over a music school?
wrightmatthewj 1 year ago
Very pointed and often true. But not always. Similar observations apply to other majors. The difference being that music is heard by the listeners and subject to instant object critique and response.
cornetjim 1 year ago
SO true...
rootedinfaith3 1 year ago
Just great! Now I know what most of those school band directors were doing in school. Too bad they pass on their ignorance to future generations. The high drop out rate they are experiencing might be a message for them?
JOBOB5838 1 year ago
@JOBOB5838 - are you kidding me? Are you a band director? Do you know anything about music? Are you really blaming something as huge as a high drop out rate on one single teacher in a school? Band is not required in schools, it's something that students CHOOSE to take. Do you know about state, zone, district, and county competitions and showcasings? Do you know the National Standards for Music Education? The students that take band have a work ethic, and you're an idiot.
CellarrDoorr 1 year ago
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"I am a member of a colorguard in a division I drum corps"-so that means they don't work hard in drum corps? And the 12 hour a day practices in 100+ heat are....easy?
cantrellmarching 1 year ago
This is near genius! So funny, and true for some people. "I will do the minimum that is required of me in all circumstances."
bleetenor 1 year ago
I'll be honest I felt like this before my first semester in college. Musicianship classes are a trombone players best friend, yes those music history classes may be too much but it helps you play music in that era better if you understand it and have a good foundation behind it. Theory classes help as well with understanding the structure of the piece. I know it seems like a lot of work with all the ensembles of top of that, ges, and all the exit exams but it is worth it!
bomberman479 1 year ago
okay, I didn't like this at first until i thought of some people in the music department where I attend... then I cracked up cause it's sooooo true.
SigmaAlphaIotaGirl 1 year ago
haha. I know so many people like this
TrptFreek123 1 year ago
hiliarious!
uncoverbrother 1 year ago
I love all the comments about how "hard" people work at their music major. The point of the video is to say that A BUNCH of music majors are disillusioned when they come to college. The people who are defending themselves are the people who feel the need to defend their own stupidity.
HighlandSingers 1 year ago
@HighlandSingers "The work ethic of music majors is often disappointing. For example... Video by Jason Hobert"
semajhs 1 year ago
you must be or have been a music major. This one isn't going to make it. To succeed you have to work your butt off. and there are students who do. I was one of them.
robeanodh1 1 year ago
1000% true for about 75% of the music majors at my alma mater
pushdontpull1 1 year ago 2
Hmm, if the vast number of students at your music school are like this, then you go to a shitty music school.
Epiphoneplayah 1 year ago
"I am a member of a colorguard in a division I drum corps" hahahaha this is so... fucking.... hilarious
LegendofJ 1 year ago
Funny, but your statement that the work ethic of music majors is "disappointing" is in itself disappointing. I work very hard at my major, and I know many others who do too.
randapanda2009 1 year ago
@randapanda2009 They video never claims that all music majors are like this. It simply points toward the great number of performance majors who are just artsy retards.
darksniper77 1 year ago
The sad thing is that the problem doesn't just exist in school.. I encounter very unproffessional attitude as a gigging musician, and it's horrible. If it's not the musicians you work with, its the venue, the people who hired you.. etc etc. Whether you are in school or out there gigging, it really is up to you to put in the time and make something out it.
sweetoldetc 1 year ago
Hahahahaha! This is great! Love it!
dejesusma13 1 year ago
If this is an accurate reflection of what is happening these days, it is an indictment of the schools where it is happening. Where I obtained my BA in Music, Lawrence University, we worked our tails off for four solid years and I received an education that changed my life forever.
andybuelow61 1 year ago
It's funny because it's true.
TomServo200X 1 year ago
"oh barf, that does not sound like fun" AHAHAHAH! this is great!
banjoman2375 1 year ago
SO funny! But sadly true oftentimes..
SarahSopran 1 year ago
Its sad how much I actually see this. It's the kind of thing that makes me as a double major drop my music major and just do biology...
violabrain 1 year ago
This is amazing lol
Hobbsdude 1 year ago
This was our entertainment during the violin pieces/intermission of the Scheherazade concert last night. Just thought I'd let you know. Mike was broadcasting it to everyone outside of Bennett..lol..and I just saw that the clarinet professor from Troy University just posted this on FB,..and I think it's hilarious that this is getting out EVERYWHERE! Go you lol
Megsays 1 year ago
this is the new generation. God help us all.
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fredisred703 1 year ago
A month ago, I had a conversation with a prospective student, and it happened just like this...except that at the end I suggested he consider another major.
music2002 1 year ago
This video is perfect for the small universities and colleges throughout the U.S. that accept anyone who owns/rents an instrument. They do the minimum amount of work, expect a job when they graduate, and get upset when they do not receive glorifying letters of recommendation. The good jobs don't go to them, and they end up teaching music out in the farmland training more shitty musicians, who in turn go to shitty colleges, and the whole shitty cycle continues.
drbluenote 1 year ago 2
Lol, this is freakin perfect.
trentshipp 1 year ago
This is so sad! I worked very hard in college bc I was not prepared enough in high school for collegiate level music education, and so spent 5 years earning my degree. I hate to think that I could've been that girl!
jdfreder2 1 year ago
Don't know about others, but I worked my backside off obtaining my BMEd degree . . .21 hours one semester, practiced up to 6 hrs a day, conducted choirs, learned to play all instruments, member of ensembles, jam sessions and more. One of my pet peeves is that many think musicians are simply handed a degree!
MsBaileymouse 1 year ago
@MsBaileymouse this obviously does not apply to you if you indeed worked so hard. This is just a generalization, which can be annoying to someone like you since it does not apply. Until more music majors develop a work ethic similar to yours, this is going to continue to exist. Basically you're just going to have to deal with it and either ignore people or explain to them how you're not like the rest.
SplatTheRoadkillCat 1 year ago
@MsBaileymouse - amen.
CellarrDoorr 1 year ago
.... Idk if i would say this is amazing but there are people like this....
Hunteraj007 1 year ago
Why does this happen in America?
slimjim774 1 year ago
this is awesome.
pedroesteban86 1 year ago
This.... is.... an epic WIN!!!!!
dw154515 1 year ago
Wow... I know this is supposed to be funny (and it is), but I'm more depressed at how much of this I see at my university. It's disturbingly accurate. Barf....
GoldEagle86 1 year ago
I think I know her!
snide76258 1 year ago
WOW, this is fantastic. I am a music major (a real one) and this is just too true of so many people.
ddecker100 1 year ago
Too funny! Oh barf.
Speezerina 1 year ago
This just made my day. There are WAY too many music majors like this..they need to go....
Choregus 1 year ago
wow im a music major... and i work my butt off... i wish i could be more like her!!... not really
cavalierfan2008 1 year ago
just finished posting semester grades and hearing auditions- This is a perfect end of the year- I need to make sure all my students see this
ihatemichigan1 1 year ago
And what do the schools care? As long as they're getting paid thousands of dollars, they don't give a shit if this happens over and over again.
staphinfection 1 year ago
lol!!! vocal majors are such pieces of crap... hahaha
zackbr2000 1 year ago
@zackbr2000 Hey now. . .I'm a vocal major and I actually do a lot of work and I have a good understanding of theory. Not all vocal majors are airheads lol.
socialcasualty22 1 year ago
Definitely the truth.
KillerMuffinBCU 1 year ago
I teach undergraduate music majors, and this is WAYYYY too common an attitude for some students. Very funny video.
tgroulx 1 year ago
thats sadly that this is really about 90% of all music majors.
falmais 1 year ago
Wow - that's the exact opposite of my music school experience. Have things changed that much?
shuttledik 1 year ago
it takes skill to make movies......
83679 1 year ago
psht, any form of art school SUCKS.
they teach to a way to do what you want to do. it will lose the touch each individual person would actually have
CarpathiaS 1 year ago
@CarpathiaS Your grammar suggests you would think any type of education SUCKS. You sure seem like an "individual."
swiftybone 1 year ago
@swiftybone yeh although grammar doesnt suggest anything, i was talking about art education and musical education.
think about it dont be ignorant,
THINK, the master artists that used to excist did not have anyone to teach them, they actually had inspiration. not some ppl telling them how they HAVE to do it.
and next time i make a grammar mistake dont mention it, i really dont care about a little bit of grammar. people got what i ment
CarpathiaS 1 year ago
@CarpathiaS Despite what you "ment" YOU are being ignorant and uninformed. All great artists stand on the shoulders of those that precede them and learn from the masters of the past (inspiration). You obviously know nothing of artistic development. As a student I have never been mandated to do something one way, only encouraged to grow and solidify my own artistic identity.
swiftybone 1 year ago
@CarpathiaS You are terribly confused about the nature of education. I'm sorry for you. ---- and great artists/musicians DID have someone to teach them.
meanlaurajean 1 year ago
This video is such crap! Clearly it's not Division I anymore, it's World-Class! LOL! Great video
dhyrumvaughn 1 year ago
I'm glad my passive-aggressive video is appreciated :)
jasonhobert37 1 year ago 18
haha funny
djsaltycracker 1 year ago
not even funny, too true!!!! - i know people like this, down to the sometimes-flute!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
jnurin 1 year ago
this is hilarious! and soooooo true!!
cprano 1 year ago
lmao so true
mcmilbc 1 year ago