My Berklee College Of Music Audition Experience

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A little information about my audition/interview to hopefully help others with their audition process! www.Braedenrobert.com
Update: Received my acceptance letter last week! :)

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@john.lakeman 5 ай бұрын

EXTREMELY helpful. Watching this three hours before my audition.

@BruceCassidy 4 жыл бұрын

Really interested to see this. Thank you for posting it - sure to be helpful for those dreading the audition process. How times have changed. I attended Berklee in 1956 for the first time. The school was in a house at 284 Newbury Street and the total enrollment was 150 students. I just showed up with my money. I didn't know shit. I was self taught but it was an amazing experience and I thrived and have had a great professional life doing what I love. I recommend it highly.

@modelcitizen1977 6 жыл бұрын

That's a pretty impressive piece to bring as an audition. Respect.

@braedenrawa 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Its a great tune.

@bryn.cecile4644 5 жыл бұрын

I'm only in 8th grade, but I've had an absolute passion for music and singing. I want to audition as a vocalist because I want to be able to truly relish my love for the grace of music and sound. I still have a lot of time, obviously lol, but I feel that it's never to early to start planning for my future. Great video as well!

@natalierissman8423 5 жыл бұрын

hey, it’s brynin EXACT same except I am a drummer

@y00ngii 4 жыл бұрын

yooo, we're the exact same but im a year younger now. Hope to see you there!

@autumninterludemusic 4 жыл бұрын

go for it when the time comes, you miss 100% of shots you dont take!

@Moskal91 3 жыл бұрын

one year younger than you I'm hoping to get in for guitar. Good luck!

@monkeyboxgames8500 6 ай бұрын

Did you make it?

@DarrenMichaelMusic Жыл бұрын

Great video man! My audition is the 28th and this helped calm my nerves a little 🙌🏻

@Moskal91 3 жыл бұрын

overture 1928 seems to be a popular one for berklee auditions o see it alot. I'm hoping to play that for a upcoming guitar concert thing.

@kevinjohnanand 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I played my audition on November 17th. I got in! My instrument was drums.

@braedenrawa 6 жыл бұрын

Sweet, Ill see you there!

@vaughanxaviermusic 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Kevin. I am a drummer too, and I am considering auditioning. If you don't mind, would you be able to share what the audition was like, and what drum styles they are looking for? Thanks 😊

@RTarius 6 жыл бұрын

I just auditioned February 2nd and I think that I may have ruined my chances of getting in with the long distance jam and plus I am just now learning an instrument!!

@brxjams8855 6 жыл бұрын

Nice man! Just auditioned myself, maybe I'll see you this next fall semester. 😉

@braedenrawa 6 жыл бұрын

Braxton Harris awesome! Hope to see you there 👊

@CFDove 4 жыл бұрын

Did you get in ?

@brxjams8855 4 жыл бұрын

Jeff I did yeah! Ended up not going due to price of admission. Thanks America.

@carawoodell8940 3 жыл бұрын

Omg lol how much was it?

@apurvagouri2132 3 жыл бұрын

I have some questions, hoping someone would be kind enough to answer. Do they ask you which style you wanna improv in while you audition? Also is the improv done on a BG track or they play an instrument along? And one other thing, is the improv from the practice exercises given on the website alone? As for the sight reading, from the exercises you're given, can they ask you to play any one of those or is it your choice or do you have to play all?

@elashalev5331 3 жыл бұрын

nice video(: in the sight reading part, are the 6 exercises 4 bars long? or 8?

@apurvagouri2132 3 жыл бұрын

@kiliankraus 2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully it's not too late but to answer your questions: 1)They do ask which style you want to improv, or more accuratly they asked what style I was comfortable in beforehand and kept most the audition in that area. 2)It was a backing track for me (alothough mine was on zoom cuz COVID times). 3)I don't remember if it was the exact track on the website, but if not it was extremely similar. 4)For sight reading they start at the easiest and go until you finish or until you're at your best. Don't stress though, I can't really sight-read and still got in. (should be noted I was auditioning with vocals and im sure the sightreading level for vocals is less strict than piano or violin, etc).

@rachele.3229 5 жыл бұрын

I play a few instruments but in terms of an audition, I probably want to do piano. However, that scares me because piano is very competitive. It's a pretty simple instrument, so you have to be good. I know clarinet (Bb and bass), tenor sax, flute, piano, and I'm learning electric guitar currently. My first instrument was Bb clarinet but then I switched to bass clarinet and bass clarinet became my best instrument. I don't plan to do anything with bass clarinet in the future so I'd only audition with it if it contributed to me getting in. I'm a junior in high school and I'm very worried for myself because I care about music a lot. Sometimes I believe I care about it too much. It's what I love and it's what I think I can do so Berklee is my one shot. I'm very stubborn and once I make plans, I like to stick to it. If I don't get into Berklee, I don't know what else to do. Don't know why I told you all of this haha. Maybe it was good for me to get all my worries and thoughts out. A question I do have is, does our audition instrument have to be what we study there?

@fragux 3 жыл бұрын

Piano is definitely not simple hah...

@northernfrost Жыл бұрын

@@fragux simple in terms of learning curve, if easy to get into but hard to get good at

@dirgmario 6 жыл бұрын

That's great, man! I'll have my audition in February in Mexico. I'm planning to audition with Bad Asteroid from Guthrie Govan, do you think it's a good idea? I feel comfortable with it...

@braedenrawa 6 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome man! And as long as you are comfortable with the piece, it’s a great choice.

@dirgmario 6 жыл бұрын

Braeden Robert I have good and bad news. Good news, I was admitted. Bad news. Now I can't afford it :(

@braedenrawa 5 жыл бұрын

Daniel Rangel congratulations on the acceptance! I’m sorry to hear about that though, I hope to see you at Berklee one day!

@juandiegoalvan7811 2 жыл бұрын

Hi man, I just auditioned yesterday with universal mind by lte in keyboard and the song went absolutely perfect. The ear training went perfect too. The improvisation went decent since they put a jazz backing track an the reading went decent to. I wanted to ask you if you got any scholarship because there is no way I can pay for it and you are the only person I found that auditioned with a DT/LTE song.

@benrosasco2667 4 жыл бұрын

If I want to double major in trombone and audio engineering would my trombone audition count for that as well?

@Ashantaevemusic 6 жыл бұрын

Hopefully will see you there Fall 2018🙂

@wilsonsguitarlounge8244 4 жыл бұрын

Hey man! My audition is in a few days and I have a question about the backing track for the prepared piece. I want to do Parabola by Tool, but I want to know what kind of backing track I can have with the song, can I just plug my phone in and play the song from Spotify, or do I need to have a backing track that doesn’t have the guitar in it? Any information would be helpful, thank you!

@braedenrawa 4 жыл бұрын

Wilson From Castaway hey! i would recommend using a backing track without the guitar, if that’s the instrument you plan on auditioning with. Best of luck to you!

@wilsonsguitarlounge8244 4 жыл бұрын

Braeden Robert thanks man! Second question, what kind of amp should I expect to use? Do they have amps with gain or do they only have clean amps and I’ll have to use pedals? And would it be frowned upon to bring my own amp or pedalboard to the audition? And how important is my tone anyways, do they just care about playing or is having a bad tone going to affect the audition? Thank you so much man!

@redstrat1234 6 жыл бұрын

I believe the tuition fees for Berklee are around $60,000 dollars per year, so a 4 year course to get your degree could hit a quarter of a million dollars. Wow.

@braedenrawa 6 жыл бұрын

yeah, it can for sure be expensive.

@matejfele9971 2 жыл бұрын

One can go to private lessons for a tiny fraction of that cost.

@fullmoonofus2683 3 жыл бұрын

Big help, thank you :3

@thaturnupking6265 4 жыл бұрын

I don’t play an instrument, but I produce music with a computer. Can I still audition? I plan on going to Berklee for Music Production and Engineering

@thaturnupking6265 4 жыл бұрын

Terence Dilligard On the Berklee website, I think it said you can use an EDI (Electronic Digital Instrument) like a drum machine or something

@lucifelder2131 4 жыл бұрын

The sight reading is it guitar sheet music? Or what type of sight reading

@kiliankraus 2 жыл бұрын

standard notation (so not TAB if that's what u asking).

@kevinkenny871 5 жыл бұрын

Hi braeden! I have a question.. Which course is better in music, Music production + sound engineer Or Music production + DJ. I wanna become a DJ and also produces music like - DJ snake, Calvin Harris. I need ya advice bro, please.

@kiliankraus 2 жыл бұрын

deffo Music Production + DJ if you want to be a DJ who produces.

@kevinkenny871 2 жыл бұрын

@@kiliankraus too late dude, I'm studying computer science engineering now :')

@petercoloma8092 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro!

@michjagermeister6393 Жыл бұрын

Do you have to audition for a certificate program

@guitarvibes1828 3 жыл бұрын

Do You use Three Notes Per String systam for playing scales

@guitarvibes1828 3 жыл бұрын

system

@Shid_pants 5 жыл бұрын

I'm having my audition next week, and I don't really know what to wear for the audition. What should I wear for it? Do I have to wear really formal clothing?

@braedenrawa 5 жыл бұрын

shinglam szeto not too formal! Just what you normally would be comfortable preforming in!

@Shid_pants 5 жыл бұрын

@@braedenrawa I wanted to also ask if you sent the backing track of the song to Berklee before the audition or simply brought it to your audition with your mp3 player/phone. Thanks!

@braedenrawa 5 жыл бұрын

shinglam szeto I had the track on my phone at the audition

@apurvagouri2132 3 жыл бұрын

@chiragpm9453 4 жыл бұрын

How did berklee change your life? Does it really makes a huge difference? How will be the life after graduating from Berklee?

@onlygknows7793 2 жыл бұрын

For such a short interview i was hoping you would be able site specific examples, but thanks anyways.

@melindago6576 5 жыл бұрын

How many years have you been playing your instrument for ?

@braedenrawa 5 жыл бұрын

Melinda Go 6 years!

@alanmontano6444 Жыл бұрын

did you get a scholarship?

@elhawasnekbil132 4 жыл бұрын

Hello there. I'm not from US or Canada. So how can I join to the college?

@braedenrawa 4 жыл бұрын

elhawas nekbil just check out the website and see where the closest audition is!:)

@joshuaquimby7702 6 жыл бұрын

I'm only a junior in highschool, but I don't know much music theory at all. I'm a guitarist, I can't read music and I wouldn't know the terminology that you said they asked you for. What do I do?

@braedenrawa 6 жыл бұрын

Josh Quimby that was about the same position I was in my junior year as well. The best advice I could give is to study and learn as much as you can prior to your audition, and try to work on sight reading as much as you can. Good luck!:)

@joshuaquimby7702 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I am a technically skilled guitarist; I've been playing for 6 years and I want to go into Music Business at Berklee. The issue is, my guitar teacher over all of these years did not teach me anything about theory and reading or anything like that.

@ayushmanbhalla8737 4 жыл бұрын

got selected or not ? just tell us about this.

@martinkitanski8986 4 жыл бұрын

Did you get a scholarship? Is it hard to get a merit-based scholarship from Berklee?

@kiliankraus 2 жыл бұрын

hard is a subjective term. You have to be good yes, but not an unobtainable level. Just compare yourself to a bunch of first/second year berklee students. Chances are if you can almost match them you'll be up for scholarship.

@erockscovers5230 3 жыл бұрын

Lol was planning to do overture for my audition

@BxAllMightYy 6 жыл бұрын

You showed up at 9am what time did you get out after it all please and thank you

@braedenrawa 5 жыл бұрын

Hey! I was done around 1 pm!

@sandman2534 5 жыл бұрын

Keystone Beats It really depends on what number chair you’re sat in. I was assigned to chair #1 at 9:00am and got out around 10:30am👍🏻

@dxrius4067 3 жыл бұрын

Yeh I’m not getting in😔😭

@natanfellipe7988 5 жыл бұрын

How were the charts? What about the harder? How it was?

@braedenrawa 5 жыл бұрын

Natan Fellipe the sight reading exercises are based on your skill level

@andreferreira-lq2yd 2 жыл бұрын

is that your studio and guitars on the wall?

@braedenrawa 2 жыл бұрын

my parents house when I lived at home! I will be doing a studio update tour soon!

@kabirgautam5832 2 жыл бұрын

Did you get a scholarship

@DAVIDDAMIENR 2 жыл бұрын

Congrats

@parthkulkarni5868 5 жыл бұрын

At what age are you eligible for berklee ?

@biggiecheese5953 3 жыл бұрын

@@kale4580 18+ probably

@So-fd2go 3 жыл бұрын

I asked when you can apply, and they said you can apply even before finishing high school. As for attending, I am pretty sure you have to be at least 18 and have finished high school.

@carolinechen3830 6 жыл бұрын

Can I ask how long it took for you to receive your acceptance letter? I just auditioned two days ago and I'm really, REALLY anxious ;-;;

@braedenrawa 6 жыл бұрын

Well at my audition, on Dec 2nd, I was told I would receive my letter on January 31st. I ended up getting my letter on December 20th!

@carolinechen3830 6 жыл бұрын

Braeden Robert Alright, thank you! Hopefully I’ll see you there for fall 2018 :’)

@jeromeleon8585 4 жыл бұрын

what if your an international student?

@kiliankraus 2 жыл бұрын

then it's pretty much the same. Depending on where you are they may have an audition site in your country (I'm from England and each year they hold auditions in London). Due to covid it may be online now anyways (it was for me).

@aela485 5 жыл бұрын

Are there auditions for Berklee out of state??

@andylopez0731 5 жыл бұрын

yes

@aela485 5 жыл бұрын

@@andylopez0731 would the interview be through Skype or something?

@andylopez0731 5 жыл бұрын

@@aela485 there are locations in different parts of the country where you can audition

@aela485 5 жыл бұрын

@@andylopez0731 thank you!

@Paradise7707 5 жыл бұрын

What's the fee of music production for International student ??? Please tell me bro

@braedenrawa 5 жыл бұрын

Are you referring to the cost of an mp&e degree for an international student?

@Paradise7707 5 жыл бұрын

Braeden Robert ... what is the Fee of complete music production course in Berklee collage of music ??

@suryaudaysingh8275 5 жыл бұрын

@@braedenrawa yes I also want to know about the tuition fee of mp and e course

@busanisgood 2 жыл бұрын

너무 잘 생겼어요

@erikcebokli9585 6 жыл бұрын

All cool, but this school is like completely inaccessible to people with average wages... Please tell me I'm wrong? I would love to do my master there but as of right now I am not too optimistic. Financially.

@braedenrawa 6 жыл бұрын

Berklee has a great financial aid program, and offers many scholarships. But I understand the how the cost of tuition may defer many people. Best of luck to you man.