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Need a new guitar, drum kit or amp? Your axe is trashed and want a new Les Paul? Got an amp on the fritz and want a new one from one of those fat cat music companies? You deserve to get free gear?… WRONG!!! Read on and I will inform you how to get endorsed but you may be in for a rude awakening.

I’m a music industry veteran of over 30 years and if I had a nickel for every musician that requested an endorsement deal, I would be living on my own private island… well maybe a bit of a stretch however the clueless musicians I’ve listened to attempting to get free music gear has been amazing… and consistently wrong in most cases.

Many prospective students interested in music production, composition, or performance may be thinking about enrolling in the music department of a major university, but it is worth carefully considering all of your options before making such a big decision.

The benefits may seem clear: you will receive lots of instruction from qualified professors and professionals, you will have access to high quality facilities, and you will be with many other students interested in the same thing and make many contacts. This all sounds great, but there are other considerations. A music school will harp on these advantages. Let’s take a look at the disadvantages.

Few developments in the history of instrumental and vocal music have been as important as the utilization of the printing press to publish and disseminate sheet notation. This forward step proved to be much more than a simple increase in efficiency and production; it changed the course of music by making it available to masses of people who never would have been able to take part in it otherwise, and creating a demand for more composers and compositions that helped fuel the increasing sophistication of musical craft over the next few centuries.