YES. You will become completely invested in the new cast of characters that become main people from this point on. In fact, some of my favorite characters from the show are in the second half of the series.

Are you asking about the 2 year transitional program I was initially accepted into at NYU before getting into the Gallatin School? If so, it's called their Liberal Studies Core Program. http://core.ls.nyu.edu/page/home

Damn well the decision is ultimately up to you, but it's going to be a good game. Ravens have a great team so it'll be a tough challenge for the Chargers, but we are in an upward swing right now. It's also the last home game for SD this regular season. They're also wearing the powder blues this week. It's also Sunday Night Football so the vibe in the stadium will be even more electric than usual (pun intended).

But.... 6 hours is a long drive for work the next morning, especially with this being a night game. We won't be out of there til probably 9pm, maybe later. The Chargers also need to sell another 2000 tickets to keep the game from blacking out so..... there's also that factor.

I am indeed a graduate of NYU's Gallatin School. My official degree was a BA in Independent Study with a concentration in Music Business. My colloquium topic was popular music's influence on American youth culture. Course-wise, I took mostly music business courses and did at least 4 internship or independent study credits each semester starting fall of my sophomore year. I also took a few literature, cultural studies, and one digital photography class because those are some of my other interests.

The awesome thing about Gallatin is you can take almost any class you want to, and if NYU doesn't provide that class you can create your own. The hard part is you're responsible for pushing yourself and staying focused... but if you don't already have that drive, you probably wouldn't have been accepted to Gallatin in the first place.

It's been so long since I've done Warped Tour that I'm pretty out of the loop with it..... your best bet will be to find out who the sponsors and non-profits are on the tour this summer and go to each company's website/facebook/twitter to see if you can track down any further information about or contacts for volunteering or working.

It happened accidentally. I became friends with the Plain White T's in the year that I was working at Columbia Records as an A&R scout. After a year of working at the label, I asked the T's to take me on tour during my summer break. I graduated a year later and was lucky to go back on tour with the T's and the job stuck. The timing was lucky because "Hey There Delilah" became a worldwide hit not long after I went back on tour, and we started doing longer, big, more frequent tours. It accidentally turned into a career for me.

If you're interested in doing live sound you'll need experience. My college friends who majored in music technology had to take a lot of electronics, aural comprehension, and music theory courses. Actually just go to this link to check out the requirements for undergrads at NYU: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/technology/programs/undergraduate/requirements. Like with every music job, internships are crucial because that's where you get the hands-on experience. If you go to a lot of shows, talk to the audio people working - just make sure you're not interrupting their work. Ask questions, share your interest. Who knows, maybe you'll get a chance to shadow a sound engineer or land an internship with one.

That's really too bad, that's the opposite of everything a counselor is supposed to stand for. My college counselor retired a year or two after my graduating class and I'm so grateful for everything he did for me. I actually almost didn't get accepted to NYU, which was the only university I wanted to go to even though I applied to 5 schools total. I initially got accepted to a 2 year transitional program at NYU, but when a spot opened up in my program they called my counselor to ask him personally if I wanted that spot. Can't imagine how different my life would be right now if not for my college counselor's advice, his relationship with university admissions programs, and my time at NYU.

College is your opportunity to study in depth something YOU'RE interested in, which is awesome! It's the complete opposite of high school where you're forced to study what they want you to learn. So you should take full advantage of college! After all, you're probably paying loads of money for it.

As far as going to college in order to get a job on tour? That's kind of silly to be honest. A majority of my friends who tour for a living dropped out of college, or even high school. I don't recommend dropping out. A good amount of my friends have since gone back, because getting a degree is actually still important. The thing is, the longer you put it off, the harder it will be to go back and finish school. Just man up and do it!

So with that said, my advice is DON'T drop out of school or put off college to go on tour. Realistically speaking, a very small percentage of people who tour or want to tour actually make it to a level where they earn enough money doing it to support themselves. Don't let that scare you away, but that is the way it goes. Finish college first, it's worth it. Use college to enjoy learning (sounds crazy, but it's true - school can be fun), and as a tool for networking. I can never stress networking enough, it's how you get by in life as a grown ass person no matter what you end up doing.

Now for people who want to work in the music business but aren't looking to tour? Good luck to you my friend. It's an industry that's crashing and burning right now, and you have to really think outside of the box to survive. Don't let that discourage you, let it light a fire under your butt. It's the only way you'll get anywhere. And for working in the industry, I do recommend studying a broader area like business or accounting or advertising.

For you, question asker, theater tech sounds like an awesome major! It sounds like something that could lead to an awesome career working in production on Broadway or community theater or maybe even working as an educator? If you do want to go into music specifically but want to be a theater tech major, you could probably apply it to production design for larger tours. Sounds like fun!

Maybe if this whole retirement from tour and working at a sports management company thing doesn't work out, I can just become a college counselor. Do high schools even have those anymore? I had an amazing college counselor in high school, he's really the big reason why I got accepted to NYU in the first place. If your high school has a college counseling department, you should take advantage of that resource. They can help you a lot more than little old me.

TL;DR - don't drop out of school, learn how to network!

I mean.... not really. Tour managing takes a lot of common sense and maybe some accounting know how. You can't take a specific class in college for tour managing, it's something you learn by experience. You SHOULD go to college to learn something broader that will help you further in life - business, advertising, finance, or maybe even something that interests you like art history or film. Talk to your high school's college counselor!

Cello is the only instrument I can truly play (assuming I still know how, I haven't played it in 9 years). I can play very basic piano, and even less guitar/ukulele. I personally did not have to play an instrument as an independent study major at NYU's Gallatin School, but when I was applying to colleges in 2001, the music business major at NYU's Steinhardt School required an instrument or vocal performance audition and a certain amount of performance credits in order to graduate.

Mine broke after getting drunk at a Chargers pre-season game and dropping it down some stairs haha :( Sad times. I loved that case, the main problem with it was it's a 2-piece case and the bottom part kept coming off when I pulled my phone out of my back pocket where I like to carry it. You could easily find a more functional case elsewhere, but it was pretty awesome for the time I had it.

Well, the one time I worked as a tour manager it was to help some friends out who needed a TM but couldn't pay much, and they helped me out by taking me along and letting me gain that experience.

As far as requirements go, it depends on the tour. Obviously a TM's level of experience should reflect the level of tour they're working on, and with bigger tours come much bigger responsibilities. On the most basic level, you're handling cash flow, accounting, scheduling, travel booking, and looking after all your artist's needs - often on little to no sleep.

Personally, I didn't like tour managing. It's a lot of work and I have huge respect for the people I know who are GOOD TMs (there are a lot of shitty ones out there too). It's not an easy job. I like to call it glorified babysitting.

Nope afraid I haven't

Can't put it into words, but I know that every other person who loves FNL like I do feels the same way.

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My rolling carry on? It's made by Zuca :) http://http://zuca.com/

Wow that's a new major in Steinhardt, that didn't exist when I was at NYU. I liked Gallatin because it was very UN-structured which is unusual for a college major, and was perfect for my interests and style of learning. The music business major in Steinhardt was the opposite of what I did in the sense that the prerequisites were laid out for you and you took particular courses based on where you were in terms of graduating. In Gallatin, I picked my own classes and did as many internships/independent studies as I wanted, but I also had to deal with a lot of red tape when it came to getting into Steinhardt or Clive Davis school classes.

The colloquium required to graduate from Gallatin is a hugely daunting experience that I'm still surprised I passed. Obviously it's not impossible, but I did find that a major like music business posed more problems with picking out my reading list and making it relevant because it's such a modern industry compared to what some other students were studying in Gallatin. One major benefit of graduating from Gallatin is that I was able to start doing internships for credit my sophomore year at NYU, whereas I think in the specific major you have to wait til your junior year.

Hope that helps, it's been a while since I graduated so I have a feeling a lot has changed at NYU since my years there :)

I just found out about an hour ago. So sad :(

Kind of a pinkish skin tone color..... :) but my toenails are painted a dark maroon color that sparkles a little in light.

Ahhhhh I hope it's not only today! I thought about going today but ended up skipping it! I'll have to go tomorrow....