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Playing the role of the standout musician is not new to Ma, who began learning to play the cello at age four and gave his first concert by age five. But despite his years of stage experience, Ma has never been completely comfortable in the limelight. Even in interviews, it is clear that the soft-spoken Ma would rather not talk about himself...
Complaints of inadequate music opportunities at Harvard are nothing new. Zaccagnino mentions that even in the late 19th century “there was the first real musician club at Harvard—the Guitar and Mandolin Club (which later became the Instrumental Clubs). This club represented the students who were doing new things—playing non-classical music, and not studying music at the University. While the professors interested in music thought that the music these students were playing was inferior to classical music, they nevertheless recognized that these students were some of the most talented...
...feel like it was the first time that what was the chosen musician was what people wanted, so it was like everybody was out," Ogbara said. "He was really good at keeping the crowd very, very excited...
Veritas founder and president Dan J. Zaccagnino ’05 is a musician himself and has experience working for Blue Note Record Company, the Chief Executive Officer of Virgin Records and music lawyers. He says that these experiences have taught him that many perfectly talented bands lack the practical knowledge needed for industry success. Among other things, Veritas offers help to groups who might lack the resources to promote themselves...
...asleep? Are you asleep?' No answer. I think I would have actually been less lonely by myself in my own room." Don't get the wrong idea - Gondry's youth in Versailles, France, was happy, richly colored by the creative ethos of his computer-programmer dad and his musician mom. Fascinated by geometry and pattern, Gondry went to art school. At 22, he was working for a calendar printer - "Boring!" - when he figured out he wasn't born to be anyone's employee. "So I did everything I could to get fired," he says, "coming in later and later every...