[Ben] Folds attended the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music on a percussion scholarship, but dropped out with one credit to go before graduating. He devoted a lot of time to working on piano technique. “I spent maybe six months just running scales with a metronome like a freak,” Folds said. “I suppose that did something.”[6] Folds tells audiences about a jury recital when he was a student at the University of Miami’s music school. A jury recital consists of playing a prepared repertoire (and sometimes unprepared pieces from prior years of training) before faculty members who apply a grade for the entire semester. Folds, a drummer, showed up with a broken hand from defending his room mate from bullies the night before, but was required to play anyway. He ended up losing his scholarship and in desperation threw his drumkit into the campus’ Lake Osceola. ^^This is part of the reason that UM sucks…
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Hey @hamish and @jackson and people in general, the second paragraph’s what I’ve always been talking about lolz...
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