So here is how the music program went.

There were a few mandatory classes, and a lot of optional seminars. You also got placed in a band, and rehearsed a song that was performed at the end of the week.

It was a ton of fun, and there were a lot of cool, like-minded people to hang out with. Some of the teachers were awesome to hang out with, not to mention they new their stuff and taught well. There was a large population of fellow metalheads there. However, it was disheartening to meet more than one 15-year-old who was not only a better player than me and had better guitars than I do, but was taller than me to boot.

There were a handful of students in my classes that could play stuff that was above my level, but when the class actually started they were totally lost. They thought they were all that, but they certainly got knocked down a peg.

The band system, however, is somewhat flawed. First, there were way more guitarists than any other instrument (which is to be expected). That means that there were two or three guitarists in each band, whereas each other member (bassist, drummer, singer and in some bands, keyboardist) was in at least one other band (our bassist had four bands to deal with). This made finding rehearsal time, which was not pre-scheduled, very difficult.

Our band did pull it together toward the end though, so it all worked out. Our final performance was marred a couple of issues, but it wasn't too bad.

Also, I got to hang out with  CharliWolf for a day while I was in his area. That was pretty fun.

Finally, tomorrow morning, I will be leaving for Anthrocon!

EDIT: By the way, between tomorrow (June 30th) and July 23rd I will be travelling constantly, and my headphones stopped working. I had to make an emergency run to Best Buy for some new ones.