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Wait, I thought we were done. Can you move this stuff off-list? -J Larry Cooperman wrote: > > On Feb 14, 2005, at 10:11 PM, Richard Zvonar wrote: > >> At 7:48 PM -0800 2/14/05, Larry Cooperman wrote: >> >>> an MFA is an artist's doctorate >> >> >> I've always thought the DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) degree was an >> artist's doctorate. My partner has one of these from Stanford, where >> it typically takes four years of study beyond a Bachelor's degree. My >> assumption was that a Master's degree (either MA or MFA) is a one or >> two year program and that doctoral programs usually take four or five >> years. > > > let me see here good dr. > > i spent 3 years smoking pot with most of my instructors for my mfa. i > ran my first mfa year consecutive with my last year of bfa work or pot > smoking with some of my instructors. when they told me i had to get a > high school diploma before getting my bfa there i toyed with the idea of > leaving. as you can maybe see i have very little respect for a > comprehensive education that someone anoints you with. no shit, i went > through my undergraduate as a high school drop out. > > how anyone can stand doing a dma is beyond me except for killing time. > i went to the only school i could go to and used college as a way to > drain money from the system and not get a job. they told me that my mfa > was a terminal degree when i was grabbing it. it was curious that it > was terminal to me. i wasn't having a heart attack. > >> -- >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Richard Zvonar, PhD >> (818) 788-2202 >> http://www.zvonar.com >> http://salamandersongs.com >> http://ill-wind.com >> >> > Larry Cooperman > New Millennium Guitar > http://www.newmillguitar.com > >