Flea enrolls in music program as freshmen at USC
Posted on September 29th, 2008 by Hot Momma
Red Hot Chili Peppers bass player Flea whose real name is Michael Peter Balzary, has enrolled as a freshmen at the University of Southern California in pursuit a degree of degree in music!
When asked why after years of success as a rock musician he felt the need to study Bach’s chorales and four-part harmonies, Flea said, “I studied music at the most remedial level when I was a kid, through the Los Angeles public schools, with a little private instruction. All my career, all that I’ve really done has been based on emotion and intuition and gravitating toward what sounds good.”
Flea says, he sees what concepts his band has been using all along. But now, learning the basic formations of chord progression and harmonies, he’s looking to expand himself as a composer and a musician.
Flea, knows the value of music in school. He started the Silver Lake Music Conservatory eight years ago after returning to his public high school and finding the music practice rooms neglected due to lack of funding.
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