[ note from admin - please continue this thread privately or in Logic-OT, thanks! ] well, everyone else is chimming in with their suggestions, so shall i. i'm from boston, and still live here. it's a great place to live both as a person and as a musician. there's plenty of opportunities here due to the large college count. obviously berklee and the new england conservatory are two very very good choices. when it came time for me to decide that to do for college, i chose a very strange option. i wanted to become a better musician, learn more about the studio, gain some music business experience, and most importantly learn more about myself. so i moved to LIVERPOOL! i auditioned for the Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts (www.lipa.ac.uk), man, what a great idea that was. i will never be the same after that. feel free and contact me privately if you want to hear more about it. i hope this helps. good luck to you. -mark http://www.catapulttheband.com http://www.markbates.com http://www.bigfrankrecords.com http://www.bigfrankproductions.com [ note from admin - please continue this thread privately or in Logic-OT, thanks! ]