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Flea enrolls at USC
Published 9/29/2008 by Ann Oldenburg at USATODAY.com - Lifeline Live
... If you're in the music program at USC, you might wind up soon sitting next to Flea, bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. According to NPR , he has just enrolled as a freshman at the University of Southern California. "I studied music at the most remedial level when I was a kid, through the Los Angeles public schools, with a little private instruction," Flea says. "All my career, all that I've really done has been based on emotion and intuition and gravitating toward what sounds good." Like any other freshman music major, Flea is starting at the beginning with Bach's ...

Flea enrolls in music program as freshmen at USC
Published 9/29/2008 by Hot Momma at Hot Momma Celebrity Gossip Blog
... 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. Source

Midday Update
Published 9/30/2008 at Pollstar
... Proving it's never too late to get that college degree no matter who you are, Flea talks about becoming a frosh at USC - NPR Online What does the Prince of Wales do when he wants to hire a clown for his 60th birthday? Call up John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson and Robin Williams of course - ...