In 2015, when Dylan Charest first started at Berklee Online, it would have been hard to imagine going on tour while also working as a full-time advisor at the college\u2019s Boston campus. A lot has changed since then: Berklee Online became a remote workplace following the pandemic, and technology has advanced to the point where you can get a fast internet connection just about anywhere. Additionally, Charest now leads a team of Advisors as the senior manager of frontline admissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When asked to go on a 26-city tour as the drummer for the band Astronoid<\/a>, it was an opportunity that Charest couldn\u2019t pass up, and one he didn\u2019t have to. Opening for the band Eidola<\/a> alongside Nerv<\/a>, over seven weeks, they traversed roughly 10,000 miles across the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs a musician, playing in a band, being on tours, it\u2019s what I always envisioned myself doing,\u201d says Charest. \u201cBut being able to do both and having that balance, maintaining a career that I\u2019ve put a lot of time into, and also being able to get back into something that I\u2019ve been passionate about most of my life, has been pretty special.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n