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with a Bachelor of Arts in fine arts
CalArts does not list this undergraduate degree as a BA. Its official program pages show undergraduate art and music-technology degrees as BFAs, not a 'Bachelor of Arts in fine arts.'
Full reasoning
This degree label does not match CalArts' own academic listings.
On CalArts' official Programs and Degrees page, the school lists its undergraduate degree types and shows programs such as Art — BFA and Music Technology — BFA. It does not list a Bachelor of Arts for those programs.
CalArts' official BFA: Music Technology page is even more explicit: it is titled "BFA: Music Technology" and repeatedly describes the undergraduate credential as a BFA (for example, "The BFA in Music Technology..." and "BFA graduates leave CalArts...").
So the article's claim that Tree graduated from CalArts "with a Bachelor of Arts in fine arts" uses the wrong degree name. Based on CalArts' official degree structure, the undergraduate credential would be a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) rather than a Bachelor of Arts (BA).
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- Programs and Degrees | CalArts
CalArts offers comprehensive degree programs... Degree Type: BFA, MFA, MA, DMA... Art — BFA, MFA... Music Technology — BFA, MFA.
- BFA: Music Technology | CalArts
The page is titled 'BFA: Music Technology' and states: 'The BFA in Music Technology...' and 'BFA graduates leave CalArts...'
California Institute of the Arts (BA)
CalArts' official degree listings do not show this as a BA. Its undergraduate art and music-technology programs are listed as BFAs, so '(BA)' is the wrong degree label.
Full reasoning
The parenthetical degree label "(BA)" is inconsistent with CalArts' official academic offerings.
CalArts' official Programs and Degrees page lists undergraduate degree types and shows Art — BFA and Music Technology — BFA. The school does not list those undergraduate programs as BA degrees.
CalArts' official BFA: Music Technology page likewise identifies the undergraduate credential as a BFA, not a BA.
Because the article elsewhere says Tree studied music technology at CalArts, and because CalArts' official undergraduate degree structure uses BFA for these programs, the infobox label "California Institute of the Arts (BA)" is incorrect.
2 sources
- Programs and Degrees | CalArts
Degree Type: BFA, MFA, MA, DMA... Art — BFA, MFA... Music Technology — BFA, MFA.
- BFA: Music Technology | CalArts
The page is titled 'BFA: Music Technology' and says 'The BFA in Music Technology...'.
At age 20, Tree signed with London-based R&S Records
Tree himself said he signed with R&S the day before his 19th birthday, not at age 20.
Full reasoning
This sentence gets the age at signing wrong.
In a 2013 Tiny Mix Tapes interview, Tree said R&S contacted him when he was "18-and-a-half" and that "The day before my 19th birthday, Tree signed with R&S and Apollo". That places the signing at age 18, just before he turned 19—not at age 20.
A later SFBay profile is consistent with that timeline, saying he got his break "at the age of 18" after his music was discovered by a London-based record label.
The article may be conflating the 2013 release of Demons (when he was 20) with the earlier signing itself, but the specific claim that he signed at age 20 is contradicted by Tree's own interview and later coverage.
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- Tree | Interview | Tiny Mix Tapes
Tree said: 'I think I was 18-and-a-half...' and 'The day before my 19th birthday, Tree signed with R&S and Apollo.'
- Bay Area acts set to take stage at Outside Lands - SFBay
The profile says Tree 'got his big break at the age of 18 after his music was discovered on Soundcloud by a London-based record label.'
Tree launched his solo recording career as "Tree" in 2010.
Tree said he started the 'Tree' project on his 18th birthday; with his June 29, 1993 birthdate, that places the launch in 2011, not 2010.
Full reasoning
The year given here is off.
In a 2013 Tiny Mix Tapes interview, Tree said that "on his 18th birthday" he decided to launch a new recording project under the name Tree. Apple Music's artist bio lists his birth date as June 29, 1993. That means his 18th birthday was June 29, 2011.
So if the Tree project began on his 18th birthday, the launch year was 2011, not 2010.
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- Tree | Interview | Tiny Mix Tapes
The profile says it was 'on his 18th birthday' that he decided to launch a new recording project under his middle name.
- Oliver Tree - Apple Music
Apple Music lists: 'BORN June 29, 1993'.