Music Creation and Enterprise

This course is specifically designed for people who want to become professional musicians and work within the music industry. This programme is practical, and you will spend the majority of your time creating industry focussed projects.

The music industry is constantly looking for multi-skilled performers, sound designers, producers and others. Explore current trends in the industry such as genre fluidity, physical publishing formats, spatial audio, and AI technologies.

Find your career path in an industry which has grown continuously over the past 13 years, and contributed £6.7 billion to the UK economy during 2022. The music industry employs 210,000 with many more working in the industry as freelancers (This is Music 2023).

This course will give you the skills to succeed in the contemporary music industry. This will ensure that what is learnt will provide the necessary foundations for graduates to progress into a music career, be that performing in a band or as a solo artist, DJing, producing for film, TV, and computer games, or collaborating with other creative media professionals across a range of industries.

Alongside these foundation skills you will develop the technical skills needed for industry such as sound design and sampling, and the entrepreneurial skills required to become a professional musician, such as building your brand, producing content for social media, the legalities of the music industry, working with independently and with labels, and self-promotion.

Modules may include:

Year 1 (Level 4)

• Studio Recording Techniques - 20 Credits
• The Creative Professional - 20 Credits
• Introduction to Content Creation - 20 Credits
• Studio Management & Sound Engineering - 20 Credits
• Controller Techniques - 20 Credits
• Commercial Practice - 20 Credits

Year 2 (Level 5)

• Sound Design - 20 Credits
• Collaboration - 20 Credits
• Publishing, Distribution, & Label Management - 20 Credits
• AI & Interactive Audio - 20 Credits
• Live Sound - 20 Credits
• Electronic Press Kit - 20 Credits

Year 3 (Level 6)

• Contemporary Music Industry - 20 Credits
• Portfolio Review - 20 Credits
• Major Project - 80 Credits

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You will be assessed in a variety of modes. This will vary depending on the style of module. The majority of assessments will be practical such as producing a single, EP, performance, sound recordings, videos, photographs or a portfolio.

Alongside these you will be expected to undertake work in the form of blogs, presentations, interviews, digital assets that are relevant to the music industry to support you in your future careers. The assessments have been designed in consultation with the music industry to ensure that they are relevant to your future career as a musician.