Music Technology and Production (UD Music) CertHE

**Producer Pathway**<br/><br/>Our ‘Producer Pathway’ is aimed at emerging producers looking to develop towards industry. You will work to develop your brand/ sound/ and repertoire to progress your career<br/><br/>**UD Level 4 Courses are…**<br/><br/>• Industry supported Degree course: Music industry input and delivery<br/>• Genre and culturally relevant: Delivered through live projects and industry briefs<br/>• Employability portfolio focussed: Hosted in professional facilities<br/>• Flexible in their progression options: With additional studio and resource access packages at UD’s Talent House<br/><br/>**Course details**<br/><br/>**What will I be doing?**<br/><br/>Through a series of live briefs, you will work in industry projects which include…. <br/><br/><br/>1. Realising Collaborative Song Writing and Production<br/>• Studio Recording and Production <br/>• Collaborative team meetings <br/>• Song writing and Composition <br/>• Project management <br/>• Presentation and receiving industry feedback<br/><br/><br/>2. Deconstructing the brand<br/>• Lectures on the development of Black Music identifying key labels and artists <br/>• Lectures on lineage and development of Black Music <br/>• Practical sessions on Brand development within. Popular music <br/>• Presentation to peers and industry <br/>• Peer and industry feedback sessions <br/>• Sessions on receiving and giving feedback<br/><br/><br/>3. Self-Production<br/>• Self-Management Techniques - Target setting and SMART planning <br/>• Project management - Self management <br/>• Song writing and recorded repertoire development <br/>• Live and Studio production skills (producers) <br/>• Live performance (producers)<br/><br/><br/>This course is designed to give you the opportunity to: <br/><br/>• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of musical and technological contexts: cultural, social, historical, commercial, professional, inter-disciplinary, inter-media. <br/>• Demonstrate the ability to convey personal expression and imagination through appropriate technical and interpretive means, in practical music making, composition, sound design, and production and performance. <br/>• Demonstrate the ability to understand, apply, and evaluate core concepts and techniques relating to music, music technology, and music production, using related components of language: pitch, tonality, rhythm and metres, timbre, texture, instrumentation, recording, arrangement, sequencing, mixing, mastering.<br/>• Demonstrate the ability to organise and manage a schedule of work effectively, in both solo and collaborative creative projects, recognising and implementing professional practice. <br/>• Demonstrate intellectual curiosity, practical experimentation, innovation, and the potential for continuing artistic and creative development. <br/><br/>**What you will learn:**<br/><br/>Knowledge <br/>• To understand the social, cultural, and relational significance of music, technology, performance, and production <br/>• To understand and explain core concepts and techniques relating to music making, music technology, and music production, using related components of language <br/>• To understand and evaluate current personal employability competencies, and analyse opportunities for skills development relevant to a range of professional contexts <br/>• To understand historical, current and potential future developments in the music industry. <br/><br/>**Subject-Based Practical skills** <br/><br/>• To develop core skills in sound creation and design, sound recording, composition, production and post-production, and performance with technology <br/>• To apply core concepts and techniques relating to music making, music technology, and music production creatively, in order to produce original music in different creative industry contexts <br/>• To create and maintain an engaging professional web portfolio, reflecting current skills, creative ideas and practice, and framed appropriately for relevant industry context/s