Music Performance and Production (UD Music)

Course summary
Our ‘Artist Pathway’ is aimed at emerging performer/ songwriters looking to develop towards industry. You will work to develop your brand/ sound/ and repertoire to progress your career

UD Level 4 Courses are…

• Industry supported Degree course: Music industry input and delivery
• Genre and culturally relevant: Delivered through live projects and industry briefs
• Employability portfolio focussed: Hosted in professional facilities
• Flexible in their progression options: With additional studio and resource access packages at UD’s Talent House

Course details
What will I be doing?

Through a series of live briefs, you will work in industry projects which include….

1. Realising Collaborative Song Writing and Production
• Studio Recording and Production
• Collaborative team meetings
• Song writing and Composition
• Project management
• Presentation and receiving industry feedback

2. Deconstructing the brand
• Lectures on the development of Black Music identifying key labels and artists
• Lectures on lineage and development of Black Music
• Practical sessions on Brand development within popular music
• Presentation to peers and industry
• Peer and industry feedback sessions
• Sessions on receiving and giving feedback

3. Self-Production
• Self-Management Techniques - Target setting and SMART planning
• Project management - Self management
• Song writing and repertoire development
• Live and Studio performance skills
• Live performance

This course is designed to give you the opportunity to:

• Develop collaborative performance skills
• Establish an effective Studio Production practice
• Build a professional Musical identity as a songwriter/composer/performer
• Gain an Industry based perspective on a creative music career

What you will learn:

Knowledge
• Contemporary music production and performance practices
• Sound production techniques that span video, film, and the internet
• Computer music production techniques that include the making of tracks, live laptop performance and the integration of live instrumentation
• Detailed knowledge of music genre, composition, performance, global music culture and Industry imperatives.

Subject-Based Practical skills
• Reading music, notation, composition, arrangement
• Use of professional software tools, digital sound design, microphone techniques
• Improvisation and collaboration
• Song writing and group management of creative projects
• Studio techniques
• Delivery of music across different media forms
• Live and recorded music-making and performance
• Critical listening and analytical writing