Music Technology and Production (UD Music)

Producer Pathway

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

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 recorded repertoire development
• Live and Studio production skills (producers)
• Live performance (producers)

This course is designed to give you the opportunity to:

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of musical and technological contexts: cultural, social, historical, commercial, professional, inter-disciplinary, inter-media.
• 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.
• 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.
• Demonstrate the ability to organise and manage a schedule of work effectively, in both solo and collaborative creative projects, recognising and implementing professional practice.
• Demonstrate intellectual curiosity, practical experimentation, innovation, and the potential for continuing artistic and creative development.

What you will learn:

Knowledge
• To understand the social, cultural, and relational significance of music, technology, performance, and production
• To understand and explain core concepts and techniques relating to music making, music technology, and music production, using related components of language
• To understand and evaluate current personal employability competencies, and analyse opportunities for skills development relevant to a range of professional contexts
• To understand historical, current and potential future developments in the music industry.

Subject-Based Practical skills

• To develop core skills in sound creation and design, sound recording, composition, production and post-production, and performance with technology
• 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
• To create and maintain an engaging professional web portfolio, reflecting current skills, creative ideas and practice, and framed appropriately for relevant industry context/s