BA (Hons) in Music Production

Overview

The BA (Hons) Music Production provides thorough training in music creation, recording studio engineering, and commercial production. Working with SSL and Neve analogue consoles, high-end outboard processing, and digital audio workstations, you will produce commercial releases across electronic, hip-hop, pop, rock, and acoustic genres while mastering copyright, publishing, and artist development. BA (Hons) in Music Production is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 3 years full-time, and the credit total is 360. Students move from Music Production in Ableton Live & Logic Pro through Music Production in Ableton Live & Logic Pro; Acoustics & Studio Recording Techniques; Music Theory, Harmony & Songwriting for Producers; Synthesis, Sampling & Sound Design; Critical Listening & Frequency Analysis; Introduction to the Global Music Business, and finish on Major Commercial EP / Album Production Capstone. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result. Reading is a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. The artefact a marker expects is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Record, edit, and mix commercial-grade multi-track music productions Master sound synthesis, sampling, vocal tuning, and beat arrangement Operate professional analogue recording desks and modern hybrid studio rigs Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.

Who This Programme Is For

• ✦Music producers, beatmakers, and audio engineers
• ✦Songwriters and recording artists wanting technical mastery
• ✦Creative entrepreneurs targeting the modern music industry

Programme Structure & Delivery

Learning Outcomes

• ✦Record, edit, and mix commercial-grade multi-track music productions
• ✦Master sound synthesis, sampling, vocal tuning, and beat arrangement
• ✦Operate professional analogue recording desks and modern hybrid studio rigs
• ✦Manage music publishing, streaming distribution, sync licensing, and copyright contracts

Career Pathways

• ✦Music Producer
• ✦Recording Engineer
• ✦Mix Engineer
• ✦Mastering Engineer
• ✦A&R Coordinator
• ✦Sound Designer

Curriculum