BA(Hons) Creative Music Technology First Year, Season 2, 2024

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Core Music Practice Module

Module Description

“As a practitioner in music and sound, you are preparing to become part of a very diverse, challenging and exciting working environment. This module equips you with a fundamental set of skills and knowledge that will enable you to move towards the realities of working in the sound and music industries as a professionally minded individual. You will be introduced into a wide variety of approaches and roles within the vast and broadly termed ‘music industry’ that will allow you to understand the requirements of certain industry roles such as: freelance session musician, a self-releasing label owner, a music educator, a producer, a music writer, composer, sound artist and so on. Despite this diversity, the module acknowledges and explores fundamental key skills pertinent to all professionals such as communication, collaborative work, independently managed self-discipline and a strong work ethic. A key aim of the module is to provide insights into the music industry, whilst helping to focus and develop your own specialist practice in your field. This individual focus is complimented by building on your ability to communicate via sound and music vocabularies in collective music making contexts.”

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Brief

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Submission

Collective Music Making

Rehearsal

Performance

Audience

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My reaction to the performance

Result

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Portfolio / Presentation

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Electronic Toolkit Module

Module Description

“This module focusses on electronic music, covering the fundamentals of sound synthesis and audio signal processing in an applied musical context. Through lectures and practical workshops, you will gain a thorough understanding of electronic music history, contexts, technologies and creative techniques.”

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Result / Feedback

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Mixcraft Module

Module Description

“Mixcraft introduces students to the art and craft of sound mixing and focusses on both the technical and aesthetic aspects of the mixing process. Working across a wide variety of genres using examples from students’ own work, the work of their peers and professional multi-track recordings, Mixcraft covers multiple mixing paradigms, from the naturalistic to the transformative.

Mixcraft aims to:

1. Develop critical, creative judgement in approaches to mixing applicable to a wide range of musical genres

2. Develop technical skills in sound mixing across a range of technologies

3. Develop a critical understanding of the relationship betwee mixing processes and musical practic

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