Popular Music Performance & Music Business, BA (Hons)

Course summary

About the courseOur joint honours in Music Production and Music Business is perfect if you’re the type of producer who wants to run the studio yourself. It’s also ideal if you’re an aspiring entrepreneur wishing to understand the creative and technical aspects of music production.You’ll learn the fundamental skills to produce music in a recording studio and use a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). Alongside these practical skills, you’ll also develop your understanding of the commercial elements of running a business.We’ll teach you all you need to know via a combination of predominantly practical classes, workshops and seminars, all led by experienced industry practitioners. Each of our lecturers is active within today’s music industry. This means they’ll have the up-to-the-minute knowledge and insider insights that you won’t find anywhere else.And, because we realise that everyone is different, we offer one-to-one tutorials to support you in tailoring your own education. Our tutorials will help to ensure that your learning is set to meet your motives, interests, learning pace and needs.Within the subject-specific Music Production and Music Business Core modules, you’ll focus on practical studio engineering and software skills, refined industry knowledge, application of acoustic theory and approaches to answering professional briefs, among others. You’ll also learn the necessary tools and expertise to be able to work within broader areas of the music industry.As the course progresses, you’ll have the chance to craft your course through a range of optional modules in Year 2 and 3. These options mean that you’ll have the refined knowledge and expertise to start a career in a variety of industries. These include the recording industry, the live music industry, the film and TV industry, the audio post-production industry and the education industry.The BIMM University GraduateWe make sure that when you graduate, your attributes and skills mirror the employment and creative needs of the music industry – both today and in the future.We aim to equip graduates with the following qualities, so they have a long lasting career.

• Employable and Entrepreneurial

• Creative, Collaborative and Connected

• Resilient and adaptable

• Globally Aware

• Professional

• Intellectually Curious

• Self-aware

Subject options

This course offers the following subject options:

• Bass
• Drums
• Guitar
• Keyboard
• Vocals

Modules

Students can expect to study the following core modules:YEAR 1:

• The creative industries and you 1: Finding your path

• Context and culture of the creative industries

• Performance skills

• Core instrument skills

• Applied instrument skills

• The music business

• Releasing Music

• Marketing and PR

YEAR 2:

• The creative industries and you 2: Creative Collaboration

• Creativity, identity and agency

• Interpretive instrument skills

• Digital performance portfolio

• Business and Enterprise

• Financing and creativity

YEAR 3:

• The creative industries and you 3: Professional Portfolio

• Final project

• Performance showcase

• Audience experience and motivation.

Optional module/s can be selected in year 3, subject to availability and student demand. Please visit the course information page on the BIMM Music Institute website for a full break down.

Assessment method

Assessment methods are varied and balanced to suit a wide range of students and may take practical, written, portfolio or other form. Students are given the opportunity to work collaboratively with those studying other music related disciplines, representative of the way in which the Music and wider Creative Industries also require collaboration. All written and portfolio assessments are submitted electronically by way of a Virtual Learning Environment and where possible, feedback is delivered in audio and/or video form, as well as written. Examples of methods used:

• Practical Exams

• Written exams

• Practical coursework

• Multimedia coursework

• Written coursework

- Presentations

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Students can expect to study the following core modules: YEAR 1:

• The creative industries and you 1: Finding your path

• Context and culture of the creative industries

• Performance skills

• Core instrument skills

• Applied instrument skills

• The music business

• Releasing Music

• Marketing and PR

YEAR 2:

• The creative industries and you 2: Creative Collaboration

• Creativity, identity and agency

• Interpretive instrument skills

• Digital performance portfolio

• Business and Enterprise

• Financing and creativity

YEAR 3:

• The creative industries and you 3: Professional Portfolio

• Final project

• Performance showcase

• Audience experience and motivation.

Optional module/s can be selected in year 3, subject to availability and student demand. Please visit the course information page on the BIMM Music Institute website for a full break down.