Topics will typically include:
- Roles and non-linear creative processes in contemporary digitally-mediated song-making cultures;
- Recording, composition, arrangement and audio mixing & processing to control mood, texture and spectral space;
- Working with samples (reduced listening as creative starting point; looping techniques; legal implications & making your own loops);
- New AI- and machine learning-based tools for music production.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures and demonstrations
Seminars, tutorials and group sessions
Practical tasks (both in-class and in independent study)
Reading Blackboard resources and hardware/software manuals
Watching curated online video content
Critical listening to a range of audio resources (both in-class and in independent study)
Group work
Assessment
Assessment strategy
- Formative assessments or tasks designed to provide informal, on-module feedback;
- Production assignments to allow students to demonstrate the practical technical skills covered;
- Reflective report writing.