Access to Music

Course description

If you love music and are thinking about a career in the music industry, this course is a great place to start.

This course is designed to prepare talented musicians for further study at either HNC or university level. To be successful on this course, you'll need to be a confident performer in terms of technique, but also understand that working as a musician involves knowledge of recording, composition or song writing, and business. Here's some of what you'll be doing: - You'll focus on your own music performance, developing your instrumental or vocal skills and performing as a solo artist, as well as part of a band. - You'll look at song writing, learning about the way lyrics and melody combine to create a successful song, and then developing your own song writing skills. - You'll learn how to understand notation, including staff and musical notation symbols, harmony and basic chord function. - You'll look at sound engineering and production, learning how to use multi-track recording equipment to record and mix audio. - You'll learn how to use a MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) sequencer to create, edit and mix music. - You'll develop music business know-how, looking at the key organisations and careers within the UK music industry, as well as promotion. - You'll build transferable Essential Skills in meaningful contexts to help you become more effective in life, learning, and work. This could be communication, numeracy, ICT, working with others, and problem solving. You'll also have the opportunity to perform regularly at: - Live gigs in the college theatre, and local pubs and clubs around Ayrshire- Outdoor gigs, such as Jam at the Dam in Ayr

Learning outcome

When you successfully complete this course, you'll have the choice of:
- Moving onto the Access to Music Level 6 January full time programme
- Exploring your future career options in the music industry - with the right qualifications and ability (and usually perseverance!), the music industry offers a wide variety of careers including: Professional Musician, Function Band Musician, Music Teacher, Instrumental Tutor, Community Artist, Music Producer, Event Organiser, Music Remixer, DJ, Sound Designer, Dubbing Mixer, Sound Editor, Electronic Music Producer, Guitar Technician, Drum Technician, Performer, Songwriter, Arranger. BE INSPIRED BY OUR BLOG & VIDEOYour music, your label - see how Sun Turtle Records can help get your music out there. Click here to read the blog. VIDEOBe wowed by our End of Year Show - Creative Candy features students from across the department including fashion, music, sound production and performing arts. Click here to watch the video. Have a look at our Rockpool Podcasts here https://open. spotify. com/episode/0tFSp0tWXkEDbajIZr339D?si=9bac8ab9cbbf4b44&nd=1