BA (Hons) Electronic Music Production Bachelor's degree at West London

This module will enable you to read critically, present an argument and distinguish between the quality and suitability of materials. It will prepare you to use and evaluate a range of evidence sources throughout your degree.

The Personalised Learning module is intended to equip you with the study skills needed to successfully progress onto level 4, the first year of undergraduate study. Tutor group sessions are an integral part of the module, where you will consolidate your learning and frame it in the context of your subject area. The module will focus on various aspects of study skills, such as those skills related to reading and writing, learning approaches, problem-solving techniques, critical thinking, research

This module will provide the fundamental skills required to be successful in analogue studio-based work, exploring technique through supported practice. The module will focus on the fundamental skills of signal routing between hardware devices typical in modern studios. You will gain an understanding of how equipment in recording studios is interconnected to develop a solid understanding of studio architecture that will provide the foundations of theoretical and practical knowledge to support fu

This module will move you towards the applied creative side of studio production work. You will explore a range of tools, techniques and instruments typically found in modern pop and electronic music styles. By doing so you will learn to operate and perform with these tools in an integrated analogue and digital small-studio environment. This module will introduce you to concepts and practice of: Sequencing MIDI Sampling Drum programming Synchronisation Compositional strategies

This module will give you the chance to: edit music video material use Photoshop to design cover art create a band web page using HTML develop your blogging skills in WordPress.

This module aims to give you a core understanding of the fundamental principles of music making and production. You will examine the way key musical pioneers have approached their craft with emphasis on exploring musical structure, rhythm, melody, harmony, instrumentation, and the way in which one can utilise musical principles to construct and create a variety of musical styles. You will become familiar with some of the ways recording and digital signal processing can alter sounds and provide a

This is a broad module introducing a variety of topics vital to the field of music technology. It also serves as a base for the more practical and technically orientated modules in the music technology degree courses at LCM/UWL. It is a key module designed to equip students with a grounding in the core knowledge and techniques germane to the disciplinary nature of the music technology courses. The module aims to provide the student with a solid grounding in the theory, techniques and terminology

The bedrock of electronic music is synthesis and sampling. These two technologies, more than any other, have shaped the field of modern electronic music making. In this module you will get to grips with the fundamental principles of both and get comfortable with the wide variety of tools and techniques available to the modern electronic musician. You will then learn to exploit your new skills by programming your own unique sounds and using them in your music.

Of course production is important but let's not forget, it's all about the music right? Your releases will only be as good as the musical ideas you can communicate. We cannot side-skip the issue of musical composition and theory, it's an essential skill for producers and performers and this is the module where you'll develop your understanding in this area, learning how to apply this knowledge in the context of beat-making and the digital audio workstation.

If you understand how other people's music works, it will help you develop your own creative vision. Different music genres all have their own particular sonic signature and this module is where you learn how to identify and talk about the elements which have defined recorded music, from past to present allowing you to absorb the techniques and mix aesthetics to build them into your tracks.

This module will help you develop the required skills needed to operate studio recording technology to a high standard. The module will further the listening skills covered in Recording Theory and will increase your sensitivity to different recording and musical contexts. It covers a comprehensive overview of contemporary studio technology and the recording process. The module will also extend ear-training techniques and examine each component of studio technology in detail. In addition, it will

Throughout your first year you will have been recording music and producing tracks in a variety of styles and genres. In this module we think about what happens to the music next. How do you connect your music with an audience and what strategies and distribution techniques can you use to generate revenue. We hope this module will provide an exciting end to the year, culminating in a planned release of your music.

Entering your second year means you can expect to go up a gear in the sophistication and complexity of the work we'll be asking you to do. We want you to have a forensic knowledge of past and current trends in EDM and to articulate where this field may go in the future. This module provides a balance of research and practice, so we'll expect to hear the results of your analysis flowing out of your tracks.

No one involved in electronic music can have missed the massive rise in popularity of modular synthesis and the hugely important role modular systems play in modern electronic music, across all fields and genres. We are lucky enough to have a number of modular systems at UWL, which you will be exposed to, learning how they work individually and then having the buzz of bringing them all together playing with other musicians in a modular ensemble.

You have set yourself up to enter a hugely competitive creative industry and so, how you present yourself, and your work, to the world is extremely important. The social media landscape changes at an incredible rate but in this module we will prepare you to adapt your message and your personal brand, using the latest tools and technologies to promote your individual artist identity to the world.

Academia is all about searching for something new and we use research to do it. Working in the creative arts is very similar, working to find that new sound or production technique, which will set us apart from other artists. In this module these two endeavours are brought together and we will show you how to use the power of research to fuel your creativity.

Hip Hop Production is a combined lecture and workshop-based module, designed to introduce you to the creation of Hip Hop music. It follows the historical development of technology and production techniques in the genre, from the initial use of Turntablism through Digital Sampling, Interpolation, and Synthesis. It also provides a solid grounding of these techniques within the larger aesthetic and cultural context of the African-American musical traditions that are vital to its practice. The modul

Your first year ended with the release of your music and the high point of your second year will be a public performance of your music. This will involve the planning and execution of a public facing event from the ground up. We will explore the many ways you can bring your music to the stage. You will have to raise your game, not just creatively but also in terms of planning and management.

Although you will have made a lot of diverse music during your journey at UWL, much of what you will have created will have been related to popular culture in one form or another. In this module we give you a very different perspective, using sound as a tool to make art. There are a huge number of creative contexts and opportunities to generate revenue outside of the purely commercial sector and this module will explore this field and the artists who earn their living from it.

In this module, we want to build on your experience of planning and performing an event in the second year. This time, however, we want yo