BA (Hons) Recording, Mixing and 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 module offers you the opportunity to develop as a creative user of professional DAW systems. Through the module you will gain fluency in the use of: hardware and software synths samplers controllers You will also grasp the essential concepts required for next level music production.

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

This module focuses on the development of your portfolio career. Increasingly, the successful modern freelancer requires a diverse range of skill sets in: writing styles technique arrangement production the ability to expand your client base and income streams. Workflow demands will be examined in a time managed ethos to allow best practice. The module also explores creative outlets, future facing opportunities and residual income streams to allow you to pursue a career as a music professional w

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

From King Tubby to Danger Mouse and beyond, the power of mixing has progressed from a process of sonic enhancement and balancing, to a creative force capable of creating brand new musical styles. Remix Practice give students the chance to creatively and technically explore an essential career pathway and continue to develop their professional portfolio throughout the course. The module focuses on the creative abuse of dynamic, non-linear DAW packages, following on from DAW Mixing and Production

During the LCM Record Label Module, you will be participating in a simulated record label from the perspective of the record-production students. You will learn how to pitch recording projects to labels and project-manage new releases to specified release timeframes. The module is broken into two distinct halves. First, you will establish a foundation of knowledge around the structure of contemporary record labels. Second, you will learn how to identify and correct recording and arrangement issu

'Recording music' is an advanced-recording subject designed to develop the required skills to operate both physical and virtual recording technology to a higher standard. Students will engage in a combination of practical and theoretical workshops aimed at developing a fluency in recording planning and practice. The module aims to further develop students' abilities to critically evaluate, and confidently produce musical recordings in a chosen style.

This module embraces the idea that the creative mind, rather than thriving on isolation, is dependent upon human interactions, which are in turn essential for the development of your own innovative artistic practices. By examining multidisciplinary case studies ranging from pioneering scholarly ideas, through to scientific theories and revolutionary art forms, you will learn the importance of thinking outside the box, synthesising different backgrounds into new forms, and putting these ideas int

This module aims to get you thinking about applied research: how can you get better at some aspect of your creative and/or technical practice? You will come at this from three perspectives. Firstly, you will use some aspect of your practice from another module in the course to collect video data documenting the way you engage with and conduct that activity. You will then use a process of stimulated recall to analyse that data and reflect upon your creative practice – an autoethnographic approach

On this module you will learn how to build upon core Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) skills and enhance your understanding of Pro Tools software.