ABOUT THE COURSE
Looking to start a career in music and sound production? Whatever your background, Solent University’s popular music production programme will enable you to deepen your skills in a wide range of areas – preparing you for a fantastic career as a music producer of the future.
Our music courses ranked 15th out of 66 other UK institutions for student satisfaction (NSS 2019).
The course explores three main areas of study: technical and musical foundations, music and sound production in studio and live settings, and employability in the music industry. These varied subjects enable you to gain a broad understanding of the industry, so when you graduate you’ll be equipped with the right skills and knowledge to kick-start your career.
Throughout the course you will have the opportunity to use a range of facilities including our specialist recording studios – each with top of the range software, facilities and instruments including: Pro Tools Ultimate and Logic digital audio workstations, Microphones by Neumann, AKG and Shure. Analog processing includes Neve, Universal Audio, Focusrite, Empirical Labs, and Portico. Instruments provided included Drums by DW and Mapex, a Moog Synthesiser, Korg Kronos, Marshall, Fender and Vox valve guitar amplifiers. Software includes Native Instruments Komplete, and Plugins by Sonnox, McDSP and Celemony. Live sound mixers include Allen and Heath DLive, Soundcraft Si, and Midas M32.
Thanks to the academic teams close links with industry, you will have the opportunity to attend guest lectures from visiting industry professionals. Speakers have recently included: Mike Moran, composer; Trevor Horn, Grammy award-winning producer; Sam Skirrow, Bass player; Rob Da Bank, DJ and festival organiser; Gary Langhan, sound engineer; and Mark Lawrence, CEO of The Association for Electronic Music.
As a popular music production student you’ll also have the chance to visit the legendary Abbey Road studios, probably the most famous studio in the world, and talk to engineers at the top of the industry during a real recording session.
YOUR FUTURE
Students from Solent’s music production programme will be well prepared for a wide range of graduate level employment opportunities. Suitable roles for graduates include:
- Music producer
- Live sound engineer
- Mix engineer
- Film sound editor
- Game sound designer
- Events organiser
- Music publishing
- Arts administrator
- Music technician
- Music and sound entrepreneur
- Music education
- Postgraduate study
INDUSTRY LINKS
During your studies you will have the chance to work with local clients to develop your skills further, these clients have recently included the Joiners Live venue and BBC Introducing.
The entire guest speaker programme at Solent is also open to you, providing a wealth of advice from industry professionals. Recent speakers have included:
- Andrew Scheps, mix engineer for Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Nina Hartstone, dialog editor, Bohemian Rhapsody
- Colin Lester, manager for Craig David
- Tudor Davies, sound engineer for Later with Jools Holland.
PLACEMENTS
All students will be required to source a freelance client in the final year as part of the core unit ‘Live Project Brief’. You will also be encouraged to undertake work experience throughout the course in areas such as studio, sound, film or gaming.
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