Introduction to Digital Music Composition & Production

Love of Music | Creative | Free Spirited | Passionate | Technical

Knowledge and understanding of:

• Basic and advanced music composition with a focus on modern and electronic music styles
• Drum programming
• Scales and intervals
• Quantizing and groove timing
• Basic and advanced synthesis
• Chords and chord progressions
• MIDI sequencing
• Effects processing – inserts and sends
• Sound shaping
• Automation
• Arrangement
• Reason
• Cubase
• Vocal recording and microphone techniques
• Audio editing
• Film score composition and production
• Sound to picture editing
• Compression and dynamics processing
• Post production – mixing and mastering
• Native instruments

• Remixer, Producer, Live Artist
• Film Score Composition
• Sound and Music Design for Games, TV, Film and other Multimedia Applications
• Record Producer
• Post Production and Mastering Engineer

Africa’s largest independent dance record label, Soul Candi, has teamed up with Boston

City Campus & Business College to bring you a revolutionary new approach to digital

music composition and production. This Short Learning Programme, one of a kind in Africa,

seamlessly integrates modern music composition with all the latest music production

techniques being used by the world’s best hit-making producers.

Grade 11 Certificate; or National Certificate: (Vocational) L3; or equivalent qualification. No previous knowledge of music or experience with any musical instrument required.

OR

Grade 10 Certificate; or National Certificate: (Vocational) L2; or equivalent qualification. Some previous knowledge of music or experience with any musical instrument is required.

BOSTON SHORT LEARNING PROGRAMME 

On successful completion the Learner will be issued a Boston Short Learning Programme Introduction to Digital Music Composition and Production.