Electronic Music Production Diploma

About this Diploma Program

The unparalleled changes in digital recording technologies are revolutionizing how independent producers are creating and recording music. Our Electronic Music Production Diploma Program offers students extensive insight and the practical skills necessary to create their art using the latest digital recording technologies available. Whether it’s making beats, composing music for multi-media applications, or creating remixes, this program is designed to prepare students for a multitude of career opportunities in the ever-evolving global music industry.

Graduates of Metalworks Institute’s Electronic Music Production Diploma Program are eligible for a Degree Pathway into Yorkville University’s Bachelor of Creative Arts Degree.

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Full-time, one year program strategically designed to get you thoroughly trained in all aspects of electronic music production styles and techniques.
Intensive practical experience in the artistic styles used to create music in the digital domain with a focus on electronic dance music and hip hop.
Extensive study and practical hands-on experience in the areas of digital recording technologies, acoustic principles, digital music production techniques, MIDI and audio signal processing applications.
Prepare for career opportunities in writing, editing, recording and mixing music.
Incredible opportunities to network and collaborate with students in other Metalworks Institute programs.
Students will utilize industry standard software such as Ableton Live, Logic Pro X, Reason, Pro Tools and Komplete including Massive, Razor, Reactor, Form, Kontour, Evolve and Damage.
Our exclusive educational partnership with Metalworks Studios provides students with unprecedented learning environments and networking opportunities.

Course List

Introduction to the Entertainment Industry

Entertainment Business Principles

This course will provide students with a detailed description of the infrastructure of the music industry and the roles of various music industry organizations, companies, and professionals in acting as support staff to musicians. During this course, students will be introduced to the types of managers, including personal business and tour managers; the roles of talent agents and booking agencies; record companies and their artist & repertoire and artist development representatives; publishers and music publishing companies; promoters, presenters and event planners; music supervisors for film & television; studio managers and session contractors; music producers, and content creators for internet and video games; unions and performing rights.

Critical Listening For Studio Production

This course will provide students with broad and thorough insight into auditory perception as it relates to music production and audio mixing techniques. During this course, students will be introduced to the skills and strategies used by professional music producers to develop their critical listening skills. Through weekly training drills, analysis, and comparative studies of different styles of mixing, students will identify spectral content depth and spectral balances in order to identify the sonic features that can positively or negatively impact a final audio mix, and learn how subjective impressions of timbre relate to physical control parameters. The ability to quickly focus on subtle details of sound and make decisions about them is an essential skill of a music producer.

Desktop Mixing Techniques

Digital Production Techniques Workshop

This course will provide students with the essential technical, creative, and practical skills used to create professional recordings. During this course, students will explore composition, mixing, sound design, MIDI programming, and sampling techniques using a variety of digital audio workstations and software to facilitate effective digital arrangements. Students will support the development of these skills through a variety of in-class assignments.

Digital Signal Processing Workshop

Digital Technologies

MIDI & Synthesis

MIDI & Synthesis Workshop

Music For Media

Music Production Techniques

This course will provide students with a broad introduction to the technical, creative, and business responsibilities of a record producer. During this course, students will be introduced to production communication skills, the creative, business, and management responsibilities of today’s music producers and an overview of record producers and their music throughout the history of recorded music.

Music Theory

This course will provide students with broad and thorough insight into basic and advanced rudiments of music theory and composition. During this course, students will be introduced to notation, structure, terms and symbols, chord structures and scales in a practical sense, to compose and arrange music. Students will also be introduced to the core concepts of harmony and arranging and apply them to practical exercises.

Musical Styles & Genres

Principles of Sound & Acoustics

Audio Post-Production

This course will provide students with an introduction to the theoretical and creative principles used in sound for motion picture, television, and other visual entertainment media. During this course, students will gain insight to the history of motion picture sound, terminology, technology, and post-production concepts. This course will also introduce students to the techniques and practices of the sound designer, sound editor, dialogue editor, sound effects editor, music editor, and re-recording mixer in the film and television industries.

Recording Principles

This course will provide students with thorough insight into the theoretical, technical, creative and artistic principles of sound and recording. During this course, students will be introduced to applied acoustic principles, microphones, signal flow, recording studio equipment, console operation, session protocols, and communication skills. Students will also be introduced to microphone placement, signal paths and studio environments, including live and broadcast. Students will gain knowledge of practical physics and become technically capable and encouraged to begin acting and thinking as professional recording engineers.

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Instruction

Qualifications

All instructors have been chosen for their industry experience, knowledge, accomplishments, and passion for teaching, and have been qualified by the Ministry of Advanced Education & Skills Development.

Experience

Each instructor brings real-world understanding into the classroom; a quality that is invaluable in a hands-on learning environment.

Methods

Students are taught through a variety of instructional methods including: lectures, workshops, labs, e-learning, clinics, and tutorials.

Mediums

Instructors typically use audio-visual presentations, practical demonstrations, printed handouts, and interactive media resources.

Degree Pathways

Metalworks Institute has partnered with Yorkville University to offer Degree Pathways.

Students who successfully complete the Electronic Music Production Degree Pathway will graduate with a Diploma from Metalworks Institute and a Bachelor of Creative Arts Degree from Yorkville University. Upon completion of the Degree Pathway, international students are eligible to apply for a post-graduate work permit.

Electronic Music Production Diploma ➞ Bachelor of Creative Arts Degree

Yorkville University is a Canadian university with a national presence. The university offers practitioner-oriented master, bachelor and diploma programs leading to professional careers that are personally rewarding and contribute to the betterment of society.

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Contact our Admissions Team to learn more about Metalworks Institute's Degree Pathways.

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Marco

International Admissions Counsellor Text Marco

Email: marco@metalworksinstitute.com
Phone: 1-905-279-4000 x1540
Mobile: 647-801-6800
Toll-Free North America:
1-866-783-2200 x1540

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Electronic Music Production Diploma

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