Electronic Music Production Diploma

This course will provide students with a broad introduction to the entertainment industry and the interrelationships between art, technology, and business. During the course, students will be introduced to the music, broadcast, motion picture, game, and live event industries and their various subsidiaries.

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.

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.

This course will provide students with a comprehensive practical introduction to mixing techniques and digital mixing technologies. During this course, students will be introduced to the stages of the mixing process including equalization, panning, dynamic processing, effects processing, and automation techniques from both an artistic and technical perspective.

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.

This course will provide students with comprehensive practical applications of audio signal processing devices used in live sound reinforcement. During this course, students will apply various processing techniques using effects and dynamics processors including equalization, compressors, expanders gates, reverbs, and delays.

This course will provide students with a broad introduction to the theoretical, technical, creative, and artistic principles of sound and recording in the digital domain. During this course, students will be introduced to digital audio basics, hardware, software, and interfaces through theory, application, and operating principles.

This course will provide students with advanced insight into the theoretical, technical, and creative principles of synthesizers, synthesis, and the MIDI protocol. During this course, students will be introduced to synthesizer and MIDI history, terminology, technology, and the creative practical application of keyboards, hardware, and software.

This course will provide students with a practical and creative introduction to synthesizer technology, synthesis, sampling, and the MIDI protocol. During this course, students will be introduced to synthesizers and the creative practical application of keyboards, hardware, and software as they apply to musical composition and production.

This course will provide students with comprehensive insight into the principles and processes involved in creation of music for film, television, and other visual media. During this course, students will be introduced to the process of creating original music to accompany visual media, as well as aesthetics, terminology, and composition considerations.

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.

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.

This course will provide students with broad and thorough insight into the history of music and art, and their impact on and from culture. During this course, students will be introduced to the evolution of music and the interrelationships between various musical styles and genres through historical study.

This course will provide students with a complete introduction to the principles of sound through a comprehensive study of physics. During this course, students will be introduced to acoustic principles, wave propagation, and auditory perception.

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.

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.