UAL Level 3 Diploma in Music Performance and Production

DEVELOPMENTS IN MUSIC TECHNOLOGY Part 2

Unit 2 Critical Listening and Music Composition

Unit 3 Music Industry and Professional Practice

Unit 4 Critical and Contextual awareness for music performance and production

Hand Out Date: 15th October 2019

Hand In Date: 10th January 2020

The Brief:

Develop music technology skills by completing the following industry-

related tasks, reflecting on industry practices, and implementing new
theories.

Task 1 – Song Reworks

Task 2 – Dialogue, Soundtracks and Soundscapes

Task 3 – Advertisement Music

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These tasks put you in the scenario of working for a

music production company, where jobs and projects
will vary and require both solo and team effort.

Task 1: Song Reworks

You must recreate two songs, one individually and one as a
team. Analyse the musical structure, instrumentation and
production techniques of both songs and others in their
genre.

Choose the song to recreate. The song you must recreate on your own must
be a close replica of the original and using only software instruments (vocals
are not essential).
Decide within your group what song you will recreate. The song for the group
project should be reworked into a new genre using software instruments,
audio tracks, and samples where appropriate. This allows you to be creative
and imaginative with both how the song is arranged and the final mix.
Evidence: Audio files; evidence of context, planning and song analysis;
critical evaluations.

Task 2 – Dialogue, Soundtracks and Soundscapes

Your group is required to create an Audio Book. This will involve music
compositions, sound effects, and voice recordings.
The finished Audio book should be no shorter than 5 minutes and no longer
than 10 minutes in length.
Evidence: Finished bounced Audio Book (mp3); weekly group evaluations
(mp3s); evidence of research, planning and problem solving.

Task 3 – Advertisement Music

You have been asked to submit a song for a television advert.
Your group will be given a video file of a television advert. You must either
choose an existing song to re-imagine and record in an alternative and
appropriate style. Or it create an original composition, however it should
include lyrics. Aim for it to be produced to a high standard.
Evidence: Completed advert with accompanying composition, mixed and
bounced to .mov file. Evidence of: context, planning and problem solving; and
critical evaluations.

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Learning Outcomes
Unit 2 Critical Listening and Music Composition:

L.O.1: Be able to analyse and research musical and production components in music
performance.

L.O.2: Be able to analyse and research use of music composition.

L.O.3: Be able to apply and evaluate composition and critical listening skills.

Unit 3 Music Industry and Professional Practice:

L.O.1: Understand progression opportunities within the music performance and production
sector.

L.O.2: Understand and apply health and safety within the context of music performance and
production.

L.O.3: Be able to carry out roles and responsibilities consistent with professional practice.

Unit 4 Critical and Contextual awareness for music performance and production:

L.O.1: Understand critical perspectives that influence the analysis of music performance and
production activities.

L.O.2: Understand the contexts within which music performance and production are
positioned.

Proposed Schedule (with proposed concentration for main areas of Matrix)

Week 1 Task 1 Plan, research

Week 2 Task 1 Produce, problem solve,

reflect.

Week 3 Task 1 / Task 2 Evaluate. Plan, research. Complete Task 1

Week 4 Task 2 Produce, problem solve.

Week 5 Task 2 / Task 3 Produce, reflect. Plan,

research.

Week 6 Task 2 / Task 3 Present, evaluate. Produce. Complete Task 2

Week 7 Task 3 Present, evaluate. Complete Task 3

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