Overview | Summary of Courses

Offered By:	ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Areas of Interest:	Music

This minor is only available to students undertaking the Bachelor of Professional Music Practice degree program.

The Creative Recording Practice minor introduces students to the recording environment. It allows the student to become familiar with recording equipment, procedures and techniques, and to gain an awareness of the music recording process.     The recording process also extends to production: listening skills will be developed and broadened. Students will develop the capacity to read scores and apply concepts of musical language, in addition to developing critical faculties, in order to assess musical performances in the recording context. Students will gain practical experience in the roles of producer and recording musician.   In this minor the student develops further his or her depth of understanding of the roles and techniques of creative and artistic recording, complementing the music-business focused courses which comprise the Professional Music Practice major.

 

Learning Outcomes

Students completing the Creative Recording Practice minor will:

• Understand & define key audio concepts and principles, including the application of theory and principles to practical situations, and understand sonic concepts in technical terms;
• gain an understanding of the use of a wide range of recording equipment and technology;
• gain an understanding of the music production process in a recording context
• develop practical experience in the roles of the producer and the recording musician, with the further development of high level listening skills in a recording context;
• develop critical faculties in order to assess musical performances in the recording context.

Requirements

This minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:

24 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:

MUSM2327 - Recording Techniques 1 (6 units)

MUSM2328 - Recording Techniques 2 (6 units)

MUSM3254 - Music Recording and Production (6 units)

MUSM3260 - Digital Audio Workstations (6 units)

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