Creative Sound and Music at Newport

From day one we see you as creative musical practitioners - we want to hear and see what you’ve made and help you to make it better

We get you looking at the social, political and economic contexts of music practice to find different approaches to making and distributing music

Sound and music are just part of a media network that includes games, video, the web, mobile, interactive media, animation, film, graphics and photography

CSM helps you to find ways of turning this diversity to your advantage - we want you to understand your market and help you to start building a career in music

Music is one of the most competitive media industries and in the networked world, establishing a career in music has never been so challenging

It’s also never been so exciting

-use the latest creative tools-develop cutting edge ideas-produce innovative and outstanding work-develop business strategies-present yourself confidently

How does it work?

Year Semester 1 Semester 2

1

Music and Sound,

Experimentation,

Technology & Performance

Music Practice 1

Music Practice 2

Musicology 1

Music Practice 3

Music Practice 4

Musicology 2

2

Music,

Media

&

Business

Music Practice 5

Music and Media

Musicology 3

Music Practice 6

Music and Business

Dissertation Preparation

3

Negotiated Projects

Final Major Project Part 1

Dissertation

Final Major Project Part 2

Year One Semester 1

Creative Music Practice

Instrument DesignElectronicsInterface Design ImprovisationExperimental CompositionSonic Art

Live Sound RecordingLive Sound

LogicAbleton LivePro ToolsMAX / MSP

Experimental Musicology

Year One Semester 2

Creative Music Practice

Composition

Studio PracticeRecordingEditingMixingMastering

PerformanceSound and Image

MAX/MSP/JitterArKaos

Sonic CulturePolitical Economy

Year Two Semester 1

Music and Media

OnlineMobileVideoGame AudioInstallation

Graphic DesignPhotography

CameraLightsVideo Editing/Post-Production

Final CutAfter EffectsFlashPhotoshop

AudioVisual Culture

Year Two Semester 1

Creative Music Practice

Global TraditionsTechnologyRecordingPerformance

Advanced Studio Practice

Pro ToolsMAX / MSP

AudioVisual Culture

Year Two Semester 2

Music and Business

Intellectual PropertyDistributionMarketing & PR

Online Strategies / Web DesignEnterpriseEntrepreneurship

Professional PlacementLive Brief

Dissertation PreparationResearch Methodologies

Year Two Semester 2

Creative Music Practice

Live EventsTouringA&RCommunity Music

Production Planning

Professional PlacementLive Brief

Dissertation PreparationResearch Methodologies

Year Three Semester 1

Final Major Project Part One

Production

Music

AudioVisual

Software / Interactive

Installation

Online

Dissertation

Year Three Semester 2

Final Major Project Part Two

Performance and Distribution

Public performance

Exhibition

Screening

Interactive demo / workshop

Webcast

Portfolio Development

Distribution

Facilities

4 Sound recording studiosPre-prodcution suitesMedia labMobile recording

Film StudiosDubbing SuitesPhotographic Studios and Dark Rooms

Software

Pro ToolsLogic ProMax/MSPAbleton LiveFlashFinal CutAfter EffectsDreamweaverPhotoshop

Where next?

Music PerformanceMusic CompositionSonic / New Media ArtsMusic ProductionMusic Video ProductionMusic/Composition for FilmInteractive Media and GamesSound EngineeringRadio and Online Music DistributionMusic Marketing and ManagementIndependent Music Business (Labels, Publishing and Agency)Community MusicMusic EducationConsultancy for Digital Music Futures (Property and Rights)

Postgraduate study (Creative Music Practice MA/MFA course at the University of Wales, Newport)