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MUSC4407: Contemporary Music Practice 7

2025 unit information

In this unit, you will be focused on creating a portfolio of work as the culmination of your CMP courses. This course will focus on recording a full-length EP to a professional standard. Unlike year 3, which had conditions and limitations built into the EP you recorded, this semester will be about developing a product that you think fully reflects your identity as an artist. The course will focus on developing your distinct artistic voice through composition, arrangement, studio performance and production. It will also look at ways in which to think about and record your process. The finished product will be of sufficient quality to be added to rotation on community radio such as FBI or RRR. There will be weekly 2-hour seminars which will be devoted to focused feedback on your work.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Study level Undergraduate
Academic unit Contemporary Music
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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MUSC3406
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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None
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. After successfully completing this unit of study, students will be able to: • Apply DAW production techniques including comping, bussing and automation at a high level. • Apply sound synthesis, dynamics processing, equalisation and effects to music projects • Mix and master studio recordings • Present musical ideas to your peers • Give and receive thoughtful critical feedback on creative work • Demonstrate project design and management skills • Self-produce, write and perform an ‘EP’ of original music

Unit availability

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2024
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2025
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2021
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Normal day Remote
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2023
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

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