BA (Hons) Music Production & Music Business
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
This course is available at BIMM Music Institute in the UK (Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, London, Manchester).
Our joint honors in Music Production and Music Business are perfect if you’re the type of producer who wants to run the studio yourself. It’s also ideal if you’re an aspiring entrepreneur wishing to understand the creative and technical aspects of music production.
You’ll learn the fundamental skills to produce music in a recording studio and use a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). Alongside these practical skills, you’ll also develop your understanding of the commercial elements of running a business.
We’ll teach you all you need to know via a combination of predominantly practical classes, workshops, and seminars, all led by experienced industry practitioners. Each of our lecturers is active in today’s music industry. This means they’ll have up-to-the-minute knowledge and insider insights that you won’t find anywhere else.
BIMM Birmingham studio
And, because we realize that everyone is different, we offer one-to-one tutorials to support you in tailoring your education. Our tutorials will help to ensure that your learning is set to meet your motives, interests, learning pace, and needs.
Within the subject-specific Music Production and Music Business Core modules, you’ll focus on practical studio engineering and software skills, refined industry knowledge, application of acoustic theory, and approaches to answering professional briefs, among others. You’ll also learn the necessary tools and expertise to be able to work within broader areas of the music industry.
Key facts
- Mode of attendance: Full-time
- Length of course: This course is taught as a three-year course at levels four, five, and six.
- Awarding institution: BIMM University
- Campus delivery: London, Brighton, Bristol, Birmingham and Manchester
- UCAS code: W370
- Language of study: English
- Final award: BA (Hons) Music Production & Music Business
- Admissions Criteria: Minimum of 2 A-levels at Grade C or above (64 UCAS points), OR BTEC Level 3 equivalent, and normally three GCSEs at a minimum grade C/4, including English Language.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Early Confirmation Discount
An early confirmation discount for study in the UK of £2,000 or €2,000 for study in Germany or Ireland for each year of study is available to all international students ineligible for home (domestic) fees who have an offer to study with us at any of our campuses in the UK, Germany or Ireland.
Discount eligibility
To be eligible for the Early Confirmation Discount, you must:
- Be an overseas applicant ineligible for home (domestic) fees
- Apply and receive an offer to study a BIMM University course
- Accept your offer
- Pay your deposit, if applicable, by the deadline of 15th June 2024
- The scholarship will automatically be deducted from your fees when you enroll.
This discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other discount, offer, or scholarship.
Future Talent Scholarship
Launching for September 2024 entry, the new Future Talent Scholarships provide a full 3-year tuition fee for undergraduate students studying courses in music, film, acting, or creative technology. These scholarships are aimed at candidates from low-income households and/or groups under-represented in the creative industries. We are looking to support those who demonstrate talent in their chosen discipline, strong creative potential, and a high motivation for a career in the creative industries.
The scholarship offers financial support, a supportive training environment, and a skills and career development program designed to support progression to future careers in the creative industries.
Curriculum
Our undergraduate degree courses allow you to define your route to success via a range of optional modules. First, you’ll learn the necessary employability skills and find where you’ll fit in the industry. Then, you’ll be able to build your course according to your interests and c;l/areer aspirations.
Year 1
- The Creative Industries
- Audio Capture Methods & Equipment
- Creative Music Programming
- The Music Business
- The Creative Industries & You
- Multitrack Mixing
- Releasing Music
- Marketing & Branding
Year 2
- Defining Your Practice in Context
- Business & Enterprise
- Exploring Practice Through Collaboration
- Practical Acoustics
- 2 option modules
- Financing Creativity
Year 3
- Final Project
- Answering a Creative Brief
- Audience Experience & Motivation
- Final Project
- Professional Portfolio
- 3 option modules
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Progression
Graduates can progress directly to employment in the recording industry, the live music industry, the film and TV industry, the audio post-production industry, and the education industry.