Popular Music Production with Foundation Year in Popular Music BSc (Hons)

Got a passion for music production? Hoping to pursue a music degree here at Solent University? This year-long popular music production foundation programme is structured to equip you with the broad range of production skills you’ll need to progress onto a full degree.Students will spend the year building production skills and industry awareness, working alongside our experienced course team on a range of different equipment. Available facilities include:five recording studios and four mix workstations, all equipped with Pro|Tools HD and NI Komplete,three ICON DCommand worksurfaces,an analog studio with Audient ASP8024,outboards by Neve, Lexicon and Universal Audio,microphones by Neumann, AKG, Coles, Rode,plug-ins by Waves, McDSP, Sonnox,Yamaha M7 and LS9 digital live mixers,and a Music Technology Lab with 25 Apple Macs, Pro Tools, Logic and Sibelius.Students are encouraged to pursue industry work experience throughout the course, and Solent University is ideally located for students to take advantage of the city’s thriving music scene.In the second semester, students will have the opportunity to tailor the course to their own career ambitions, undertaking an assessed live sound production, studio recording project or music production project.Students build a broad knowledge of music production, studio recording and live sound engineering.If you successfully complete the foundation year, you automatically progress onto the BSc (Hons) Popular Music Production course.