The short answer is yes – more than ever. The media industry is growing rapidly and almost every piece of new content requires music so there is more work about than ever. But the need to truly understand the market, your customers and deliver unique distinctive music has never been more crucial. That’s where a film scoring Masters degree comes …
If you were unable to attend our Open Day on April 1st, then here you can catch up on everything you missed! If you did attend, you’ll already be aware of some of the ways we’re building on our postgraduate degrees courses and the exciting new content we have coming throughout this year. Below you’ll find the recorded livestreams of …
This is Part 2 of our ‘Getting Started in 2021’ blog. This is from a great conversation we had with Lewis Evans of ‘Black Country, New Road’ last year, discussing his and the bands entry into the music industry. If you want to check out the first part of this chat, click here. Video – Interview with Lewis Evans and …
IntroductionGetting into composition can be daunting. Firstly, it can be a pretty big investment but even just figuring out what you need and where your money is best spent can be difficult. Here we will be looking at the top 5 things every composer needs to get up and running. This is somewhat focused on orchestral composition, but the vast …
The ProblemThe last 20 years has been a rollercoaster ride for the music industry. Physical sales fell off a cliff, and piracy took great white shark-sized bites out of what used to be called profit before Spotify came to the rescue…sort of. Music businesses are often run by people who are passionate about music, which is absolutely essential. Unfortunately, that …
Welcome to Music Industry Monthly. In this series we are having conversations with leading experts in the contemporary music industry. This is for those of you who are interested in developing careers in music management, marketing, promotion, and many other related careers in music business. In this episode we are speaking with Lewis Evans, the saxophonist of the Mercury Prize …
Welcome to Music Industry Monthly. In this series we are having conversations with leading experts in the contemporary music industry. This is for those of you who are interested in developing careers in music management, marketing, promotion, and many other related careers in music business. This is Part 2 of our first episode, where we are looking at a mish …
Welcome to Music Industry Monthly. In this series we are having conversations with leading experts in the contemporary music industry. This is for those of you who are interested in developing careers in music management, marketing, promotion, and many other related careers in music business. We will be releasing follow up blogs with more interviews and texts, so stay tuned …
Part Three: Vincent’s ThemeThis is Part 3 in our harmonic investigation of music from Final fantasy VII. If you haven’t checked out Part 1 click the link HERE, and for Part 2 click HERE Continuing the trend, we shall be examining the theme music used for specific characters from the game, and seeing what we can learn. This week: Vincent’s …
Part Two: Tifa’s ThemeThis is Part 2 in our harmonic investigation of music from Final fantasy VII. If you haven’t checked out Part 1, click the link HERE. Continuing the trend, we shall be examining the theme music used for specific characters from the game, and seeing what we can learn. This week: Tifa’s theme. In last week’s blog about …
Part One: Aerith’s ThemeWith the imminent release of the Final Fantasy VII remake (finally!), it now seems like an appropriate time to look back to the original and see what we musicians can learn from the soundtrack. As evidenced by sell-out concerts of the ‘Distant Worlds’ symphony orchestra performances, as well as appearances on classical radio stations like Classic FM …
An Analysis and Review by Lois MuglestonCaptain Marvel is the first in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series to be led by a female protagonist. Alongside this, it is the first to have a female director, Anna Boden, and the first major action film to be scored by a woman since Shirley Walker scored Memoirs of an Invisible Man in 1992. The …
Coming across a solo guitar rendition of the song ‘Lonesome Town’ in the Red Dead Redemption 2 soundtrack initially struck me as a little odd. The game is set in 1899, but here is a song from the 1950s, composed by Baker Knight and made famous by Ricky Nelson in 1958 (you may know it from the Pulp Fiction soundtrack). …
A Short Lesson On The Nature Of SoundUnderstanding the overtone series may seem at first to be a little abstract, and to an extent it is. But there is a beautiful mathematical simplicity to it that explains so much about the nature of music and sound, and it is worth your time learning to understand it. As you may or …
