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POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE

Creative Music Production


Flexible online study with personal tuition

8-month part-time course


Accepting applications for January 13th, 2025 start.
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This Postgraduate Certificate in Creative Music Production is designed to give you the skills to take your music production and composition skills up to a professional standard, in a shorter timeframe than a full Masters degree.

You will cover three core skill areas needed by musicians and artists of all genres – songwriting and composition, music production, and mixing and mastering.

As a student on this certificate qualification, you will have access to many of the same resources as our Masters degrees student, including tuition from world-class working professionals, regular one-to-one tutorials, live webinars, and lifetime access to your course materials.

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RAISE YOUR CREATIVE AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

This Postgraduate Certificate (PG Cert) will help you level up your music production and songwriting skills, and cover the core skills delivered on our full MA Creative Music Production course.

You’ll study with world-class professionals: musicians, producers, artists and songwriters – and we’ll help take your music to a new level.

The course is designed to do two main things:

  • To raise the creative and technical quality of your tracks, with a focus on three main subject areas of composition, production, and mixing & mastering. You'll work on the application of music theory in a way that's relevant to you, and create tracks ready for the market.

  • To teach you to become more critically self-aware of the strengths and weaknesses of your own music and to collaborate with and exchange constructive criticism with other musicians, composers and songwriters.

We call this process reflect and refresh, a cycle of innovation and constant improvement that is familiar to all at the forefront of the industry.


TAUGHT BY working INDUStry PROFESSIONALS

Our teaching staff and mentors are all current working professionals, many involved at the highest level in the business.

We have access to a vast pool of talent from all over the world, so you can speak with tutors and gain insights from all areas of the music industry regardless of where they, or you, are based.

Here are a few of the many who will be giving you individual feedback, either in writing, during weekly one-to-one mentoring sessions, or at the student workshops. These are the people actually doing the teaching, and does not include guest lecturers.

How It Works

PHIL LARSEN

Producer, Mixer, Remixer (Kylie Minogue, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Moby)

Konstantine Pope 

Music Producer

Has worked with BBC, Ubisoft, ITV, Square Enix, Deep Silver & More

BILLY DECKER

Country Producer & Mixer (Billy Ray Cyrus, Sam Hunt, Chris Young)

IRWIN SPARKES

Songwriter (The Hoosiers, White Tail Falls)

CHRIS ROCKALL

Music Marketing & Promotion (Island Records, Universal/Motown)

Julie Elven

Soundtrack Vocalist & Musician (Horizon Forbidden West, World of Warcraft) 

Horizon Forbidden West
Gran Turismo

COURSE BREAKDOWN

This module sets the foundation upon which the rest of the course is built. It will introduce students to a new methodology of critical thinking with regards to their musical goals and how to achieve them through a process of consistent reflection, research, analysis, repetition and improvement.

"Being taught by industry professionals gives you knowledge you probably can't get in any other way. Not only is this inspiring, but it also gives you practical, applicable 'real world' knowledge. You learn how to work in professional situations and it gives you confidence."

Peter Micic, graduate

a schedule that fits around your life

This course is delivered over 8 months, but is built as a part-time schedule, meaning you do not need to compromise on your working life to complete this certificate.

The weekly workload will vary from student to student. We estimate anytime between 5 to 15 hours per week, depending on your rate of work and the strength of your skills when you first join. This time estimate includes every element of the course: live workshops, one-to-one tutorials, reading and watching the course materials, and time spent on assignment projects.


FinancING

Price for the whole degree:

£3,950

You will be invoiced in two instalments at the start of each of your two terms.

UK and International students pay the same. (For those paying in other currencies, the exact price is subject to exchange rate fluctuation).

PAY-AS-YOU-LEARN

We offer interest-free payment plans, where you can spread the cost of your course across the duration of your studies.

STUDENT LOANS

UK student loans are not available on a Postgraduate Certificate qualification, only on full Masters degrees (MA and MFA). 

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Unsure about studying online?

Concerned about feeling disconnected or lacking individual attention from home? Don't worry, our online music campus connects you with fellow students, industry alumni, tutors, and professionals across the globe. There's always someone to assist, offer advice, provide encouragement, or share work opportunities.

Discover what our degree alumni have to say about their connected experience with ThinkSpace, the friends they've made, and the networks they've built.

"I love the community. I've made friends for life and I look forward to working with many of them in the future."


accredited by Arts University Bournemouth

Your Postgraduate Certificate is accredited and awarded by our academic partner, Arts University Bournemouth (AUB). Home to the prestigious Bournemouth Film School – whose alumni include film director Edgar Wright (Baby Driver) and screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) – AUB is a public university on the south coast of England. Its history dates back to the 1880s.

AUB provide academic oversight across our degrees and academic qualifcations, which are subject to the same rigorous quality checks as degrees taught by all UK universities.

How to apply

To make an initial application you will need to fill out the application form, write a short cover letter and provide a few examples of your music or sound design. 

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"Am I good enough?"

We expect you to have a competent knowledge of one Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). You need to be able to write music fluently and productively. We anticipate students joining with flaws in their work, but we need you to have a strong starting point so we can help elevate you to a professional level.

We recommend booking a one-to-one chat with one of our course advisors. As ThinkSpace Masters graduates themselves, then can take al listen to some of your work and tell you where you stand.

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REGISTER FOR MORE INFORMATION

Register below to recieve further information by email, and get notified about upcoming online Open Days, events and deadlines.

Have a question? We'd love to hear from you.

+44 (0)1243 256049 (UK-based number)

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SCHEDULE A CHAT WITH A COURSE ADVISOR

We recommend booking an informal audio or video chat with one of our friendly course advisors. You can discuss your goals and time commitments, and learn about your different options for subjects, schedules and financing.

They can also review some examples of your music and let you know if you're ready for a Masters. If you're not quite there yet, they'll suggest some practical next steps.

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Frequently Asked Questions

For more FAQs, and more information please visit the Applications & FAQsStudent Finance and Study With ThinkSpace pages.