BA (Hons) Songwriting & Music Production at BIMM University

A joint honours degree for multi-skilled music professionals, combining studio production skills with songwriting technique across multiple genres. It covers practical studio engineering and software, writing in numerous styles, acoustic theory and answering professional briefs, with regular one-to-one tutorials. Taught at London, Brighton, Bristol, Birmingham and Manchester (course header also lists Berlin).

Faculty: BIMM Music Institute  |  Department: Joint Honours  |  Duration: 3 years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Brighton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1: The Creative Industries, Songwriting Techniques, Audio Capture Methods & Equipment, Creative Music Sequencing, Styles & Genres, Digital Arrangement for Songwriters and Multitrack Mixing. Year 2: Lyricism & Aesthetics, Studio Practice & Engineering, Songwriting & Arrangement, Commercial Songwriting Skills, Mix Techniques and Music Production in Context. Year 3: Final Project, Songwriting Specialism, Answering a Creative Brief, Contextualised Songwriting Techniques and Professional Portfolio plus options.

Career pathways

Employment in the recording industry, live music, film and TV, audio post-production and education.

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