Urban Contemporary Music Production

Giving a label to music doesn't make sense. Every production is unique, and the best music is the one that crosses boundaries, reaching to an unexpected audience. This label was invented in the United States to (try to) define all those genres ranging from Hip-Hop to R'n'B and Soul, and everything in between.

To us this label is useful to represent more than the musical result; it's the whole approach to production, it's a culture defined by those producers that have given a new meaning to the role of producer, mainly using low-fi technologies like turntables, Akai MPC samplers, and more recently Propellerhead Reason and Ableton Live.

This course pays homage to people like Q-Tip, Dr.Dre,Timbaland, Pharrell Williams Kanye West, DJ Shadow, and countless others on both sides of the Atlantic, exploring these production techniques and showing the way for a new generation of talents.

Equipment used
Technics 1200, Pioneer CDJ, Propellerheads Reason, Ableton Live, Akai APC and MPC, Native Instruments Maschine, and much more.

Course outcome

At the end of the course you will have learnt and worked with a variety of equipment to produce your own beats; you will also have gained an understanding of the production techniques and the particular equipment involved in creating different styles of music.

Promotion and career development is also covered in the course, together with essential music business advice. With this knowledge you will have all the tools to produce, produce and produce some more, until your passion becomes your career.

Requirements: passion and patience

You don't need to own a computer or have any knowledge of music theory at this stage.

To succeed in this course you need to have a true passion for music production.

This is important: production! If your love for music is limited to see who's hot and who's not, and all you want to do is to be famous... this course is not for you.
You have to respect the hard work and the patience it takes to become really good at this. For everyone else there is X-Factor.

Summer only!
This course is four weeks long, and it runs only in July and August.

Schedule: Monday to Friday - 4 hours per day Three hours per day with a tutor plus one hour of additional practice.
Depending on which class you choose the lectures start at 10.30 in the morning or 3.30 in the afternoon. Contact our admissions office for more details and availability info.