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Duration
42 weeks
Tuition
$8,470
Ottawa
Sep 6-Jun 23
Commitment
Full-Time
Delivery
Classroom
Credential
Diploma
Year Founded
1967
Scholarships
no
With a condensed format of 42 weeks, the Music Industry Arts Ontario College Diploma program prepares you to start your music industry career. You learn how to work as a producer, engineer or music professional in today’s music industry.
As a student, you produce multi-track recordings in a real studio environment where you learn the full range of audio engineering and music production skills. Although the primary focus is on audio production, the program also has a significant focus on the business side of the music industry to assist artists and songwriters prepare for their career in a creative industry.
Discover the inner workings of recording and the business of music, which could help you further your music career. Experienced, industry-connected faculty prepare you to budget, schedule and prepare a business plan for a recording project.
During the program, you work in small studio lab classes to gain hands-on experience in the recording studio with guidance from an instructor. Individual time in the studio lets you experience what it is like to control your own recording session. You can use this time for your own projects, mastering the equipment or applying techniques learned in class.
What You’ll Learn
- Produce multi-track recordings in a professional studio environment utilizing a full range of audio engineering and music production skills.
- Operate and maintain multi-track recording systems and signal flow in a typical studio operation according to established procedures involved in music recording sessions.
- Budget, schedule and prepare a business plan for a recording project.
- Complete all work pertaining to business contracts, mechanical licensing, song publishing, copyright and synchronized licensing within legal guidelines.
- Record musical instruments including the voice by matching the characteristics of different types of microphones and various microphone techniques with a selected application.
- Produce professional music and post-production sound for TV and film using advanced skills with appropriate recording interface.
- Read and write music with an understanding of rhythm, intervals, chording and lead sheets.
- Assess the acoustical characteristics of a recording environment.
- Situate current work within historical and current trends in the music industry.
- Identify and apply discipline-specific practices that contribute to the local and global community through social responsibility, economic commitment and environmental stewardship.
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