Music in Our TiMe
Everything HSDC has to offer If you are as much of a music fanatic as I am, then I am willing to bet that you have contemplated taking a music course for college. This is a fantastic idea. The Havant and South Downs campuses both offer a range of music studies, depending on what you would like to study. At the Havant campus they offer a music A-Lev- el, meaning that you would need at least five GCSEs at a grade four or above and some previous knowledge of music theory and practice. South Downs offers two separate music courses, one for production and one for performance. Both are Vocational courses and require five GCSEs at a grade 3 and need a good enough knowl- edge of your instrument to be able to rehearse with a band, or be able to set up mics, work a soundboard etc. Speaking with Tom Hazel who runs the Music Per- formance course at South Downs campus , he told me what it has to offer for an aspiring musician“Well, there are two different routes you can go down. There is the Production route, in that people don’t often play {in- struments} because that is how to create music.” He also said that in the Production route they focus on comput- er software music, as well as learning how to manage and produce songs, using different appliances to work with vocals and sounds. He added, “There is the performance route and what’s common here is that students specialise in improving on their instruments, rehearsing, playing gigs.” He went on to say “Also alongside that they learn how to com- pose music and how to get that music into the public via social media and the internet. In addition, how to launch their own albums and artwork and how to be an independent artist.” Tom went on to say that, “you will also look at URL, the understanding of context of the music, where it was socially in the time, politically, etc. And you would have to anazalize the music, talk about it in a musical context.” Concluding with our interview, we spoke about the production side of the course and what goes on in that area. “Now on the production side, there is no need to perform but they spend a lot more time in the stu- dio, recording, producing music. So they can produce anything from heavy to folk music, but a lot of them are producing EDM, electronic dance music, some are into rap, so there is quite a variant of the production students as well.
“I would say that AMP/HSDC is the only choice in the south of England where potential students will receive an innovative, inspiring and credible music understanding through lectures that have had real time experience of the industry and its working first hand, experience of the creative industries/ music industry that will enable them to identify, develop and flourish as future music practitioners across multiple career platforms within the indus- try. It’s also an incredible amount of fun.” So, there you have it! If you are interested in work- ing in the music industry, or you just simply want to know more about it all, HSDC is the place for you. With friendly course leaders, an excellent atmosphere, a clear and detailed vision of what you will be learning while on the course. I hope this helps aid you in trying to find the right course that fits you!
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