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Welcome to BA Music Production 2023.

​​Our Music Production BA (Hons) is intended to prepare you for a growing, and ever-evolving industry which contributed £4.5 billion to the economy in 2018. The course is specifically designed to ready you for a range of potential avenues of music creation, for example working in the video game industry or in the world of live music or working as an educator. We aim to provide you with the broad range of transferable skills required to be a self-producing artist. You will develop a breadth of skills within the digital domain, the studio environment, and – perhaps most importantly – academically.​

Your Programme Leader

Mark Thursby playing the drums

Mark Thursby

Senior Lecturer in Music Production
mark.thursby@northampton.ac.uk

Welcome and Induction Sessions

To welcome you to Music Production BA (Hons) course, we have arranged a number of welcome and induction session before the start of term. Please make sure to attend all sessions.

  • This is your induction timetable for the week commencing 18 September, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact induction organiser Mark Thursby: ​​mark.thursby@northampton.ac.uk.​

    Monday 18 September

    • Session: Orientation. Introduction to the course, tour of the department, meet the staff, look at NILE, etc. Please make sure you attend.
    • Time: 10am-12pm
    • Location:  Development Hub, Music Department, Cliftonville Road, NN1 5FS

     

    • Session: Welcome: Intro to staff and course. Introduction to the course, tour of the department, meet the staff and your fellow students. Please make sure you attend.
    • Time: 1pm-3pm
    • Location:  Development Hub, Music Department

    Tuesday 19 September

    • Session: Studio session. A first look at our recording studio with Tony Platt/Mark Hutchinson. Please make sure you attend.
    • Time: 10am-12pm
    • Location: Development Hub, Mac Suite DH128

     

    • Session: Buddy up/Timetables. Meeting fellow students from years 2 and 3. Timetables, etc. Please make sure you attend.
    • Time: 1pm-3pm
    • Location: Development Hub, DH020

    Wednesday 20 September

    • Session: One-to-Ones. One-to-one chat with Programme Leader Mark Thursby, you’ll be allocated ½ hour slots. Please make sure you attend
    • Time: 10am-4pm
    • Location: Creative Hub, CH206

     

    • Also on Wednesday 20 September Students’ Union activities will be running across the campus. Please see the Students’ Union website. It will be updated in advance of Welcome Week with further information.

    Thursday 21 September

    • Session: Open Mic at the Waterside Bar. Come and play music. Please make sure you attend.
    • Time: 7pm-10pm
    • Location: The Waterside Bar and Restaurant

     

    • Students’ Union activities will also be running across the campus on Thursday 21 September. Please see the Students’ Union website. It will be updated in advance of Welcome Week with further information.

    Friday 22 September

    • Session: Open Mic at The Lab.  Open mic evening of DJ’ing, emcee, Grime, DnB etc. – come and emcee or DJ music. The date is TBC, we will let you know the exact date of this event on Monday 18 September
    • Time: 7pm-late
    • Location: The Lab, 95-97 Charles St, Northampton NN1 3BG

Equipment

  • A sturdy portable hard drive, suggesting 1TB storage.
  • Decent headphones, please avoid AirPods and ‘Beats by Dre’
  • Pen and paper!

Enhancing skills, building networks and engaging in the wider University community

  • We run a Jazz Club for the more advanced musicians
  • We have extensive connections with the town’s studios and venues, for live sound.
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