MA Music Production
dBs Institute
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Develop advanced music production skills and prepare for a professional career in the audio industry. This music production masters degree combines technical expertise, creative development, and industry-focused learning to help you succeed as a music producer.Course OverviewAdvance your career as a professional music producer through intensive studio work, professional development, and industry-focused learning. Our MA Music Production combines advanced music production techniques with ...Read more

Develop advanced music production skills and prepare for a professional career in the audio industry. This music production master's degree combines technical expertise, creative development, and industry-focused learning to help you succeed as a music producer.

Course Overview

Advance your career as a professional music producer through intensive studio work, professional development, and industry-focused learning. Our MA Music Production combines advanced music production techniques with essential business knowledge, preparing you for success in today's music industry.

You will learn how to enhance your music production skills, carefully refining your approaches to become more productive, and gain a highly sophisticated understanding of the mixing and mastering process. You will have opportunities to explore new or established areas of your creative practice, pushing boundaries and achieving innovative results. You will also focus on your development as a professional music producer, focusing on exploiting opportunities and planning your career, leading on to a large scale creative project in which you will choose a specialist focus.

Why choose this course?

  • Professional Production Skills: Develop advanced techniques in our industry-standard studios, with expert guidance on both creative and technical aspects of production
  • Specialist Focus: Shape your studies around your career goals through flexible modules and a self-directed final project
  • Industry Integration: Connect with active professionals through our guest lecture program, featuring insights from successful producers, engineers, and music industry experts
  • Business Ready: Build essential knowledge in project management, client relationships, and marketing strategies for a sustainable career
  • Creative Community: Work alongside fellow producers and audio professionals at one of of our specialist campuses in Bristol, Manchester, and Plymouth

In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from industry experts through regular guest lectures and have access to our video archive of past guest speakers. This course is taught by dBs Institute and awarded by Falmouth University

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Benjamin
01 Mar 25

I love the intemecy of the Manchester sight. I feel the tutors have a lot of time for us and the capacity to help take us forward on our individual paths. Plus the facilities are..Read more

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Nikita
28 Feb 25

The facilities and the teachers I've experienced with in lectures are fantastic, however student feedback or changes feel like they need improving on in speed, especially..Read more

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Entry requirements

We welcome applicants with varied qualifications, but typically you'll need an undergraduate degree in a related discipline. Our typical applicants hold an undergraduate degree of 2:2 or above, or equivalent experience.

We'll also welcome your application if you have formal or 'certified' learning (such as training courses not run by universities or colleges) and learning from work experience or self-study. This is called Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL), and should have been gained within the last five years, and be equivalent to the learning outcomes of our minimum entry qualifications.

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£10,500 per year

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This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)

£10,500 per year

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This is the fee you pay if the University is not in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)

£10,500 per year

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Benjamin
01 Mar 25
I love the intemecy of the Manchester sight. I feel the tutors have a lot of time for us and the capacity to help take us forward on our individual paths. Plus the facilities are...
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Nikita
28 Feb 25
The facilities and the teachers I've experienced with in lectures are fantastic, however student feedback or changes feel like they need improving on in speed, especially...
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dBs Institute
2 Mitchell Lane Bristol BS1 6BU United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Bristol Temple Meads  0.1 miles away
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