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Sort:Latest reviewsA well rounded course full of opportunities within the university. The uni is progressive in its methods and facilities however that is not at the expense of the degree course.
The college is a poor institution that treats its students with little respect. Despite having excellent facilities, they are redundant as are badly mainted and work to a terrible standard, pianos are often out of tune and amplifiers do not work, most of the acoustic instruments are years old and never serviced. The tutors can be extremely elitist and condescending to their students, and only students who become friends with tutors tend to do well. Students who do not subscribe to every tutors musicial phillosophy are severly punished for it in their marks. I have enjoyed my time here for social reasons and general musical reasons, however i have no enjoyed the course or the the majority of the tutors at all. Would not recommend.
I can't recommend this university highly enough. It is one of the few places that ask you questions instead of just giving you answers. The teaching staff come from a wide range of backgrounds, the facilites offer you the space and quality to grow as a musician, and the course itself (BA Hons Music (Production)) allows you to take control of what you want to do.
First year was not as productive as second year. LCM does seem to be lackign in some areas and be aware that students come from different musical background and need to cater their teaching styles accordingly.
I love being at LCM and surrounding myself with all forms of art and culture. It is such a contrast to where I was studying previously where music was not highly regarded upon.
Having worked full time for a few years it’s been great to get back to learning doing something that I love. It took me a while to get to grips with things but I feel happy that I’m on the right track and that I will achieve all the things I hoped to before I arrived. I definitely would recommend LCM if people are ready for University. If you have the right attitude and want to well you have everything you need to get the result you want.
I am so glad to be in a place where so many people my age are enthusiastic about music, all talented in their own way. Being in an environment like this encourages good competition, makes things challenging and worthwhile when you succeed at the end of your journey.
I just love being at lcom the. It's is vibrant and the classes are great, super informative and compelling. They focus on getting you out into work and networking and widening your horizons. It just has a great atmosphere.
I was impressed when seeing their amazing facilities, ensemble rooms, practice booths, etc. However, I have to say, I am really really extremely gutted when I started my course here. It was a huge disappointment. I decided to move to Leeds for the BA in Popular Music course at LCM, having come from a music college in London. First of all, offering no class in music theory and harmony is rather an odd thing for a specialist music institution. My first guitar workshop was held in the basement of a pub across the street?! And that workshop, for 1st year students, were to teach us how to recognise notes on the fretboards while they were expected to have at least grade 8 in their playing skill, but can't recognise what notes they're playing on the fretboard??!! I had 3 days of school per week, only 3 hours out of those 20, I get to use my guitar at school. For the first couple of weeks, the task for the weekly band practice session was just to come up with random riffs which the supervisors don't even care, and then go home without even remembering a bit of it. Tutors are inexperienced. One of the guys I had didn't seem to know much more than I do. 1-to-1 lessons are completely directionless with no specific curriculum. To make it short, I did not get what I expected, I did not get to learn any theory and harmony, I didn't get to improve my sight reading skill, I didn't get to practically learn to play the guitar, I didn't get to improve my aural & transcribing skills, etc. All you'd get there is endless boring lecture about different songs, how to analyse songs by listening to them, and how to successfully make money in the music industry, which the assignments are all about. PLEASE READ MY FULL REVIEW ABOUT LCM ON yelp.co.uk for the full story.
RE: BA Production course. Don't go here. It's oversubscribed - too many students needing to use too few studios and they are taking on more students. For £9,000 you get 20 teaching weeks - that's two 10 week terms. Thats it! Closed to HE students for the summer. You finish end of May. You're paying for 5 weeks off at Xmas and 5 weeks off at Easter. Website looks nice huh? The studios are not properly sound proofed and gear is constantly breaking down. There's practically no outboard gear. A few Drawmer Comps and Gates; some TC Multi effect units; there's four or so Audient 8024s. As an HE student you get access to two of them. But everyone wants access so you never get it. Oh, and you think you can get in during the holidays? Nah, they use the studios for assessments. The SSL desk is only available for 3rd years. You are expected to work in groups of half a dozen students that don't want to work together. You get two hours a week supposed tuition in a studio. You are a nuisance. He doesn't want to teach you. He will explain a bit then go off to do the register. Constantly checks his phone for outside work. You get musicianship three times a week with a whole load of students who don't read music. Then there's 'Working in the Creative Industries' - incredibly naff, generalised, teaching. You get a bit about copyright that you can get by reading the PRS website. We had some actress who had done a bit of music marketing! You get to watch the Dragons Den - like oooh, how insightful. Believe me, you will learn most of what you need to learn from Youtube. You get marked for self reflective journals and incredibly subjective pointless essay questions and teachers who grind through the same Powerpoint slides year in year out.
I was impressed when seeing their amazing facilities, ensemble rooms, practice booths, etc. However, I have to say, I am really really extremely gutted when I started my course here. It was a huge disappointment. First of all, offering no class in music theory and harmony is rather an odd thing. My first guitar workshop was held in the basement of a pub across the street?! And that workshop, for 1st year students, were to teach us how to recognise notes on the fretboards while they were expected to have at least grade 8 in their playing skill, but can't recognise what notes they're playing on the fretboard??!! I had 3 days of school per week, and only 3 hours out of those 20, I get to use my guitar at school. For the first couple of weeks, the task for the weekly band practice session was just to come up with random riffs which the supervisors don't even care how they sound like, and then go home without even remembering a bit of it. Tutors are rather inexperienced. One of the guys I had didn't seem to know much more than I do. 1-to-1 lessons are completely directionless with no specific curriculum. To make it short, I did not get what I expected, I did not get to learn any theory and harmony, I didn't get to improve my sight reading skill, I didn't get to practically learn to play the guitar, I didn't get to improve my aural
3.5
I found my experience both rewarding and enjoyable. The course has helped me master the skills I need to progress further with my career. Content matched up to what I wanted from the course