UAL Level 3 Diploma in Music Performance and Production

DEVELOPMENTS IN MUSIC TECHNOLOGY

Part 2

Unit 2 Critical Listening and Music Composition

Unit 3 Music Industry and Professional Practice

Unit 4 Critical and Contextual awareness for music performance and production

Hand Out Date: 18th October 2022

Hand In Date: 6th January 2023

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The Brief:

Develop music technology skills by completing the following industry-related tasks,

reflecting on industry practices, applying new skills and implementing current theories.

Task 1 – Song Reworks

Task 2 – Dialogue, Soundtracks and Soundscapes

Task 3 – Advertisement Music

These tasks put you in the scenario of working for a music production company, where
jobs and projects will vary and require both solo and team effort.

Task 1: Song Reworks

You must work towards recreating two songs, one individually and one as a team.
Analyse the musical structure, instrumentation and production techniques of both songs
and others in their genre.

Choose the song to recreate. The song you must recreate on your own must be a close
replica of the original and using only software instruments (vocals are not essential).

Decide within your group what song you will recreate. The song for the group project should
be reworked into a new genre using software instruments, audio tracks, and samples where
appropriate. This allows you to be creative and imaginative with both how the song is
arranged and the final mix.

Evidence to work towards: Audio files; evidence of context, planning and song analysis;
critical evaluations.

Task 2 – Dialogue, Soundtracks and Soundscapes

Your group is required to create an Audio Book. This will involve music compositions,
sound effects, and voice recordings.

The finished Audio book should be no shorter than 5 minutes and no longer than 10 minutes
in length.

Evidence to work towards: Finished bounced Audio Book (mp3); weekly group evaluations
(mp3s); a presentation of your research, planning and problem solving.

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Task 3 – Advertisement Music

You have been asked to submit a song for a movie trailer or television advert.

Your group will be given a video file of a television advert or movie trailer. You must re-
imagine and record an alternative soundtrack in an appropriate style. Aim for it to include
sound effects where appropriate and for it to be produced to a high standard.

Evidence to work towards: Completed advert with accompanying composition, mixed and
bounced to .mov file.

A presentation of: your understanding of context; the planning; problem solving undertaken;
and your critical evaluation of the project as a whole.

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UNIT 2,3,4 – Assessment and Grading Information

Where access to resources may become difficult, showing how you have worked towards an end result will
validate the submission.
Unit 2 Critical Listening and Music Composition:

L.O.1: Be able to analyse and research musical and production components in music performance.

L.O.2: Be able to analyse and research use of music composition.

L.O.3: Be able to apply and evaluate composition and critical listening skills.

Unit 3 Music Industry and Professional Practice:

L.O.1: Understand progression opportunities within the music performance and production sector.

L.O.2: Understand and apply health and safety within the context of music performance and production.

L.O.3: Be able to carry out roles and responsibilities consistent with professional practice.

Unit 4 Critical and Contextual awareness for music performance and production:

L.O.1: Understand critical perspectives that influence the analysis of music performance and production activities.

L.O.2: Understand the contexts within which music performance and production are positioned.

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THE MATRIX
Assignments will cover some of the different pillars of the matrix. Unit 8 will cover all of them. Refer to these
when completing all assignments.

Fail Satisfactory
Good Excellent

Work submitted fails to Work submitted meets all

Work submitted meets all Work submitted meets all
meet one or more of the of the assessment criteria
assessment criteria and is of a assessment criteria and is of a
assessment criteria and and is of a satisfactory
high standard very high standard
is of a poor standard standard

Understanding of subject Good understanding and Comprehensive understanding

Limited understanding
context used knowledge of subject context and knowledge of subject
of subject context,
Context appropriately to make used to make sound judgments, context used to communicate
lacking clarity in aims
judgments, describe aims articulate ambitions and clarify complex concepts, articulate
and purpose.
and clarify purpose. purpose. ambitions and clarify purpose.

Independently identified,
Thorough and sustained thorough and sustained
Little or no evidence Sufficient relevant
research and investigation of research and investigation of a
presented or information has been
relevant sources, interpretation range of relevant sources,
Research information does not gathered, documented and
and synthesis of information insightful interpretation and
relate sufficiently to used in the development
used to inform, support and synthesis of information used
task. of ideas.
develop ideas. to inform, support and develop
ideas.

Limited range of Adequate range of In depth understanding and

processes processes, skills and Consistent and appropriate aesthetic awareness,
Practical demonstrated, knowledge demonstrated. processes, skills and knowledge imaginative and flexible
Skills judgement and Competent execution and applied to extend enquiry and processes, skills and knowledge
execution of techniques application of techniques develop creative solutions. applied in extensive enquiry to
is poor. used to develop ideas. develop creative solutions.

Accomplished and professional

Clearly communicated Effective communication of
Insufficient evidence of communication of perceptive
evidence of valid analysis and interpretation,
Evaluation ongoing evaluation, lack analysis and interpretation,
evaluation and realistic independent synthesis of
And of or only basic analysis demonstrating clarity and
analysis independently information and application of
Reflection and little or no sophistication in thinking and
used to inform and reasoned decision making to
justification for ideas. maturity in decision making to
develop ideas. inform development of ideas.
progress ideas.

1. Context
What were the aims of each task? Why do you think you were asked to undertake them? (An introduction to
the project is required, where you must make it clear what is expected of you).

2. Research
What research did you undertake? How was this used? (All your research, with referencing if applicable,
should be presented. Each part of the research should have clear indication as to how and where it was used,
and how effective it was).

3. Practical Skills
What skills and knowledge did you demonstrate throughout the process? (This could take the form of a ‘how-
to’ guide. Use diagrams and easy to follow instructions on how you have used particular software and other
recording techniques).

4. Evaluation and Reflection

How did evaluation allow you to progress throughout the process? (Evaluations of projects are not only
required at the end of a process. Continual analysis should take place in order to inform each new phase. Ask
‘how can I achieve better results?’).

*Should access to resources become difficult, showing how you have worked towards an end result will
validate the submission.