UAL Level 2 Diploma in Music Performance and Production

DEVELOPMENTS IN MUSIC TECHNOLOGY Part 2

Unit 2 Introduction to Music Production

Unit 3 Listening Skills for Music Performance and Production

Unit 4 Exploring Music Composition

Hand Out Date: 17th October 2023

Hand In Date: 5th January 2024

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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 show you are working 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 show working towards: Audio files; evidence of context,
planning and song analysis; critical evaluations.

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

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 show working 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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Learning Outcomes
Where access to resources may become difficult, showing how you have worked towards an end result will
validate the submission.

Unit 2 Introduction to Music Production:

LO1. Understand roles and responsibilities in the production of a music performance.

1.1 Research and record a range of roles and responsibilities in support of a music
performance.

1.2 Identify issues that affect the health and safety of performers and production.

1.3 Assess the effectiveness of personal characteristics in supporting a music performance.

Unit 3 Listening Skills for Music Performance and Production:

LO1: Identify the different musical elements of musical performances.

1.1 Select and compare a range of musical performances and elements.

LO2: Identify the different sonic elements of music productions.

2.1 Select and compare a range and application of sonic elements within production.

Unit 4 Exploring Music Composition:

LO1: Understand basic music composition structure and context.

1.1 Select and compare a range of compositions to communicate to a specified audience.

LO2: Be able to use basic music composition to communicate ideas.

2.1 Compose and assess the effectiveness of a composition to a specific audience.

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

Insufficient research Thorough and sustained research

Sufficient research Thorough research and
and investigation and investigation of relevant
and investigation of investigation of relevant
evidenced. Little or no sources. Accomplished and
Research relevant sources, sources, coherent use of
information from considered interpretation of
information used to information used to inform
relevant sources used information used to inform,
inform ideas. and develop ideas.
to inform ideas. develop and extend ideas.

Ineffective or
Realistic planning and Effective planning, Detailed and effective planning
unrealistic planning
organisation. organisation and subject and organisation, commitment
Planning And and poor
Satisfactory engagement evidenced. and subject engagement
Production organisation. Task or
production against Efficient production evidenced. Substantial production
tasks incomplete
timescales. against timescales. against timescales.
against timescale.

Limited use of
Competent
processes, application
demonstration of Considered and capable
of skills or knowledge
processes and demonstration of Accomplished demonstration of
Practical Skills demonstrated, few or
application of skills processes, application of processes, skills and knowledge
and no alternative ideas
and knowledge used skills and knowledge used used to develop alternative ideas
Presentation and poor
to develop and to develop ideas and and present creative solutions.
presentation.
present creative present creative solutions.
solutions.

Inadequate evaluation Sufficient evaluation

Effective evaluation clearly Perceptive evaluation and
or insufficient with evidence of
Evaluation communicated and interpretation, demonstrating
evidence of ongoing ongoing assessment
And applied to make reasoned clarity in thinking and decision
assessment of ideas of ideas used to
Reflection decisions and inform the making used to inform and
limiting progress and inform progress and
development of ideas. progress ideas.
development. development.

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