Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Popular Music Performance and Music Business - Bass and Music Business

Nurture a creative flair for music while developing useful skills as an entrepreneur with the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Popular Music Performance and Music Business degree. This course is ideal for those looking to self-manage a band or project, release material, develop a live presence, and expand horizons.

Throughout the course, the focus will be on performance, technique, musicianship, artist management, releasing music, live music, music publishing, and marketing. These topics ensure that students have all the tools needed to become successful musicians with a detailed understanding of how the business works. Day-to-day learning will take place in large live rooms, smaller studio settings, and lecture-based classrooms.

Experienced, inspiring, and sought-after lecturers will guide students through the three years. Additionally, the course can be refined through optional modules. These modules allow for specialization in areas such as creative performance, session skills, songwriting, technology, composing, arranging, recording, teaching, and research. By the end of the course, graduates will have a portfolio of work that equips them with the skills and drive to succeed in a fast-moving and competitive creative environment.

Students will have access to unrivalled work experience opportunities, enabling them to develop hands-on industry knowledge through placements and internships in a wide range of roles and organizations.

Overall, this creative and rigorous program encourages students to take full advantage of opportunities in live performance, the recording industry, self-management and DIY, music and media, digital distribution, music education, and other aspects of the dynamic and expanding music industry.