Welcome to the BA (Hons) Commercial Music Digital Showcase. The creative outputs presented below are derived predominantly from 3rd Year and 4th Year Honours projects, which have been selected to celebrate student success and creativity in the academic year 2020-21.
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COURSE DETAILS
The degree is aimed at songwriters, producers and DJs, and those wishing to run small record companies or to stage live events. You will work with UWS staff and visiting lecturers, who are themselves practising music industry professionals, and you'll make key contacts across the music industry.
Whether you are interested in a career in music promotion, tour management, sound engineering and production or performance, this degree will prepare you for success in the fast-changing modern music business.
Commercial Music: 3rd Year
Commercial Music: 3rd Year
Advanced Songwriting and Performance.
Advanced Songwriting and Performance.
2020/21 saw students move online to complete the collaborative songwriting module, Advanced Songwriting and Performance. This module requires responding to conceptual songwriting tasks set by industry professionals and lecturers. Students are also required show professional performance techniques and understanding of broader industry practice. Where the University would usually facilitate a performance for the students on-campus, this year the students transferred their skills to creating live video performances, emulating the digital hybridity of the live music landscape of 2021. Here are some highlights....
Ryver Wild and and Niall Gibson
Ryver Wild and and Niall Gibson
Wave
Eva Dodds, Ryver Wild and Ronan Patterson
Eva Dodds, Ryver Wild and Ronan Patterson
Teleaudio
Eimhin Hudson and Matt Robertson
Eimhin Hudson and Matt Robertson
Love is For the Loveless
Natalie Mollon and Liam Tierney
Natalie Mollon and Liam Tierney
This is Our Summer
Rebekah Kirk (Winner- Songwriting Award) and Luke Colville
Rebekah Kirk (Winner- Songwriting Award) and Luke Colville
Alive
Niamh Temporal and Stephen Gethin
Niamh Temporal and Stephen Gethin
Down by Eilean Donan
Eve Huber and Matt Robinson
Eve Huber and Matt Robinson
Water
You can watch the full list of Advanced Songwriting and Performance Collaboration videos here...
You can watch the full list of Advanced Songwriting and Performance Collaboration videos here...
Edited by: Andrea Costa and Becci Wallace
Featuring: Ciaran Aitken, Daryn Blackburn, Andrew Booth, Luke Colville, Eva Dodds, John Gallacher, Stephen Gethin, Niall Gibson, Jack Graham, Megan Green, Eve Huber, Eimhin Hudson, Rebekah Kirk, Sophie, Livingston, Shannon Loughlin, Sean Lowrie, Kieran McCann, Daniel McGrillen, Jonathan Meagher, Joseph Miskimmins, Natalie Mollon, Heather Muir, Becky ODonnell, Ronan Paterson, Onnagh Redmond, Matthew Robertson, Jordan Stewart, Shannon Sullivan, Niamh Temporal, Liam Tierney, Ryver Wild, Henry Wilson
Advanced Songwriting and Performance
Advanced Songwriting and Performance
Online Showcase
Advanced Music Production
Advanced Music Production
This module is a development of the creative skills and techniques required for a holistic / corporate approach to music product design and implementation. With an emphasis on the manifestation of a product and appropriate promotion to suit an opportunity students have identified in the marketplace.
Shared Echoes Online Art Exhibition- Alyssa Smillie
Shared Echoes Online Art Exhibition- Alyssa Smillie
Shared Echoes is an initiative aimed at forming connection through art and music during this time of isolation.
Shared Echoes is an initiative aimed at forming connection through art and music during this time of isolation.
SE's upcoming online exhibition seeks to celebrate Glasgow based artists and raise money for the Emergency Art Workers Support Fund
SE's upcoming online exhibition seeks to celebrate Glasgow based artists and raise money for the Emergency Art Workers Support Fund
Monochrome Music Media- Jamie Logan
Monochrome Music Media- Jamie Logan
Monochrome Music Media is a Blog/Podcast with a centric focus on providing up and coming Emo and Post-Hardcore bands within the Alternative Umbrella more exposure. Bringing you the Music in Black & White!
Monochrome Music Media is a Blog/Podcast with a centric focus on providing up and coming Emo and Post-Hardcore bands within the Alternative Umbrella more exposure. Bringing you the Music in Black & White!
Braw Gals in Music- Jordan Stewart
Braw Gals in Music- Jordan Stewart
Jordan's social network and blog, featuring women's voices from across the Scottish Music Industry won the UWS 2020/21 Enterprise award.
Jordan's social network and blog, featuring women's voices from across the Scottish Music Industry won the UWS 2020/21 Enterprise award.
Kilmedia- Kyle Roberts
Kilmedia- Kyle Roberts
Audio and Video production for Scottish bands/artists to perform and allow for further engagement with a broader, online audience during the Covid-19 pandemic
Audio and Video production for Scottish bands/artists to perform and allow for further engagement with a broader, online audience during the Covid-19 pandemic
Hanging by a Thread: Ep Release Project - Liam Tierney
Hanging by a Thread: Ep Release Project - Liam Tierney
Liam James debut single from his upcoming EP 'Not Dead Yet'
Liam James debut single from his upcoming EP 'Not Dead Yet'
Lyrics written by Liam James
Composed by Liam James & Nathan Kirkwood
Recorded by - Liam James
Mixed and Mastered by - Kieran Greig
Lyric video created by - Scott Rudd Films
Commercial Music 4th year
Commercial Music 4th year
Creative Music Project
Creative Music Project
Creative Music Project is a level 10 Module, which encourages students to explore, develop and deliver an informed and substantial creative work. The module recognizes the hybrid nature of BA (Hons) Commercial Music, providing an opportunity to produce work that develops the range of themes and skills previously explored through the optional and core modules of the degree working towards a fully realized expression of students personal and creative identity.
Projects fall into a range of disciplines including;
Performance
Production
Cultural Entrepreneurship
Participatory Arts
Creative Music Project is also intended to contribute to students general portfolio of work, encourage them to operate out with the cultural “mainstream” and to impress upon future employers the value of artistic creativity as one of the most important key skills.
Here are some highlights of student work in 2020/21.
BurdSong- Emma Carr-Martin
BurdSong- Emma Carr-Martin
Winner of this years SWIM 'Making Waves' Award, Emma Carr-Martin's BurdSong explores DV survivor stories through the allegory of bird stories, folk-tales and songs.
Winner of this years SWIM 'Making Waves' Award, Emma Carr-Martin's BurdSong explores DV survivor stories through the allegory of bird stories, folk-tales and songs.
The Shout Now Podcast- Mike Scott
The Shout Now Podcast- Mike Scott
A monthly podcast where Mike Scott sits down with a guest to discuss their favourite new music released by Scottish artists that month.
Bethanie Ferrie
Bethanie Ferrie
Bones
Modern Sonder
Modern Sonder
Don't Look Down Now
Pipe Band Drumming in a Box - Fergus Bryce
Pipe Band Drumming in a Box - Fergus Bryce
Winner of the Creative Music Project Award 2020/21 Fergus Bryce's interactive learning activities for primary school children are based on the 'Curriculum for Excellence' experiences and outcomes, focusing on Scottish culture and its place in the world by utilising the art-form of pipe band drumming.
Winner of the Creative Music Project Award 2020/21 Fergus Bryce's interactive learning activities for primary school children are based on the 'Curriculum for Excellence' experiences and outcomes, focusing on Scottish culture and its place in the world by utilising the art-form of pipe band drumming.
Optic Noise- Olivia McCosh
Optic Noise- Olivia McCosh
A visual collaborative music project which aims to celebrate creatives
A visual collaborative music project which aims to celebrate creatives
In Your Eyes- Optic Noise
In Your Eyes- Optic Noise
Grieving as Sound- Andrew Bates
Grieving as Sound- Andrew Bates
Grieving as Sound is a self-contained production project that puts Kubler-Ross’ model of the 5 stages of grief into a sonic form. The project is in the form of a 5 track EP, where each of the 5 stages (denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance) has its own song that emulates the specific feelings and emotions through careful choice of instrumentation, sound effects and lyrics. Each song transitions seamlessly into the next and can be played as 1 piece of work, rather than 5 separate songs.
Grieving as Sound is a self-contained production project that puts Kubler-Ross’ model of the 5 stages of grief into a sonic form. The project is in the form of a 5 track EP, where each of the 5 stages (denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance) has its own song that emulates the specific feelings and emotions through careful choice of instrumentation, sound effects and lyrics. Each song transitions seamlessly into the next and can be played as 1 piece of work, rather than 5 separate songs.
I Consumed the Earth- Molly Gribble (MEG)
I Consumed the Earth- Molly Gribble (MEG)
'I CONSUMED THE EARTH’, is a conceptual EP based on the structure of Shostakovich 7th symphony written about the siege of Leningrad 1941, exploring the impact of human nature on the planet
'I CONSUMED THE EARTH’, is a conceptual EP based on the structure of Shostakovich 7th symphony written about the siege of Leningrad 1941, exploring the impact of human nature on the planet
The Front Man- Jack Graham
The Front Man- Jack Graham
Jack Graham's “The Front Man” is mockumentary , which follows the lead singer of a band in the days leading up to the release of their debut album. The audience are invited to witness the ‘behind the scenes’ and innerworkings of a modern band, in which we are exposed to the clear opposing values between the front man and the rest of the band.
Jack Graham's “The Front Man” is mockumentary , which follows the lead singer of a band in the days leading up to the release of their debut album. The audience are invited to witness the ‘behind the scenes’ and innerworkings of a modern band, in which we are exposed to the clear opposing values between the front man and the rest of the band.
One Day At a Time- Max Campbell
One Day At a Time- Max Campbell
One Day at a Time is a multi-genre concept album and visual piece exploring the struggles of mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and dissociation.
One Day at a Time is a multi-genre concept album and visual piece exploring the struggles of mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and dissociation.
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