Module Details
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Title Self-management for the music industries
Code MUSI319
Coordinator Dr M Flynn
Music
Mathew.Flynn2@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2023-24 Level 6 FHEQ First Semester 15

Aims

To present a practice-based portfolio that identifies opportunities for creating self-employment within the music industries with specific reference to industrial, marketing, legal, and budgetary objectives and constraints.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Understand the professional, commercial, legal, financial and promotional practices, frameworks and contexts in which musicians and music industry practitioners operate.

(LO2) Research, design and produce industry standard marketing and promotional materials to publicise their own musical projects.

(LO3) Identify and target relevant audiences, customers, markets, industry bodies and potential employers as part of a portfolio career.

(S1) Learning and Study Skills

(S2) Research Skills

(S3) Information and Digital Literacy

(S4) Employability Skills

(S5) Writing Skills

(S6) Applied Skills

(S7) Maths Skills

Syllabus
 

Employment
A firming up of realistic self-employment opportunities in relation to the students' stated career ambitions

Marketing and Promotion
The development of strategies and materials that further the students' employment prospects

Contract and Copyright
A professional practitioner focused demonstration of the application and implementation of all relevant legal and income generating activities related to the students' portfolio career

Budgeting and accountancy
Demonstration of professional approaches to financial planning and management within a business context

Teaching and Learning Strategies

A blend of 12 weekly 2-hour lectures and 1-hour seminars with additional online content that support the development of the portfolio content that is agreed via learning contract between the student and tutor.

Across the 12 weeks there are 12.5 hour per week of learning hours. 3 hours per week are scheduled in class, with an additional 5 hours per week allocated to completing unscheduled self-directed seminar tasks that build toward portfolio completion. The remaining 4.5 hours of study a week are for further reading, practical engagement with the music industry and additional time to work on portfolio development and completion.

Attendance is recorded at the lecture and seminar.

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 24

 12

         36
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 114
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
A Portfolio of work that represents professional level of self-management music activity. There is a resit opportunity. The portfolio cannot be anonymously assessed. The portfolio is summatively a  0    100       

Recommended Texts
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