If music is your passion, don’t hesitate to make it your career. Whether you’re a musician or a DJ or a music producer, chances are that there is a niche for you and good prospects if you are prepared to work hard and get the necessary training, says Janine Pedro of Boston City Campus & Business College. Boston runs a digital music production and DJ courses on behalf of Africa’s largest independent dance record label, Soul Candi.
“The South African Music Awards (SAMAs) held recently at Sun City showed the whole world that the music industry in SA is alive and well,” she says. “While the glitz and glamour are enticing, there is a lot of hard work behind the scenes . The music industry can offer real career opportunities.”
As with any career decision, the best is to investigate all the career options available in the music industry so that you can choose the one that suits your talents and abilities the best. The next step is to get the training that will open the doors to the career you have chosen.
You are still in time to register for Soul Candi music composition & production course as well as the DJ 101 course for the second semester. Mid-year intake registration for these courses closes on 30 June at nine of the Boston City Campus & Business College campuses namely Johannesburg central, Sandton, Pretoria, Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Bloemfontein and Umhlanga Rocks. Classes start in first week of July.
The digital music composition and production, one of a kind in Africa, seamlessly integrates modern music composition with all the latest music production techniques being used by the world’s best hit-making producers. The 10-month course gives you the skills you will need to enter the exciting and vibrant life of music production. The compulsory subjects are Music Production with Reason Software; Music Theory; Cubase and Audio Engineering Theory; and Advanced Production and Post Production. The minmun entry requirement is a Grade 10 Certificate and a hunger for success in the music industry. No previous knowledge of music or experience with any musical instrument required On successful completion of the course, students receive a Boston Short Learning Programme certificate in Digital Music Composition and Production.
The DJ 101 course runs for the duration of two months (8-weeks) and students attend class twice weekly - one practical lecture and one theory lecture per week. On the practical side, students get to grips with:
• The functionality of a professional turntable CD player
• Cueing and control
• Beat matching
• Using the headphones - monitoring
• Applications and functionality of a professional DJ mixer
• Bars & beats:
• Basic music structure
• Advanced music structure and selection
• Training your ear
• Manipulating the cycles, patterns and sequences within music
On the other hand, the theory component of the course covers the following topics:
• Knowing your equipment
• Defining and understanding the various styles/genres of music
• Defining and understanding the structure of music
• Understanding and manipulating the mixer
• The responsibilities of a professional DJ
Students receive a certificate upon successful completion of the course.
According to Pedro, the high-tech learning environment at Boston nourishes creativity and students are encouraged to find expression for their unique talents.
“We offer an exciting learning environment where hardware meets human ingenuity to create genre bending, dance floor shattering performances,” she says. “Many Boston graduates have advanced to amazingly successful careers in all aspects of media and in music we boast with quite a few famous names.”
To get a feel for the courses, speak to trainers and see the training equipment as well as enjoy demos and live performances by JustNative, PMProject, Vaalsow and DJ Cueber, go attend the open day at Boston City Campus & Business College at 130 Main Street, Johannesburg central on Friday 30 may between 10 h00 and 15h00.
For more information or to apply, contact Boston on 011 551-2000, e-mail info@boston.co.za, visit www.boston.co.za, or Facebook.
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