Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

LJMU Partner Taught

Learning Methods

Lecture

Practical

Seminar

Module Offerings

6701MUS-SEP-PAR

Aims

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

Learning Outcomes

1.
Propose, plan, present and publicise professional performance, songwriting, music creation, music production, and promotional outputs as appropriate to creative and professional aspirations.
2.
Maximise the available opportunities, manage the professional, commercial, legal, financial, stylistic, promotional, technical practices, frameworks and contexts relating to professional outputs, exercising initiative and personal responsibility.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:
The module provides students with the opportunity to focus on:

Employability
A strengthening of realistic employment and self-employment opportunities in relation to the student’s stated career ambitions.

Promotion
The development of promotional materials that further the student’s career prospects.

Contract and Copyright
A professional practitioner focused demonstration of the application and implementation of relevant legal and income generating activities related to the student’s portfolio career.

Budgeting and Accountancy
Demonstration of professional approaches to financial planning and management within a business context.
Module Overview:
Through this module, you explore how you will pursue your career ambitions as a professional musician. You review realistic employment and self-employment opportunities and create a professional portfolio which reflects these, whilst considering industrial factors, marketing, legal and budgetary considerations. To support your career prospects, you develop appropriate promotional materials. There is additional focus on financial planning and management, along with contracts and copyright and how these will impact on your work and ability to generate income.

Assessments

Portfolio