This diploma course will provide students with opportunities to develop skills in live sound concert production, studio recording and mixing techniques. Students will have access to a live production venue, recording studios and industry standard software to develop their craft. Students will also network with like-minded sound production and music students to forge a future career. The course will hone skills in live sound production installation and mixing, studio recording, editing and mixing as well as sound design, lighting and the business of working in creative industries. The Bachelor of Creative Industries (Contemporary Music Practice) aims to give students a thorough grounding in 21st Century contemporary music practice. It covers music composition, performance, and theory, with embedded analytical studies of historical, cultural and technological applications in commercial contexts. It focuses on the nurturing and developing of a holistic, creative and entrepreneurial approach to music making, in order to prepare the student with the best chance of success in a highly competitive and global marketplace.