Vocational Training
Teachers teach that knowledge waits
...And goodness hides behind its gates.
Bob Dylan - It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)-
Computer Music Technology
- Date: 2004-5
- Provider: School of Sound Recording
- Location: Manchester, UK
- Qualification: Level 3 Advanced Diploma (equivalent to BTEC National Diploma)
A one-year training course covering computer music creation, studio recording, engineering, mixing, mastering and production. Audio software used in the course included:
- Steinberg Cubase SX3
- Propellerhead Reason
- Steinberg Wavelab
- Digidesign ProTools
The course also dealt with many aspects of the music industry, such as:
- Label Management
- Copyright & Licenses
- Publishing
- Royalties
- Tour Management
- Artist Promotion
In conjunction with the course, I attended regular music industry seminars organised by the Music Manager's Forum and the Manchester City Music Network.
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Web Design & Development
- Date: 2001-4
- Provider: Manchester College of Arts & Technology
- Location: Manchester, UK
- Qualifications: Certificates at Level 2, 3 & 4 (equivalent to GCSE, A-Level & Higher National Certificate, respectively)
A series of courses on specific areas of design and development, each lasting between 10 and 20 weeks. Courses included:
- XHTML hand-coding & Macromedia Dreamweaver
- Design with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- Creating content management systems with PHP and MySQL databases
- Fundamental & object-oriented JavaScript
- Macromedia Flash ActionScript
- ASP programming
- Advanced Adobe Photoshop techniques
- Macromedia Fireworks for design & interactivity
- Adobe Illustrator
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Desktop Publishing & Graphic Design
- Date: 2000-1
- Provider: Manchester College of Arts & Technology
- Location: Manchester, UK
- Qualification: Level 4 (equivalent to Higher National Certificate)
A four-month course covering design technique and application. Software packages Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Quark Express were used.