BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance
Take your passion for playing and performing skills to the next stage - join Solent’s community of creatives and learn from a dedicated team of professional musicians, composers and producers.
Robert Franklin
Robert has a career building on the skills he gained studying digital music and talks about how Solent helped prepare him for his work.
Favourite Solent memory?
My favourite Solent memory was in the second year, performing with Adam Long and Tom Freeth for the live performance unit. It helped solidify a friendship that has continued after Solent.
Tell us a little about your career story so far
The visual media units on the BA (Hons) Digital Music course made me realise that I enjoy creating music for films. This has led to freelance opportunities which I am continuing to work on.
University prepared me for my career by helping me refine my skills and discover which path within digital music I wanted to take.
What’s been your career highlight?
My career highlight so far was working with a large UK company to create music for their online media campaign.
Tell us about what you're doing now and what it involves – a typical working day
I am now creating music for digital media in a freelance environment. From a home studio, my typical day consists of working to a deadline. This means that I am able to choose my own working hours which, although good, can lead to some late nights!
What tips would you give to someone wanting a career in your industry?
There are points in music where you sit in front of a blank screen or a piece of music that you don’t like and want to tear your hair out. Being able to work through these moments is the key to creating the work that will help you progress in this industry.
Start making your own waves
BSc (Hons) Popular Music Production
Produce the perfect sounds in cutting-edge studios and collaborate with the community of creatives out of Southampton’s vibrant music scene.
BA (Hons) Popular Music Performance and Production
Play and produce your tracks. Combining performance techniques and studio recording skills, using digital and analogue studios, this degree is ideal to help launch your career in the music industry.
