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UAL Level 2 Electronic Music and Sound Production – Music Performance & Production Diploma

Make tracks. Build beats. Learn the craft. This is where you turn a hobby into something more. You'll produce your own electronic music (EDM, Rap and beyond) using Logic Pro 11 in professional studios, record vocals and instruments with real microphones, and learn to mix like an engineer. No audition, no experience needed. Just bring your ideas and a willingness to work.

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How you’ll learn

From Your First Beat to a Finished Track.

This course is built around making real music. You’ll learn to use a Digital Audio Workstation (Logic Pro 11) to build tracks, create loops and patterns, and experiment with effects, synths and digital sounds. You’ll record a range of sounds, from Rap to sung vocals, using professional microphones, and learn to edit and arrange your audio like a working producer.

You’ll also learn to mix using effects and signal processors, and explore how music is actually produced in the electronic music industry. It’s practical, studio-based, and hands-on. You’ll finish the year with real production skills, a growing body of work, and a trip to a professional recording studio where you record your latest music.

What You'll Do

  • Create your own electronic music tracks
  • Build and customise loops, beats and samples
  • Use Logic Pro 11 to record, edit, arrange and mix music
  • Record vocals and instruments using professional microphones
  • Experiment with effects, synths and digital sounds

Skills You'll Develop

  • Electronic music production
  • Beat-making and sound design
  • Recording and editing audio
  • Creativity and problem-solving
  • Listening and improving your work
Entry and progression

What you need and where it leads

  1. Entry requirements
  2. This course Level 2
  3. Further study

Entry requirements

  • 4 GCSEs at Grade 3 ideally including English and Maths.
  • No audition and no previous experience — beginners are welcome
  • A genuine interest in creating electronic music and learning to produce
  • Successful interview with our team, where we’ll talk through your interest and goals

If you haven't yet achieved Grade 4 in Maths or English, you'll keep working towards them alongside your course, built into your timetable.

Not sure you meet these? Talk to us and we will help you find the right starting point.

Further study

Careers it can lead to

  • Sound Engineer £25,000 to £80,000 a year
  • Signed Electronic Music Artist £25,000 to £1,000,000 a year
  • Sound Designer £24,000 to £90,000 a year
  • Product Specialist £22,000 to £85,000 a year
Our facilities

Your Studio, Your Sound

Most of your time is spent in the studios making music, not sat in a classroom. The kit is a big part of the draw, and it's yours to work on.

  • Professional studios and kit

    Recording studios and mixing suites, professional microphones, and Logic Pro 11. The equipment is a big part of the draw, and it’s yours to work on.

  • A recording studio trip

    head to a professional recording studio to record your latest music.

  • Produce for live

    Collaborate with performance students to produce/record/mix in the recording studio.

  • Expert-led tuition

    learn from a tutor with over 30 years of industry experience, plus partnerships with Cafe Indie in Scunthorpe and 2Fly Recording Studios in Sheffield

Music Production (8)
Pro Studios · Logic Pro 11 · Studio Trip · 30+ Years' Industry Tutor
Lex Amarni

Lex Amarni

Music Production and Sound Engineering Level 3

Student Voice

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I started out here in the studios at North Lindsey. Now signed to a major label, I've had music played on BBC Radio 1, racked up over 40 million plays on Spotify, and had more than 3 million monthly listeners. What you start here at NLC can go a very long way.

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For parents and carers

Supporting your child’s journey

GCSE Support Built In

If your child needs to resit GCSE English or Maths, it's built into the timetable, not bolted on as an extra. They'll get structured support alongside their main course.

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More than a Hobby

This is a practical course. There's real theory and real craft to learn, and students have to work to earn the qualification. It's about turning a genuine interest into a real skill set that hones their craft and gives them great work-ready transferable skills.

Real Career Prospects

These qualifications lead to real jobs. Our courses are built around the skills that employers are actually hiring for, locally and nationally.

Your next step

Apply now, come and see us first, or ask us anything.

Ready to Make Tracks?

Applications for September 2027 are open. Apply online in 10 minutes.

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What happens after you apply

1

You apply

Apply online and you’ll get a confirmation email.

2

You meet your tutor

We’ll invite you to an interview to talk through the course and your plans, and make sure it’s right for you.

3

You get an offer

We’ll email you a conditional or unconditional offer.

4

You get ready to start

Come to a taster session in the summer, then enrol in August, bringing your results.

Read our full guide to applying