If your heart lies in songwriting, this is the profile for you. You’ll write strong melodies, lyrics and complete songs. You probably play guitar or piano – but also see your laptop as your instrument. Here you’ll learn how to turn your songs into fully realised productions.
It is helpful if you play an instrument, but you should mainly choose this profile if building tracks (or beats) as well as writing songs is your thing. Composing in every possible style often involves co-writing, such as in partnership with vocalists and studio musicians from the Academy of Pop Music of the ArtEZ Academy of Music, as well as with artists from professional practice. You can also work on assignment for publishers like Cloud9 or MassiveMusic. You also learn how to get the best vocal performance from an artist or how to compress a kickdrum. In short, a practice-oriented, hands-on profile which prepares you for the music business of today!
Yoda Francesco is a MediaMusic lecturer who works for well-known national and international artists like Diplo, Major Lazor, Kriss Kross, Ronnie Flex, Sean Paul, Afrojack and Tabitha.
This song by Tim Akkerman was co-written by Henk Pool and Femke Reynolds. Both are lecturers in MediaMusic and work internationally in the world of songs and media. Henk Pool has achieved multi-platinum and gold discs in the United States and Europe (with Marco Borsato, Laura Pausini, Sir Cliff Richard). Femke has won Grammy awards and works at Hans Zimmer’s prestigious Remote Control Studios in LA.