Write a popular song, score a film or documentary, create the music and sound effects for a video game. With the music/sound design needs of Vancouver's busy film, animation and video games industries, graduates of the Electronic Music program will have the skills and knowledge necessary to produce their own electronic music and run an independent business doing so.

Synthesizers, samplers and computer-based recording make it easy for anyone to create professional electronic music on their home computer. For individuals interested in electronic music creation and composition in the digital age, and marketing that music to industry, the Electronic Music program at The Art Institute, Vancouver is the perfect educational vehicle.

Topics include musical structure and notation, ear training, rhythmic, melodic and harmonic structure and notation, tonality and scales, and cadences. Song writing, arrangement, and production will be covered using industry standard samplers, sequencers, synthesizers and hard disk recorders. Courses cover audio theory, psychoacoustic principles, and musical structure.

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