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The Music Industry Studies major at the University of the Incarnate Word is a unique program that prepares the student for a career in the music business. The program includes two internships, study of music theory, ear training, studio arranging, record production, web design, industry business practices, copyright law and all things related to the music business.Intro to Music Industry Studies and Music Industry Studies II, taken during the first year of study, cover all the careers available in the industry and how to get started in each of them.
Enrollment in the program has been growing rapidly and the internships offered during the senior year are no longer limited to San Antonio facilities. One senior did a dual internship at Virgin Records and Interscope Records in Los Angeles. Relationships are currently being established with other major companies for future internships. Latest developments will be posted here as they happen.
NEWS FLASH !
Burgundywoods Rodriguez, the student mentioned in the paragraph above, is now a full time employee of Virgin Records in Los Angeles. Congratulations Burgundy!
UPDATE !
Burgundy Started her full-time job at Virgin Records in the copyright department in December 2004. In 3 months she received her first promotion and is currently the Coodinator of the Film and Television Department of EMI Music Publishing Company. Congratulations again Burgundy!
MORE NEWS!
Devin Bedford did her senior internship at Word Records in Nashville, Tennessee during the summer of 2007. Word is the largest gospel label in the world and is an affiliate of Warner Bros Records. Way to go Devin! Next stop, law school. Devin is going into entertainment law.
Jesus Davila did his senior internship in the music department of the Jimmy Kimmel Live show in Los Angeles, also during the summer of 2007.
Fabian Vela did his senior internship at Texas Music office in Austin.
DeeAnn Llamas did her senior internship at Disney Radio in San Antonio.
Ted Colunga just completed his senior internship at Tejas Records.
Mayleen Granato just completed her senior internship at the Texas Music Office.
Music Industry Studies I & II is taken the freshman year and presents a broad overview of all the careers available in the music industry including: record producer, manager, music attorney, agent, publisher, recording artist, recording engineer, etc... with the first semester focusing on the recording business and the second semester covering all other aspects of the business.
Music Industries Introductory Internship is done during the second, third or fourth semester at a related business such as: a recording studio, radio station, record company, or management company. It's 60 hours and is worth two credit hours towards the degree.
Studio Arranging is a required course for the major and covers modern arranging techniques using state of the art MIDI software and hardware. The lab has two Macintosh G5 workstations with MOTU's Digital Performer hard disc digital audio recorder integrated with MIDI and a large sample library. Students will learn to create arrangements in several styles using MIDI sequencing and sampling/synthesizer modules including MOTU's MachFive and the Garritan Personal Orchestra.
New courses available now include: Intro to Music Technology, Film Scoring, Record Production, and Web Design for Music Applications.
Interested students with questions can call or email Jim Waller at his UIW office 210-829-6066 | jwaller@uiwtx.edu
or at Digital Image Recording Studio 210-445-0412 | jwaller@satx.rr.com
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