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COURSE OVERVIEW
Ever wondered what life would be like as a Singer/Songwriter? Ever wished you could sit down, write a song then actually perform that song for others? Join some of Australia’s best artists and managers as we take you through all the basic principles of getting started as a Singer/Songwriter.
In this first of its kind Certificate, you will learn extensive, industry-approved songwriting principles to get you writing your first hit song, whilst also being guided on performance, vocals, establishing your own strengths and weaknesses, goal setting, live equipment and loads more.
Whether you’re a committed beginner, or you already have some experience in the industry, this course provides a practical, real-world approach to the basic principles you’ll need to succeed in your singing & songwriting. As a far more extensive course, this Advanced Certificate in Singing/Songwriting covers all the topics from the basic Certificate, but goes into many other additional and vital topics, essential for success in the music industry.
The Advanced Certificate in Singing and Songwriting offers increased video content delivered by both established award-winners and up and coming Australian artists that will ensure you get an in-depth, practical, advanced guide for success as a singer/songwriter.
COURSE FEATURES
- Vocals
- Analysing Personal Strengths & Weaknesses
- Establishing your own unique brand and sound (USP)
- Goal Setting and creating a Vision Board
- Basic Instrumental Training
- Song writing
- Understanding standard industry practices
- Effective Collaboration
- Toplining vs Arrangement vs Production
- How to get paid from Song writing and understanding Publishing
- Recording your own material and presenting ideas
- Building Performance Sets for Events
- Marketing
- Crowdfunding
- Dealing with Booking Agents
- Live Equipment – the basics
Recommended Reading: Inside the Art of Song writing, Jimmy Webb, Gordon Spearritt Music Theory Level 1 & 2″
SUBJECTS
- Introduction; Terminology and Breeds
- Factors affecting the choice of breed
- Product and Market
- Rearing and Management System
- Overview of Sheep Breeds
- Sheep Terminology
- Selection and Breeding
- Growth Rate
- Reproductive Efficiency
- Carcass quality
- Wool traits
- Culling old ewes
- Selecting replacement ewes
- Selecting replacement rams
- Commercial Sheep Production
- Choosing a lambing time
- Autumn lambing
- Spring lambing
- Accelerated lambing
- Managing ewes prior to mating
- Using hormones to control reproduction
- Joining methods
- Anatomy of ewe reproductive organs
- Anatomy of ram reproductive organs
- Ultrasound
- Signs of lambing
- Nutrition of Sheep
- Anatomy
- Condition scoring
- When to condition score
- Factors affecting feed requirements
- Feeding rams
- Feeding ewes
- Feeding lambs and fatteners
- Nutrition and wool production
- Diseases of Sheep
- Viral and rickettsial diseases
- Bacterial diseases
- Metabolic diseases
- Protozoal diseases
- Poisoning
- Vaccination
- The medicine chest
- Giving injections
- Disease prevention through sound management
- General Management of a Commercial Flock
- Handling and treatment facilities
- Drenching
- Injecting
- Hoof Trimming
- Shearing
- Tail docking
- Castration
- Blowfly strike
- Care of the Lamb
- Abnormal Presentation
- Presentation: One front leg back
- Presentation: Both front legs back
- Presentation: Hind legs first
- Presentation: Head back, both front feet forward
- Presentation: Breech or tail first
- Presentation: Twin lambs presented together
- Post lambing care
- Drenching
- Rearing orphan lambs
- Lambing records
- Managing the fattening lamb
- Feeding
- Lamb marking
- Wool
- Characteristics of wool
- Types of wool
- Wool classing
- Wool processing
- Factors influencing the estimation of yield
- Piece Picking
- Wool Scouring
- Carding
- The Marketing of Sheep and Sheep Products
- Wool sales
- Sale by private treaty
- The auction system
- Wool futures
- Industry regulatory and marketing authorities
- Lamb and mutton marketing: Paddock sale, Saleyard auction, Over-the-hook sale
- Electronic Marketing, Live Sheep exports, Forward price contracts
- Factors affecting the value of lamb or mutton: Carcass weight, Skin value, Payment basis (hot or cold weight) etc
