Hi and welcome to the MA Songwriting at ICMP!

I’m Professor Sophie Daniels, your course’s programme leader, and I'm thrilled that you've accepted your place here. The ICMP team and I look forward to working with you, helping you become the songwriter you aspire to be, and building the foundations of your professional career in music.

I've put together a list of resources for you to consider before joining us in September, from equipment lists to recommended reading. You can find it below.

Have a great summer, and I look forward to meeting you soon.

All the best,

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Professor Sophie Daniels
Programme Leader, MA Songwriting

Have you completed our Online Registration process?

Whether you're a new student to ICMP, or you are returning in September, one of the key steps before your enrolment is to complete our Online Registration process.

Here is how to register online:

  • Log in to our Student Gateway with the details emailed to you
  • Upload your key documents
  • Look out for your 'Confirmation of Registration' email - job done!

Student Gateway

Can't find your log-in details? No problem, our Admissions Team can resupply these, simply contact them on +44(0)20 7328 0222, Live Chat or enquiries@icmp.ac.uk, and they'll assist you.

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About your MA Songwriting Degree

This course is an industry-focused and practice-based creative songwriting programme, which will support you as you fully examine and explore your songwriting goals and creative ambitions. You’ll be encouraged to adjust and improve your writing as you see fit, engage with professional songwriting ideals at the deepest possible level, and align your own creative practice with those goals. 

The modules you will explore will guide and challenge you through this process of creative development, as you discover more about your own writing process and intentions. We will also hone your critical and analytical skills, expand your professional network, further your entrepreneurial skills, and provide new employment and career opportunities. This course will culminate in a Major Repertoire Project – a large-scale songwriting portfolio which will embody your best work to date, your professional creative practice, and your fully realised individual research intentions. 

Our Masters in Songwriting continues ICMP’s established practice of close connectivity and engagement with the music business, using dual-practitioner tutors and a keen focus on industry-relevant vocational and entrepreneurial development. 

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Equipment Checklist

Essential

  • A notebook and pen, for all your new song ideas and lyrics
  • A phone, to record voice memos
  • Your instrument (pianos are provided)
  • Headphones

Recommended Equipment 

  • A laptop, preferably a MacBook Pro with Logic Pro/Ableton/other DAW software installed
  • A basic home recording setup, including a microphone, an audio interface, and instrument cables. Please note that ICMP have all of these items available for use, free of charge.

Don't forget, as an ICMP student you'll have access to exclusive discounts from leading music manufacturers - so, if you're thinking of buying new gear (from computers to instruments), it's worth waiting until you start with us.

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Recommended Reading

Books

  • Camerson, J (2020) The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity. London: Souvenir Press
  • Gilbert, E. (2015) Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear. Bloomsbury  
  • Hawkins, S. (2016) Song Maps: A New System to Write Your Best Lyrics. London: Great British Book 
  • Pattison, P. (2009) Writing Better Lyrics. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books 
  • West, A. (2016) The Art of Songwriting. Bloomsbury Publishing    
  • Zollo, P. (2003) Songwriters on Songwriting. Cambridge, Mass: Da Capo Press  

We look forward to meeting you in September... not long now!