Covering the essential tools for writing music to appeal to publishers, record labels and producers across genres and media channels, this course will help you to create your own music and lyrics, develop your instrumental skills, produce demos and perform your own songs.
Combining technical principles with pure creative expression, this hands-on course will help you start to find your voice, sharpen your craft and create songs that will be remembered. You will receive - at the core of your songwriting studies - weekly one-on-one private mentoring sessions to work on your songwriting, and develop a folio of original songs.
Through composition, arrangement, industry studies, harmonic analysis, lyric construction and technology – the Diploma incorporates an understanding of live sound and recording techniques and the use of industry standard software such as Logic, Pro Tools, Ableton Live and Sibelius to create original music and musical scores. Whether youre a relative beginner or an experienced songwriter, learn how to brainstorm ideas, enhance your awareness of music theory, overcome writers block, and express yourself more effectively in words and music.
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please
September 2025
Sydney Campus
561 Harris Street,
ULTIMO,
New South Wales,
2007, Ultimo, Australia
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please
June 2025
Melbourne (Bank Street) Campus
169-171 Bank Street,
SOUTH MELBOURNE,
Victoria,
3205, South Melbourne, Australia
Successful completion of a senior
secondary school certificate
English proficiency: minimum IELTS 6.0
overall (with no single band score below
5.5) or equivalent
Interview
Must be at least 18 years old at course
commencement
Further documents may be requested.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
JMC Academy is one of Australia’s leading creative higher education colleges, focusing on nurturing and supporting students’ creative talents.