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STUDY A BACHELOR OF MUSIC WITH MAJOR IN SONGWRITING START THIS February!

Making it as a musician doesn't have to be a fantasy. Make it your reality...

There are few things more exciting than writing your own music and bringing it to life. JMC’s Songwriting course is renowned for its hands-on practicality, a strong focus on individual musicianship, connections to major players in the Music industry, and for being a launchpad into the entertainment industry for all up-and-coming writers and composers.


JMC Academy has provided me with the ability to recognise good opportunities, to not shy away from the challenging ones and to be adaptable to changes in the industry.
Amara Primero
Composer, Director & Secondary Teacher
Music Performance Alumni

Why study Songwriting at JMC?

Start now. Don’t wait for the right moment. Explore you passion when you’re a student. Grow it from there. One day that passion will become your purpose or full-time career if you keep watering it with love, energy, and attention.

Mo Seetubtim, CEO of The Happiness Planner
JMC Alum

COURSES IN SONGWRITING

Bachelor of Music
with major in
Songwriting

[CRICOS 081191F]
2 years (6 trimesters)
Sydney | Melbourne | Brisbane
FEE-HELP Available

Diploma of Music
with major in
Songwriting

[CRICOS 058467G]
8 months (2 trimesters)
Sydney | Melbourne | Brisbane
FEE-HELP Available

INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS

Laneway Adobe Animal Logic StKildaFilmFest ThePush Roland AGDA AVID Apra Aus Music Week Snowtunes RollingStoneAwards UX Australia QMusic Canva

CAREERS IN THE INDUSTRY

The architects of the music industry - it all starts with a song, after all - songwriters create the lyrics and the sounds that we connect with, the music that makes the world go around, so they are in great demand across the entertainment spectrum.
Specific roles may include:
  • Recording Artist
  • Lyricist
  • Freelance Songwriter
  • Composer
  • Resident/Staff Writer
  • Advertising Creative (Jingle Writer)
  • Music Publisher
  • Music Teacher
  • Content Creator
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THE JMC ACADEMY ADVANTAGE

The advantages of studying at JMC are seen over and again in the success of our graduates. We teach the critical level thinking that is inherent in the higher education curriculum with production-based, industry-responsive practical knowledge taught by industry professionals. And THAT is what leads to industry-ready graduates who will make it.

Industry Connected Lecturers

Global Connections

Internships & Preparing Students for Employment

Student Support

Small Lecturer to Student Ratios

World Class Facilities & Technology

Design-thinking & Production-based Learning

FAQs

Creativity is big business. In 2011, Australia had more than 600,000 people working in the creative industries and over 120,000 creative businesses. According to the most recent report by consultancy group SGS Economics and Planning, the Creative Industries alone was estimated to have added more than $45 billion to Australia’s GDP in 2011-12 while generating more than $3.2 billion in annual exports. In addition ABS figures released in 2014 showed that the 2008-09 national accounts had a combined Cultural and Creative Industries contributing over $86 billion to our economy.
Our degree offers many similar units of study, however it is focused specifically on the entertainment and creative industries, as opposed to a university business degree which would cover business management skills across all industries. Our course therefore has a more specialised outcome with a great emphasis placed on practical application and internship opportunities.
The ultimate benefit of studying at JMC Academy is the reassurance and relief in knowing that we are leaders in creative industries education and have been delivering quality education in the Creative Industries for over 30 years. We were the first to be accredited in Australia for education in Audio Engineering, Digital Television and Multimedia.

Our courses have always been practical, with hands-on projects and an intense focus on industry and outcomes undiluted by extensive, non-essential electives.

In choosing to study at JMC Academy, our students are opting for the benefits of an intimate classroom size where the lecturer knows their name and learning needs. They are choosing to learn at an award-winning institution that fosters collaboration and creative vision. At JMC Academy the student's experience becomes an integral part of their learning and the institution's own values defined by quality, integrity, diligence and innovation indelibly become their own.
As the entertainment management industry is ‘people oriented’, there is a focus on presentations, but you will also do things like business and marketing plans, event manuals, tour and festival schedules, and other theoretical assessments such as essays.
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I discovered and managed the band 5 Seconds of Summer. JMC is where I learned not only how to recognise an artist's potential, but how to take it to the top.

Adam Wilkinson
Former Manager of band '5 Seconds of Summer'
Entertainment Business Management Alumni

Hard work and collaboration between other JMC departments enabled me to work across live sound, audio-to-picture sound and studio recording, opening up job prospects after graduating.

Daniel Brown
Film Score recordist, engineer and mixer, Trackdown Studios
Audio Engineering & Sound Production Alumni

JMC’s industry professionals will always have an answer. I once asked a lecturer such an obscure question he called someone from a games studio just to answer it. It’s moments like those that I loved.

Jordi White
Game Design Alumni

I love the fact that we were not constrained and can show what we are really capable of. It made me want to push my own boundaries to learn new styles and techniques to incorporate into my work.

Anthony Abade
Graphic Designer, Accent Group Ltd
Design (Visual Communication) Alumni

In two years at JMC, I worked on over 15 projects, most of which I was in a major role. I've learnt how to do so many roles I never even knew about, and been pushed to my creative limits many times.

Rebekah Evans
Film & Television Studio Supervisor
Film & Television Alumni

Open Day
August 2024

Apply then join us for our Open Day and discover how you can build your creative future with JMC. Still not sure? Join us for Open Day anyway!

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SOUND LIKE YOUR THING? 

Challenge yourself to take the first step towards your career in the creative industries.

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