How you’d get this certificate
- Zavmo teaches you. You learn the units one-to-one with an AI tutor, on your own work.
- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer RSL Awards Ltd has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and RSL Awards Ltd awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from RSL Awards Ltd.
RSL Awards have a complete portfolio of Vocational Qualifications, covering Music, Performing Arts and Creative Digital Media from Levels 1-5.
These are the units RSL Awards Ltd registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with RSL Awards Ltd. It does the teaching and the mapping. RSL Awards Ltd sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Auditioning for Music Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare effectively for a music audition, demonstrating appropriate skills and knowledge.
- Perform confidently and professionally during a music audition.
- Evaluate audition performance and identify areas for improvement.
Careers in Music Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Assess their current skill set in relation to the music industry
- Identify potential areas for employment within the music industry based on their skills and interests
Collaborative Music Composition Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate effective collaboration skills when working with others on a music composition
- Demonstrate the ability to contribute ideas and suggestions to the collaborative composition process
- Demonstrate the ability to create finished original repertoire as part of a collaborative team
Composing Lyrics Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate the ability to write lyrics that are appropriate for a given piece of music
- Demonstrate the ability to structure lyrics effectively
- Demonstrate the ability to use language creatively and effectively in lyrics
Composing Music (Styles) Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Create a finished musical work in a defined style.
Composing Music for Media Destinations Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan a musical composition suitable for a specified media application
- Create a musical composition that meets the requirements of the specified media application
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the musical composition in relation to the specified media application
Creating a Social Media Strategy Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Develop a social media strategy to promote a specific product, service, or event
- Identify a target audience for the social media strategy
- Select appropriate social media platforms for the identified audience
DJ Skills Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate the ability to correctly set up DJ equipment, including mixers, turntables, and audio interfaces
- Demonstrate the ability to operate DJ equipment effectively, including mixing, blending, and beatmatching
Development of Music Technology Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse the effects of the development of music technology on music recording.
Digital Recording and Production Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Record sound sources using appropriate digital audio recording equipment
- Edit recordings using digital audio recording equipment to achieve a desired outcome
Earning Money in the Music Industry Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the various sources of income available to a music artist
- Understand how income is generated from composition, including royalties and licensing
- Understand how income is generated from live performance, including ticket sales and merchandise
- Understand how income is generated from recorded performance, including sales and streaming
How the Music Industry Works Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the structure of the music industry, including key organisations and their roles
- Understand the various revenue streams within the music industry, such as publishing, royalties, and live performance income
Improving Instrumental Performance Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the care requirements of an instrument and the instrumentalist.
- Plan and use a range of methods to develop instrument-specific technique.
- Review progress in instrumental techniques, identifying strengths and areas for development.
Improvising Music Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate improvisational skills in a musical context.
- Respond musically to different stimuli during improvisation.
- Maintain awareness of the musical context while improvising.
- Use appropriate musical techniques and vocabulary during improvisation.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the improvisation in relation to the musical context.
Listening to Music Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse the relationship between key elements of music and emotional response.
Live Event Health and Safety Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand health and safety policies relevant to live events
- Understand health and safety procedures for managing a safe event, including risk assessments and emergency procedures
Managing a Social Media Campaign Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Create a detailed plan for a social media campaign to promote a specific product, service, or event.
- Identify and define the target audience for the social media campaign.
- Develop engaging content suitable for the chosen social media platforms.
- Implement the social media campaign across the selected platforms.
- Monitor and analyse the performance of the social media campaign, using appropriate metrics.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the social media campaign in reaching the specified audience.
Music Artist and You Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Research the work of a chosen music artist
- Identify specific elements of a music artist's work that have influenced their own work
- Demonstrate how the identified elements have been incorporated into their own musical work
Music Marketing and Promotion Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the key marketing and promotional processes used in the music industry.
- Analyse different marketing and promotional strategies for music products and artists.
- Understand how to apply marketing and promotional techniques to support a music project.
Music Sequencing and Production Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Use DAW software to create a music project.
Music Styles in Context Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the key contextual factors relevant to a specified style of music
- Analyse the musical elements that characterise a specified style of music
- Explain the relationship between context and musical elements in a specified style of music
Organising a Music Event Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Assist in the planning stages of a music event, contributing ideas and suggestions.
- Support the organisation of resources and logistics for the music event.
- Undertake assigned tasks related to the music event, such as marketing or stage management.
- Communicate effectively with other members of the event organisation team.
- Evaluate your contribution to the organisation of the music event.
Performing Music Live Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for a live music performance, considering factors such as venue and audience
- Demonstrate technical skills required for performing music in a live environment
- Demonstrate performance skills required for performing music in a live environment, including stage presence and audience engagement
Performing Music for Recording Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate skills to perform music in a recording studio environment
Performing Music to Camera Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate the ability to perform music effectively in front of a camera.
- Apply appropriate performance techniques to enhance the visual appeal of a music video.
- Evaluate and refine performance based on camera presence and visual impact.
Podcast Production Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan and structure the content of a podcast episode.
- Record and edit audio content to create a professional-sounding podcast.
- Produce a complete podcast episode, ready for distribution.
Practical Harmony Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Compose chord progressions that demonstrate an understanding of the functional application of block harmony, including the use of primary and secondary chords
- Compose melodies for chord progressions, demonstrating an understanding of the relationship between harmony and melody, including voice leading and melodic contour
- Compose bass lines for chord progressions, demonstrating an understanding of the relationship between harmony and melody, including root movement and bass line construction
- Assess areas of success in the application of practical harmony within compositions
- Identify areas requiring further development in relation to practical harmony application within compositions
Practical Musicianship Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand fundamental musicianship skills, such as rhythm, pitch, and harmony
- Apply musicianship skills in practical musical contexts, such as performance or composition
- Demonstrate the ability to use musicianship skills to enhance musical expression
Practical Sound Reinforcement Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate how to set up, use and dismantle a small PA system.
Producing a Music Video Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan the production of a music video, including storyboarding and resource allocation.
- Organise the necessary equipment and personnel for the music video shoot.
- Film the music video, ensuring appropriate lighting, sound, and camera angles.
- Edit the footage to create a final music video product.
- Evaluate the final music video against the initial plan and objectives.
Production for Digital Media Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Create digital audio for a range of media products and destinations.
Recording Sound Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan a recording session for a piece of music, considering the desired sound and equipment requirements.
- Set up the recording equipment in a studio or live environment.
- Record the piece of music, ensuring optimal sound quality and levels.
- Monitor and adjust the recording levels and sound quality during the recording process.
- Review the recorded material and identify any necessary adjustments or re-recordings.
- Evaluate the final recording against the initial plan and objectives.
Rehearsing Music Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate effective rehearsal techniques in preparation for a specific music performance.
- Apply musical skills and knowledge during rehearsals to enhance performance quality.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of rehearsal strategies and make necessary adjustments.
Remixing and Production Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate the skills to create a remix of a given song using audio production processes
Solo Music Composition Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate the skills to compose a set of finished original music
- Describe their creative processes
- Review the success of their compositions
Sound Mixing Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate the ability to create a mix in a specified style from a multitrack recording
Using a Keyboard with a DAW Real unit · RSL Awards Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Describe the key elements in the operation of DAW software
- Understand how to configure a keyboard controller with a DAW
- Use a keyboard to input music in real time into a DAW
- Review strengths in relation to using a keyboard with a DAW
- Identify areas requiring further development in relation to using a keyboard with a DAW
The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
- Standard
Issue licences for protected copyright works for use in products, for broadcasting and for public performance
- Standard
Make sound recordings
- Standard
Mix recorded sound
- Standard
Produce sound mixes of live performance
- Standard
Support public relation, promotional or sponsorship events undertaken by a Collecting Society within a music business context
The jobs these credits are mapped to
A qualification is never a dead end here. Each of these is a job record this qualification is a mapped route into.
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Showing 6 roles, drawn from 18 job records mapped to this qualification. Near-identical records are folded together, and each row says how many it stands for.
Where this can lead
Associate Audio Content Coordinator
This work can lead to a role as a Senior Audio Marketing Specialist, leading campaigns and mentoring others, or further on to Lead Audio Strategist or Audio Marketing Manager.
See the whole journeyThe credits, and who awards them
Level 2 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by RSL Awards Ltd rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Auditioning for MusicCareers in MusicCollaborative Music CompositionComposing LyricsComposing Music (Styles)Composing Music for Media DestinationsCreating a Social Media StrategyDJ Skills
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
The Coach · your practice partner Illustration - Pitch it Evaluate
“Managing a Social Media Campaign” gets practised as a pitch. You make the case out loud, Zavmo asks the question the room would ask, and you make it again.
- Draft the real one Create
You do “Auditioning for Music” on a real document of your own. Zavmo works on the draft you have to send anyway, so the coursework and the job are the same piece of work.
What you leave holding
The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them
Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.
- Issue licences for protected copyright works for use in products, for broadcasting and for public performance
- Make sound recordings
- Mix recorded sound
- Produce sound mixes of live performance
- Support public relation, promotional or sponsorship events undertaken by a Collecting Society within a music business context
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Auditioning for Music, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will prepare for music auditions by selecting appropriate repertoire, demonstrating suitable dress and presentation, understanding audition requirements, and performing confidently and professionally while responding to feedback.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for RSL Level 2 Extended Certificate in the Creative Music Industry
37 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by RSL Awards Ltd.
- Auditioning for Music
- Careers in Music
- Collaborative Music Composition
- Composing Lyrics
- Composing Music (Styles)
- Composing Music for Media Destinations
and 31 more in the full unit list below.
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