Dear followers, our blog is officially open!

This blog is dedicated to Commercial Music students at the University of the West of Scotland as a source of information and promotion, and to all of you interested in the things that we (students) do and dream of doing.

Good News!

Recently there was a top 50 albums in Scotland (2012) list published on Herald Scotland. The good news is that at least 6 of these albums have direct links to the UWS Commercial Music course!

Suzanne after BA Commercial Music

What is your current occupation?

I’m currently a Marketing Officer for the Innovation and Research Office at the University of the West of Scotland. I’m responsible for the creation and upkeep of IROs social media platforms, events coordination and marketing in relation toB2B (Business to Business) relationships.

I continue to work in the Creative Industry freelancing for a number of agencies, most recently Renfrewshire Council for the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival as a Marketing Assistant and as a Digital Marketing Assistant for Mark Robb’s ‘Pop Up’ Rio Club (Partick/Glasgow). I also recently worked as 

LIVE INTERVIEW: Serena and Kim

Check out this live interview with Serena Weir, a Fresher at Commercial Music, and Kim Wheeler, a recent graduate. Hear what they have to say about the course.

Ross: Lecturing Rock Star

Ross McEwen, 24

What are you?

I’m an associate lecturer of Commercial Music Strategies and co-lecturer with Allan Dumbreck of Commercial Music Product Design and Advanced Music Production at UWS, as well as Senior International Exchange Tour Manager.

As a guest lecturer I’ve also given lectures at places like Berklee College of Music in Boston and the Center of Contemporary Music in Nashville. I’m a session guitar-player and

Commercial Music Course founder, Allan Dumbreck!

Name: Allan Dumbreck

Position: Senior lecturer for music within CCI (= Creative Culture Industries) in University of the West of Scotland. Also the subject team leader for music. The person who wrote the course originally.

Kenneth Forbes’ Inspiring words

What is your current occupation?
PhD Student (University of Glasgow) / Associate Lecturer (UWS)

How did your career start?
This is my second career & this one transpired when I happened to bump into Allan Dumbreck at another FE institution about 6 years ago.  Within about a week I found myself on the Commercial Music Programme at UWS as a (very) mature student. I then went onto to do the Popular Music M.Litt and then my Phd at Glasgow, along with some lecturing at UWS.

Story of Bird

Name: Keith Bird

Age: 32

Working title/Profession right now: Studio & Technical Operations Manager at School of Creative & Cultural Industries, UWS

David and the Creative Industry

David Scott is one of our highly valued lecturers at UWS Commercial Music.

He teaches a variety of modules and is the Programme Leader of MA Songwriting and Performance.

Stephen’s Success Story

Stephen Hume is a 28 years old lad from Glasgow, and a UWS Commercial Music graduate. He is a very good example of a success story after university. We contacted him by email to ask him about his experiences and his (secret) way to his success, and this is what we got:

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The Open Mic on the Oct. 24th

There are usually a number of good performances on the Open Mic nights at the Student Union, and often by the local Commercial Music students. So we went to have a peak to find something to write about.