Music

Studying music at university is a wonderfully enriching cultural experience. It's also a challenging educational one. A university degree course in music is traditionally more academic than a course at a college of Music; here the emphasis is primarily on performance.

Urban music covers a wide range of music, which is why it appeals to so many people. It is an evolving genre but at the same time is moving away from its originality. Example of this can be seen everywhere, watch MTV Base, Kiss, Channel AKA even TOTP, listen to the radio; the beats, the melodies and even their videos all look and sound alike.

Students of the BA(Hons) Popular Music with Music Technology programme at the University of Derby continue to undertake high profile commercial music activities and significant community based music events.

Images of sport, music and tourism conjure up Olympic athletes, rock and pop bands and sandy beaches, but behind these wonderful images lie three industries, which are substantial profit earners in the UK economy.

Ever wondered what it takes to get No 1 in the charts or even how they started? Then read on. The first UK singles chart was published by New Musical Express in November 1952. Percy Dickins joint founder of NME, compiled the results by telephoning a selection of record stores. The No 1 position was occupied by Al Martino's 'Here In My Heart'.