Academics

Faculty of Informatics for Arts
Department of Music Business Development

For students seeking to become a sound engineer or a music producer.

Two Courses

Multimedia Music Course

While learning music basics and theories, such as harmony, students use apps and equipment while constantly checking with the sound.

Music Business Course

A unique course curriculum based on learning music production, management and rights that closely relates to the real world.

Students' Benefits from the Department

Point 1

Acknowledging the latest industry information, and cultivating the professional abilities that the industry requires

Point 2

Adaptation to technological progress by being introduced to the newest studies and technologies

Point 3

Developing personality while learning the course and nurturing senses

Diploma Policy

Faculty of Informatics for Arts pursues various artistic and media-based expressions, and helps students develop a wide range of professional skills.

Characteristics of Class Subjects

Recording Production Practice

Learn about the knowledge of recording and handling equipment, and aim to be able to include actual instrumental and singing recordings in your own music production.

DAW Utilization Study

Musical arrangement and orchestration skills are acquired through practical training involving the use of the music production software DAW.The lessons start with the concept of tune combinations and the arrangement of rhythm sections.

Publication Editing Software Exercise

Students plan an imaginary event and create flyers for it. From conceptualization to the final product, students will learn and refine their own methods of expression.

Future Vision (Aspired Occupations)

Multimedia Music
  • Sound Creator
  • Multimedia Creator
  • Game Music Creator
  • Sound Engineer
  • Sound Programmer
  • Recording Engineer
  • ...and more
Music Business
  • Concert Promoter
  • Music Copyright Administrator
  • Fan Club Management
  • Entertainment company office work
  • Artist Manager
  • ...and more

Faculty Members

Department of Music Business Development, ChairmanProfessor Makoto Takeuchi (竹内 誠)

Graduated Department of Composition, Faculty of Music, Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku. He studied musical theory under Akira Kitamura and composition under Shigeaki Saegusa, Yoshio Hachimura, Hideo Kobayashi, and Toshiro Mayuzumi. He began composing and arranging music at the university and continues to do so to this day. In addition to composition, he is active in various fields, including research on the sound analysis of music and harmony. After being a full-time lecturer in the Department of Music Business at Shobi-Gakuen Junior College, he is now a professor at the Shobi University Department of Music Business Development in the Faculty of Informatics for Arts.