Author archives: James Cooke

Masterclass: Sander van Doorn on Career, Production & Artist Development Tips

We’re back with another masterclass, this time with the legendary producer and DJ Sander van Doorn, to talk all things career and production-focused. In addition to highlighting some important milestones from his musical journey, the Dutch artist drops some hot tips for upcoming musicians. If you’d like to learn more about music production, sound engineering […]

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What’s On Weekly: Grammy-Winning Mastering With John Greenham & More

Each week, the Point Blank events calendar is packed with inspiring masterclasses, thought-provoking perspectives, techy talks and more. These events are delivered by cutting edge artists, music industry professionals, renowned tastemakers and others and are live-streamed straight to your desktop – so you’ll be able to stay inspired, learn new techniques and gain insights weekly. You […]

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Track of the Week: Dæmon, Modulaw & Xzavier Stone – ‘Big Business’

For this week’s Track of the Week, we’re spotlighting the new collaborative cut, ‘Big Business’, from Dæmon, Modulaw and Xzavier Stone. Each week we will be sharing a track, album or mix which deserves your attention. Tune in below. ‘Big Business’ is a moody trap joint that features skittering hi-hats, haunting melodies and one helluva 808 […]

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10 Best Free Plugins 2021

We all love free stuff, especially when it can enhance and refine our music production skills. Most of you will likely be very aware of the big hitters, like Serum, Massive and others which are renowned for their sound design elements but there are some very useful free options. We’re back with another roundup of the best […]

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Alumni Spotlight: IMOGEN (fabric / NTS / Earwiggle)

One of the many reasons aspiring music producers, DJs, singers, songwriters and artist managers choose to study with Point Blank, is that a wealth of talented and successful industry professionals have also spent time studying with us. Our talented family of alumni grows each year, with many house-hold names having graced the Point Blank studios. During our […]

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Techtorial: See Every New Ableton Live 11 Audio Effect in Action

Following the highly-anticipated release of Ableton Live 11, we have created a tutorial, exploring all of the DAW’s new audio effects in-depth, showcasing what they can do and how it all works. During the video, Chris Martin, a Point Blank Course Developer, runs through the different audio effects, including Hybrid Reverb, Spectral Time and Spectral Resonator. Delving […]

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What’s On Weekly: Producing Doja Cat’s Hits With Yeti Beats & More

Each week, the Point Blank events calendar is packed with inspiring masterclasses, thought-provoking perspectives, techy talks and more. These events are delivered by cutting edge artists, music industry professionals, renowned tastemakers and others and are live-streamed straight to your desktop – so you’ll be able to stay inspired, learn new techniques and gain insights weekly. You […]

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Track of the Week: Loraine James – ‘Simple Stuff’

For this week’s Track of the Week, we’re spotlighting Loraine James’ new cut, ‘Simple Stuff’. Each week we will be sharing a track, album or mix which deserves your attention. Tune in below. Reflection by Loraine James‘Simple Stuff’ is taken from the London producer’s forthcoming album, Reflection, which is set to be released on 4th […]

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Alumni Spotlight: Jaden Thompson (fabric / Emerald City / Radio 1)

One of the many reasons aspiring music producers, DJs, singers, songwriters and artist managers choose to study with Point Blank, is that a wealth of talented and successful industry professionals have also spent time studying with us. Our talented family of alumni grows each year, with many house-hold names having graced the Point Blank studios. During our […]

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Masterclass: Waves Audio Mixing Tips with Emre Ramazanoglu

To celebrate our partnership with the world-leading plugin specialists, Waves Audio, we have created a series of masterclasses focussing on how to finely tune your tracks with their state-of-the-art plugins. Following this recent partnership, Point Blank students are entitled to an exclusive 35% discount on Waves Audio plugins. Find out more about our student discounts here and enrol […]

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