Point Blank Announce Winners of Accusonus Beatmaking Competition

After over a month of delving into a variety of track submissions from a spectrum of genres and producers, we’re excited to announce the winners of our Point Blank x Accusonus beatmaking competition! Congratulations to Notorious Lynch, Techno By Butcher & Zen-T Project. Due to all the fantastic entries, it wasn’t an easy decision to […]

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Learn How to Make A Punchy Psytrance Drop with Faustix (Mad Decent / Monstercat)

We’re back with Danish DJ and Producer Faustix for another tutorial video, this time looking at how to make a punchy psytrance track. Faustix is a force to be reckoned within the dance music scene, with his ground-shaking releases on labels like Mad Decent, Monstercat, EPIC Records, Atlantic Records and more. Real name Morten Brangstrup Olsen Hansen, he […]

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Read L.A. Club Queen Kim Anh’s PBLA Journal – Pt. 3: Sampling in Ableton Live

L.A. club queen Kim Anh strives to create diversity in L.A.’s underground nightlife by supporting underrepresented communities in music. She’s a DJ, producer and creative with an endless passion for music and a focus on pushing club culture forward. She’s been hosting parties in Hollywood since 2008, kicking off with her night, Booby Trap! (which […]

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9 Must-Have Free Plugins You Need in Your Armoury Pt. 3

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 9 must-have […]

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Watch Pt. 3 of Pioneer DJ & Point Blank’s DJ Basics Tutorial w/ the DDJ-SB3

Last month, we teamed up with Pioneer DJ to create a selection of DJ basics tutorials, using the DDJ-400. Now, we’re back with another selection of tutorial videos, this time focussing on the DDJ-SB3. Pioneer DJ’s DDJ-SB3 controller is a fantastic piece of kit for taking your setup on the road. It features an intuitive layout with […]

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Point Blank Partners with MMF: The World’s Largest Community of Music Managers

We’re excited to announce that we have partnered with the Music Managers Forum, the world’s largest professional community of music managers. Point Blank is officially an Education Associate of the MMF, and as part of this, all students enrolling on our new BA (Hons) Music Industry Management Degree will be entitled to membership of this prestigious community of music […]

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How to Get Signed & Managed as an Artist w/ Leading Manager Attilio Pugliese

Attilio Pugliese is one of the music industry’s leading managers, with artists such as Latmun, Detlef, Lee Foss, Carlo Lio, Nathan Barato on his roster. He’s the man behind Forward Motion Artist’s, a company focused on cultivating authentic identities for musicians as well as working with leading event series and labels including All Day I Dream, Hot Creations, Paradise, Rawthentic, Repopulate Mars […]

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Student Success April 2019: DUX, Lens & Wind Noise

Welcome back to another edition of Point Blank Student Success. This month we spoke to DUX about his recent release on Spinnin’ Records, Lens about how she hooked up with Hospital Records and Pedro Melim AKA Wind Noise about his collaborations with brother Kickdrum and their newest release on Revealed Recordings. We compile these every month showcasing students that have […]

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Point Blank Student Opportunities: April 2019 (Kobalt, Sónar, ROLI & More)

At Point Blank Music School, we strive to provide our students with the best opportunities we can. We know how difficult it can be to break into the industry when you’re starting out, so we aim to help you make as much noise as possible and get noticed by the best in the business. Becoming a student at […]

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Grammy Nominated Jax Jones Confirmed as Point Blank’s IMS Ibiza Masterclass Guest

This year Point Blank will be returning to Ibiza to attend the legendary IMS Ibiza to check out the torrent of events, parties, live seminars, debates and more. Once again we will be involved as an educational partner within the event programming and we can confirm that we will be joined by UK DJ / Producer Jax Jones […]

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