7 Essential Resources for Downloading Free Acapellas

Placing a catchy vocal hook in a beat can often transform a good track into an unforgettable one. Finding high-quality acapellas can be a tedious task, especially if you don’t know where to look. Luckily there are a number of online platforms which hold the secrets to your acapella needs, being heavily stocked with hundreds of isolated vocal tracks which can […]

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Introducing #BeatsAtHome: Showcase Your Musical Skills and Studio Spaces

Introducing #BeatsAtHome – our new feature series where we showcase what you’ve been working on and share it with our audience. It’s a well-known fact that music producers spend a lot of their time locked away in their home studios creating ideas, loops and polishing their latest creations. #BeatsAtHome will give you a platform to […]

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Point Blank Team Up with Ableton for Education Tour and Creative Masterclasses

Once again we are happy to announce that we will be teaming up with Ableton for the first part of their educational tour. The event is slated to take place this November and will see us joined by Manchester-based composer, producer and DJ, Afrodeutsche, for an Ableton Masterclass where she will provide an in-depth look into her […]

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9 Must-Have Free Plugins That You Need In Your Armoury

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. In our latest list, we have kindly collated […]

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Meet our Newest Instructors: Shadow Child, Rockwell & More

As we embark on another term and another academic year, we have a host of new instructors to welcome into the fold. As ever, they represent some of the brightest and best teachers in their field, and all of them meet the highest standard of professionalism that we demand of our staff. They are all […]

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Meet our Newest Instructors: Shadow Child, Rockwell, Anna Lakatos & More

As we embark on another term and another academic year, we have a host of new instructors to welcome into the fold. As ever, they represent some of the brightest and best teachers in their field, and all of them meet the highest standard of professionalism that we demand of our staff. They are all […]

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Point Blank tours South America – In Photos

This year, we’ve been on tour in South America with a series of free workshops with Ableton Live and showcases representing what Point Blank is about for the people in each of these cities. All of the events were completely oversubscribed, as music makers and producers flocked to hear about the schools. Below is a […]

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A Crash Course In Music Production Software, Hardware, and Cloud Storage

So, You Want to Make Some Music? Technology has made it possible for more people than ever before to do what they love– and that’s especially true for those of us who want to get into the music game. There’s no denying it’s competitive, but incre…

Jordan Suckley – C.Y.M Track Breakdown (Who’s Afraid of 138?!)

For our latest track breakdown and masterclass, we invited Jordan Suckley to chat through his latest track ‘C.Y.M’, out on the Armada sublabel Who’s Afraid Of 138?! and inspired by Armin van Buuren. The label’s title became something of a mantra and mission statement for the harder, beat-driven side of trance music, in which Jordan Suckley […]

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Our 3 Year BA (Hons) Degrees Now Available to all International Students. Apply for Jan

With schools across the world and an industry-leading virtual learning environment with our online courses, Point Blank is truly a global music school. Whilst our London studios remain our biggest school location, we are happy to announce that international students from outside the EU can now enrol on our 3-Year BA (Hons) Degree programmes in the UK, with […]

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