Category archives: music production

Point Blank’s 2019 Degree Students Graduate at Middlesex University

Earlier this month, Point Blank’s BA (Hons) Music Production & Sound Engineering class of 2019 celebrated their Graduation Ceremony marking the end of their study with us at Point Blank Music School. The graduates from the BA (Hons) in Music Production and Sound Engineering, as well as a host of other accredited courses including the Radio Broadcasting Diploma, attended […]

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9 Tested Ways to Speed Up Your Workflow

As producers, we’re always looking for ways to speed up our workflow, increase our productivity and try not to let any more tracks slip into the unfinished pile. However, this can be difficult at times with our lives growing increasingly busier and inundated with more and more distractions. Whether it’s trying to juggle school, work or […]

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How to Structure a Song: Part 1

Structure is a way of describing how something is put together. Everything has structure, from a tree: roots, trunk branches, leaves, to a house: foundations, walls, roof. Every romantic Hollywood movie you’ve seen follows a structure: boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl again. In films, this is known as rising action, climax […]

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Take a Look Around Point Blank China with Our New Far East Studio Photo Tour

Last week, Point Blank China opened its doors for the first time to welcome in a number of budding producers and DJs looking to kick-start their career in electronic music. Our summer school, which is the course our students are currently studying, serves as a taster to those passionate about music production and DJing before our more in-depth […]

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PB Students Showcase Their Talent in Point Blank Live Sessions EP.2 – Watch Now

We’re back with the second instalment of our new termly series, Point Blank Live Sessions. Point Blank Live Sessions was created to showcase the amazing student talents on offer at our London school and display the wealth of different creative skillsets, genres and stylistic art forms we host here. If you’d like to learn more about the courses we offer […]

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5 Fundamental Software Synths Every Producer Should Own

As a musician, working with different types of synths can be a rewarding way to experiment with electronic music production and learn what’s what in the world of synthesis. There are a number of different types of synths to explore when working with hardware and software and it always helps to get an idea of how they work. Whether […]

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Royalty Free vs. Royalty Based Music Explained

If you’re a person in a creative line of work, then odds are that audio and video play an important role in your output. The following guest post comes from Michael Dowson, Associate Video Editor of Motion Array, a proud partner of DMN. Videos are now …

Universal Music Teams Up With Dolby Atmos For More Immersive Music

Universal Music Group is teaming up with Dolby Atmos to create 3D immersive music content across multiple genres. Dolby and UMG have struck a partnership that will see several of UMG’s studios outfitted with support for Dolby Atmos Music. Dolby says th…

See Legendary Artists Give Their Essential One Tip: Ferry Corsten, Roger Sanchez, Kayzo

Last month, we made our way to Miami Music Week to attend the annual Winter Music Conference 2019. Whilst we were there, we attended a variety of eye-opening panels and parties as well as getting the chance to catch up with some legendary producers and DJs – not to mention some exciting newcomers. During the many musical […]

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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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