Financial platform Stem, which counts Frank Ocean and Childish Gambino as clients, raises $8m

Total money raised so far by royalties software tops $12.5m
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Reservoir acquires Century Media’s publishing catalogue

Over 9,000 copyrights snapped up as part of deal, taking Reservoir to more than 100,000

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Arturia Moog Modular V3 Tutorial – Part 2: Sound Design Techniques & Creating Sounds

We’re back with a four-part tutorial series, in which Point Blank Course developer and instructor Dan Herbert will be looking at two of Arturia’s Modular plugins, the ARP 2600 and the MOOG Modular. These powerful plugins are a fantastic way to get into the wonderful world of modular synthesis and we are here to guide […]

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UK startup MelodyVR raises £5m, hires Ben Samuels as President in North America

Former Spotify exec Nikki Lambert promoted to Chief Marketing Officer

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‘The value of creative assets is systematically being taken away from artists and music companies’

Secretly Group’s Darius van Arman talks safe harbor, YouTube, SoundCloud – and the tyranny of copyright laws

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Dion ‘No I.D’ Wilson joins Capitol Music Group as EVP

Steve Barnett heralds arrival of “stellar” executive to Universal company’s ranks

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Join us at the Point Blank London Open Day – Thursday 21st September

At Point Blank, we offer a wide range of comprehensive music courses around including our BA (Hons) Music Production & Sound Engineering Degree. The degree covers everything from production, engineering and sound design to composition and music business. Our students get to work in our state of the art studios with top of the range gear – […]

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Monthly Round-Up: History of Sampling, Arturia Modular, Spitfire Audio, Raw Mental Release & More

Another month, another huge range of tutorials, events and opportunities broadcast across the Point Blank platforms. Late in May we headed to Ibiza for the International Music Summit, where PB graduate Gabby Gunn played a set on Sonica Radio whilst Point Blank hosted masterclasses with the likes of DVS1 and instructor Alex Phountzi. CEO Rob Cowan headed over […]

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