Underground Pop Music: Maintaining Credibility With Commercial Success

Over the past few months, we have been sharing a new series of articles based on excerpts from our Production Analysis module, a part of our BA (Hons) Music Production & Sound Engineering Degree. Our journey thus far has taken us from the roots of dance, tracking movements like Disco and Dub, through Punk and […]

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300 Entertainment hires BMG’s Mark Robinson as Head of Business and Legal Affairs

Exec previously led BMG’s successful legal case against Cox Communications

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SoundExchange moves into publishing rights by acquiring Canadian body CMRRA

Toronto-based mechnical rights agency snapped up by recorded rights organization
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Spitfire Audio: LCO Strings Part 4 – Tips on CPU, Combining Articulations & Recap

At Point Blank, we are constantly creating video content for your benefit, whether it be exclusive artist masterclasses, interviews, production tips & tricks or track deconstructions. Over the next two weeks, composer, producer and Point Blank expert instructor Kevin Kerrigan (Bjork, Brian Eno, Dido) will be giving you a taste of what you could learn at Point Blank, […]

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Warner and indies pinched market share from Universal and Sony in 2016 – report

Warner/Chappell climbs to 12% global share of publishing as indies rule sector

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Vivendi splashes $2.5bn on Havas bid – and says it will help ‘strengthen’ Universal

Both Vincent and Yannick Bolloré think the buyout is a cracking idea

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