February Round-Up: Online BA Degree, Austen/Scott Breakdown, Arturia FFL + More

After an explosive start to the year, we kept the ball rolling in February 2017 with an overabundance of new content for you to pore over. In this edition of our monthly round-up we bring you the latest masterclasses, tutorials, articles and offers from the Point Blank universe. Don’t forget to check out our courses, such […]

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First Access names Ultra Records exec Oscar Scivier VP of A&R

Scivier joins after five years working for Patrick Moxey at Sony’s Ultra Records in New York

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This new artist has generated over $1m from sync. But should he have had to?

Barns Courtney is a huge hit in Hollywood, but his story says a lot about the challenge of breaking British artists in the UK
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International Women’s Day:Point Blank Partners w/ Smirnoff, Fabric & Kate Simko

Underrepresentation is a global issue for women in electronic music, and not because of a lack of talent. According to figures published by Smirnoff, only 17% of headliners at electronic music festivals in 2016 were women and just 5% of music producers are women. To mark International Women’s Day, Smirnoff has launched a global campaign which is aimed […]

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Ed Sheeran tops 1 billion views on YouTube with third album

In the last two months, Sheeran’s YouTube channel has gained over 3 million subscribers
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Songwriters fight Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon and Pandora over streaming rates

Nearly 2,000 songwriters sign NMPA petition
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