DJ Ravine Studies at Point Blank – Week 8: International Women’s Day

DJ Ravine is back with his weekly update on his progress with us here at Point Blank London as he studies Intro to Music Production, as well as courses in Music Composition and Sound Engineering. We are now at week eight, and assignment deadlines are beginning to loom! Ravine still finds time to take us along with […]

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PB Vlog with DJ Ravine – Week 7: DJ Party, Live 10 Quicktips & DJ Studio Tour

DJ Ravine is back with his weekly update on his progress with us here at Point Blank London as he studies Intro to Music Production, as well as courses in Music Composition and Sound Engineering. Now into week 7, Ravine heads to the end of term DJ parties, spends time recording guitar for his project, and stalks PB instructor […]

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DJ Ravine Studies at Point Blank in London! Watch Week Five of his Vlog

A few weeks ago we welcomed Australian DJ and vlogger DJ Ravine to study with us in London. Due to his excellent YouTube channel and series of demos and instructional videos we were delighted to collaborate with him last year on an introduction to Ableton video. We enjoyed it so much that we invited him […]

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Delve Into Phaeleh’s Live Show in This Live Performance Breakdown @ PB London + XOYO

Over his decade-long career, Phaeleh has become synonymous with a widescreen brand of club music with an epic scope. The post-millennial landscape of British electronic music – dubstep, garage, house – are all refracted through his unique lens to create the gorgeous soundscapes personified by his 2010 classic ‘Afterglow’. The Bristol producer and live performer […]

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Friday Forum Live! Watch a Quickfire Deconstruction of Maze – ‘Twilight’

In our first Friday Forum Live of the year, we are celebrating the release of Arturia’s new DX7 plugin, based on the classic Yahama FM synth of the same name. It’s definitely the truest representation of the original unit available and, as we see in the video, it’s full of gloriously retro presets. Ski Oakenfull […]

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Check out our Top Ableton Tutorials of 2017! (Manipulating Sounds, BEAP for Live & More)

Ableton’s Live DAW has become synonymous with music production over the years. Used by everyone from budding bedroom producers to weathered industry professionals and musicians alike, this robust piece of software with its fantastic array of features is set to be a staple for a long time to come. To share some of our knowledge of […]

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Watch Our Top 3 FFLs of 2017! How to Master a Dance Track, Create Classic Sounds + More

2017 has been a great year for Friday Forum Live, Point Blank’s live Friday broadcast. Keeping you updated with music production techniques, tips and tricks, we’ve been joined by our expert instructors to bring you tutorials, interviews and insight into composition, production and all things music-making. If you want to develop your own journey in music, check out […]

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Find Out Our Top 3 Plugins of the Week of 2017! OekSound, UAD & More Inside…

Plugins have become a mainstay in music production as a convenient and cost-effective alternative for larger physical hardware options. That said, the market for plugins is huge, saturated with thousands of applications performing similar jobs from different companies. We begun our ‘Plugin of the Week’ series to shed some light on this technical minefield and provide you our […]

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Watch Our Top Sound Design Tutorials of 2017! (How to Create an 808 Bass + More)

We continue with our round-up of our favourite videos of the year, with our collection of the top Sound Design Tutorials! Effective sound design is one of the most essential stages in the creation of electronic music, but it can also be one of the most confusing. To help you gain some clarity, we’ve compiled this highlight reel of tips […]

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Watch our Top 3 Deconstructions of 2017 (Jamiroquai, DJ Shadow, 808 State)

The deconstruction has become one of our most beloved instructive tools over the years, and this year has seen some of the best we’ve ever done (in our humble opinion). For those unfamiliar with the term, a deconstruction is when one of our fantastic instructors (and very often it’s our lead course developer Ski Oakenfull) […]

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