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For this tutorial, we’re focussing on how you can add gorgeous textural percussion to your tracks, giving your song a more organic feel. Much like the percussion used in Maya Jane Coles’ excellent, ‘Something In The Air‘, our Point Blank Course Developer Chris Martin will take you through the steps to create something similar in Ableton Live, […]
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We all love free stuff, especially when it can enhance and refine our music production skills. Most of you will likely be very aware of the big hitters, like Serum, Massive and others which are renowned for their sound design elements but there are some very useful free options. We’re back with another roundup of the best […]
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We’re back with another Track Breakdown, this time with Marten Hørger, a global force in the bass house scene, breaking down his monstrous song, ‘Øut Øf The Wørld’, which is out now on Tchami’s label, Confession. Emerging as a preeminent act in the bass house scene, Marten Hørger has toured the world extensively and won multiple awards […]
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With the Christmas and New Year festivities over and resolutions for 2021 on the horizon, we’ve decided to provide a DJ/producer pick-me-up by sharing some of the best January and winter deals for musicians. Below, find a list of helpful tools which are bound to enhance your creativity, techniques, workflow and more – even if […]
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We’re back with another deconstruction, this time with David Harrow – a music industry legend and lead Point Blank LA instructor. For this deconstruction, we’re pulling back the curtain on Justin Bieber’s infectious track ‘Intentions’. ‘Intentions’ was released as the second single from his fifth studio album Changes and features Migos’ Quavo. The track itself was […]
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Ableton Live 11 has been announced and it showcases some fantastic new features that diehard Ableton users have been longing for, such as comping and MPE support. Ableton have also included some brand new devices, including a Hybrid Reverb and new tools for MIDI randomisation to boost your creativity. If you’d like to learn how […]
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We’re back with another deconstruction, this time with our Head of Education and Development and master of Track Deconstructions, Ski Oakenfull. In this video, Ski breaks down Bronski Beat’s classic hit, ‘Smalltown Boy’. If you’re new here and not familiar with what a deconstruction entails, it’s where we take a well-known track, break it down to […]
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It’s strange to think that Apple hasn’t created their own inbuilt desktop audio recording software for Mac yet eh? Well, if you’re looking to start sampling sounds straight from your Mac desktop or stream audio straight from your DAW with ease, we can show you how. In the quick tutorial video below, DJ Ravine runs through […]
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Earlier this year we attended the first-ever London Music Conference at Fabric London. Whilst there, our Head of Education and Development, Ski Oakenfull, treated the event-goers to a live deconstruction of Todd Terje’s excellent track, ‘Inspector Norse’, breaking down the production techniques, music theory, sound design and more. If you’d like to learn more about producing, mixing, mastering and […]
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As creatives, we’re all familiar with the dreaded writer’s block. It can come at any time and turn the fluid and joyous process of making music into a frustrating one. However, there is no need to fear – there are a number of DAW plugins that music producers can use to help generate new ideas, reignite […]
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