Watch All of Our Free Track Deconstructions in One Place

If you’re new to the world of music production it can sometimes be difficult to identify the different elements which make up a track. That’s one of the reasons why we began our popular deconstruction series which helps you learn how to quickly build beats from scratch all by yourself. If you’re unfamiliar with what one of our deconstructions is, it’s where […]

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Top 3 Deconstructions

Our Point Blank Deconstructions have become one of the many reasons those thirsty for Music Production & Sound Engineering knowledge regularly visit our site and keep coming back time and time again. For those of you who may not be familiar with what one of our deconstructions entails, it’s where Ski Okenfull, our lead course developer, […]

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Calvin Harris feat. Dua Lipa ‘One Kiss’: Deconstruction Live from IMS Malta

It’s been a while but today we’re delighted to share with you the latest wizardry developed by our master of deconstructions, Ski Oakenfull, recorded live at IMS Malta. This time he takes on Calvin Harris’ massive summer hit ‘One Kiss’ featuring Dua Lipa. This isn’t the first time he’s tackled a Calvin Harris tune so if […]

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Join Us for Our Next Open Day at Point Blank London on Saturday 27 October

We will be opening our doors to the public once again with our next HE Open Day event on 27th October, held at our studio facility at 1PM at 26 Orsman Road, London, N1 5QJ. This is the perfect opportunity to visit our campus and learn more about our Higher Education music production, sound engineering, radio broadcasting, music business […]

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Quickfire Deconstruction: Ski Explains the Chords to Mitski’s ‘Nobody’

Our fantastically talented Head of Curriculum Ski Oakenfull returns with another deconstruction, this time in a more stripped-back format. The track in question is the new single, ‘Nobody’, by Japanese-American songwriter and performer Mitski. Ski saw her deconstruct her vocals for the website Genius and decided he would make an instrumental accompaniment and deconstruct the […]

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Gammer Masterclass – The Drop Deconstruction

For our latest deconstruction video, we were graced by the presence of Gammer – happy hardcore legend and a good friend of our very own DJ Ravine. Despite his background in the super-fast rave sounds (in which Ravine also made his name), he has recently been turning his attention to huge stadium-ready dubstep tracks. It is […]

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Gammer Masterclass – The Drop Deconstruction

For our latest deconstruction video, we were graced by the presence of Gammer – happy hardcore legend and a good friend of our very own DJ Ravine. Despite his background in the super-fast rave sounds (in which Ravine also made his name), he has recently been turning his attention to huge stadium-ready dubstep tracks. It is […]

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Friday Forum Live – Watch a Deconstruction of Sister Sledge ‘Thinking of You’

After a long hiatus, having bidden farewell to our former Content Executive Carly Horden, we are back with another edition of Friday Forum Live. It’s another of Lead Course Developer Ski Oakenfull’s famous deconstruction videos but, this time he is joined by Creative Content Developer, Graham Silbiger, who assists in mapping out the arrangement and […]

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Making a Bassline Banger with DJ Q: ‘Time to Shine’ Breakdown in Ableton

For our latest track breakdown video, we were blessed by the presence of a true UK legend in DJ Q, who along with the likes of T2 and Paleface, was the face of bassline when it blew up from the north of England in the mid-2000s. To this day, he is consistently releasing UK Bass bangers spanning grime, […]

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Watch TIEKS Break Down His Dance Hit ‘Sunshine’ ft. Dan Ankara

For our latest guest deconstruction video, we caught up with London-based producer and songwriter TIEKS – the man behind last summer’s smash ‘Sunshine’ ft Dan Ankara. Despite his modest solo discography, TIEKS has production credits with a host of artists and believe us when we say he knows what he’s doing: check out the video below […]

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