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We’re excited to announce that we’ve just added a brand new 3-month programme to our roster of online courses: Essential DJ Skills. This new online programme gives students a solid foundation across a range of DJ skills and equips you with the necessary music theory you will need to perform great mixes. Essential DJ Skills (Online) will help you […]
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Welcome to our roundup of mixes you need to hear this month, where we spotlight some of the best that electronic music has to offer in the form of forward-thinking track selections, pure club annihilation and new unreleased cuts from our favourite artists. In this month’s instalment, we celebrate Night Slugs’ residency for Crack Magazine […]
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Calling all DJs! Although beatmatching by ear is a fundamental skill we teach here at Point Blank Music School, this tutorial will teach you a hack to get your tracks in sync using the CDJ bpm counters without them drifting at all. This technique is ideal for when you’ve only got a limited time to […]
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At Point Blank, one of the many things we specialise in is DJing and we love to help those eager to try their hand at mixing, scratching and blending to find the best tools for the job. Over the last decade, there has been an uplift in the number of tools and techniques DJs can […]
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Whilst public spaces have been closed, events have been cancelled and social distancing has been enforced, many DJs and producers are taking to streaming to continue to provide their fans with the music they love. Being able to set up your stream is a great asset to your DJ/production tool kit and means that you’ll be […]
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Here at Point Blank, we pride ourselves on the success of our students. We’re spoilt for choice when it comes to success stories and that’s why we publish a monthly Student Success feature. For this instalment, we are shining a spotlight on a certain Point Blank alumni you may be familiar with. Alexandra Badoi is a […]
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We’re excited to announce that a highly experienced selection of new lecturers will be joining the Point Blank team, including the one and only T.Williams, Rudimental vocalist Bridgette Amofah, Astrophonica label head and drum n bass boss, Fracture and more. Our latest new additions mean that we now have a grand total of 2 Grammy-Award winners, 3 […]
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Here at Point Blank, we pride ourselves on providing the best in music education. Whether it be one of our Music Production & Sound Engineering courses or our DJ courses we strive to give you the essential skills to succeed in the industry and more. In addition to our in-house learning facilities in London, Los Angeles, China, Ibiza, Mumbai, we offer a vast range of […]
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Join us on Thursday, January 9th at 7 pm for a special Open House event at our gorgeous location in the Mack Sennett Studios in Los Angeles, where we will be joined by the one and only DJ and Producer, Morse Code. Morse Code has been championed in the scene for his open format DJing and eclectic selections which have earned him […]
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When it comes to performing live as a music producer there are a number of ways to please the crowd without relying on turntables and CDJs. Whether you’re using a full live setup, implementing organic instruments into your DJ sets, using your DAW or more it always pays off to be creative and leave your gig-goers […]
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