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As the Christmas period rapidly approaches many of you will be starting to think about what presents you’re going to have to buy this year. Whether it’s for friends, family, or a treat for yourself, there are a variety of gifts on the market – and for under £100! If you’re stuck for inspiration, don’t worry – […]
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While most of us disagree about what exactly we want from a DJ, be it chopped and looped beats, quick mixes that defy genre and convention or long, deep blends that make soup of our brains, one thing we have all experienced is what we don’t want from a DJ. For today’s video, our lead […]
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With schools across the world and an industry-leading virtual learning environment with our online courses, Point Blank is truly a global music school. Whilst our London studios remain our biggest school location, we are happy to announce that international students from outside the EU can now enrol on our 3-Year BA (Hons) Degree programmes in the UK, with […]
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Last we announced a new initiative with Resident Advisor, in which we aimed to give a young artist the means and support to dive into a career in music head-first. To do this we offered a Young Producer Scholarship to study our one-year Music Production and DJ Diploma worth £14,000, combined with access to gigging […]
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As the technology in music production and DJing gets more advanced, the possibilities for innovative music-making and performances are becoming greater each day. Not only that, but it’s easier than ever before to merge elements of both production and DJing, and it’s possible to use one to inform the other in ways unheard of just […]
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Point Blank Summer Schools are back, offering the perfect chance for younger students to get into a myriad of disciplines within music over a short period at affordable rates. If you’re aged between 11 and 19, or are a relative of a budding young producer / DJ / radio presenter / singer of that age, […]
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It’s well documented that music, and in particular electronic music, has traditionally been a male-dominated industry. Thankfully, there are loads of fantastic artists and initiatives working tirelessly to rectify this. The problem is still very much alive (try looking at any festival line-up and checking the ratio of men to women on the bill) but […]
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After an extended layoff, we are back with our regular guest slot with Pioneer DJ Radio. We’ve had a relationship with the station for a minute now and we’re proud to put our students on the radio alongside artists like Slam, Sante and Eats Everything. If you’re a PB student or graduate and think your […]
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We are very excited to announce that we are now taking applications for the 2018 Point Blank x Pioneer DJ Accelerator Programme! Read on for all the info you need on how to apply. With the Programme now open once again for 2018, we were delighted to catch up with Gabby to talk about how the past year […]
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After last week’s brilliant quickfire deconstruction, we’re back with another edition of Friday Forum Live. This week our lead DJ instructor Ben Bristow has got his hands on the latest piece of wizardry from Pioneer DJ – the DJS-1000. Intended for live performance, the DJS-1000 is a sampler and sequencer that’s the same shape and […]
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