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Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp joined us last month to deliver an insightful talk about the inspiration behind his iconic songwriting. Gary Kemp is the man behind all 23 of Spandau Ballet’s hit singles such as ‘True’, ‘Gold’, ‘Through the Barricades’, ‘To Cut a Long Story Short’ and more. In 2012, Kemp was an Ivor Novello Award winner for Outstanding […]
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Last year, we made our way to the Amsterdam Dance Event where we hooked up with one of our favourite techno producers, Tom Hades, to film an exclusive masterclass. This masterclass was hosted by the techno platform 50:HERTZ and sees the Belgium-based producer take a much more fluid and direct approach to sharing his wisdom. He led a Q&A style show and […]
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Last year we were joined by Brainfeeder’s Iglooghost for an exclusive production masterclass. During the masterclass, the UK producer unveils the secrets behind his high octane Aphex Twin-sampling track, ‘Teef Chizzel’. Want in-depth daily insights into music production techniques? Check out our online courses. Iglooghost is renowned for his forward-thinking production techniques, genre-bending releases and the weird and wonderful […]
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To celebrate our partnership with the world-leading plugin specialists, Waves Audio, we have created a series of masterclasses focussing on how to finely tune your tracks with their state-of-the-art plugins. Following this recent partnership, Point Blank students are entitled to an exclusive 35% discount on Waves Audio plugins. Find out more about our student discounts here and […]
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Benny Scarrs is a Point Blank Music School alumni who, since graduating from the Music Production & Sound Engineering course, has achieved some incredible feats. He’s been working in the music industry for a number of years now – having been involved with events booking talents such as Professor Green, Mr Hudson, Labyrinth and many more. Following these accolades, the […]
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In May 2019 we were invited to IMS Ibiza to check out the annual summit’s festivities and explore the variety of panels, events and parties on offer. Whilst there we sat down with the one and only UK club-king, Jax Jones, to discuss exactly how he writes and produces hit tracks from start to finish. If you’re […]
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For our most recent masterclass, we were joined by UK drum and bass boss Kove to find out how he made his haunting dnb track, ‘Echoes’. Kove has well and truly secured his reputation in the drum and bass scene, with his tracks gaining attention from the legendary duo Chase & Status who signed him to […]
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For our latest video tutorial, we were joined by Tom Budin all the way from Down Under to show you how to build a punchy house beat in FL Studio. The 23-year-old DJ and Producer has been making big waves in Australia, as well as the international dance music scenes, with his fusion of addictive club tracks. […]
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We’re very pleased to announce that hip-hop producer and live performer DiViNCi will be joining us at Point Blank LA for a masterclass which will see him demonstrate his unique production skills using Ableton and MPC hardware. During the event, DiViNCi will demonstrate how he starts a track from scratch and discuss his techniques on developing ideas […]
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This year at Point Blank HQ we’ve been busy creating a variety of music production tutorials to cater to your needs. We’ve covered Ableton Live, Logic Pro, GarageBand and more making sure we explore all the tools available to producers at either beginner or advanced levels. Below find out how one of our favorite artists makes their […]
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