Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
We recently teamed up with the iconic fabric London venue for an exclusive careers festival and networking event – Music Futures. The event, which took place on May 18th from 11 am – 4 pm, saw music and education giants give Point Blank’s past, current and future students the best advice on how to progress their […]
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To those not familiar, a Music Director can be a puzzling role within the live music industry. In this video, we demystify what exactly a Music Director does with our returning guest, Kojo Samuel. With an extraordinary musical heritage, Kojo Samuel was raised on music; his mother being legendary soul singer PP Arnold and his father being a bassist […]
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We’re back with another video in our series of Perspectives, this time with the Musical Director, Kojo Samuel. With an extraordinary musical heritage, Kojo Samuel was raised on music; his mother being legendary soul singer PP Arnold and his father being a bassist for Crosby, Stills & Nash. Kojo spent ten years producing, songwriting and remixing, as […]
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We’re excited to announce that Point Blank has launched a brand new online Music Industry Management degree programme to add to our roster of business-centric courses. The BA (Hons) Music Industry Management Degree (Online) is the perfect programme for anyone whose dream it is to manage platinum-selling artists, uncover new talent, run global record labels or […]
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As music-makers and music fanatics, we’re all concerned about the wellbeing of the live music industry due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Many creatives have taken to online streaming whilst others have focussed on producing more music rather than their live presence. Although the face of live music has changed drastically, there’s still a number of […]
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The position of an artist manager plays an important role in the success of countless musicians across the globe. An artist manager’s role encompasses a range of tasks from orchestrating projects, planning releases and booking shows, to taking care of their client’s wellbeing, helping them pursue their goals and much more. Finding and nurturing great artists is […]
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Earlier this year (whilst we could still host and attend real-world events) we curated and led a special music industry-focused panel talk at London’s legendary Roundhouse venue. For the panel, we were joined by industry heads such as Matt Greer, an artist manager from ATC Management, Renell Shaw a songwriter and vocalist and our very own Lee […]
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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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We’re excited to announce that Kwame Kwaten, the head honcho of Ferocious Talent and successful music industry contributor, has joined the Point Blank Music School team. Taking ownership of the Point Blank Recordings record label and acting as our in house A&R Executive, Kwame brings his depth of musical knowledge and experience to both our label project […]
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We’re excited to announce that on December 16th from 1 pm onwards we are hosting another Point Blank Music School open day at our state-of-the-art studio facility at 26 Orsman Road, London, N1 5QJ. This event will feature an exclusive talk from a very special guest: Benny Scarrs – a former A&R for Island Records who now manages UK rap sensation Dave […]
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