Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
In this video, Point Blank instructor and Ableton Certified trainer Thomas Glendenning takes a look at Ableton’s fantastic new Drum Bus feature and the many ways you can use it in your productions to enhance drum sounds. Thomas teaches Introduction to Music Production (Ableton) with us here in London which, as well as acting as a standalone […]
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We welcome another artist into the depths of Orsman Road to deconstruct one of her biggest tracks. Flava D has been on our radar for years with her blend of Garage, House, Grime, Funky and Bassline. With tracks out on labels like Butterz and Local Action, it’s not like we’re the only ones, either. For […]
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Welcome back to another of our guest masterclasses. Following on from our recent session with Gammer, we’ve hit up another Monstercat artist in Stonebank, who covers pretty much all angles of the label’s output with Happy Hardcore, Electro and Dubstep all likely to emerge from the lab. Here, he describes how to make a lead […]
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Welcome back to another of our guest masterclasses. Following on from our recent session with Gammer, we’ve hit up another Monstercat artist in Stonebank, who covers pretty much all angles of the label’s output with Happy Hardcore, Electro and Dubstep all likely to emerge from the lab. Here, he describes how to make a lead […]
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We’re back with the third and final instalment from our music industry masterclass with Nick Halkes, and a wrap up of the talk in full. Nick is currently the manager of Liam Howlett (The Prodigy), Stanton Warriors, DnB dons Bad Company UK, Ministry of Sound-signed One Bit and more. He is also a member of the […]
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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 […]
The post Quickfire Deconstruction: Ski Explains the Chords to Mitski’s ‘Nobody’ appeared first on Point Blank’s Online Magazine.
Welcome back to another edition of Point Blank Student Success. In July we call on another three students/graduates to discuss their successes and hopes for the future. In a slight departure from our usual success stories, two of our subjects this month are singer-songwriters who have been gaining impressive traction, one with radio plays and blog […]
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For our latest tutorial video, Sound Design instructor Chris Carter steps up to the plate with a video on creating a morphing bass sound using Native Instruments’ hugely popular Massive synth. Chris has a wealth of industry experience, working with the likes of respected American guitarist and singer Little Axe, Shara Nelson of Massive Attack […]
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The ever-advancing world of DJ software has thrown out some brilliant tools in recent years, with tools allowing more granular detail into the make-up of tracks. While Luddites decry the end of ‘proper DJing’, you and us, dear reader, know the truth. The truth is that these platforms and functions free up time and headspace […]
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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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