How To Make Hip-Hop Beats…
In line with Point Blank Music School’s launch of the Dubstep Course, we are also happy to announce the launch of the Hip-Hop Production Course! Hip Hop arose during the 1970s when block parties became increasingly popular in New York City, incorporating DJs who played popular genres of music, especially funk and soul music. DJs, … Read more
Into The Red – Logic Pro Channel Strip Headroom
If you’re a regular reader of this blog then you’ll no doubt be clued up as to the fact that at Point Blank Music College all of our tutors are real industry experienced professional producers, with a great deal of knowledge behind them. This has been recently proven to a great extent by Point Blank … Read more
How to Produce Minimal Tech in Ableton Live
However you want to describe it, as minimal or tech house or minimal techno or whatever, it is a sound that has taken dance floors across the globe by storm and is unlikely to be leaving us anytime soon. There are countless amazing producers and DJs that have taken the Minimal and Tech House sub-genres … Read more
Paul Epworth In The Point Blank Studios
If your a regular reader of the blog then you may remember us posting about being pretty excited by the fact that we were expecting a visit from winner of ‘Producer of the Year’ at the Brit Awards, Paul Epworth. Well, he came and gave a great talk which was thoroughly enjoyed by all, so … Read more
Mixing Electronic Music Course – A Preview
Amateur and aspiring producers, myself included, are often faced with a significant degree of confusion when it comes to the final mixdown of a track. Once you have a track arranged and sounding like its ready to be finished it is essential to ensure that you have a good quality mix in order to attain … Read more
Paul Epworth – A Man Of Many Talents
London’s award-winning music college Point Blank is due to host a guest lecture given by Paul Epworth, a British music producer, musician and songwriter who has worked with the likes of Bloc Party, Primal Scream, The Rapture, Friendly Fires, Jack Peñate, Florence and the Machine, Kate Nash and Maxïmo Park. This multi-talented producer has also … Read more
Professional Course Programmes in Music Production
We’ve previously written posts on music production courses which enable you to gain a comprehensive knowledge of creating tracks, in a software specific way and in a genre specific way. On completing one of these courses it is often the case that people wish to move on to study further aspects of music in order … Read more
Logic Pro 9′s New features – A Quick Guide
This video is a great little taster of the ways you can use some of the great new features in Logic 9. Danny J Lewis, who has worked on labels such as Defected and Ministry of Sound, expertly guides you through the excellent new bounce in place feature, which allows you to render anything in … Read more
How To Make Electro House
Winner of the T-Scan award for ‘Best Music Production School’ 6 years running, Point Blank Music Production School have recently developed a music production course which enables you to learn how to make an Electro House track with a pro producer! This four-week course will show you how to program killer synth riffs, twisted basslines … Read more
Basement Jaxx on How To Get Your Music Released!
Award winning Music College Point Blank recently had the pleasure of recieving a visit from Felix of Basement Jaxx to talk about how you can get your music released. In a guest lecture to the students of the college and a question and answer session, Felix talks on how he went about getting his music … Read more
