Keep the spark between you and your DAW
Computers. You’d think that they’d be able to do something pretty awesome by now. But do away with all the amazing graphics in Call of Duty, the hard drive for you to lose your photos on and a connection to the internet and all you have is a calculator with aspirations. Fact. To be fair they’re … Read more
The 5 best ways to spend your money making music, and the 5 quickest ways to waste it…
Wouldn’t it be great if there was some kind of alert system in our brains that goes off when we see an awesome deal for music gear? How about a plugin that starts bleeping when you’re about to waste a tall stack of bills you’ve worked so hard for? One day there’ll surely be an … Read more
How to make Dubstep Free Tutorial Series
Watch 5 videos exclusive to youtube in the ‘How to Make Dubstep’ series. They are a sample of the 80+ videos that Point Blank students have access to on the 4 week Dubstep Pro Producer Course taught in Ableton Live. Please subscribe to the Point Blank youtube channel to make sure you don’t miss the … Read more
Introducing the Point Blank Forum
The forum has long been a vital feature of the learning process for music production students at Point Blank Online; A place where they can interact with their fellow students, share their latest tracks and probe their tutors for any extra nuggets of knowledge not covered in the course material. Until now however the only … Read more
What Genre Next?
Since launching them in 2009, we have been overwhelmed by the popularity of the Pro Producer courses at Point Blank Online. The genres have spanned from Minimal Tech, Deep and Soulful House, Trance, Electro House, and most recently Dubstep and Hip Hop. Developed with the more experienced producer in mind, they are perfect for anyone … Read more
Learn to Produce Deep & Soulful House
With what we know to be a proven track record Point Blank Music School has been training DJs, music producers, songwriters and sound engineers for over 15 years. The school has been voted “Best Music Production & DJ School” for six consecutive years by readers of DJ Magazine and we have previously posted on the … Read more
Minimal Tech Podcast
Point Blank Music School have been training DJs, music producers, songwriters and sound engineers for over 15 years, they have won awards for thier efforts and as a result the work their students produce is consistently of a very high calibre. When studying a course at Point Blank student’s work culminates in the submission of … Read more
How To Make Dubstep…
After Drum n Bass, Garage, and Grime had flittered in and out of fashion in the underground London dance music scene in the late 1990s/early 2000s a fledgling sound with an emphasis on heavy low end frequencies, reverberating snares and half step percussion at around 140bpm began to gather pace amongst a small community of … Read more
How To Make Hip Hop: ‘Beat Analysis’
Just a quick update to the earlier post about Point Blank Music School’s latest addition to the curriculum, the Hip Hop Course, we’ve managed to get hold of an exclusive video taster from one of the lessons! So we now know that the course will feature a section entitled ‘Beat Analysis’ which will consist of … Read more
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
