Student Success

Scarlette Fever is definitely a name to watch in the coming months. The dance remixes of current single "What Would You Do?" recently hit the number one spot on the UK Club Breakers chart. With a  promotional tour underway and hectic live schedule to follow things are looking good for this student of the Cubase Beginners & Cubase Intermediate Courses. Watch out for the debut album...coming soon

Filth & Splendour paid their dues with DJ residencies at Pacha, The Key, The Cross, Plan B and the Egg Club. Shifting their focus to the studio, the duo enrolled on Minimal Tech and Sound Design Courses and delivered a number of releases and remixes winning support from Carl Cox, Dubfire, Timo Garcia, Anil Chawla, Jody Wisternoff, Laidback Luke, D. Ramirez,  Nic Fanciulli, Nick Warren, Hernan Cattaneo and Hybrid.

Nik's deep and techy sound has caught the attention of several labels since he took the Sound Design Course. His debut "Red October / ROMA" was remixed by Anil Chawla and featured on DJ magazine's covermount CD. Meanwhile his remix of Taylor Square's "Something in the Air" featured on the "We Love Ibiza" podcast and his most recent release has won support from Cevin Fisher, Audiojack and Nick Holder.

Paula Fairfield is an award winning Sound Designer who has worked on a host of movies and TV shows including “Lost”, “Sin City”, “Tropic Thunder” and many others. She enrolled on courses in Sound Design and Ableton Live to add to her skills. "The course definitely took me out my comfort zone" said Paula.

Don is an experienced musician who used to play drums for Beck and enrolled to learn how to produce professional  recordings in his home studio. Don says ""Having been a professional musician for many years, I figured I’d be able to manage digital recording. But I found myself deciphering manuals and struggling with software, rather than actually recording music. I discovered Point Blank Online and now I am recording, editing and mixing audio like a pro!"

Hugo moved to London in 1999 from his native New Zealand, immediately immersing himself in the city’s music scene. He has DJ’ed at venues including Herbal, Sosho, Cargo, SE1, Egg, and Platinum Bar and held a monthly residency at the legendary AKA Bar at “The End”. More recently Hugo has shifted his focus to music production and enrolled on the Minimal Tech Logic Course to sharpen his skills. He has releases on Just Deep Music, Avanti and Tenor Recordings - all available now on Beatport

Mike Haddad is a DJ / Producer and label manager at Witty Tunes. Based in Washington DC, the label has put out a string of quality releases which have hit the top 10 on Beatport and won DJ support from the likes of James Zabiela, Darren Emerson and 16 Bit Lolitas. Mike took the Deep & Soulful House Course.

Paul Sureno took the Deep & Soulful House Course and found it "an invaluable treasure trove of info...with a great tutor giving constant video feedback". Paul says his music has come on in leaps and bounds and he has several tracks slated for release on Soulshift Music in the coming months.

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Benjamin is the brains behind New York record label Funk La Planet. Specializing in House and Hip Hop the label has made a name for itself with a series of quality releases featuring the likes of Scott Wozniak, Atomm, Glen Lewis and Filsonik. Their biggest success to date was a remix of  Joyce Simm's "Come Into My Life" which hit  no.5 hit on the Billboard Dance Chart. Benjamin took the Minimal Tech Logic course.

Chris Rawles has been busy in the studio since completing the Minimal Tech & Deep & Soulful House Courses. The hard work is paying off with new track "Uh Oh / The Morning After" signed to Jeepers Music and further releases forthcoming on Push It Recordings. All tracks available via Beatport and other major download sites.