Category Archives: Music Courses

Exclusive Access to High-End Studios for Point Blank Students

Apr 27, 2013  Each term our Sound Engineering students have three weeks during which time we book in session musicians so that they can run a professional recording session. Across three separate weeks...
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New Online Term Starts Soon!

Jan 31, 2013  January is already all but over, and it’s just a few days until our new term of online courses begin on February 4th. Our courses offer the very best in online tutoring with course notes provided throughout and virtual learning via live chats with our highly skilled and experienced...
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EMC2 Course Preview: Deconstructing Disclosure ft. AlunaGeorge – White Noise

Jan 24, 2013  Point Blank’s educational practices and course development is constantly evolving, with new ideas being introduced – along with fresh equipment and software – on a regular basis. All the while,...
Posted in Ableton Tutorials, Music Courses, News, Tutorials

Introducing EMC2: Ski Oakenfull Deconstructs Avicii’s Levels

Jan 22, 2013  This year at Point Blank we’re unveiling a brand new course, an extension of the Electronic Music Composition discipline. As an exclusive preview of the course, our tutor and course...
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Free Ableton Project Download – Justice vs Simian – We Are Your Friends

Jan 04, 2013  Point Blank developer and tutor Ski Oakenfull recently gave three EMC oriented seminars at the Amsterdam Dance Event. In the third and final one, he breaks down the 2006 Simian...
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Getting to Grips with Serato Scratch

Jan 03, 2013  Here at Point Blank we offer a wide variety of courses, giving students plenty of insight into the many different DJ and production programs that are on the market, thanks to the help of our expert tutors. In the videos below, we give you a few samples of what’s...
Posted in Freebies, Music Courses, Online Course Samples, Tutorials

How To Write Chord Progressions Pt.2 – Chord Inversions

Dec 27, 2012  Following on from our previous tutorial How To Write Chord Progressions For Electronic Music & Songs this week we’re going to take a look at chord inversions. Chord inversion is...
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Top Five Logic Videos – 2012

Dec 24, 2012  We’re very proud to present our top five Logic tutorials from the past year with a host of interesting guests coming in to demonstrate their unique skills as well as some superlative masterclasses from our own tutors. Have a look, and if you’re interested in taking a Logic course...
Posted in Logic Tutorials, Music Courses, Tutorials

FFL! Revisited – DJ Tricks & Scratch Techniques with Pioneer CDJ-2000 / DJM...

Dec 21, 2012  As 2012 quickly draws to an end, we thought it would be appropriate to revisit some of our favorite Friday Forum Live sessions from the last few months. Today’s top...
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Eats Everything, Mark Fanciulli and Trevino Panel: ‘Is There a Career For a DJ that...

Dec 20, 2012  We were joined by three of the UK’s most talented and successful producers (Mark Fanciulli, Eats Everything and Trevino) yesterday for a brilliant live panel discussion focusing on the relationship...
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Free Ableton Rack Download – ‘SBTRKT Wildfire’ Bass Sound

Dec 18, 2012  Point Blank Developer and Tutor Ski Oakenfull recently gave three EMC oriented seminars at the Amsterdam Dance Event. In the second one, he broke down the SBTRKT track ‘Wildfire’ which is one of the standout tracks from...
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