Tag Archives: DJ

Bill Brewster Interview (Last Night A DJ Saved My Life/DJHistory.com) – 08.05.13 &...

May 07, 2013  The greatest book ever written about dance music’ – The Daily Mirror on ‘Last Night A DJ Saved My Life’ This Wednesday at 4pm (BST) we have the godfather of...
Posted in Interview, News, Tutorials

Daily News: 3D Printing of Vinyl Records

Jan 04, 2013  Today’s top picks… 3D Printing of Vinyl Records Not Yet a Threat to Copyright Holders >> (Hypebot) In the clip below, Amanda Ghassaei from Instructables shows how she’s started experimenting with 3D printing using a sample of popular records. In the accompanying article, Hypbot consider the effect this may...
Posted in Daily Round-Up, News

B. Traits (BBC Radio 1 / Digital Soundboy) – Interview and Guest Lecture

Dec 17, 2012  We recently welcomed fast-rising Radio 1 DJ B.Traits to talk exclusively to our Radio Production students about how she made it in the industry. From her early exposure to electronic...
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Daily News: Watch New Julio Bashmore Video

Nov 27, 2012  Today’s top picks… Julio Bashmore Drops ‘Husk’ Video >> (Clash) Watch the new video for Julio Bashmore’s track Husk… Taking Gigs Outside of Your Normal Genre >> (DJ Tech Tools) DJ Tech Tools give their advice on stepping out of your comfort zone when playing gigs… The 10 Best...
Posted in Daily Round-Up, News

Madam X Podcast and Interview

Oct 26, 2012  It’s about that time again where we bring you the next instalment in our Point Blank Podcast Series and we’re very happy to say that we’ve got an absolute banger of a mix from an ex-PB student. Madam X studied with us back in 2009 and since then she’s...
Posted in News, Podcast

DJ Live Masterclass with Hatcha (Kiss FM, FWD>>) – Friday 12th Oct

Oct 08, 2012  We’re very excited to welcome DJ Hatcha, for the next instalment in our Live Masterclass series in association with DJ Magazine on Friday 12th October at 4pm (BST) / 11am...
Posted in Guest Artists, In & Around Point Blank, News, Tips & Tricks, Tutorials

Is Beat Sync Killing DJing?

Oct 04, 2012  With the recent release of Pioneer’s new CDJ 2000 Nexus, which includes a beat syncing feature for the first time in Pioneer equipment, the internet has been abuzz with debate over what this means for the art of DJing. Certain voices have cried out against Pioneer’s undermining of the...
Posted in Gear, Miscellaneous, News

Point Blank at BPM 2012

Oct 02, 2012  BPM is the world’s largest event dedicated to DJing and electronic music production. Visitors include DJs, producers, performers, promoters, venue owners/managers, equipment retailers/installers, record label representatives, students and many others. This year we are very excited to bring Point Blank to the event as one of the key exhibitors....
Posted in Events, News, Tips & Tricks

Online DJ Courses with New Lower Prices!

Oct 02, 2012  With the online music production courses dominating most of our headlines, many people don’t realise that you can also learn how to take your DJ/performance skills to the next level with Point Blank Online! Oh yes… and we are offering a new lower price of £245 on both these...
Posted in News, PB Courses & Press

Point Blank Free DJ Workshops…In Ibiza!

Sep 26, 2012  *Update* The workshops have now taken place. Watch the video highlights below: ———- Thursday September 27th Point Blank will be hosting a whole day of FREE DJ Workshops at the glamourous hotel Es Vivé in club-land’s beautiful home of Ibiza. The workshops are happening all from midday until 6pm…...
Posted in Freebies, Music Courses, News, PB Courses & Press

7 Wonders of the DJ World – Amazing Setups!

Sep 26, 2012  While powering through DJ sets in the dark and sweaty confines of the club is the aim of every DJ, there is a whole weird wide world of other locations for spinning some wax. Here is Point Blank’s selection of the most spectacular, wacky and plain random DJ setups...
Posted in Gear, Miscellaneous