Tag Archives: music industry

Daily News: Launchpad S Is Here

Apr 05, 2013  Today’s top picks… Launchpad S Is Here >> (Novation) Launchpad has unveiled their new version of their live controler. Take a look at it in action… Breaking Through: Tessela >> (Resident Advisor) In the latest instalment of their ‘Breaking Through’ series, Resident Advisor chat to the emerging UK talent...
Posted in Daily Round-Up, News, Uncategorized

Daily News: SXSW Announce First Set of Artists

Nov 09, 2012  Today’s top picks… SXSW Announces First Round of Artists >> (Fact) SXSW has announced the first round of artists due to perform at next years festival from March 12-17. British acts in the line up include Coldcut and Mercury Prize winners Alt-J.              ...
Posted in Daily Round-Up, News

Job Opportunity at Point Blank

Apr 19, 2012  Studio 5 at Point Blank Point Blank is a rapidly expanding company and we are looking to add to our team of Course Advisors. We currently need an additional Course Sales Assistant to work alongside the Head of Admissions to recruit students onto a range of award–winning music courses in...
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Steve Farris (Snow Patrol Publishing) Music Business Masterclass

Feb 28, 2012  As part of our series of regular guest masterclasses on March 9th we’ll be welcoming the head of Snow Patrol’s publishing, Steve Farris, to talk at length with our Music...
Posted in Music Courses

Alex Jones (Hypercolour) Free Ableton Live Production Masterclass / Livestream Broadcast

Feb 23, 2012  Next up in our monthly series of guest masterclasses is head honcho of London record label Hypercolour, Alex Jones, who will be stopping by the Point Blank studios on Thursday...
Posted in Ableton Tutorials, News, Tutorials

VVWI Label Boss Tim Sheridan Speaks Out

Jan 04, 2012  Tim Sheridan – DJ, producer and boss of VeryVeryWrongIndeed Recordings recently released the two winning remixes from the competition that we ran with his label back in Autumn 2011. Click here to listen to the winning entries. So high was the standard of entries that he felt implored to...
Posted in Music Courses

Listen to Very Very Wrong Indeed Winning Remixes

Jan 04, 2012  You may remember back in August 2011 we ran a competition with VeryVeryWrongIndeed Recordings to remix Paul Loraine’s track ‘Move Closer’ with the winner to get a full global release on their label and a Point Blank Online course. We received loads of fantastic efforts from our students and...
Posted in Competitions, Student Success

Navigating the Music Industry

Aug 12, 2011  So how hard is it really?  You write songs and sell them, that’s all there is to it, right?  Unfortunately the music industry isn’t quite as simple as we’d all like it to be.  There are many different sectors through which an artist must pass and even more ways...
Posted in Tips & Tricks