Videos | Point Blank Teams Up With Smirnoff To Put Women Artist’s First
Posted by VMan on June 23, 2017
In 2016 just 17% of electronic music festival headliners were women and only 5% of music producers were female. Thankfully Smirnoff Sound Collective recently collaborated with Point Blank Music School to address this imbalance of power within the music industry through their “Women Shaping Tomorrow” initiative, which featured an evening of panels and workshops with industry heavyweights like Mandy Parnell.
It’s all part of Smirnoff’s “Equalizing Music” campaign, a three year initiative that aims to double the number of female headliners by 2020. Based on the success of “Women Shaping Tomorrow”, it seems like they are well on their way.
Techno | Point Blank Shares About History Of Techno Music
Posted by VMan on November 17, 2016
Techno fans have a special treat today. The electronic music school has released a video discussing not only the history of techno music, but also production tips discussing, in detail, elements of education for the Ableton user. James Wiltshire, who has been featured talking about historical and production points with Point Blank before, uses his charming UK voice and impressive intellect to deliver a balance of history and knowledge.
Dope facts you probably didn’t know if you got into dance music this decade: Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson began to create what is now known as early Detroit Techno. Early tech-heads were influenced by the book Third Wave – I won’t give away any more interesting facts – but the video is worth the watch.
For more info about this video or about Point Blank’s music classes, you can follow the link here: www.pointblankmusicschool.com
Interviews | Point Blank Takes Us Through A History Of House Music
Posted by VMan on September 27, 2016
There’s very few people who can actually deliver the true history of house music. Thankfully, Point Blank has filled this void by meeting up with James Wiltshire, who knows his stuff to say the least. Story-telling is a dying culture, but Wiltshire will make your mind filled with visuals and imagination with his detailed story starting all the way at the beginning.
If interested in part 2, Wiltshire then goes on to explain how to make house music here.
To learn more go to Point Blank’s homepage here: http://www.pointblankmusicschool.com/
Interviews | Shadow Child Shows Us How He Makes Hit Songs
Posted by VMan on September 12, 2016
Shadow Child is practically a house hold name in dance music. His remix of “Hotter Than Hell” is a staple in mid 2010’s sounds that we’ve all come to love. The solo DJ/Producer has teamed up with Point Blank to give fans and producers an extremely detailed look as to how he formed the track “Dua Lipa – Hotter Then Hell (Shadow Child Remix)”. The British voice guiding you through the experience isn’t half-bad on it’s own. Why are their voices so good?
Anyway, go to http://www.pointblankmusicschool.com/ to find more collaborations they’ve done with big artists, lessons, creative bits, and more. Point Blank has a large audience it feeds to, including 200K subscriber following on YouTube, 2016 has had Point Blank expanding on good things more so, keep your eyes peeled on what they will be doing next.