What sets Point Blank out from other music schools?Īpart from the building and the facilities, I would say two things are hugely important. This is a very exiting step for us as now students will not only gain from the hands-on training we are known for but can earn a degree in the process validated by Middlesex University. We also needed this space to allow us to run our newest course: the BA (Hons) Music Production and Sound Engineering degree. This includes an SSL 48 channel duality delta mixing console, and all the latest kit from Pioneer DJ, Native Instruments and Ableton. We've also got some very tasty new equipment for the students to learn on. The students use this to chill out between classes and network with each other, and we also hold regular masterclasses there for up to 100 people – something we were not able to do before for space reasons. All the studios in the new space open up into a large communal area called 'the Hub'.
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We now have a total of 11 training rooms, 4 production studios plus practice rooms. We've just opened our second building in Hoxton which is a fantastic new facility for learning electronic music. The London school has just undergone an expansion, what are some of the new additions? We soon ran out of space at Greenwich (I was using the vocal booth as my office!) so we moved to our current location in Hoxton where we built our first state-of-the-art training complex and developed a wider range of courses, including singing, songwriting, radio broadcasting, music business and live sound. We developed music production and DJ courses out of these sessions and these still remain at the core of what we teach today. I would explain exactly what I was doing and that's how the courses got started. Clients would come in to record their tracks and were interested to learn how the gear worked themselves. It was the early 90s! I then set up the recording studio which quickly morphed into a school. I worked with acts including Sasha, D:Ream and Blur. I had previously been a bass player with a band called Honeychile, signed to Sony, and then worked as a studio engineer for a large commercial studio called Matrix.
Rob Cowan: Point Blank originally started as a recording studio in Greenwich in 1994. MoS: Talk us through the history of Point Blank, how and when did it come about? With a jam-packed roster of accomplished graduates a Los Angeles branch and a recently opened second London premises, we caught up with founder, Rob Cowan to get the inside story of Point Blank. It began in London in 1994 and has grown to become the go-to place for creatives interested in electronic music and media. Point Blank is probably the most well-known name when it comes to DJ and production schools
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