Month: August 2012

Azealia Banks, Odd Future Shake Up Reading Festival

Azealia Banks and Odd Future roared through the Reading Festival in England over the weekend. Fresh off announcing her limited edition M.A.C lipstick, Yung Rapunxel commanded the stage in high-waisted black shorts, a short yellow top, and white boots. Odd Future’s Tyler, the Creator and Hodgy Beats tore up the main stage with a giant…


Meek Mill Blesses the Stage with Drake and Wale in Maryland

Meek Mill rolled through the DMV for his “Dreamchasers” tour last night and brought some friends with him. His Maybach Music Group labelmate and D.C. native Wale appeared on stage along with his “Club Paradise” tourmate Drake at the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland. The crowd went wild when the three MCs performed “Amen” off…


Universal Music-EMI Update: Where the Deal Stands Before Things Heat Up Next Week

While things have been a bit quiet recently around the Universal Music Group’s proposed acquisition of EMI, expect them to heat up toward the end of next week and especially after the Labor Day weekend. Whether or not UMG will win approval should be decided by the end of September, according to sources. As it…


Mixing Drums and Bass in Logic

Welcome to Friday Forum Live! The session will kick off at 1pm (BST). This week we welcome Point Blank course developer JC Concato who has worked with the likes of Bjork, Portishead, The Cure and Erasure. He will be showing you some more mixing tips in Logic. The aim of the sessions is to give…


Pensado’s Place : ITL #29 – Various Uses of Compression

In the 29th Into The Lair, Dave talks about the philosophy behind using compression, and it’s various applications in engineering and mixing.


Oscar-winning singer-songwriter Glen Hansard in Studio Q

Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter Glen Hansard was the founder of Irish mainstay band, The Frames, and one half of the Swell Season. He joins Jian in Studio Q to talk about “Once”, marking his successes, and his debut solo record, “Rhythm and Repose”.


X32 MIDI Remote in Logic Studio

After a couple of questions about setting MIDI remote control mode in Logic Studio, I thought I see if it could be done. Well it can.


Ableton Tutorial – Bassline in Daft Punk’s ‘Around the World’ – EMC

Go to: http://www.pointblankonline.net/electronic-music-composition-emc.phpto check out our online Electronic Music Composition Course where you can learn more techniques like this. Please get in touch with our course advisors at advice@pointblankonline.net if you want to find out more. In this tutorial Ski Oakenfull breaks down the great bassline in Daft Punk’s track ‘Around the World’


Worldwide Decline? CD Album Sales Collapse In Britain

2008-2012 Album Sales in UK 2008-PRESENTCould it be that the nice package CD, wrapped in plastic, with that unique artwork of your favorite artist could now disappear? According to Britain album sales, the once treasured CD album could be obsolete. Statistics published by the Official Charts Company, the best-selling album in the UK last week…


Def Jam Produces Four #1 Albums on Billboard Charts

Def Jam reigns supreme on the Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart as Four #1 albums have debuted atop with #1 Release from 2 Chainz “Based On a T.R.U. Story,” selling 147,000 copies. 2 Chainz joins Frank Ocean, Rick Ross, and Nas, as apart of the marquee artists on the label that have the third quarter…