Point Blank is a music and creative media training school founded in London in 1994 by musician and producer Robert Cowan. It offers a variety of courses in electronic music production and sound engineering, DJing, singing and songwriting at its premises in Hoxton, North London, Los Angeles, Ibiza and online.
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History
Point Blank started as a recording studio in Greenwich, London in 1994. Founder and CEO Rob Cowan had previously been a bass player in Sony-signed band Honeychile and worked as a studio engineer for Matrix studios, working with artists such as D:Ream and Blur. Originally set up as a recording studio, Point Blank quickly evolved into a school after clients expressed an interest in learning about how the gear worked themselves. The school eventually relocated to its current location in Hoxton, London where it offers courses on singing, songwriting, radio broadcasting, music business and live sound.
DJ Pete Tong has been a visiting tutor and Leona Lewis and Goldie are former pupils.
In 2013, the school was banned by the Border Agency from sponsoring non-EU nationals for offering too many places to students who failed to meet the rules. It had previously had 'highly trusted' status for a decade, and the school's managing director blamed the issue on 'formalities and clerical errors on the side of the UKBA.' It was reinstated in the same year after a re-inspection.
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Partnerships
Point Blank is partnered with Middlesex University and offers a BA (Hons) Music Production and Sound Engineering degree with the University. Point Blank is an Ableton Education Partner, an Apple Inc. Training Centre, Steinberg Training Centre and Native Instruments Training Centre. It has also partnered with Solid State Logic (SSL) since 2016.
Record Label
Point Blank runs its own in-house record label, Point Blank Music, founded to help establish talented students in the music industry.
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