Star Students

All of our tutors are actively working within the music business and have proven track records. This ensures our students get the most professional and practical tuition available. See for yourself....

Artist		Tune
	Jahawi Jahawi hails from Kenya but has been studying music production with us here in London. He’s wasted no time in puttting his skills into action and his first two remixes are for none other than Armand Van Helden!! A Track Called Jack (Jahawi's Jackin Off Remix) is out now on Norman Cook’s Southern Fried Records and I Want Your Soul (Jah Dub) is also out now on Ultra Records. Nice work Jah!. Find out more at www.myspace.com/jahawi
	DJ Assad - Songwriting DJ Assad studied songwriting at PB and has just had a No. 15 national chart hit with Raghav's "Lets Work It Out". "It was a great feeling learning from the course, implementing it in a song and getting my first UK release in the process".	Lets Work It Out
	Tayo -Music Production (Logic) Tayo is a pioneer of the UK breaks scene. He DJ’s all over the world and hosts “The Residency” on Radio One each month. With a string of successful releases already under his belt for the likes of Skint, Distinctive and Mob Records, Tayo wanted to raise his game to the next level in terms of studio expertise.
	Jamie Mc Dermott Recent student Jamie has just released his debut single via CR2 digital. The track is titled “Pianotight” and thanks to DJ support from the likes of Freddie Le Grand, Nic Fanciulli, Robbie Rivera, and ATFC it’s currently at No. 8 on the buzz chart. Described as a “Sunshine fuelled, hands-in-the air” piano-house monster the track is released on download and limited edition vinyl. Find out more at www.myspace.com/jamiewamiemusic
	Ben Scarr Ben studied music production at Point Blank whilst promoting numerous club nights and hip hop events across London. The late nights have paid off though – Ben is now working as an A&R man at Island records. It’s his job to find the music stars of tomorrow, so once you are enrolled on your course and you’ve got your production skills in order, we’ll be pointing you in Ben’s direction.
	Tristan Lillingston -Sound Engineering Within months of completing his course Tristan had secured a job at London’s famed Sarm West studios where everyone from the Gorillaz to Radiohead has recorded. Tristan is currently working in the A&R department for Sony BMG looking after the likes of Bullet for My Valentine.	The Pianist
	Guy Hixon - Rock Music Production Guy Hixon is a singer/songwriting guitarist from Leeds, and plays in an acoustic pop/rock trio called Albany. Albany's songs are emotive and intelligent, evoking powerful melodies and strong, intricately layered harmonies, and have been compared to the likes of Radiohead, Coldplay, Turin Brakes, Elbow and Jeff Buckley. After an introduction from Point Blank, they recently recorded at Toerag studios with Liam Watson (White Stripes, The Zutons)	Hold Me Again
	Lady Justyce - Music Production Lady Justyce is Hannah Davis - an 18 year old MC from the West Midlands. She recorded her debut single at Point Blank and secured airplay on Radio One, Kiss 100 and MTV as a result. “Wicked bolly strings on the original mix and Spiritual South’s Future Boogie re-rub is a positively deranged crush of old skool jungle breaks and lush stereo strafing beats” said DJ mag.	Yo Baby
	DJ Margaritaville -Full DJ course Marguerite enrolled from Texas USA. Whilst in London she immersed herself in the capitals club scene and landed a residency at Islington’s Matt & Matt bar. She returned to Texas in November and became resident on Saturday nights at the Light Bar in Austin’s warehouse district.	www.djmargaritaville.com
	Smart Alex - Music Production Course If you've ever wondered what Eminem would sound like if he came from Essex instead of Detroit then check MC Smart Alex's twisted delivery and Chris's heavy heavy beats. You may have seen Smart Alex feature on Chennel 4's Chancers TV show recently	Addictive Behaviour
	Pollyfonik - Music Production Pollyfonik is Polly Metson. Obsessed with music since she was young, Polly came to Point Blank to learn more about studio technology on the Music Production course. After a short spell at Defected Records, Polly is now working at Sony BMG records.
	Devin - Music Production Devin’s been DJing since tha age of 14 and it wasn't long before his blend of garage, hip hop and bashment caught the attention of 1Xtra. He hosts his own show each weekend and when Dev decided to get serious about making his own beats, he enrolled on the course here at Point Blank.	Check out his show on 1Xtra each Saturday 12 til 2pm: click here
	Ryan Shaw - Music Production W inner of hit ITV show "The Joy Of Decks" Ryan hooked up with top producer Tom Middleton to record "Ryan's World". Ryan went on become resident at Back to Basics, London's Deep Down & Dirty and has played out to people from Brazil to Australia. When he's not in the studio you'll find him in London's Phonica Records.	Ryans World (Cosmos mix)
	DJ Decoy -Music Production Andy Shanks made the move from Djing into production via Point Blank’s Music Production course. He now works for Soundcraft who manufacture a range of professional mixing desks and you can check him demoing Soundcrafts’s Urei DJ range at shows all over the world. www.ureidj.com	To download exclusive DJ Decoy mixes log onto: www.djdecoy.co.uk
	Ian Finch – Introduction to Production There’s no stopping Ian. No sooner had he finished his course than he was asked to provide a remix for 80’s pop legend Kim Wilde. Ian’s “Elektrika Mix” will be included on the European release of “Perfect Girl”. Not only that but he’s just launched his own label Liberttas Music. Watch this space…	Kim Wilde - Perfect Girl (Elektrika mix)
	Holly Warner – Introduction to Production Holly Warner is working as a trainee engineer at Transmission Studios –home to Andy Chatterley and Saved Records. Holly will be assisting in the coming months as Andy produces The Kills album and continues to record as The Buick Project with Nic Fanciulli. The Buick Project have just been nominated for a “Best Remix” Grammy award for their remix of Tiefschwarz’s “Damage” so it’s a great opportunity for Holly to build on the skills and experience gleaned from her course at Point Blank. We wish her the best of luck!!