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Expert Online Teaching Staff

Our expert instructors possess demonstrated talent as teachers and impressive professional experience as music industry leaders. They have worked with legendary artists including Bjork, Sade, Oasis, Massive Attack, Rihanna, Gwen Stefani, Stevie Wonder, Primal Scream, Ghostface & Raekwon (Wu-Tang), Fetty Wap, Iggy Azalea, Becky G, Snoop Dogg, The Prodigy, Redman, Brian Eno, Portishead, and many, many more. Passionate about passing their musical skills and industry knowledge on to the next generation of music makers, they each bring something very special to the Point Blank family.

DJ Sophenom DJing

Sophia Biggs, also known as SOPHENOM, is a DJ, music educator, and received her MBA with a focus in marketing from Pepperdine University’s Graziadio Business School. She been DJing since 2003 and worked as a DJ for Power 106 FM.

David Aguila Audio Mastering

Mastering engineer for Ted Taforo, Snow Nerds, Scot Ray, and more. World-class trumpeter for Chosen Vale, Vinny Golia, & Tonight Show with Jay Leno. BM Eastman, MFA CalArts, DMA candidate under King Britt at UCSD.

Conrad Clifton Music Production

Electronic music artist, producer, and independent music label founder with placements on HBO, Netflix, Nike, MTV, Oxygen and TruTV. Winner of an Independent Music Award for Best Dance/Electronica EP.

Chloe O'Brien Songwriting

Chloe O'Brien, also known as Neia Jane, is an alternative rock/pop singer, songwriter, and producer. As a graduate of Berklee College of Music, studied Songwriting and Music Business. She released her debut album “Magic & Honey” in 2019 and has been releasing new music ever since.

DJ Morsecode DJing

Nathaniel Morse was the winner of Redbull's first United States "3style" DJ battle in LA. He was awarded “Best DJ in LA” and then “Best DJ in America” by the Sun Times in 2014 & 2015 respectively.

Des McMahon Music Industry

Bass music producer, DJ, and mastering engineer with releases on the Viper, Insomniac, Get Hype, Technique, Circus, Ultra, Play Me, and Human Imprint labels.

Matteo Pino Music Composition

NY-based musician-producer & Berklee grad Matteo Pino has led indie duo "Soy Christmas" for 10+ years. He also releases solo electronic originals, remixes, & bootlegs as "J. Louix." His singles, EPs & LPs have garnered millions of streams.

Tyler Spratt Mixing

Pro mixer & audio engineer who's worked with Snoop Dogg, Moby, Dave Matthews Band, T-Bone Burnett, Robbie Robertson, and more. Master's degree in recording technology from the prestigious program at MTSU. 

Mecha Music Production & DJing

An Ableton Certified Trainer and Pioneer DJ Battle Championship winner, Mecha (Mikhail Arce-Ignacio) is a versatile producer, engineer, music director, DJ and live electronic performer.

Chris Hardin Music Industry

Founder of music management firm Hardin Bourke Entertainment & indie label Harbour Records (Virgin). Guided careers of LIVE, Robert DeLong, The Hu, Galactic, Rahzel, Yerba Buena, Tom Tom Club, and more. Produced million-dollar tours in 16+ countries & achieved Gold & Platinum sales & Grammy nods.

Jamie Blake Music Production

Ableton Certified Trainer. Experienced producer, composer, live performer, and writer of "Vegas Girl."

Davis Jones Music Production

Davis Jones is a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, producer, and audio engineer. He grew up in Austin, Texas, received his Bachelor Degree in Music Performance at Indiana University’s Jacob’s School of Music, and has since been pursuing music in a myriad of ways whilst living in Chicago, New York City, and Colorado. He is currently teaching, working remotely as an audio editor, and performing, co-writing/producing with his groups, loki moon and Le Muria.

Ted Taforo Music Composition

CalArts MFA and two-time recipient of the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award. Known for his powerful saxophone sound heard on Grammy and JUNO award nominated recordings in film/TV shows on Netflix. Worked with Spoon, Telemakus, Efajemue, Steven Van Betten, Superet, and more.

Cecil Decker Music Production

Cecil Decker is a sound, performance, and video artist based in Columbia, South Carolina. Their art has been performed, screened, and released across the US, France, and Germany, from DIY basement venues to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Recordings of their sound work are available on Withering Trees, Sirona-Records, BFW Recordings, and Dodgy Art. Cecil holds an MA in Media Arts from the University of South Carolina. 

 

 

James Garber Sound Design

Successful composer-producer and experienced tech professional, skilled in Music Composition, Music Theory, Guitar, Piano, and Audio Programming. Bachelor & master degrees in guitar from the prestigious Eastman School of Music at University of Rochester.

ZW Buckley Music Production

ZW Buckley is a video game composer, music producer, and educator based out of Seattle, Washington. ZW works with Seattle-based PeekaVR, providing music and sound design for their virtual reality children's books. He also serves on the board of directors for experimental music non-profit pt.fwd as well as the music production advisory board for Edmonds College. ZW has an M.S. in Creative Technologies from Illinois State University where he researched music-led virtual realities.

DJ Wheez-ie Music Production & DJing

Houston-raised, LA-based DJ, producer & engineer whose debut EP "All Werked Up" dropped on Brighton's Well Rounded label in 2011. Has been remixed by DJ Assault and Salva, and played by DJ Rashad, Joe Nice, Mala, Ben Klock, Sherelle, A-Sides, the Blessed Madonna, Nina Kraviz, Randomer, Kode 9, Machinedrum, & Skrillex.

Kyle Marshall Music Production

Kyle is a producer from Portland and is part of the Indie electronic group, Meridian. The duo has rapidly created a lane for themselves in the chill electronic scene through several EPs on Th3rd Brain Records. In addition, Meridian has played Rise festival and supported the likes of Emmit Fenn and Forester on their last North American tours.

Antonio Sage Music Production

Antonio Sage is an Ableton Certified Trainer and a multi-instrumentalist composer. He has written, performed, and produced a vast catalog for clients such as Warner Chappell Production Music, Revolution, Groove Addicts, and Emergency Production Music. His compositions are featured in television programs and networks such as Judge Judy, Dr. Oz Show, The Morning Show, House Hunters International, Primer Impacto, Networks include; HBO, Fox, TNT, Univision, and MTV2.