Music Business Certificate
Start your music industry career
Start your music industry career
Co-developed by Keith Harris, the manager of Stevie Wonder and taught by lecturers who have delivered TED X talks and worked with all the biggest entities within the music industry such as MTV, Virgin (EMI), Mercury Records (Universal) and Sony Music. You’ll be taught everything you need to know to kick start a successful career within the industry and complete the course by organising a live event at a London venue. By studying this course you’ll open doors to a vast array of career opportunities and professions including A&R manager, artist manager, record label manager, venue promoter, branding manager, event programmer, music distributor, music publisher, booking agent, tour manager and many more!
You will learn: Music Industry, Marketing & Branding, Music Entrepreneur.
Point Blank classes are small to ensure you receive ample 1-2-1 time with your lecturers. We pride ourselves on our student eco system of budding artists, managers, producers and singers, all operating in Shoreditch, a global hub of London music venues and bars.
| Duration | 9 Months | |
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| Available start dates | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Weekly timetable | 1 class per week. Please contact us for details. | |
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Active in the music industry since the 80's with extensive A&R, DJ and broadcast experience with Kiss FM and MTV. Self-published novel about the industry and presents a weekly show on mi-soul.com.
Lead vocalist with Rudimental, played Glastonbury and Jools Holland. Replaced KT Tunstall in Oi Va Voi, also worked with The Nextmen, Basement Jaxx & The Earlies.
Worked as A&R manager at Fierce Panda who discovered Coldplay & Keane. Ellie booked festivals & ran 100s of successful industry events. She runs her own label & live promotion company Cool For Cats.
Co-founded 2AR Music for artist management & consultancy. Bassist/manager for Snuff since 1996. Producer for BBC Radio 1 including Zane Lowe, Annie Mac, Giles Peterson, Fabio & Grooverider, and more.
A prolific and successful writer, singer and producer with a US Billboard #1 and over 40 releases in over 15 years of adventures in the music industry.
What I went on to do – you couldn’t understand how beneficial it was for me to come and study with Point Blank and get the technical knowledge I needed first. - Benny Scarrs, Point Blank graduate and artist manager for Dave (Mercury Prize Winner)
| Fees (UK) | Saving over monthly instalments | ||
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| £2,750 payment in full | £455 | ||
| £100 reg fee + £985 per term | £150 | ||
| £100 reg fee + £345 per month | |||
| See details during the enrolment process for more information on fees and international student pricing. | |||
Pay in full upon enrolment and save up to 20% over paying in instalments. See the enrolment process for more details.
All students will gain membership to the Music Managers Forum (MMF) - the largest representative body of music management in the world.
We supply all the equipment you need for your class, and our facilities are open 7 days a week during term time for you to work on your assignments and projects (excluding scheduled breaks).
If you are interested in production or DJing and wish to buy equipment or software, remember that Point Blank students qualify for discounts from Apple Education, Ableton, Native Instruments, Pioneer DJ and other leading industry partners.
Each module requires your attendance at one daytime class which will be 3 or 4 hours long depending on the module. Your timetable will be confirmed a week before the start of each term. If you have specific timetable requests, please contact us before booking and we will do our best to arrange your classes at times that suit you. In addition to classes, students are expected to schedule sufficient practice time each week. The studio facilities are open to you 7 days a week gaining you valuable studio time and reinforcing the skills learned in class. Students can also book regular 1-2-1 sessions with our lecturers outside of class time.
We would be happy to see if we can arrange a timetable that will work around your work commitments. Please contact us for more information. Please contact us for more information.
Non-UK students cannot enrol in this course since it is not accredited. If you take the accredited route by applying for example to the BA (Hons) Music Production & Sound Engineering (2 year) which is validated by Middlesex University, you will need a Student Visa. For more information, please visit our International Students page here. Students from the UK can enrol via the application form on the website in the usual way.
If you have further questions, don't be shy, please contact a course advisor who will be happy to help.