Orange teams up with award-winning music college Point Blank



Mobile phone giant Orange has teamed up with the award-winning London-based music production college Point Blank to organise a series of workshops across the UK.

The move is designed to coincide with the launch of Orange’s latest mobile phone service - Fireplayer, which allows users to download tracks and remix them by adding effects.

The two-day workshops - aimed at 16-21 year olds - will touch down in London, Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgow between August and September.

Forty selected applicants will be tutored by Point Blank’s production experts, and be taught the basics of audio mixing, recording, sampling, and editing.

The best-performing student during the workshops will win a three-month Point Blank music production scholarship worth £1500.

Former student and current Point Blank assistant, Reiss Nicholas said: “Point Blank gave me the opportunity to master my music production skills on a superb course working with experienced producers,”

“On top of that, Point Blank then employed me as an assistant tutor to actually go back into my community and help others realise their talents.”

Aspiring DJs and producers can apply online and find further information by visiting http://www.pointblanklondon.com/orange.

Mobile Music
On July 1st Orange launched its own music service, the imaginatively titled Music Player, that allows users to download and listen to music directly to their mobiles.

At the moment the service only has 200 tracks, but Orange is in talks with all the major record labels, and could soon become the market leader in mobile phone music downloading, which will without doubt become hugely popular in the future.

Download the Fireplayer service from here