Dubspot online training/ courses - good or bad?

[yianno]

This video on this page is the best i have found to explain how it works
http://blog.dubspot.com/new-dubspot-...tor-2-reaktor/

[beanzos]

I was gonna go check out the Dubspot open house one of these weekends. Being in NYC, it's hard to justify doing the classes online, as well as not having the set-ups they have. Will report on my findings when i make it over there.

[m00n]

I was gonna go check out the Dubspot open house one of these weekends. Being in NYC, it's hard to justify doing the classes online, as well as not having the set-ups they have. Will report on my findings when i make it over there.

Please do! I also wouldnt mind some in person stuff if the quality is there..

[JamesPB]

Hey guys,

Woah so I've been out of this thread for a little while and its all kicked off!

I'll answer a few queries that I read on here first.

* Bov - I saw you mentioned the free tutorials by the guys on youtube. You mentioned Ellaskins / DJtutor. His stuff is great, and would definately reccomend him. Point Blank are actually working together with DJtutor at the moment to hopefully come up with some great free content that will combine both of our best bits. Things are yet to be finalised, but we will be promoting across facebook and twitter and all that business when we do. I'll post something in here too so you dont miss out.

*Moon - Although our online courses aren't technically ‘hands on’, our tutors do create videos of themselves working on your individual assignments and giving one-to-one advice which can be kept and re-watched whenever. There are also forum discussions which the tutors are heavily involved in. Our Direct Video Responses are exclusive to Point Blank.


*bigheadmikelove - While on Tom Cosm's forum (which is another great tutorial youtube guy) I saw that Yianno had written the exact same response as in here :http://www.cosm.co.nz/index.php?opti...temid=175#5838.

Keep the feedback on how we can improve our courses coming guys. And of course keep the positive feedback coming...it keeps us going on the long and lonely nights here at Point Blank.

If you have any specific questions, then let me know!

Cheers,
James - Point Blank

[yianno]

Ooops i think i might have upset somebody which i promise was really not my intention and actually now that your watching you can confirm that i dont work for point blank the email i registered with you was yianno@inbox.com a few years back and you can confirm to everyone i live in the uk but thats besides the point respect what your doing but dubspot really works for me ive already started my second course ESSENTIAL MUSIC FOUNDATION which changed everything for me again apologise if i have caused offence didnt think that you guys would look at this .

[JamesPB]

I wasn't upset by it. I think it's a bit wierd how everyone gets on the offensive if you post for the first time anywhere (which I do quite a lot whenever someone is asking about Point Blank). I don't quite understand how you are meant to ever get into a forum community if everyone starts a fight with your first post.

It's good to get feedback anyway, good or bad (though we like good the most!). It's really interesting that you have studied at a few schools. What areas do you think Point Blank needs to improve on?

James - PB

[yianno]

To be honest i enjoy go along with a course it gets me motivated to keep doing stuff wether i necessarily need it is another question . I did the ableton course which at the time i knew nothing about ableton with point blank and wanted to come into the school but decided to do it online and in my opinion there was far to much reading involved for me i didnt get into music to read so much text with the videos they were very clear very well made but just feel a bit robotic and straight to the point which sometimes can be hard to watch the material was great though . Only reason i posted because i was excited and wanted to share that never thought id learn so much online never knew you guys would read it but i wish the best as you were the first online music course i ever heard about .

[JamesPB]

It's interesting that you say that about the Ableton course. I noticed that you took the course in the summer of 2010.

After noticing it had gotten a little stale (I think it was a few years old even when you took the course!), we decided to update it and give it a fresh new look. It is now much more up-to-date and should be more engaging with the students.

The Ableton Live – Production course has been recently relaunched by Jonny Miller, our very popular Dubstep course developer who has worked with Zed Bias and has releases out on K7, Hospital, and 4Hero's Twisted Funk labels. He gets consistently fantastic feedback and I’m sure readers of the forum can make their own minds up by checking out the many genuine course reviews which feature on our website. Here's a quick example of what we've heard:

"This course has really exceeded my expectations and has brought my production skills to life. Everything about this course was top notch, from the great tutor feedback, the detailed notes, the positive reinforcement, the fellow students, the DVRs, which are priceless, and the amount of info packed into this course. I am more than happy with the outcome, and look forward to the minimal tech course!"
Cheers, Robert

Yianno I know you took the course before it was re-developed, but I would like to hear from anybody who has taken the course in the past few months and see what the difference in opinion is.

Cheers,
James - PB

p.s. sorry about the slightly sales pitch style chat in the middle!

[Bunford]

Ellaskinz has taught me ALOT of what i know on youtube. I love that guy.

Ditto. He's a bit of an annoying spoon if you watch him for too long, but the short 5-10 minute spurts covering things is a good way to learn.

Watch a vid twice, then go off an do you own thing until you get where you think ir right. Do this to cover all of the basics and once that's all done and you're confidently equipped with the basics, then go ahead and get creatve and experimental, figuring things out for yourself.

That's how I'd approach it if I was a beginner. However, everyone's different.

What I wouldn;t do it spend thousands on a over-the-net video course! There are lots of very good and cheaper tutorials out there, like the Groove3 and Lynda.com ones, that can do a good job at giving you the foundations plus more.

[fullenglishpint]

What I wouldn;t do it spend thousands on a over-the-net video course! There are lots of very good and cheaper tutorials out there, like the Groove3 and Lynda.com ones, that can do a good job at giving you the foundations plus more.

Don't forget



I have learnt sooooo much from both the blog and the forum!