Scratch Day workshop
Start making interactive music with Scratch as part of MIT’s Scratch Day.
Category: Music
Greening the creative industries
London based Julie’s Bicycle works to make environmental sustainability a fundamental part of music and performing arts. Established in 2007, this non-profit company supports the creative industries sector to reduce their environmental impacts and develop new thinking in tune with global environmental challenges. Join founder, Alison Tickell, for a practical discussion on sustainability within the [...]
Sep 29, 2011 | 4 comments | View Post
Writing rap
Working with the MIDI files created from old music scores for Libraryhack, former Catalyst, Andrei, and Nick from Elements Hiphop Workshops, crowded into Lab 3 with a group of seven young MCs from QPASTT to lay down some beats. After a couple of hours of putting pen to paper with Nick, each of the crew [...]
Fete De La Musique Line Up Announced
Find out who’s playing at The Edge as part of this years Fete De La Musique festival.
The Good News – Music (always) Rocks!
Despite the doom and gloom in my last post, this decade will be unique and exciting for music creators and fans alike. But if the web is the death nell for the conventional record business, whats the upside? Lets start with fans: To state the obvious, music fans drove labels and artists into the [...]
Apr 27, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Plug-ins. From the ridiculous to the ridiculously expensive…
At the workshop on the weekend I gave a quick overview of writing music with the inbuilt instruments in Pro Tools. We didn’t really have time to explore the world of 3rd party software, so I thought I’d post a few resources for RTAS and VST plug-ins. These plug-ins are often cross-platform, mac or pc, [...]
Apr 12, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
RECIPES FOR RAPPERS- Rough Lyrics
The scratchings that came during Workshop 3… the beginnings of new rhymes, stylings on certain topics.
Apr 10, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Recipes for Rappers: Workshop 4
WORKSHOP #4 Studio 1a. Wednesday April 6th, 2011 5:30pm- 7:30pm. In today’s session we recorded the first rhyme we wrote way back in March, Andrei (NOISE Catalyst) was our engineer and brought the studio vibe to meeting room 1b. We had Rhys, Marko and Tam laying down this little comedy rhyme entitled In the Library…. [...]
Apr 10, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Recipes for Rappers: Workshop 2
WORKSHOP #2 Studio 1b. Wednesday March 29, 2011 5:30pm- 7:30pm. 5:30-5:50pm Warm Up: RHYMING GAME (freestyle) First- check out PITCHO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFYskempD5E&feature=related Check this Belgian-Congolese Rapper out. Hear the sounds and let it impact on your range n flow. Sound it out (using gibberish.) 2 lines/ 4 lines/ 8 lines Cipher… 5:50pm-7pm HIP HOP SHAKESPEARE (20min) [...]
Apr 10, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Recipes for Rappers: Workshop 3
RECIPES FOR RAPPERS WORKSHOP #3: Sunday April 3rd, 2011 2:30pm- 5:30pm. Studio 1b. 2:30-2:40pm WARM IN Watch film-clips: Akala (UK), Reggie Watts (US) & DEF Jam Poetry: Saul William (US), Taylor Mali (US) 2:40-3pm RHYTHM & RHYME GAME (freestyle) Beat tracks by Monk and Busty Beatz Stand in a circle and pass around the microphone. [...]
Apr 06, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
RECIPES FOR RAPPERS
Recipes for Rappers involves exercises and techniques that introduce or re-introduce street poets to a diverse array of inputs/ inspiration and methodologies. Generally the writing of rhymes are a solo mission including hours in front of the computer or with pad in hand, these workshops will see up to 20 artists playing and experimenting with the form in one space.
Mar 25, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Recipes for Rappers
Who: Candy B Where: Meeting Room 1B (Level 1 of the State Library of Queensland) Cost: Free Bookings: book.it@edgeqld.org.au It’s time to cook up some phat rhymes with The Edge’s tastiest Microphone Commander Candy B. Get along to learn how to mix, stir and butter-up your rhyme writing skills and develop your poetical palate. After [...]
Mar 08, 2011 | 9 comments | View Post
