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We’re having a party at The Edge on Saturday May 7. Check out the program!
The Edge relaunch 12-9pm Saturday May 7 Who: Everyone! Where: The Edge Cost: Free Program: HERE The floods may have dampened our enthusiasm for a while, but as of today The Edge is back in business – and we want you to help us celebrate. We missed The Edge’s first birthday while our building was [...]
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, [...]
The scratchings that came during Workshop 3… the beginnings of new rhymes, stylings on certain topics.
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…. [...]
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) [...]
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. [...]
A character in a specific setting wants something, but there are obstacles that get in their way, the character suffers on the path to achieve their objective.
The following is a post written by Katherine Quigley of Vanguard Youth Theatre, about their recent involvement with The Edge… I’m sitting in front of my laptop, there’s at least 10 web pages and 5 programs running. I am working in theatre and collaborating with my coworkers in Brisbane, Boston, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Wooloongong, Sydney [...]
Space to Play for young media makers, musicians and designers
People often talk about reaching out to the youth, usually about how difficult it is. Changing people’s behaviour is always difficult, and the metaphor of ‘reaching out’ implies that you’re reaching out to lasso people and pull them where you want them to be. If people really wanted to communicate with young people, I’d think [...]
Wordpress is a popular blogging software and Content Management System, used to maintain millions of websites around the world—including The Edge.
As part of our opening weekend activities, The Edge is hosting a small series of free workshops hosted by local professionals from various sectors. Covering sound production, journalism, making models out of paper products, the workshops provide a taste of the types of workshops, projects and other opportunities The Edge will make available from here [...]