Category: Columns
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Wrock-cording: part 4: multi track editing
body { color: black; } Wrock-cording, Part 4: Welcome to the Multitrack Realm! Hello, my fellow wrockers! In the first three installments of this series we kept things simple and worked on single-track audio. That's great for quick demos or a lone acoustic wizard-ballad, or if you're Hagrid singing into a tankard of drink, but…
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Wrock-cording: part 3. basic audio editing
Wrock-cording – Part 3: Basic Audio Editing Hello, fellow Wrockers! I'm back! Today, we're going to dive into some basic audio editing techniques — the kind of stuff you'll want to know once you've recorded your masterpiece and realize, "Oops, there's a door slam at the end!" or "Wait, did I just mess up that…
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Wrock-cording: part 2 – choosing an audio editor, the wand chooses the wizard!
Part 2: How to Choose an Audio Editor Hey there, fellow Wrockers! In Part 1, we got your song out of your head and into a recording. Now it's time to take a breather and chat about something super important that’ll shape all your future music-making adventures: picking an audio editor. This part is all…
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Wrock-cording – Part 1: Recording Audio
Wrock-cording – Part 1: Recording Audio Greetings, fellow Wrockers! Welcome to the captivating world of Wizard Wrock-a creative domain where there's magic on every track (1). I'm the Galleon Guy-by day a tech enthusiast, by night a dedicated Wrocker-and I'm here to demystify the recording process in this multipart series. This series is here to…
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Snobby Sundays: The Sorting Hat
NO GRIDS CAN CONFINE ME. SCHEDULES TREMBLE AND BOW DOWN BEFORE ME LEST THEY BE BROKEN BENEATH MY FLIP-FLOPPED HEEL LIKE SO MANY BEFORE THEM. Here’s some thoughts on a free debut EP from 2009 that I somehow missed and just discovered a fortnight ago. No build mode. Am I hip and cool with the…
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Hufflepuff Puff Pass, A Dank Ranking
Potterheads and potheads, this one’s a quick hit!
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That’s a Wrap: Aguamenti
Quench your thirst for wizhop by falling under the enchantment of Aguamenti, your friendly neighborhood non-binary wizard rapper! For an upwards of three years, Aguamenti delivered wizard rap with fresh flows and polished production, including 9 solo tracks, 5 collaborations, and an unreleased album.
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That’s a Wrap: Ariel Factor Birdoff
Ariel Factor Birdoff is a total badass in the Wizarding (Rap) World. Her latest EP guides not gatekeepers (one of my favorite things ever!) critiques the canon of Harry Potter and library science alike. In wicked bars, Ariel boldly reclaims library spaces – and creativity at large – for the people. For ALL people.
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That’s a Wrap: Lemon Drop… the Beat!
The Album Lemon Drop… the Beat is an early foray into wizhop, released under the name Dumbledore as the December 2007 installment of the Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club. Called “pioneers in wizard rap” by Susannah of Your Wizard Rock Resource, Dumbledore is a collaborative side project led by Harry and the Potters…
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That’s a Wrap: Harry Slaughter and the Lost Album
The Album Harry Slaughter is an elusive wizard rapper, “Charming his way into witches… hearts. Cursing his way to the top of the wizarding charts.” After a wrockin’ single a year prior – Potion Mixin’ Master – he dropped Harry Slaughter and the Lost Album on June 8, 2020. With a dozen tracks, the album…