pegkerr: (Wizard Rock)
I've created a wizard rock set list which adheres pretty closely to the plot of the seven books, book by book. I chose a variety of artists I particularly like, that have done a good job of dramatically presenting various scenes or just the feeling the books evoke, through their lyrics and music.

Here's how I'd tell the story of Harry Potter through Wizard Rock songs )

Your suggestions, additions, deletions? I'm probably relying most heavily on Riddle™ and Ministry of Magic, with a goodly dose of Harry and the Potters, Draco and the Malfoys, the Parselmouths, the Weasel King, the Remus Lupins, the Whomping Willows, and Oliver Boyd & the Remembralls.
pegkerr: (Wizard Rock)
Saw this notice on Wizrocklopedia [[livejournal.com profile] wizrocklopedia]: Yet another example of what wizard rockers are doing to decrease worldsuck:
Upon learning about families and children affected by natural disasters across the world, Megan, from The Wizard Rockumentary, and Mark, from Marked As His Equal, decided they wanted to help. Megan and Mark created From Beneath These Ashes, a 2-disc Wizard Rock compilation featuring over 30 Wizard Rock bands, and spanning both "light" and "dark" themes.

All of the proceeds from the compilation will go to Save the Children, "the leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in need in the United States and around the world.” Save the Children continues to help children and families who have been affected by disasters in our country, like hurricane relief in the Gulf Coast, and all over the world, such as the cyclones in Myanmar.

From Beneath These Ashes features previously unreleased songs from The Remus Lupins, Catchlove, House of Black, Draco and the Malfoys, and many other awesome Wizard Rock bands. There will be a limited run of hard copy CDs, so don’t forget to preorder! After the hard copies have run out, the compilation will remain online for purchase to continue raising funds.

Whether you see yourself singing along to the "light" side, rocking out to the "dark" side, or you just want to get an amazing CD in exchange for helping families in need, From Beneath These Ashes is sure to please.

See the track list here. Preorders are open now. You can reserve your copy here.
Yes, I ordered my copy, which is what I did today to make the world a better place.
pegkerr: (Wizard Rock)
I was going to do my Portus report tonight, but I'm feeling pretty yucky (digestive upset) and so am going to bed, but I just wanted to mention . . .

Remember the wizard rock song I wrote? I'd mentioned that [livejournal.com profile] marcgunn did a recording of it. I just learned that he's going to be releasing it on a CD next month.

And even better yet--I screwed up my courage and talked to the guys with Ministry of Magic about it. I got Jason to listen to it on my iPod--and he really likes it! And they said that they'd like to record it too and include it on a charity compilation CD. They're going to see about having Alex Carpenter of The Remus Lupins and Grant of The Weasel King collaborate with them on it, too. I had Alex listen to the song, since he was also there at Portus, and he liked it, too, and said he'd be willing to collaborate, and The Weasel King previously told me the same thing. Ministry of Magic told me via email today that they'll start working on new music later this summer, including this song, and they'll be in touch.

Woot! Ministry of Magic is going to record my song!
pegkerr: (Wizard Rock)
This video filmed and performed by The Weasel King is of one of his best songs, "They Can't Catch Us All." You can download this song for free at The Weasel King's Myspace page if you have a MySpace account, here, or you can get a lot of his other music for free at his website here.

The song is based on that moment in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix when the DA has been discovered by Umbridge in the Room of Requirement, and Harry turns to them and yells, "What are you waiting for? Run!" As Wizrocklopedia puts it, if this song doesn't get you moving and bobbing your head, then nothing will. The Weasel King has a particularly professional sound (okay, in my admittedly amateur opinion, but tell me if you agree.) I particularly like his use of the chimes.

As always, for my curiosity, let me know if you listen and like.



Lyrics )
pegkerr: (Wizard Rock)
I haven't been following wizard rock since before the retreat, so I went this morning to check to see if any of my favorite bands had new songs.

New free download from The Weasel King )

RiddleTM has a new song out--alas, not downloadable, but still worth a listen )

For a rather different sound, more electronic/dance, check out Luna's Ceiling )

A lot of the bands had a lot of fun with April Fool's Day yesterday )

As always, for my own curiosity, please comment if you listen and like.
pegkerr: (Wizard Rock)
I sent The Weasel King a polite query to see if he might be interested in recording "My Father Was a Werewolf." Got a nice message back from him tonight, saying that ordinarily he writes his own music, but that he was interested. No promises, but he'd play with it a bit and see if he can come up with something, and he would keep me posted.

Keep your fingers crossed. I'd love to have him record it.
pegkerr: (Wizard Rock)
The Weasel King has released a new song, "They Can’t Catch Us All." Go check it out here.

[As ever, a comment if you like, to assuage our curiosity, is always appreciated by The Management.]
pegkerr: (Wizard Rock)
The Weasel King has launched his new website. (Remember when I posted the link to his video to his song "Through and Through"? To celebrate, he is making ALL of his (very excellent) songs available for high quality free download (better than the sound quality you can get from the few songs he has on MySpace). Go here to get thirteen songs for free from one of the best wizard rockers out there. Huzzah!

(If you download and listen, leave a comment telling me what you think. Snape fans (are you paying attention, [livejournal.com profile] snapecast?), listen particularly to the song at the end of the album "Magical Decree Number Twenty-Four. It's heartbreaking. Time for another video, [livejournal.com profile] chaeche?)
pegkerr: (Wizard Rock)
Through and Through.



The Weasel King's MySpace page here. Several free downloads there, although not this particular song at the moment. (He is rotating them periodically.)

Lyrics, transcribed in the comments, include spoilers for Book 6.
pegkerr: (Wizard Rock)
The Weasel King. I grabbed all four downloads from this site.

I now have close to 200 songs on my Wizard Rock playlist. Some of them are pretty damn good, too.

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