| A semi-odd request |
[May. 9th, 2008|01:21 am] |
I work with audio drama's. Like old radio plays (only some are very new!)
One I work with is 0012: Lara Bond James' sister.
Our first "movie" is in production, and it's time to think about the second. My partner wrote and sang the first theme.
She says I have to write and sing the second. I can sing, sometimes. But writing songs doesn't seem to be my forte.
Any ideas? Or help?
Also, we often need music for our different shows. We can't pay anyone, but we give credit, and since it's podcast/RSS it goes out to a lot of people, so there's always exposure.
I ask here, since it's my local filk con, and I admire and love so many people involved :)
Thanks! |
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| free Tom Smith downloads |
[May. 5th, 2008|02:48 pm] |
| [ | mood |
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| [ | music |
| | Tom Smith--Something Positive | ] |
Tom Smith, author of the Bujold filk classic "Falling Free", has put up some songs and a raw concert track for free download until Wednesday. They're here:
http://filkertom.livejournal.com/809778.html
There's also lots of other cool free stuff on his website, http://www.tomsmithonline.com/ *all the time* [much like Miles].
Enjoy!
filkferengi, chortling off to listen again |
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| snow Insta-filk |
[Apr. 19th, 2008|09:24 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | snow | ] |
| [ | mood |
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TTTO "Let it snow! Let It snow! Let it snow!"
Spring Snow?
Oh the weather outside is frightful But spring was so delightful I thought it was April 19th Why the snow? Why the snow? Why the snow? I look out of my front window I see the white flakes falling I thought it was April 19th But what the hell happened to spring? When it was last weekend here Oh, I loved the warm weather I thought it was April 19th
Why the snow? Why the snow? Why the snow? |
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| Looking for lyrics! |
[Mar. 25th, 2008|10:32 am] |
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I heard Flame Jockey a lot last weekend at Norwescon and can't find the lyrics anywhere! Does anyone have them or know where I can get them? |
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| Question! |
[Feb. 19th, 2008|09:26 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Work | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  tired | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Vixy -- Girl That's Never Been | ] |
A question for you all:
How did you all get into filk? |
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| Supporting Membership Materials sent out |
[Feb. 12th, 2008|11:18 am] |
For those of you that got supporting memberships for ConFlikt I your materials were placed into the ever-caring hands of the US Postal Service today.
(The delay was due largely to my trying to catch up on all the homework that fell by the wayside during the lead up to the convention.) |
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| Tricky Pixie Photos |
[Feb. 12th, 2008|12:32 am] |
Mine can be found here. |
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| Paypal Finale (I hope) |
[Feb. 5th, 2008|09:51 pm] |
For those following along with the home game....
Apparently my email and irate phone call to their resolutions department today got me one step closer.
At this point, all the disputed transactions have resolved, with 12 of the 17 ending up being put through into the conflikt account.
12 out of 17 you ask? Why yes, Virginia. Paypal, in it's <sarcasm>infinite wisdom</sarcasm> decided that 5 of them really needed to be reversed and returned to their submitters.
I have contacted the people who initiated those transactions to let them know that I'm continuing to try and work with Paypal to get this cleared up but that it's very likely that they'll need to resubmit the payment to Conflikt either via paypal, or if they are as fed up as I am, by some other means.
Unfortunately this very likely means we will *not* be able to accept Paypal at the convention again next year for pre-reg. The one solution they offer to allow the sort of thing we were doing costs $30/month *and* has higher per-transactions fees. That's not something Conflikt can really afford at this stage of the game. I'm also going to hope and pray that there springs up some good/strong/trustworthy alternative to Paypal (I know of a couple in the works) but there is no guarantee that they wouldn't have exactly the same problem(s). It works great and dandy when all the transactions are coming from different IP addresses or spaced over a sufficiently long time-frame. It trips all sorts of fraud-o-meters when the all come from the same IP address in a short span of time (which is why this happened). |
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| It's time to vote |
[Feb. 5th, 2008|07:19 pm] |
For the Pegasus Brainstorm Poll
Now that we have all recovered from the con (mostly), while we can still remember the songs we heard, and who sang them, think to yourself: Were there any really great songs, old favorites, new discoveries? Was there anyone whose songwriting ability or musical talent left you in awe? Are there any performers you wish had been there, any songs you wish had been sung?
Now is your chance to recommend their nomination by putting them into the Brainstorm Poll. Plus, because it is a poll, you really can vote early & often.
What are you waiting for? It's time to exercise your civic duty. |
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| FYI Tricky Pixie Show this Friday, seating and stuff |
[Feb. 5th, 2008|03:06 pm] |
If you don't have plans to attend, go ahead and ignore this. Just wanted to post in as many places as possible in the hopes that everybody would see it. Kevin asked me to repost this on LJ.
Friends and fans,
If you are coming to the Tricky Pixie show in Redmond at SoulFood Books on Friday, February 8 and you would like to reserve a seat, please email Kwiley (AT) trickypixie.com as soon as possible.
Those of you who attended the January concert at SoulFood may recall that the main seating section was fully occupied VERY early. We'd like to ameliorate that situation as best we can this time.
To reserve a seat, you must email or otherwise contact K' Wiley and provide him with:
1. your name
2. your email address
3. your phone number
4. where you are coming from, and
5. your reason for wanting a reserved seat.
Because we're anticipating more response to this proposal than we can likely accommodate, we'll be giving priority to folks with the best reasons. Not getting a seat at the show in January is a pretty good reason. Medical conditions and long incoming drives are also good reasons. Responding quickly to this request will also help.
Even if you don't have a reserved seat, we'd love to see you at the show, as not all of the seats are going to be reserved. You are also welcome to bring your own chairs, although space will still be limited.
When your seat is reserved, you will receive an e-mail confirmation.
When you arrive at Soul Food Books, the reservations list will be at the Tricky Pixie merchandise table, and the reserved seats will be clearly marked.
We hope to see you on Friday at 8:00 PM at Soul Food Books:
15748 Redmond Way
Redmond, WA 98052
This is our last show for the season in the Pacific North West.
...as I said, if you can't make it, just disregard.
We're not tryin' to be imperious, here, just to hopefully make sure that people who had to stand in the back for the whole show last month (who weren't happy about it) get a chance at a seat this time.
Alec's schedule is posted online here, and the rest of our activity is here and here at my site.
:-D
Thank you all for being fabulous people and fabulous filkers. |
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| More on Paypal |
[Feb. 5th, 2008|07:27 am] |
I would greatly appreciate it if any of you who made transactions via paypal at Conflikt 1 to purchase pre-reg please go and check your paypal account and clear the transaction dispute. Apparently, Paypal telling me that 'oh, we investigated and everything was ok' was insufficient to have them actually automatically clear those transactions. Similarly if there are people whom you know who made these paypal transactions, please let them know that they need to complete the dispute resolution since otherwise the money stays in limbo :/
I have contacted Paypal with a bit of a scathing letter asking them why the heck when they cleared the investigation they didn't go and un-hold all these transactions (and presumably unlock the locked accounts!) but haven't yet received an answer.
I apologize again for this snafu. |
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| Smoked Salmon song list |
[Feb. 2nd, 2008|12:47 am] |
If anyone would like to help me complete and correct this list, I would be grateful. Oh, and links to lyrics would be cool too.
OK THIS LIST IS NOW RE-UPDATED AS OF 2/10/2008, BUT FURTHER CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS ARE STILL WELCOME.... AND THANKS TO THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED! ( Smoked Salmon song list, so far ) |
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| Cheryl's post continued |
[Jan. 31st, 2008|03:20 pm] |
SUBJECT: Conflikt Saturday 1
I caught about half of the gaming singalong, got a handout of most of the songs, which were also projected on a screen.
( Read more... ) |
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| Con Report by Cheryl Jacob via me |
[Jan. 31st, 2008|03:18 pm] |
This is a pastiche of posts Cheryl made to the Florida Filk list - with her permission and me editing a few things.
( Read more... ) |
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| Dawson's Christian |
[Jan. 31st, 2008|12:07 pm] |
So on Sunday eve (or early monday morning really) at the Smoked Salmon filk circle (kinda like a dead dog or Sasqwatch) ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) vixyish and![[info]](http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) tfabris performed Dawson's Christian, which is a venerable filk song written by Duane Elms. http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/songs/dawsons-christian.html
I have never heard it played or sung l like this. It was fantastic. Tony's guitar playing added whole realms to the the song. cflute added a lovely haunting flute to it also.
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| Smoked Salmon Song List |
[Jan. 31st, 2008|02:36 am] |
Before I say anything else, I'd like to send a big thank you to everyone who made Conflikt possible. I know I can't thank you all by name, but you know who you are. I would also like to thank everyone who helped, is helping, and will help to make sure that it is not simply known as Conflikt, but Conflikt I. It's good to know it was successful enough that it won't be the only one!
The Smoked Salmon on Sunday was the highlight of the con for me, if not entirely the cheeriest. I came to hear some music, but left with so much more. It was 3 days ago, but there are parts I recall as if they're still unfolding before me.
Not all of it though...
I started a list of songs played at the Smoked Salmon, which is essentially complete except for a few technical difficulties. It was suggested that I post the entire song list here, however I don't have the titles to all the songs, poems, and stories. Nor do I have the authors and performers figured out for everything. I do, however have at least a guessed title, or a quote from each performance, and am working to unravel the who and what of everything. There were close to 60 performances, so if anyone would like to give me a hand, I'd be glad to have the help, as not everything will be googlable. I'll post the list as soon as I have most of it.
Again, thanks to all for a great con! |
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| Puzzlebox |
[Jan. 30th, 2008|07:58 am] |
After hearing at Conflikt several of the songs I listened to long ago on a Puzzlebox CD, "Assembly Required," I went searching out their old website, which hasn't been updated in several years. They do still advertise selling the CD, but it only has a snail mail address, and I didn't want to send money out into space without a guarantee that it was still correct, so I emailed the address provided; it bounced back.
So my question is, is there anywhere I can obtain this CD or the music from it? Is it still in print? Or should I resort to the MP3 dealers I saw had it - I didn't recognize the websites, so I didn't want to just give them my information without checking them out first.
Thanks!
Edit: Thanks for the link to it_aint_easy, I looked back a little ways and found a link to their CD on CD Baby. Just in case anyone else would like the music. :3 |
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| ConFilkt songbook |
[Jan. 30th, 2008|09:30 am] |
As one of the supporting members of the con, could someone post a list of the songs that are in the songbook?
I am just wondering what was in it (and can't wait for my copy to arrive in the mail.)
Harold S. |
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| I wanna go back |
[Jan. 30th, 2008|12:51 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | conflikt | ] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Victoria, BC | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  pleased | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Wasn't That a Party -- Irish Rovers | ] |
Since I'm supposed to be in bed: (don't tell anyone I'm still up)!
I just wanted to say thank you to the best committee I've ever worked with. Conflikt 2008 Concom, you're the best.
For our fearless leader Rick (don't leave me out of the loop) Weiss - yeah, we had our moments but you are accountable and accept the responsibility that goes with that - my hat's off to you!
Our transcendent Chair of Vice Vice Chair, Bethany runnerwolf watching you makes everything worthwhile. Thank you for believing and trying when I was too tired to try. Thank you for all your love and caring and energy.
Our Web and Money guy - JT -- hey guy. Even when you run out of fingers, you still keep a hold on the reins and know where we are and who we are and how to tell us where to go :) Thank you.
Our Secretary of diligence, perseverance and cuteness Vixy -- you rock gal. You keep us on track and know what we said we were doing and whether or not we have done it. That is a handy thing to keep track of!
Ms Hotel liaison, Stephanie. Thank ghods you were there to pick up the pieces and run when the way was blocked by trolls and the forest was dark. You had the presence of mind to work with your fearless second in command (hey Rich, that's you) to get the perfect hotel in a good location with cooperative staff. 6 gold stars and a kiss. Thank you both for your hard work and willingness to keep going when it was time to quit.
Ms Hospitality/Consuite. Shaddyr the wonderful goddess of food, people management and child rearing. You are always there, steady and hardworking and full of wonderful ideas, for cons, songs and mayhem. You are much loved and appreciated and the more people know of you and your goodness, the more apparent it becomes that you are a special twinkle in our heavens. Thank you Cindy for all your hard work. Sitting slicing tomatoes is not the most glamorous job but it was necessary and I enjoyed eating them. Thank you.
Mr Registration -- Jeff. You got the technology, kept the numbers straight and the badges coming. Your lady and partner Geri and yourself missed huge chunks of the con to sit there day after day smiling, making badges and answering questions like. How many now Jeff -- every 6 seconds from one member of concom or another. You two were wonderful and a real pleasure to be around and it's easy to forget the background work that makes that 3 days at a desk look easy -- thank you for being willing to do that for us!! Thank you.
Ms Brooke, Publicity Princess and other good things. You had the energy of a wired energizer bunny on Spring Break. Your news flashes -- LJ posts and posters did great things for us. You stepping in to help Douglas with the Auction was appreciated beyond measure. You are a true friend as well as a person who writes waaaay too many good songs too much of the time. I'm proud to consider you a member of my family and my Filk Family. I can't imagine Conflikt without you and luckily don't have to! Thank you
Mr Sound and print and get-it-all together person John Segher - Wow. You get a special gold star in the star place. Being engineer and sound guy would have been enough but you did waaaay more than that and did it all well. Your friends (thanks JenK) and family more than pulled their weight and the CD's were wonderful. Did we mention we really appreciated everything you did? I hope so, 'cause we did do! Thank you
Douglas -- Mr Liason and Mr Interfilk Spouse. Thank you for being patient, helpful, encouraging and supportive. I couldn't make it without you and pray I never have to try. Thank you for caring so much about Filk, the people that make filk and your filk family that you make everyone around you want to try just a little bit harder to make things work. Watching you make music, is to understand what joy means. Thank you
We had a great con -- we didn't suck. That was your fault guys!!
thank you |
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| Setlist pointer |
[Jan. 29th, 2008|11:23 pm] |
cflute posted her Toastmistress Concert setlist here. Thought folks would want to know. |
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