{"id":173778,"date":"2015-01-04T19:41:47","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T19:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/01\/04\/jazzforthecaptain-belleociraptor-can-we\/"},"modified":"2015-01-04T19:41:47","modified_gmt":"2015-01-04T19:41:47","slug":"jazzforthecaptain-belleociraptor-can-we","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/01\/04\/jazzforthecaptain-belleociraptor-can-we\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

jazzforthecaptain<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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belleociraptor<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Can we, like,\u00a0write songs<\/em> for our fandoms?<\/p>\n

Like, fanart is a thing, fanfics are a thing, but what about fantunes?<\/p>\n

And I know we pick songs that\u00a0remind<\/em> us of them, but what about actually constructing, from scratch, lyrics that directly reference ships and fandoms?<\/p>\n

Or maybe it\u2019s already a thing?<\/p>\n

idk<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I can 100% confirm that it is a thing, it\u2019s been around a long time, and it\u2019s really freaking cool! The term that creators have been using since the 1970\u2019s is “filk.”<\/a>\u00a0It\u2019s called filk due to a typographical error that appeared in some scifi convention literature – it was supposed to be \u2018folk music,\u2019 but appeared as \u2018filk music,\u2019 and the word just stuck.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s lots and lots of Star Trek filk out there. If you\u2019re a Star Trek fan, I recommend starting with “Banned From Argo”<\/a> by Leslie Fish, and working your way out from there. Leslie actually wrote lyrics to music that appeared in Mercedes Lackey\u2019s sci-fantasy Valdemar book series – you can see the lyrics at the back of many of the novels.<\/p>\n

Harry Potter fandom has a form of filk, popularly known as \u201cWizard Rock,\u201d or \u201cWrock.\u201d There are bands that perform wrock exclusively or near-exclusively, including Tonks & The Aurors<\/a>, and The Whomping Willows<\/a>. At the multifandom convention GeekyCon (which began as the Harry Potter convention LeakyCon and has now split into its own thing), concerts each night featured wrock bands.<\/p>\n

You can find filk for Torchwood<\/a>, Doctor Who<\/a>,\u00a0Supernatural<\/a>\u00a0(seriously, go get Seanan McGuire\u2019s albums, she\u2019s a fantastic filk performer as well as an author, and I was lucky enough to see her at ChiCon 7 a few years back), and of course Star Wars<\/a>, as well as Karate Kid<\/a> and even Short Circuit<\/a> (I love No More Kings and I hope you do too!). There\u2019s quite a bit of Supernatural filk that\u2019s been produced and uploaded right here on tumblr, too, including some ship-based songs, although I\u2019m not sure where to tell you to look. Hell, I even wrote some.<\/a>\u00a0Actually more than that, I just don\u2019t post it because I don\u2019t have the equipment to produce music. Filk gets written not only about fandom, but meta-fandom. Convention events, personalities and in-jokes sometimes end up as songs.<\/p>\n

Sometimes people write original music, sometimes people take familiar tunes and write new lyrics for them. It\u2019s fun, and I encourage you to try if you want to! At a typical science fiction convention you might even encounter a \u2018filking room,\u2019 which is a spot where musicians can set up and jam, sing old favorites (you\u2019d be amazed how many people know \u201cBanned From Argo\u201d) and share new things they\u2019ve written. It\u2019s a wonderful piece of fandom culture, and I love sharing it!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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jazzforthecaptain: belleociraptor: Can we, like,\u00a0write songs for our fandoms? Like, fanart is a thing, fanfics are a thing, but what about fantunes? And I know we pick songs that\u00a0remind us of them, but what about actually constructing, from scratch, lyrics that directly reference ships and fandoms? Or maybe it\u2019s already a thing? idk I can … <\/p>\n

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