Silk

Thanks! I'll see what I can put together this weekend.

Hey so, not a submission exactly, so I'm not posting in the submissions thread, but IF I can get my stuff together I may ask a small favour of whomever is interested this weekend/early this week. I'm considering applying for something which would require me to submit a recording of an original song for assessment. (It's going to be like a phone recording, because that's the only way I can do "recent" at this point, so nothing glamourous.) There's two pieces I'm considering, but I can only submit one, and would be curious to know how folks react to said songs before I choose one to submit. So the favour boils down to "listen to these two things, tell me if there's one you like better." Detailed critiques neither necessary nor expected. If nothing else I won't be able to make meaningful changes with the time I have left.

I think we still have one more slot, actually! @shatteredsmooth, @Robinski, @kais, and @Mandamon. Did I miss anyone?

JAM SESSION

HAHAHAHA no. I'm somewhere on the borderline of tenor and alto. But I can fake "Still Alive" after a good warmup if I have to.

Sure! It never hurts. Man, I know I filled out the bit of the survey asking about music, because I figured I might as well if I was doing the survey anyway, but I really wasn't expecting them to actually take me up on it. It does not. In fact I'm pretty sure I indicated in the thing that I don't usually perform filk. But it's Worldcon! So you're saying I should brush up on my Jonathan Coulton covers.

So I've gotten my participation survey for the academic track, but nothing for the programming proper or about our panel in particular, so while I still certainly hope they're hosting it, it seems like it might be a safe assumption that I am not on it. HOWEVER, plot twist, they, um, seem to have invited me to a performance? Of music? I've never written/performed filk. Do I need to write filk for this? Anyone have any idea where I can rent a guitar in Dublin? Assuming laypeople are allowed to attend, I don't see why I wouldn't. We're going all that way, might as well get the full experience!

So it looks like @Mandamon and @kais for Monday. Any other takers?

Duly noted, thanks Robinski! I usually write lyrics and melody at more or less the same time, so debating the value of just submitting a lyrics sheet unless I'm working through something really specific, and recordings would be rather more involved for both parties. Still, though, good to know there is another songwriter here that I can bounce things off of! I may take you up on that in the future

Oops, sorry. See, this is why I like to double-check.

@molah absolutely! Looks like you and @Majestic Fox. Any other takers? (I'd submit if you all wanted to read song lyrics, but...)

*heroically throws herself in front of @Mandamon's submission* Just kidding, please do submit. @Majestic Fox, good to go as well!

Exactly like being a writer! Trying to denote the point at which one becomes a "real" whatever is slightly arbitrary and mostly ridiculous. There was another article that cropped up locally where Megan, the organizer, talked about putting together a showcase for local singer-songwriters and realizing that she was the only woman performing in a showcase that she herself had organized. Most of the folks who follow the local music scene could probably name some male local artists, but the women who are part of the scene don't even always know who each other are. So yeah, I'd say it's fair to say that women aren't at the forefront of the local music scene unless somebody's deliberately putting us there. I hadn't heard of Emma Kade, but we're not actually all that far off musically, from what I can tell! Definitely some differences; she seems to be a little more pop-inspired than I am, but we seem to be in the same ballpark.

Congrats, Robinski! Enjoy. Or... try? Hey, I'm playing in a showcase of local songwriters on Tuesday! There was an article about it in the paper and everything. Am I a real musician yet?

Yeah, the email I got confirming my spot on the academic track said as much, as well. I'm trying not to count my chickens before they hatch, but since you've been selected as a programme participant already, I'm fairly optimistic...

Still haven't heard anything about our panel or whether I will end up with any role in the program proper--though evidently they're still working on it--but I did get confirmation that I've been selected to present at the academic track. Not sure which paper I'll be presenting yet (they let you submit up to three abstracts; I submitted two, and but am advised that I may or may not be asked to present both), but hey. Neat.

So @Mandamon for tomorrow. Any other takers?

Absolutely! Yeah, I mean... I could sing you a song? A capella, because I'll be leaving my instruments at home?

So @Mandamon and @Majestic Fox for Monday—any other takers?

Never happen! Any other takers?

Not yet, but that’s awesome! Keep our fingers crossed…

Gah! I gapped again. Sorry everyone. This time I blame a cold. @Atium, @Mandamon, please do. I'll check on time next week, I promise.

Sorry for not responding sooner, everyone! I completely forgot to mention that I was away this weekend at a dance festival, and might not have a chance to check the forums. My bad! I see @Mandamonhas already submitted-- @shatteredsmooth I hope you're still planning to submit as well!

So @shatteredsmooth and @Mandamon for Monday? Any other takers? (And yes! Gonna try and book my flights before the end of the month...so in the next few days.)