[HPFGU-OTChatter] Speaking of filks - a serious request

[Gail Bohacek]

Anne U. Wrote:

>Wouldn't it be wonderful if everyone who posted a filk included a
>link to a midi or some other AUDIO version of the song being filked??
>I've included an audio link with every song I've filked because I
>don't want to assume that everyone is familiar with the song. I've
>noticed a lot of people posting filks with NO audio links, and this
>bothers me more than a little, because there are 89 gazillion songs
>out there in the songosphere and it's impossible for anyone to be
>familiar with all of them. Anyway please consider this a PLEA to
>PLEASE include a link to an audio version of the song. If that means
>sending us to a sound clip on Amazon or on a band's website, so be it.
>
>List Elves, could y'all request this? I believe it would help a lot
>of people more fully appreciate the filks.

Dig it.  Midis are also quite helpful to check if the filk you've just 
written scans properly.

Personally,  I always try to add a link myself but yesterday I posted a filk 
without one because the only Midi that I could find  did not follow the 
original tune.  That kind of thing frustrates me to no end because it looks 
like *I'm* the one who made the mistake with my lyrics.  A little 
discrepancy is alright, but all the sites I looked under for that song 
offered the same miserable Midi.  Anyway...I digress...

I'm speaking from experience now, that sometimes one is not able to find an 
audio link if the song is too obscure or too recent.  Show tunes are 
especially difficult.

Also,  if you're a new to filking, you may not even know how to find Midis.  
The way I look for them is to go to Google and type in the name of the 
artist, the title of the song, and add the word "Midi" to end...then press 
"search".  Then I start opening different sites until I find one that works. 
  You'd be surprised at what you find.

-Gail B.

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