Filk

[pbnesbit at msn.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 13486

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Margaret Dean <margdean at e...> wrote:
> Carole Estes wrote:
> > 
> > By the way, what does filk stand for?  I write a
> > lot of silly songs, but I didn't know there was a name for it.
> 
> Apparently it started life as a typo for "folk" on the program of
> a science fiction convention, and went on from there to mean
> "parody-type songs written to the tune of existing songs" up to
> and including "fannish music in general."
> 
> 
> --Margaret Dean
>   <margdean at e...>

In Sing Out! magazine, they call it the Folk Process.  BTW, Randy, 
*loved* your songs.  True genius!  (all I do is come up with words & 
music--it takes talent to take an existing piece of music & write 
words that fit--my hat's off to you!)

Peace & Plenty,

Parker
----------------------------------------------------------------------
'...I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper 
death...' Severus Snape, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

'Sarcasm--just one more service I offer'  T-shirt message
----------------------------------------------------------------------