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	Filk music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One definition focuses on filk as a genre: filk is folk music, usually with a science fiction or fantasy theme.
		Whichever definition one chooses, filk is a form of music created from within science fiction and fantasy fandom, often performed late at night at science fiction conventions, though there are now dedicated filk conventions in Canada, England, Germany, and the USA.
		Filk Hall of Fame acceptance speeches by Sally and Barry Childs-Helton.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Filk_music (1811 words)

	Articles - Folk music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The pattern of urban influence on folk music was intensified to outright destruction as soon as the capitalist economic system had developed to the point that music could be packaged and distributed for the purpose of earning a profit--in other words, when popular music was born.
		Yet in nations or regions where folk music is a badge of cultural or national identity, the loss of folk music can be slowed; this is held to be true, for instance in the case of Hungary, Ireland, Brittany, and Galicia, Greece and Crete all of which retain their traditional music to some degree.
		Filk music is a closely related musical genre which originated as parodies of folk songs, and parody remains a dominant theme of the style.
	www.jazzbit.com /articles/Folk_music (5023 words)

	The Dandelion Report: What Is Filk? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In this context, "filk" is used as a verb, and means that Gomer took the speaker's song and replaced the lyrics with different ones which scan to the original tune.
		I become suspicious of people who are too aggressive about establishing an exact definition of filk music because their motivations are often based on the need to separate those who "belong" from those who don't.
		Thus someone who attends filk conventions but only writes and sings love songs that have nothing to do with science fiction is a filker if he or she believes so.
	www.electricpenguin.com /filking/articles/whatisfilk2.html (1007 words)

	A short introduction to Filk Music
		Filk is a subset of folk music that is practiced in, by, and for the Science Fiction and Fantasy fan community.
		Filk in its earliest form was the setting of new, usually humorous, words to old tunes or settings of existing poetry to a suitable melodic line.
		Filk is most commonly performed a cappella or by singers accompanied by a guitar.
	www.lovesong.com /people/keshlam/filk/whatfilk.html (561 words)

	What is "Filk"? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Filk is the music of science fiction fandom, fantasy, medievalism, and hackerdom.
		Filk is what science fiction fans and medievalists have written to sing to each other.
		FILK (n) 1) a genre of songs mainly written and performed by science fiction fans ("fen") and medievalists, mostly on science fiction, fantasy, or computer related topics but also encompassing science fact, politics, or the fannish subculture.
	www.radix.net /~dglenn/defs/filk.html (361 words)

	MASSFILC Pages - Filk Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Filk is a subset of folk music that is practiced in, by and for the Science Fiction and Fantasy community.
		The term 'filk' was originally a typographic error in the program for a science fiction convention and the term stuck.
		There is also filk about the Society for Creative Anachronism(SCA) a group that recreates aspects of the middle ages and happens to have been founded by members of the science fiction community.
	www.massfilc.org /filkdefined.html (351 words)

	Filk music - Psychology Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Filk is a musical culture, genre, and community tied to science fiction/fantasy fandom, with approximately 50 years of activity and musical history, concentrated primarily since the mid-1970s.
		Some of the oldest filks coming out of fandom were protest songs with original words and music written by a group of New York fans called The Futurians (see Damon Knight's book of the same name, which contains the words and music to several of them).
		The availability of several dozen albums labeled filk, the proliferation of specialty filk conventions, and the continued growth of electronic means for community connections have led to an intensification of community building.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Filk (1198 words)

	Conucopia: Filk Music
		Filk, in case you weren't sure, is the kind of music that science fiction and fantasy fans sing.
		Filk as a recognized form has been around a long while; we've developed our own jargon, still argue over whether some mainstream songs really are Filk after all, and we've grown as Fandom itself has.
		Filking will be located in the North Tower, in the "Veranda" room (the former nightclub) near the elevators.
	www.99.nasfic.org /prog/filk.htm (1251 words)

	Filk as Folk Music
		Filk music is a prime example of this.
		There are published filk tapes and songbooks, but these have small runs (hardly ever over a thousand) and so far aren't the primary means by which people learn about songs.
		The dynamic quality of folk music, including filk, stems not from any requirement for the authors to be anonymous, nor from some supposed collective authorship, but from the fact that active participation in the musical community is encouraged.
	www.musesmuse.com /ut/articles/mcgath.html (672 words)

	Filk.com your #1 source of filk music and song parodies with information, history, shopping and Filk Radio! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Filk music is perhaps one of the most underground music styles because it's almost impossible to find.
		Coming from the world of science fiction and fantasy fandom, the music can only be found, for sale or live, at Science Fiction conventions, a handful of stores, and here on the Internet.
		There is always a great deal of discussion among people who enjoy filk music on what should be the definition of filk music.
	www.filk.com (365 words)

	The Spirit of Filk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Filk music is defined as the music of science fiction and fantasy fandom.
		Filk is typically sung at circles at science fiction conventions or in people's homes.
		Music has always been a major part of my life; but since I've been involved in filk, it has been a much more active part than before, and has led to friendships from California to Germany.
	www.mcgath.com /spiritfilk.html (443 words)

	Chicon 2000: Filk Music
		The Filk Suitelounge is in a suite on the 4th floor of the Hyatt, in the West Tower.
		They may be musical or non-musical, or a combination of both.
		Filk programming for children usually involves doing known children's filk songs and some of the presenters' children's favourites, that are not filk, in a "performer's circle" style.
	2000.worldcon.org /prog/filk.htm (961 words)

	WHAT THE HECK IS FILK?
		Filk encompasses parodies, serious songs, original songs, traditional songs (yes, it really is a subset of folk / traditional music!).....
		Tom Smith said, "If I may so bold as to decry filk but defend filking, there is a lot of drek out there, sung by people whose musical ability and training are, shall we say, not what they should be in a perfect world.
		He was one of the earliest filk writers to create original tunes for filk songs; his tune for Poul Anderson's "The Ballad of the Three Kings" is in Westerfilk.
	www.locksley.com /filk (1473 words)

	Interfilk - What IS Filk?
		The "jargon" definition -- the one that gives filk a bad name -- presumes that all filk is based on pre-existing music and intended to be humorous.
		Steve Savitsky refers briefly to filk as "the folk music of the future" and gives an appropriate warning to suitability of content for children.
		Filk music is more than performance, songs, filk conventions, concerts, and open filks.
	www.interfilk.org /interfilk/filk.htm (560 words)

	Filk music - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		Filk is a form of music created from within fandom, and performed generally late at night at science fiction conventions.
		Originally "filk music" was a typo for folk music in a never-published essay on the influence of Science Fiction and Fantasy on folk music.
		Filk is still sung in late night filk circles at Science Fiction conventions but there are also dedicated Filk conventions each year in the US, Canada, UK and Germany.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Filk (361 words)

	What the Heck is Filk Music? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It is a mixture of song parodies and original music, humorous and serious, about subjects like science fiction, fantasy, computers, cats, politics, the space program, books, movies, TV shows, love, war, death....
		Filk music started off forty or fifty years ago, at science fiction conventions, where people got together late at night to have good old-fashioned folk music song circles.
		Over the last decade, Filk Music has reached the point where there are entire Filk Music gatherings, conventions, recording companies, and publications.
	www.blars.org /whatfilk.html (332 words)

	What Is Filk Music?
		Filk, a perversion of the word folk, is the traditional music of science fiction fandom, sung at SF conventions around this world (and possibly others).
		An outgrowth of the American folk music revival of the 'sixties, filks are often written as parodies to existing melodies, and are frequently accompanied by guitar.
		The earliest example which I remember (there probably are earlier ones) actually predates my knowledge of the term filk: Dr. John Boardman's humorous 1961 "Asteroid Light" space chanty, sung to the tune of the popular "Eddystone Light" sea chanty.
	www.setileague.org /drseti/what/filk.htm (263 words)

	filk 101 index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Filk comes from a typo graphical error replacing the letter O in folk with the letter I (fOlk - fIlk).
		For the longest time filks were just being sung in room parties at conventions with no structure or organization.
		The first convention dedicated exclusively to Filk music was held during the mid 1980's and now there are filk music conventions held around the world.
	www.filk.com /filkqa.htm (520 words)

	What is Filk Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		· Filk a subset of folk music that is practiced in, by, and for the Science Fiction and Fantasy community.
		The term `filk' was originally a typographic error and the term stuck.
		CAROLINA FILK organization devoted to furthering the art of filk in South Carolina, North Carolina and beyond.
	home.earthlink.net /~filk (320 words)

	Journal Articles: What is Filk Music?
		Filk music includes everything from song praodies with Sci Fi themes to original pieces written with Science Fiction and Fantasy themes.
		Even a lot of traditional Celtic music, though not filk music, is enjoyed and adored by the Sci Fi and Fantasy communities.
		Geek Hack Filk : Member of the Filk music community, people who gather at sci-fi conventions to sing the folk music of the science fiction fandom community.
	www.marcgunn.com /articles/what_is_filk_music.shtml (670 words)

	Blars' Filk Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Filk is a type of music, loosly related to Science Fiction.
		Many SF cons have some kind of filk, ranging from entire filk conventions to giving the filkers a room so they will shut up.
		Interfilk Fan fund that brings additional filk guests (frequently little known in the area of the con) to filk conventions.
	www.blars.org /filk.html (363 words)

	Filk resources on the Internet
		There are many filk resources on the Internet, and the number is growing rapidly.
		This is also gated to the Usenet ("net news") as rec.music.filk, and you can find a webified copy of the "Filk FAQ" on Kay's webpage.
		Of course the best way to learn about filk is to attend a filksing -- at a science fiction convention, at a filk festival, or one of the "house filks" organized by the clubs you'll see mentioned in the above pages.
	www.lovesong.com /people/keshlam/filk/wherefilk.html (1189 words)

	Damien Sullivan's filk page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		I was introduced to filk back in college; my friend Sarah had a few tapes, "Minus Ten and Counting" and a couple of fantasy tapes.
		Later note: The other thing about filk is that when I get into it, it can take over my life for a while.
		The simplest definition is "the folk music of science fiction fandom", with 'filk' being a serendipitous and seized-upon typo.
	www.ugcs.caltech.edu /~phoenix/me/filk.html (1427 words)

	Medieval Melodies for Filking
		However, the practice of filking, of taking an existing melody and providing new, usually topical and/or satirical, lyrics, is in fact the direct counterpart of the Medieval practice of writing contrafacta.
		The only prohibition is trying to claim that you wrote the music yourself-not only is it discourteous to the memory of those who did, but there are people now alive who can and will give the lie to your claim.
		Similarly, while it would be desirable to produce a tape of the music for those who do not read modern notation, that is simply not going to happen for the forseeable future.
	www.pbm.com /~lindahl/vladislav/filk (736 words)

	The Virtual Filksing
		The Virtual Filksing is the largest and oldest anthology of recorded "filk" music on the Internet, with hours of informal and professional performances highlighting both serious and silly songs of science-fiction, fantasy, and technology.
		The Virtual Filksing is a service of Prometheus Music, which sells professional recordings from many of the musicians on this webpage.
		The vocal performance is (P) 1998 Prometheus Music; the instrumental performances are (P) 1997 Ookla the Mok.
	www.prometheus-music.com /eli/virtual.html (1026 words)

	LepreCon 28 - Filking
		Their Filk is primarily Rock based with influences from 40's torch singing etc. They will have a Saturday Concert and will attend Filk Circle, autograph their CD's, serve on panels etc. Their CD Retro Rocket Science will be on sale in the dealer's room.
		She sings a large variety of traditional Filk and is constantly finding and singing different songs.
		The Filk Schedule as I have it at the moment is: [all times p.m.
	www.leprecon.org /lep28/filking.html (256 words)

	Boing Boing: Filk music for nerd people
		With its heavy sci-fi themes, this isn't folk -- it's "filk," a distinctive genre that took root on folk's fringes about two decades ago and is now gaining broader attention thanks to internet radio and web downloads.
		If you want cats in space we got that too," explains Mary Creasey, an organizer, producer, vendor and performer of filk music with her son Richard and her husband, John.
		FWIW: the filk enthusiasts I met at this event last weekend -- including John Creasey, shown here in space-pig costume -- were some of the nicest people I've ever met.
	www.boingboing.net /2005/09/01/filk_music_for_nerd_.html (325 words)

	Filker's Bardic Ring
		Filk pertains mainly to science fiction and fantasy, but can be about almost anything!
		This page is by, of, for and about the Filking community of the great state of Texas and surrounding geographies.
		The Denebian Slime Devils' have been filking in the Baltimore, MD are since 1979.
	o.webring.com /hub?ring=filk (822 words)

	NPR : Filk Music: Odd Voices for a Digital Generation
		Filk Music: Odd Voices for a Digital Generation
		Filk is a little-known genre of folk music composed and performed by science-fiction fans, usually revolving around sci-fi and fantasy themes.
		Filk has been around for decades, but the genre is gaining new popularity, in part because of digital music downloads and free Internet radio.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4967052&ft=1&f=17 (366 words)

	Songbooks on the Web, and other online filk collections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Dmoz editor page on filk which I suspect we shouldn't be able to access.
		Raven's Filks And she's looking for an old Pern filk she wrote and lost....
		MEW is one of the great filk interpreters; she is also one of the nicest folks I know.
	www.dnaco.net /~mobrien/filk/songbks.html (880 words)

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