I-CON 30 (NY) Filk

[hms42]

Just got in from I-CON 30 a little while ago, where I am the Filk TL. It was a good con and the GOH I had out to I-CON, Heather Dale, was really wonderful to listen to. This is the first time I have actually had time to sit down and listen to her sing without being either tied to a sound system somehow (most conventions I see Heather at) or running between rooms to change a recording device (OVFF). It was really interesting to watch Ben playing guitar and Mandolin on some of the songs. (Sedna was one song I really enjoyed seeing live. Watching Ben play on it was interesting from a sound tech point of view.) Heather's way of telling a tale and then going into a song that was introduced by that story works so well in a live environment and really needs to be seen. Heather's web page (http://www.heatherdale.com)


The other scheduled filkers who were at the convention (THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO I-CON!!!!) were Ariel Cinii, Roberta Rogow (I-CON 29 Filk GOH), and Erwin "Filthy Pierre" Strauss. Everyone's concerts were fun. I have to make the call for filkers earlier next year. Also, Captain Zorikh attended some of the filk circles and shared a few songs with us in addition to his concerts.

We had 1-2 people who did show up with instruments at various point and a good time appeared to had by all. I hope they will attend again next year. I plan to keep using the same source of theme circle ideas (Pegasus Floating Categories) next year.

Comments

Heather's way of telling a tale

[maverick-weirdo.livejournal.com]

When Heather performed at Strowlercon last fall, she was backedup by Betsey Tinney (in addition to Ben). As Heather went into the introduction to Sedna's song Betsey started making "whalesong" sounds on the cello in the background. It was perfect.

There is video of this performance at:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/10102214/highlight/118109

The Sedna intro starts at about "1:32:00"

[sodyera.livejournal.com]

Heather Dale was super to talk with. I'm glad I finally got the opportunity.

Re: Heather's way of telling a tale

[hms42]

Thank you for the link (and time info!). I will need to listen to the whole concert later.

I hope to get permission from Heather and Ben to share some of the recordings I made @ I-CON. (If they don't release some of it first. They were given my raw recording dumps at the con.)