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Terence Chua

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Sep 14, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/14/00
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For those who were either not at Worldcon, or not physically conscious
enough to have attended my concert, you can pick up some crudely MP3'd
versions of my set at http://www.khaosworks.org/filk

Yes, there were chord flubs. Yes, I was nervous. Embrace the
spontaneity. Embrace the suck.

That's my new motto. "Embrace The Suck". Catchy, no?

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Steve Brinich

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Sep 14, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/14/00
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Terence Chua wrote:
>
> For those who were either not at Worldcon, or not physically conscious
> enough to have attended my concert, you can pick up some crudely MP3'd
> versions of my set at http://www.khaosworks.org/filk
>
> Yes, there were chord flubs. Yes, I was nervous. Embrace the
> spontaneity. Embrace the suck.
>
> That's my new motto. "Embrace The Suck". Catchy, no?

I wonder if you can get http://www.suck.com/ to pay you for that
slogan. :-)

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Eloise Beltz-Decker

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Sep 14, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/14/00
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On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Terence Chua wrote:

> For those who were either not at Worldcon, or not physically conscious
> enough to have attended my concert, you can pick up some crudely MP3'd
> versions of my set at http://www.khaosworks.org/filk
>
> Yes, there were chord flubs. Yes, I was nervous. Embrace the
> spontaneity. Embrace the suck.
>
> That's my new motto. "Embrace The Suck". Catchy, no?

Sounds good to me. Besides, if it's the first time someone's
heard an original song, how the heck will they know if you flub? :->
Unless you lean over, grimace, and mutter under your breath while doing
it over, of course. Keep it smooth and happy, and hey, it's a
'variation.' You're using 'jazz chords' (new gleaning from my guitar
class - how to do a 'jazz F' that only takes three fingers and no barring
- woohoo! Works quite well in House of the Rising Sun, too, which is the
first song with F in it we've officially done yet). You're improvising.
It's creative. Sounds so much better than 'flub'.

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Steven Wheeler

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Sep 14, 2000, 11:26:51 PM9/14/00
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Eloise Beltz-Decker wrote:
>
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Terence Chua wrote:
>
> > For those who were either not at Worldcon, or not physically conscious
> > enough to have attended my concert, you can pick up some crudely MP3'd
> > versions of my set at http://www.khaosworks.org/filk
> >
> > Yes, there were chord flubs. Yes, I was nervous. Embrace the
> > spontaneity. Embrace the suck.
> >
> > That's my new motto. "Embrace The Suck". Catchy, no?
>
> Sounds good to me. Besides, if it's the first time someone's
> heard an original song, how the heck will they know if you flub? :->
> Unless you lean over, grimace, and mutter under your breath while doing
> it over, of course. Keep it smooth and happy, and hey, it's a
> 'variation.' You're using 'jazz chords' (new gleaning from my guitar
> class - how to do a 'jazz F' that only takes three fingers and no barring
> - woohoo! Works quite well in House of the Rising Sun, too, which is the
> first song with F in it we've officially done yet). You're improvising.
> It's creative. Sounds so much better than 'flub'.

It doesn't even need to be an original song ... tell 'em it's a
"variation." One of the things I'm trying to get ingrained is, "Don't
stop - keep going - they don't know you didn't intend it until you tell
them."

- wheels

Michelle & Boyd Bottorff

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Sep 16, 2000, 12:10:39 AM9/16/00
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Terence Chua <kh...@tim.org> wrote:

> For those who were either not at Worldcon, or not physically conscious
> enough to have attended my concert, you can pick up some crudely MP3'd
> versions of my set at http://www.khaosworks.org/filk

Hey, I was awake, they just sceduled my kids' programming items right
across your concert slot. I WANTED to be there, but not at the expense
of the kids.

While we're on the subject...

To the six people who remained to listen to my one-shot with Robin:

Thank-you for staying!

I've discovered that the benifit of doing a concert slot is it makes the
actual circles seem a lot less intimidating. :)

Michelle Bottorff
Lady Lavender

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