Fan Music

There's a thought I've been having for a few days now. It started after the "Mash Up" episode of Glee where we didn't actually get a mash up of a) I Could Have Danced All Night/The Thong Song or b) Sweet Caroline/Bust A Move. And I want them.

We have fanfiction and we have fanvids and we have fanart...WHY don't we have fanmusic?

And I wouldn't just limit it to playing with music from Glee.

I would include here every song you wanted on a soundtrack that wasn't there. For example, on the Chronicles of Narnia soundtrack, the ONLY character with their own theme is the White Witch). Why don't brilliant people write me a song called "King Edmund the Just" that incorporates the existing "canon" elements within the published soundtrack, but introduces a theme that is entirely about Edmund?

I realize that this would be incredibly difficult. I know that scoring a piece of music would be infinitely harder and more complex than fiction, art or vidding, but...I still think it's a REALLY GOOD IDEA. And I can't possibly be the first person who has thought of it!

So...is there such a thing as fan music? And where do I find it if there is?

ETA: Apparently there is something called "filk" which is not entirely what I meant, but is probably close enough.

Fan Music

There's a thought I've been having for a few days now. It started after the "Mash Up" episode of Glee where we didn't actually get a mash up of a) I Could Have Danced All Night/The Thong Song or b) Sweet Caroline/Bust A Move. And I want them.

We have fanfiction and we have fanvids and we have fanart...WHY don't we have fanmusic?

And I wouldn't just limit it to playing with music from Glee.

I would include here every song you wanted on a soundtrack that wasn't there. For example, on the Chronicles of Narnia soundtrack, the ONLY character with their own theme is the White Witch). Why don't brilliant people write me a song called "King Edmund the Just" that incorporates the existing "canon" elements within the published soundtrack, but introduces a theme that is entirely about Edmund?

I realize that this would be incredibly difficult. I know that scoring a piece of music would be infinitely harder and more complex than fiction, art or vidding, but...I still think it's a REALLY GOOD IDEA. And I can't possibly be the first person who has thought of it!

So...is there such a thing as fan music? And where do I find it if there is?

ETA: Apparently there is something called "filk" which is not entirely what I meant, but is probably close enough.