First, attached is the single version of one of my older parodies that finally went up for sale on Bandcamp as a B-side to \"I Choose You,\" the Poke-pun song. The singularity is coming, y'all. Both tracks are available at https://metricula.bandcamp.com/ or in the Dropbox (linked below!).
In life news, I turned 33! I blissfully did NOTHING for my birthday except drink sake and play the 3DS remake of Ocarina of Time (which is EXCELLENT and dropped down to $20). I also have a killer sweet tooth, and my parents surprised me with an acoustic/electric pie pan guitar!
Earlier that weekend I was at Con-Gregate in High Point, NC, which was so much fun! They provided nearly constant access to an open filking space, and I had a blast getting to play along with folks. I spent an especially large amount of time playing with members of the nerd-band Dimensional Riffs and Mark MacDicken, a family entertainer specializing in stage magic. I even had Drew, one of the Riffs guitarists, up on stage to sing with me during my show! And I had so much having DJ back me up on bass that I snagged him and his wife, Ora, to come by my place and stream some shenanigans--video clips and a timestamped version of the broadcast are up on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDGqzzrnHSc .
For those interested, I also had a chance to bring out Dark Metricula for a local \"Heroes and Villains\" themed burlesque show:
There's some hammy video of that on YouTube, too! I also had the beautiful surprise of being spanked on stage with one of my own songs as the soundtrack, thanks to DJ Joey. I was *definitely* blushing (from the narcissistic joy, not the public spanking)! If you're curious about what the makeup looks like over each layer, check out my channel in the Discord (linked below).
Next on the docket is attempting to actually finish some of these half-finished songs and projects! I'm almost done with the recording phase of \"Spank Me Daddy,\" but I'm hoping to get a couple friends to provide some additional instruments. One of my goals is to get this EP of \"dirty\" songs for my backlog done before DragonCon.
Speaking of DCon, I'm THRILLED to be on staff again! I'm on a personal mission to get more nerds making and participating in music, and the filk room at DragonCon is especially welcoming to enthusiasts of a variety of backgrounds, skill levels, and genres. I'm grateful that I have the opportunity to help support and promote it! Over the last few years, I've made friends with folks that were comfortable sharing music the first year, to coming back the second year and wanting to sing, and then breaking out the mandolin they were learning the third year! Also, bless Steven Universe for the visible proliferation of young nerds--particularly girls and queer kids--jamming on ukuleles.
Oh! And the sci fi book club I've been running for... Christ, SEVEN YEARS now is starting a new anthology! We're reading Dark Matter, a collection of genre stories by black authors! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Matter_(prose_anthologies)
If you're local to the Triangle, ping me for an invite to our mailing list!
Housekeeping:
-Dropbox of Free Recordings for Patrons/Subs: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/uwoelw23c2ay774/AABXAJfapte1gAC9uYWgh0tZa?dl=0
-Behind-the-scenes Discord (hosted by Social Justice Bards, say hi in the chat to get access to other members-only areas): https://discord.gg/6V2ddNA
-Reminder that my Patreon is set to charge \"per song,\" but it is not my intent to ever charge Patrons more than once a month. I do this so that just in case there's a month where I don't I have something new or significant for you, you don't get charged.
Hang in there, y'all!
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