Chakra Monkey

Filk by Scott Snyder and Chakra Monkey

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Footloose!

A VST plugin that Scott created is featured in the February, 2013, issue of Keyboard Magazine (http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/newbay/kb_201302/index.php?startid=10)  See the block at the bottom with the title Key Secrets.

Scott is a professional sound designer for games and was dissatisfied with what was available to create various footstep sounds, so, as he always does when he can't find the tool he wants, he built one!  It's called Footloose and can be downloaded for free at Scott's website, sonomancer.com

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Toastmaster and Performance at Consonance

Scott is the toastmaster at this year's Consonance, the San Francisco bay area's filk con, March 1 - 3 (http://www.consonance.org/).  We don't have a schedule yet, but if it's anything like the past two years, Scott and Linda, aka Chakra Monkey, will be playing a set on the opening night.

The set will include some of the newer tunes as well as some old favorites that haven't been performed for awhile.  Time to bring those back!

Bring your egg and your booty and prepare to shake them both.

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OVFF and Pegasus Awards

Scott and Linda will be performing Scott's Pegasus Award nominated song, Secrets, at OVFF at the end of October.  Secrets (The Rogue's Song) is nominated in the Best Gaming Song Category.  It's a sexy samba.  Here are the lyrics.

SECRETS (THE ROGUE'S SONG) by W. SCOTT SNYDER

I have a shady background but the shadows suit me fine When you specialize in secrets, the shadows are divine The party doesn’t trust me, and frankly I don’t care They need my skill with secrets, and if they’re nice maybe I’ll share

     chorus      Secret locks and secret doors      Secret pits beneath the floors      I move within the shadows silently      I climb the walls, I hear the noise      I’ll rob you blind and maintain my poise      You’d better never turn your back on me

The priest he thinks I’m evil, I’ll let him think it so I appreciate his healing but the preaching has to go I won’t say he’s deluded, to each man his own way But I’m tired of being on watch so he can rest and sleep and pray!

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The warrior is all right, we leave each other be He’s a good man to have in a fight, hey - better him than me But I see him looking at me, while he’s sharpening his sword Wondering if I’ve ripped him off, but he’ll never find my hoard!

CH

The wizard he is worthless, he’s still wet behind the ears He only knows a single spell, he jumps at everything he hears But I do my best to help him, and keep him out of harm For in a few more levels, I’ll have a powerful right arm!

CH

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Gafilk, 2012, Scott, photo by Amanda Paulus-Snyder

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Gafilk, 2012, Scott and Linda, photo by Amanda Paulus-Snyder

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Gafilk, 2012, Scott and Linda, photo by Amanda Paulus-Snyder

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Scott Snyder, the man, the legend

Most of what you will read here will be mostly true.  Mostly.

Chakra Monkey is a filk group, led by Scott Snyder, known also as BardicLug.  The rest of Chakra Monkey is comprised of anyone who has actually practiced one of his tunes with him and then performed in front of even the smallest audience.  By the way, the smallest audience is a single person, an audient.

Other members of Chakra Monkey are Linda Law, bass player and mechanical engineer, and Jerry Bellian, drummer and geologist (yes, he's a rock drummer).

Scott has been writing and performing filk tunes since before it was cool.  Oh... wait... um... that tells you nothing.  Ok.  Let's just say he's been doing this for a good while and that he's well known, respected, and loved by those in the filk community with excellent taste.

He and Chakra Monkey have performed most recently at the Ohio Valley Filk Fest and GaFilk.  The next confirmed Chakra Monkey performance will be at Consonance in San Francisco in March, 2013, where Scott will also be most amusing as the conference's toastmaster.