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filk

 (fĭlk)
n.
A genre of music popular among devotees of science fiction and fantasy literature, often involving original lyrics set to familiar melodies.

[Alteration of folk, originally a typographical error in the title of a manuscript of the essay "The Influence of Science Fiction on Modern American Folk Music" by Lee Jacobs (died 1968), American writer of science-fiction fan fiction.]

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Se pueden mencionar diferentes tipos de contenido generado por el usuario tales como fanvids (videos creados por los fans), fanfics (relatos de ficcion), fanart (ilustraciones hechas por los fans basadas en el mundo narrativo), musica filk (musica creada sobre un mundo narrativo), etc.
Media convergence is often described as "technical convergence of print media to electronic media and telecommunications" (Gundelsweiler & Filk, 2012, p.
FILK Research Institute of Leather and Plastic Sheeting, Meissner Ring 1-5, D-09599 Freiberg, Germany
"Barely Political," one of the most famous comedian teams on YouTube with more than 3.9 million subscribers and several comedy channels as of August 2014, produced a parody called Kim Jong Style that criticizes North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his father, Kim Jong Il, by using black humor and filk music.
This spring sees him conducting La filk du regiment at Covent Garden and Les comes d'Heinann for Seattle Opera, while future engagements include.
They wrote filk music, a typo-inspired form of folk songs on science fiction themes, about Lagrange living.
Many are small or informal (regional conventions, local cons, media cons, "filk" cons, "relaxicons," and more), but major events take place somewhere every month.
For hardcore, dedicated SF&Fantasy fans, some of the characters portrayed will be readily identifiable--especially the harassed con coordinator, the obnoxious guest author, the social skills deficit guys and gals who dress up in costumes, sing "filk songs", and outside of the convention live the most mundane of personal lives.