Yay, made people cry
Several people told me after the Puzzlebox concert at Consonance ten hours ago that my song had made them cry. It was gratifying to know it had had its intended effect. On those rare occasions I write [serious|songworm.com/db/tag/serious] songs, especially the even rarer one that are sad, I'm alway reminded of the advantage of humorous songs: instant realtime feedback. For some reason, our species expresses sadness (empathetic grief, as someone put it) almost silently, but expresses amusement with mostly-involuntary loud noises -- unlike dogs, another highly social species, which now that I think about it seem to be just the opposite.
In this case, the song was "The Time Travel's Daughter", based on the book The Time Traveler's Wife
" target="_blank">The Time Travler's Wife. The original song that it's a (serious) parody of was written by someone also best known for humorous songs (original song, in her case). But this original song was a sad one based on a short story and inspired me to write a sad song on a very similar theme, replacing space travel with time travel. What I'm proudest of about this song is distilling the most poignant time-travel paradoxes from the novel into a few verses. I wrote it over a year and half ago, but this is the first time all of Puzzlebox was assembled at a con, at least one I was also attending.
In this case, the song was "The Time Travel's Daughter", based on the book The Time Traveler's Wife
" target="_blank">The Time Travler's Wife. The original song that it's a (serious) parody of was written by someone also best known for humorous songs (original song, in her case). But this original song was a sad one based on a short story and inspired me to write a sad song on a very similar theme, replacing space travel with time travel. What I'm proudest of about this song is distilling the most poignant time-travel paradoxes from the novel into a few verses. I wrote it over a year and half ago, but this is the first time all of Puzzlebox was assembled at a con, at least one I was also attending.