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'''Tom Smith''' is a singer-songwriter in the ] genera. He is a ten-time winner of the ] for excellence in filking, including awards for his "A Boy and His Frog", "307 Ale", and "The Return of the King (Uh-huh)".
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'''Tom Smith''' is an American singer-songwriter from ], who got his start in the ] community. He is a fourteen-time winner of the ] for excellence in filking, including awards for his "A Boy and His Frog", "307 Ale", and "The Return of the King (Uh-huh)",<ref>{{cite web
He has also authored the official song for ], and has filked ] songs with her blessing.
|url = http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/people/tom-smith.html
|title = Tom Smith
|work = Pegasus Awards
|publisher = ]
|accessdate = September 3, 2007
}}</ref> and was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame in 2005.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.filkontario.ca/2005.htm
|title = Hall of Fame Inductees & Citations – 2005
|work = Filk Hall of Fame
|publisher = FilKONtario
|year = 2005
|accessdate = September 3, 2007
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070705220251/http://www.filkontario.ca/2005.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = July 5, 2007}}</ref>


== Career ==
His mark as "The World's Fastest Filker" comes from numerous instances of "instafilk", i.e., quickly-written or improvised songs. He has improv'd entire concert sets, and his album <i>Badgers and Gophers and Squirrels Oh My: The 24-Hour Project</i>, inspired by Scott McCloud's 24-Hour Comics Day, features seventeen songs written in twenty-four hours.
His nickname, "The World's Fastest Filker",<ref>{{cite book |last=Prucher |first=Jeff |title=] |publisher=] |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-19-530567-8 |pages=}}</ref> comes from numerous instances of "instafilk",<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.03/posts.html?pg=6
|last = Nash
|first = Alanna
|authorlink = Alanna Nash
|title = Misfit Minstrels
|work = ]
|publisher = ]
|date=March 2006
|accessdate = August 23, 2007
}}</ref> i.e., quickly-written or improvised songs. He has improvised entire concert sets, and his album ''Badgers and Gophers and Squirrels Oh My: The 24-Hour Project'', inspired by ]'s ], features seventeen songs written in twenty-four hours. In May 2006, he released the album ''The Last Hero on Earth'', a comic opera which has twenty songs, all written in one day, to the same plot.<ref name="sfw_tlh" />


In August 2006, emulating ], he began ''iTom'', a project where he released a new song every week for a year, and continued sporadically after that. So far, he has collected four albums of those songs.<ref>{{cite web
He lives in ]. He has performed with ], and been featured on ], ]'s '']'', and other radio programs. He performs frequently at conventions around the country.
|url= http://www.tomsmithonline.com/dl.htm
|title= MP3 Downloads
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|accessdate= July 15, 2008
}}</ref>

He has parodied ] songs<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://tomsmithonline.com/freestuff/oddio/MO-WishICouldntReadHerMind.mp3
|title= Wish I Couldn't Read Her Mind
|format= MP3
}}</ref> with her blessing. He authored the official song for ].<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://tomsmithonline.com/freestuff/oddio/TLAPD-Streaming064.mp3
|title= Talk Like a Pirate Day
|format= MP3
|access-date= November 9, 2006
|archive-date= November 9, 2018
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181109185406/http://www.tomsmithonline.com/freestuff/oddio/TLAPD-Streaming064.mp3
|url-status= dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url= https://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL1888712020070918?=undefined&sp=true
|title = Tomorrow You'll Pay a Buccaneer for Corn?
|author = Paul Majendie
|publisher = ]
|date = September 18, 2007
|accessdate = September 21, 2007
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url= http://blog.mlive.com/annarbornews/2007/09/arrr_matie_wednesday_is_talk_l.html
|title = Arrr Matie! Wednesday is Talk Like A Pirate Day
|work = ]
|publisher = ], LLC.
|date = September 18, 2007
|accessdate = September 21, 2007
}}</ref>
He wrote "Enterprising Man" for the animated parody video '']: Grudgematch'', as well as the official Transylvania Polygnostic University theme song for the comic '']'' by ].<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://tomsmithonline.com/freestuff/oddio/TPUFS.mp3
|title= Transpolygnostic University Fight Song
|format= MP3
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url= http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070321
|accessdate= August 23, 2007
|title= Girl Genius Online Comics
|date= March 21, 2007
}}</ref>

Smith performs frequently at conventions across the United States, and has also performed in Canada and England. He has been featured frequently on ],<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://dmdb.org/cgi-bin/plinfo.pl?drd07.0121.html
|accessdate= August 23, 2007
|title= The Dr. Demento Show #07-03
|date= January 21, 2007
}} (and many others)</ref> ]'s ''Sound & Spirit'',<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://www.wgbh.org/programs/programDetail.cfm?programid=226
|accessdate= September 28, 2010
|title= The Lord of the Rings
|work= Sound and Spirit
|publisher= ]
}} (click on audiolink)</ref> and other radio programs. In 2007, he joined with comedy musicians such as ], The Great Luke Ski, Sudden Death, ], and others in ''The FuMP'' (The Funny Music Project). Smith has appeared in concert with Dr. Demento and on the same bill as ].<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://www.tomsmithonline.com/presskit/images/DragonCon2004Subway_25.jpg
|title= Concert Poster
|format= JPEG
}} sponsored by ].</ref>

In 2005, "A Boy and His Frog" was the subject of a mini-arc in the '']'' webcomic.<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp08032005.shtml
|accessdate= August 24, 2007
|title= Sad Songs Pt. 2
|work= ]
|first= R. K.
|last= Milholland
|authorlink= R. K. Milholland
|archive-date= January 9, 2014
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140109070948/http://somethingpositive.net/sp08032005.shtml
|url-status= dead
}}</ref>

On June 7, 2008, Smith tore his quadriceps while attempting to take the stage at a Christine Lavin concert, landing him in the hospital and preventing him from performing for the next few months.<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://www.partiallyclips.com/tomsmith/
|accessdate= June 21, 2008
|title="Mr. Smith Goes to the Hospital" Fundraiser Effort
|work= Partially Clips
|first= Rob
|last= Balder
|authorlink= Rob Balder
}}</ref>


==Discography== ==Discography==
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* ''Mr. Smith Goes to the Hospital'' (tribute album), 2008 (download)
* ''Songs of The FuMP, Vol. 1'', 2008 (download)
* ''iTom 4.0: Smith and Legend'', 2007 (download)
* ''iTom 3.0: True Love Waits'', 2007 (download)
* ''iTom 2.0: Transitions'', 2007 (download)
* ''iTom 1.0: And So It Begins'', 2006 (download)
* ''The Last Hero on Earth'', 2006 (CD)
* ''Sins of Commission'', 2006 (download)
* ''Homecoming: MarCon 2005'', 2005 (download)
* ''And They Say I've Got Talent'', 2004 (CD) * ''And They Say I've Got Talent'', 2004 (CD)
* ''Badgers and Gophers and Squirrels Oh My: The 24-Hour Project'', 2004 (download) * ''Badgers and Gophers and Squirrels Oh My: The 24-Hour Project'', 2004 (download)
* ''Live At GAFilk'', 2004 (download) * ''Live at GAFilk'', 2004 (download)
* ''Debasement Tapes'', 1999 (CD) * ''Debasement Tapes'', 1999 (CD)
* ''Plugged'', 1997 (CD/cassette) * ''Plugged'', 1997 (CD/cassette)
* ''Tom Smith and his Digital Acoustic Compilation'', 1998 (CD from from the two cassettes below) * ''Tom Smith and His Digital Acoustic Compilation'', 1998 (CD from the two cassettes below)
* ''Domino Death'', 1994 (cassette) * ''Domino Death'', 1994 (cassette)
* ''Who Let Him In Here?'', 1991 (cassette) * ''Who Let Him In Here?'', 1991 (cassette)
==Pegasus Awards==
*27 total Nominations since 1988
*Best Media Song 1988: ''Superman's Sex Life Boogie''
*Best Filk Song 1991: ''A Boy and His Frog''
*Best Writer/Composer 1991
*Best Performer 1991
*Best Genre Crossover 1992: ''Return of the King, Uh-Huh''
*Best Performer 1993
*Best Filk Song 1994: ''PQR (You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet)'' (tied with ''Drink Up The River'' by Kathy Mar)
*Best Writer/Composer 1994
*Best Fool Song 1999: ''Operation Desert Storm''
*Best Food/Drink Song 2000: ''307 Ale'' (tied with ''My Jalapeno Man'' by Debbie Ridpath Ohi)


== Pegasus Awards ==
==External links==
* Best Filk Song 1991: "A Boy and His Frog"

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* Review of Tom Smith Plugged & Stupid Filk Tricks on the SciFi Channel's website
* of "A Boy and His Frog" at ] 2007
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American singer-songwriter
Tom Smith
Smith in 2005Smith in 2005
Background information
BornAnn Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
GenresFilk
Instrument(s)Guitar, vocals
Websitewww.tomsmithonline.com
Musical artist

Tom Smith is an American singer-songwriter from Ann Arbor, Michigan, who got his start in the filk music community. He is a fourteen-time winner of the Pegasus Award for excellence in filking, including awards for his "A Boy and His Frog", "307 Ale", and "The Return of the King (Uh-huh)", and was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame in 2005.

Career

His nickname, "The World's Fastest Filker", comes from numerous instances of "instafilk", i.e., quickly-written or improvised songs. He has improvised entire concert sets, and his album Badgers and Gophers and Squirrels Oh My: The 24-Hour Project, inspired by Scott McCloud's 24-Hour Comics Day, features seventeen songs written in twenty-four hours. In May 2006, he released the album The Last Hero on Earth, a comic opera which has twenty songs, all written in one day, to the same plot.

In August 2006, emulating Jonathan Coulton's Thing a Week, he began iTom, a project where he released a new song every week for a year, and continued sporadically after that. So far, he has collected four albums of those songs.

He has parodied Christine Lavin songs with her blessing. He authored the official song for Talk Like a Pirate Day. He wrote "Enterprising Man" for the animated parody video Babylon Park: Grudgematch, as well as the official Transylvania Polygnostic University theme song for the comic Girl Genius by Studio Foglio.

Smith performs frequently at conventions across the United States, and has also performed in Canada and England. He has been featured frequently on Dr. Demento, Public Radio International's Sound & Spirit, and other radio programs. In 2007, he joined with comedy musicians such as Rob Balder, The Great Luke Ski, Sudden Death, Worm Quartet, and others in The FuMP (The Funny Music Project). Smith has appeared in concert with Dr. Demento and on the same bill as Chick Corea.

In 2005, "A Boy and His Frog" was the subject of a mini-arc in the Something Positive webcomic.

On June 7, 2008, Smith tore his quadriceps while attempting to take the stage at a Christine Lavin concert, landing him in the hospital and preventing him from performing for the next few months.

Discography

Smith performing in 2008
  • Mr. Smith Goes to the Hospital (tribute album), 2008 (download)
  • Songs of The FuMP, Vol. 1, 2008 (download)
  • iTom 4.0: Smith and Legend, 2007 (download)
  • iTom 3.0: True Love Waits, 2007 (download)
  • iTom 2.0: Transitions, 2007 (download)
  • iTom 1.0: And So It Begins, 2006 (download)
  • The Last Hero on Earth, 2006 (CD)
  • Sins of Commission, 2006 (download)
  • Homecoming: MarCon 2005, 2005 (download)
  • And They Say I've Got Talent, 2004 (CD)
  • Badgers and Gophers and Squirrels Oh My: The 24-Hour Project, 2004 (download)
  • Live at GAFilk, 2004 (download)
  • Debasement Tapes, 1999 (CD)
  • Plugged, 1997 (CD/cassette)
  • Tom Smith and His Digital Acoustic Compilation, 1998 (CD from the two cassettes below)
  • Domino Death, 1994 (cassette)
  • Who Let Him In Here?, 1991 (cassette)

Pegasus Awards

  • Best Filk Song 1991: "A Boy and His Frog"

References

  1. ^ Sirois, A.L. (July 4, 2007). "The Last Hero on Earth". SciFi Weekly. SciFi Channel. Archived from the original on August 17, 2007. Retrieved August 23, 2007.
  2. "Tom Smith". Pegasus Awards. Ohio Valley Filk Fest. Retrieved September 3, 2007.
  3. "Hall of Fame Inductees & Citations – 2005". Filk Hall of Fame. FilKONtario. 2005. Archived from the original on July 5, 2007. Retrieved September 3, 2007.
  4. Prucher, Jeff (2007). Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction. Oxford University Press. pp. 64. ISBN 978-0-19-530567-8.
  5. Nash, Alanna (March 2006). "Misfit Minstrels". Wired News. Lycos. Retrieved August 23, 2007.
  6. "MP3 Downloads". Tom Smith Online. Retrieved July 15, 2008.
  7. "Wish I Couldn't Read Her Mind" (MP3).
  8. "Talk Like a Pirate Day". Archived from the original (MP3) on November 9, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2006.
  9. Paul Majendie (September 18, 2007). "Tomorrow You'll Pay a Buccaneer for Corn?". Reuters. Retrieved September 21, 2007.
  10. "Arrr Matie! Wednesday is Talk Like A Pirate Day". Ann Arbor News. Michigan Live, LLC. September 18, 2007. Retrieved September 21, 2007.
  11. "Transpolygnostic University Fight Song" (MP3).
  12. "Girl Genius Online Comics". March 21, 2007. Retrieved August 23, 2007.
  13. "The Dr. Demento Show #07-03". January 21, 2007. Retrieved August 23, 2007. (and many others)
  14. "The Lord of the Rings". Sound and Spirit. WGBH Boston. Retrieved September 28, 2010. (click on audiolink)
  15. "Concert Poster" (JPEG). sponsored by Subway.
  16. Milholland, R. K. "Sad Songs Pt. 2". Something Positive. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2007.
  17. Balder, Rob. ""Mr. Smith Goes to the Hospital" Fundraiser Effort". Partially Clips. Retrieved June 21, 2008.

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