they're not all winners

[barded]

FORM: Sending Crystal
SENDER: Chance
RECIPIENT: anyone with a crystal
WHAT: Bards doing what bards do- or trying.
WHEN: now
WHERE: The Gallows
NOTES: CW for some language - also open to action

( The audio starts with some light strumming of a lute as Chance tunes it a little back into place. He starts talking as he works on this process, stopping every so often to test a note out. )

I've been listening to some local music, which is really nice I might add. ( The note he strums here is sharp, making him pause as he cringes before he continues. ) I'm a bit used to learning my audience where I go, but you know I have a little more to work with since I knew my world enough. I knew the way to frame our worldly themes to fit day to day life.

It's not vastly different here, but it's different enough- ah! ( He sounds a bit cheerful as the sharp note goes back to being proper. ) And some things are universal I'm sure.

Like I know a local favorite that killed no matter the tavern at home...

( The strumming picks up from the leisurely pace he was testing at to a quick and light tune. song referenced found here. )

Jackass, jackass, royal ass
Obedient as a dog
The first to fail his only class
With charm that rivals a hog!

A noble ass with noble hide
Oh you can see it in his stride
And for a copper penny
He will take you for a ride!

( He stops shortly, laughing slightly as he clears his throat and goes back to the leisurely strumming. ) Maybe not always so appropriate. Kids get a laugh out of it, though.

Anyway, I was curious about what kind of music most people tend to like? I need to get working on some new material for a new world.

And I'm not sure about this... but if this world has any bards with any tricks of the trade they're willing to share? I'd be willing to trade a few of my own, if anyone's interested.

Comments

[arlathvhen]

A bard...? Are you a normal kind of bard, or, um--[ She can't say the Orlesian kind, when he's clearly not Orlesian, but it's rude to say 'spy' out in public. ]--The political kind? [ Nailed it. ]

Though both kinds must learn songs. I have some popular ones from Orlais that are written down.

[gatheringstorm]

Catchy! I like it.

[She chuckles, then pauses for a moment while there's the sounds of reclining and getting comfy.]

Not a bard myself -musical or Orlesian- but I'll happily listen to anything with a good beat. If it's danceable, I'm there.

[sorcerised]

I used to love that song when I was little. My mother always said it was rude and I wasn't to sing it, but it made me laugh every time.

[ He laughs now, feeling nostalgic. ]

These days I like the sort of songs that have a story to them, and tell me something about the people the song's about. If they can make me laugh they'll still be among my favourites, though.

It's good to hear your voice again, too. How have you been?

[swordproof]

[ Oh, lord, why are BARDS LIKE THIS -- ]

I like music without words. [ HAH. ] If you are not a bard of this world... You are from another?

[the_cleric]

Ooh...

[It's the ooh of oooh, I'm tellllling, thick with amused accusation and a little bit of scandal. The kind of oooh you would hear from any collection of children in any world or plane of existence. But Jester is also giggling, so it's probably not that scandalized. The other thing Jester's voice is thick with, is accent. Vaguely fantasy Eastern European, definitely foreign.]

You are so bad, singing songs like that. Especially about royalty. You know, if the royal guy does not have a good sense of humor, then he starts getting really really mean when he hears songs like that. Does the part about taking you for a ride mean sex? Or does he give piggyback rides?