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blgarver:
So...I'm not songwriter.  Nor am I a poet.  Prose is my game and I don't attempt the delicate verse. 

Until now, anyway.  I am using a bard song in an early scene of my new story to tell the tale of an infamous pirate that's been ravaging the coast for decades.  Anywho...I have to write a freaking song.

This is a two part challenge for me.

1)  I've never written a song in my life.  Let alone one of bardish nature.

2)  I'm struggling to decide how to work the lyrics into the prose without making them stick out like a sore thumb. 


Anyone have any suggestions/advice/resources about how to go about this?  My main concern right now is to write the song.  Because I can't move forward with the story until the song is written.  Well, I could, but I'd rather not.

Any help is greatly appreciated.  Thanks guys!

BLG

Blaze:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/tool.poem.html

This can be a good resource.  You need an original poem?  Ballad?  Sea Shanty? 

Can you use something already written but in the public domain? 

What time period are you looking for?

I would be happy to help.  PM me.

blgarver:
I'm going for original lyrics.  I hacked out a few yesterday, but I am in the middle of battling a pretty raucious head cold and I'm not sure how great my noob song came out.  I am toying with posting what I have so far, but I am uber self conscious about it, even more so than I am with my prose.

The song is about a pirate named Taluca that has become a living legend through his savagery.  So I am mainly concerned with the story the song needs to tell.  I'm not sure if I need to address the rhythm of the song or not.  I'm not very musical.

But I've read several things that incorporate lyrics and music, all written with different techniques, but all very effective.  I am just super-new at writing lyrics.

Blaze:
You could always go post it in the Shall I compare thee to a Mooseburger -- the bad poetry thread.  And then people will look at it with a kind eye.

HUGS

blgarver:
So I found a program called MasterWriter 2.0.  I haven't used it much yet, but I think I'll have a chance tonight to get back to the grind.  It looks to be a very powerful songwriting tool with a ridiculous rhyming and syllabic search engine.  Pretty in depth. 

Hopefully this will help with my first attempt at songwriting.

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