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<div><font size="2">Sound & song based music is most certainly welcome. Magic is pretty free form in MK but your idea sounds good.<br>
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<div><font size="2"> And a tribute to Alan Foster would be cool.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">That link has some good music. Reminds me of the Baroque stuff I've heard in concerts.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2"> I hope this helps!<br>
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<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Christof M Bradford <christof.bradford@gmail.com><br>
To: Metamor Keep <mkguild@lists.integral.org><br>
Sent: Fri, Sep 25, 2020 8:02 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [Mkguild] Social Gatherings in the Latter Half of 708 CR<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On 9/25/20 11:18 AM, Ryx wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> There are all manner of magics - in areas that utilize magic - to<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> amplify sound - but you don't want to make it *louder*, that would drive<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> the listeners away. You just want it to be heard clearly from further<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> away. Dream/Malger would downplay them, however, because they seldom<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> take into account the architecture in which the music is being played. <br>
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<div dir="ltr">> In an open air venue it's less of an issue, but every tree, column,<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> rock, and building affects the music. To a composer this is extremely<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> important, to a traveling minstrel less so.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">The birds, croc, and frilled lizard of Diamond Beak haven't had the<br>
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<div dir="ltr">opportunity to perform in an amphitheater or open field. They've played<br>
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<div dir="ltr">in the Mule, and the Fellowship's meeting hall. They've practiced in<br>
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<div dir="ltr">various locations, usually Bruce's home.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> And, in the MK setting 'bards' are a class of minstrel who have actual<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> magic in their music. To call one's self a 'bard' would be met with<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> skepticism unless they can actually display magic within their<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> performing (non-musicians can be bards, too). Even Malger has never<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> called himself a 'true bard' or bard in general because he is not. He's<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> merely a very skilled musician with a wide repertoire, but he would need<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> an actual mage to allow a larger area to fall within the range of his<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> music. It's not about volume, it's about coverage (don't want to deafen<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> those actually present, after all).<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Bruce and the others making magic via their music. That could be<br>
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<div dir="ltr">interesting. It would certainly give me an excuse to pay homage to Alan<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Foster's work.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> A coordinated theatre troupe may have enchantments on instruments or<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> stage props to extend the range of their audible work. That would make<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> then a notable troupe to afford such magic. But, as they've never been<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> mentioned before, not a 'world famous' group. You're talking local<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> stage band; a hop above garage but no where near national or global. <br>
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<div dir="ltr">> Perhaps one known well in certain areas of the midlands not currently<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> used very heavily - the Outer Midlands, perhaps. If they're using magic<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> they may be based out of Marigund or nearby. Or perhaps Sathmore, as<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> the southern midlands is mixed when it comes to magic; they avoid it,<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> for the most part. Nothing from Pyralia, where magic is frowned upon<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> (but still practiced quietly). <br>
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<div dir="ltr">> <br>
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<div dir="ltr">They're based in Metamor, what with them being Keepers and all. There<br>
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<div dir="ltr">are five members of the band; three birds(Northern mockingbird,<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Kookaburra, and Woodpecker), a frilled lizard, and a crocodile.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> Some notable characters will probably not have returned by that point: <br>
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<div dir="ltr">> Malger & Misanthe, Charles Matthias & family, Lindsey, Pharcellus,<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> Garigan, Jerome (these latter two will not return, to my knowledge).<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> <br>
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<div dir="ltr">> As for 708cr, I do not know actual timelines. It may be about that time<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> for Alberta to announce her pregnancy, though it would not yet be<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> visible (Thomas Bryn Hassan will be born Mar 11, 709cr). This would<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> most certainly warrant a grand ball and at least one assassination<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> attempt that sneaks past George & Misha, but fails.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Matty mentioned something about that event to me some years ago.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Diamond Beak has a, hmmm, unique sound and style. Here's a YouTube<br>
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<div dir="ltr">video, played using period-accurate instruments, that almost perfectly<br>
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<div dir="ltr">captures their tone. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWIGbHhSsGs" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWIGbHhSsGs</a><br>
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<div dir="ltr">> On Friday, September 25, 2020, 04:49:29 AM EDT, Christof M Bradford<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> <<a ymailto="mailto:christof.bradford@gmail.com" href="mailto:christof.bradford@gmail.com">christof.bradford@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> <br>
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<div dir="ltr">> I'm trying to get back into writing, and I have an idea that centers<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> around the group of bards known as Diamond Beak being invited to play at<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> a ball or other large social gathering where musicians are likely to<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> find work. This leads me to ask two questions. Are there any such<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> gatherings planned for the last half of 708 CR? Do free-floating spells<br>
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<div dir="ltr">> or enchantments exist that serve the purpose of amplifying sound?<br>
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