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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #1260 on: March 17, 2023, 03:51:22 PM »
I tried with SoundHound but either it is isn’t an existing song, or (more likely) I cannot hum the tune. Irritating.
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #1261 on: March 18, 2023, 08:42:33 AM »
Thanks Buteo and dmeck! I'm really glad you're enjoying this. Following the music with the new lyrics is exactly the way I'm doing it. (and as you can probably tell I'm having a good time on that :) )

Jitter, don't worry. Even without a tune the rhythm is great! About singing, you already have so many talents... Couldn't have them all, right? ;)

And today the musical continues with the band's drummer! Mikkel "Jack" Madsen shows his skills are not limited to drumming in this adaptation of one White Stripe's song he called "Five Nations Armies". Here we get a glimpse of the past, and possible future of a man of many talents...  :mikkel: :headbang:

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I've got to fool 'em all
Five nations armies couldn't hold me back
They gotta pay it off
Taking my time holding back my check
And I'm talking to myself at night
Because I can't forget
Another job comes through my mind
Must repay my debts

And the message coming from my mind
Says, "Just one more!"

Don't wanna hear about it
Every risky day was a story to tell
Everyone knows about it
From the mages on Iceland to the hounds of Hel
And when we found ourselves away
It's time to start something new
And that ain't what I thought to make
But that's what I'll do

And the feeling coming from my bones
Says, "Find a home"

I'm out of all this drama
Far from beasts n' trolls forevermore
I'm gonna taste the dishes
Making the best out of every chore
And I'm falling, and I'm falling, and I'm falling
Right into her Love
All the worries are gonna bleed from me
And I will run no more
And the love that warms by blood
Tells me, "Now I'm home!"


(And here after the song is where our drummer possibly gets a kiss...  :mikkel: :sigrun:  <3  ;)  )


« Last Edit: March 18, 2023, 09:02:11 AM by thegreyarea »
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #1262 on: March 18, 2023, 10:19:53 PM »
I was thinking of next prompt (I am cheating as a few ideas are percolating )

I recently watched the movie rise of the guardians (I really like the movie). 

It is nearing Easter in it.  One of the things the Easter bunny says is Easter is hope.  Considering it is close to Easter, we can do hope.

Also st paddy’s day just passed.  (It is a big deal in Boston.  Though I think more as a drinking holiday than anything else.)

This made me think of Ireland. Than the Fae.  I know many Icelanders have a strong belief in elves.  Finnish lore also have a type of elves. Plus other cultures.  The Menuhue in Hawaii are really interesting.   They are believed to have built the Heiau, that are all over Hawaii.  I love that type of thing and one of our vacations to Kaua’i, we went to visit them.  They were definitely a place of power. I still think about hoe awed I was of the spaces.

So maybe if we don’t want hope, we can do Fae, elves, or any of those people of nature

Fate gives all of us three teachers, three friends, three enemies, and three great loves in our lives. But these twelve are always disguised, and we never know which one is which until we've loved them, left them, or fought them.

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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #1263 on: March 18, 2023, 11:20:14 PM »
Every culture I have ever encountered has Fae of some kind. Sounds good.
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #1264 on: March 19, 2023, 07:27:25 AM »
Dmeck, very good suggestions both!

Let’s go with the fae / elves / tontut / little people / etc for next week. And maybe hope for the one after that! Let’s keep it in mind ok?
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #1265 on: March 19, 2023, 11:00:45 AM »
Dmeck, very good suggestions both!

Let’s go with the fae / elves / tontut / little people / etc for next week. And maybe hope for the one after that! Let’s keep it in mind ok?

Works for me
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #1266 on: March 20, 2023, 07:57:53 AM »
Yes, I also think that Fae (and all those other magical beings) is a fine choice!

However before that I'd like to bring to you the last part of the musical, and a few words.

I really loved doing those music adaptations. Thanks to it I heard dozens of musics, saw dozens of videos, read dozens of lyrics... Some were "old friends", some I barely heard, a few I had never heard before. It was a great adventure where I sung, drummed (with my fingers), sometimes cried, sometimes laughed. And all that made me realize my life had become maybe a bit too silent, and that I need to bring more music into it.  :sparkle: ^-^ :sparkle:

And all that said, there was one member of the Not-So-Silent Explorers still to take the lead...

So the crowd cheers when our dear Tuuri "Amy" Hotakainen steps ahead and grabs the mic, and even more when she invites Reynir to join her. (And of course he's happy to help. Among other things, like walking into other's spaces, it's something he just does... )  :tuuri: :reynir:

In this scene a brave guy risks everything and does all he can to help her love, lost in a dark place... It's called "Bring Me To Life".

(Note that the parts between brackets () mean it's Reynir singing, and how he manages to sound so different from his previous appearance singing "Help"! This guy really has talent!)

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How can you move through darkness like open doors?
Leading you down into the ice where I've become so numb
Without a fire my spirit's sleeping somewhere cold
Until you strike a deal and lead me back home

(Wake you up)
Wake me up inside
(Can wake up)
Take me upside
(Save you)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake you up)
Free my soul to run
(Can wake up)
Before our dream's gone
(Save you)
Save me from the nothing I've become

Now Tuoni knows you want me out
You won't just leave me
Bring love to me and make me real
Bring me to life

(Wake you up)
Wake me up inside
(Can wake up)
Take me upside
(Save you)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake you up)
Free my soul to run
(Can wake up)
Before our dream's gone
(Save you)
Save me from the nothing I've become

Bring me to life
(I've seen life without, need you by my side)
Bring me to life

Frozen inside without your touch
Without your love, darling
Only you could bring life to the dead

(All this time I thought I must set her free)
(Walk in the dark until it was there in front of me)
I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
Got to open my eyes to a new spring
(Without a though, without a choice, without a toll)
Don't leave me here
(Must be something more to do)
Bring me to life

(Woke you up)
Woke me up inside
(Just woke up)
Took me upside
(Saved you)
Called my name and saved me from the dark
(Woke you up)
Freed my soul to run
(Just woke up)
Before our dream's gone
(Saved you)
Saved me from the nothing I've become

Brought me to life
(And now we can go free, Tuoni's a friend of me)
Brought me to life



(And that's it! I hope you enjoyed the musical. :)  )
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #1267 on: March 20, 2023, 11:05:54 AM »
A happy ending for a great musical!  :headbang:

Also very glad to hear this has brought good things into your life!
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #1268 on: March 20, 2023, 11:47:00 AM »
grey, that was great! Stirred up all the feelings, then gave the happy ending.

So happy to hear that this project brought music back to you. I shudder to imagine life without it.

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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #1269 on: March 20, 2023, 02:51:34 PM »
Thanks, Jitter and Buteo! I'm glad you liked it!

And yes, adding an extra bit music makes living sound better! ;)
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #1270 on: March 25, 2023, 08:47:04 PM »
I'm working on a very short story for the Fae prompt. It's not ready, but I made a little edit to go with it, and I'll just start by that.
Hopefully tomorrow I'll add the tale. All the best! :)

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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #1271 on: March 26, 2023, 01:34:59 AM »
This is very promising, grey...

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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #1272 on: March 26, 2023, 06:37:27 AM »
Grey I love it!

Keep your thumbs up I’ll manage to get to the writing desk, I also have an idea for a bit of story.
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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #1273 on: March 26, 2023, 08:27:43 AM »
Ooh Grey, I love your edit!
I write poetry sometimes.

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Re: Prompt of the week!
« Reply #1274 on: March 28, 2023, 02:30:33 PM »
Reminder: prompt for this week is hope. A fitting prompt for this week that marks the first full year post-comic. When there’s life there’s hope, and why don’t you just look around? There’s life here! And hope.
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