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Joining The Fanart Train - Independence Anthem

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For the last hour I've been writing a Wurm song, which I named "Independence Anthem". It's really silly, but I thought it would be fun to share anyway. I don't know anything about writing songs and basically just counted syllables to get the rows to add up, so constructive criticism is welcome.

It tells the story of when people first moved to Independence, in a slightly romanticized and simplified way.

It's voice-only and recorded with the microphone on my webcam, but I wanted to show what kind of melody I had in mind when writing it. Pretend that a singer accompanied by a lute, a harp and a flute is performing it and it'll sound like I want it to (assuming you know how I want it to sound..okay the explanation isn't working).

The song:
http://aerisu.tumblr.com/post/53460060211/a-song-i-made-inspired-by-an-event-in-the-game#disqus_thread



The lyrics:

The Independence Anthem

A kingdom once shattered in three pieces each
Took sails towards the horizon,
Well out of wars' reach
They founded a home when the shore'd been reached
Counted all their blessings,
And Gods they beseeched:


Please let us live here in peace in the woods!
We'll live as pride tradesmen,
And pay with our goods
Oh, Please let us stay here forever, for good!
We'll live by the God's rules,
As best as one could
Please let us live here in peace in the woods!


The lands were so rich, but the mountains so high
To find some little valley,
Takes you to the sky
They searched hard and said "this is where I will die"

The kingdom rebuilt albeit without a king
Lives happily in the forest,
And they need nothing
They took a look around them and saw everything
Counted all their blessings,
And still they're asking:


Please let us live here in peace in the woods!
We'll live as pride tradesmen,
And pay with our goods
Oh, Please let us stay here forever, for good!
We'll live by the God's rules,
As best as one could
Please let us live here in peace in the woods!

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And now, a Swedish version! :D

A Harp and Flute would sound great I think with it, but regardless, good singing!

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Haha, speaking of which: You have a Norwegian signature... Why? O.o

Aw thanks :D

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Nice stuff! :D

For uploading, I'd use Dropbox. Easy and I think a play button will appear as long as your browser has the right plugins (of which almost every person will have the right stuff.) Can use it for any type of file. www.dropbox.com

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Thanks!

I generally don't get along very well with dropbox, but I guess it's worth a try. Thanks for the tip

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Haha, speaking of which: You have a Norwegian signature... Why? O.o

Aw thanks :D

Because it's awesome! Anything Scandinavian is, although Finnish is a bit strange. ;)

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Bumping because I finally got my thumb out o-... Because I stopped being lazy and finally moved the file to a more convenient location!

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Very nice :D Looking forward to any potential future versions :)


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Nek minnit Rolf joins Independence to Chaos 


 


:lol:


 


FANTASTIC SONG! 


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Oooh!  The voice of Aeris!  So manly; like Wurm's answer to Lady GaGa.


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Aeris that is totally amazing! You can accomplish alot when you stop killing horses, who knew? :P


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Thanks everyone, I'm happy so many of you listened to (and liked!) it :D


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You're famous on the Facebook page too it seems: imagine my shock delight when I logged into FB and your name came up.  Anyway, let me know when the concert tour starts, I've only got 2 more Springsteen shows and Amanda Palmer in the next month so I can fit your shows in just about!


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Three years late to the thread but...

 

This brings back memories from many years ago when we wrote anthems for Jenn Kellon, Mol Rehan and our fiendish friends.

 

I ran a competition where I wrote three orchestral pieces and then challenged Wurmians to come up with the lyrics - they were then judged by the moderation team.

 

I am sorry, I cannot remember the names of the lyricists now, but we did have some interesting offerings. Some less than printable!

 

Well done Aeris - nice to see there are still poets on Wurm, even if I am not :)

 

 

Lots of Love

 

Gurubear

(Bard of Wurm)

 

PS: I hope you are all looking after my bloody crater!

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1 hour ago, Gurubear said:

Three years late to the thread but...

 

This brings back memories from many years ago when we wrote anthems for Jenn Kellon, Mol Rehan and our fiendish friends.

 

I ran a competition where I wrote three orchestral pieces and then challenged Wurmians to come up with the lyrics - they were then judged by the moderation team.

 

I am sorry, I cannot remember the names of the lyricists now, but we did have some interesting offerings. Some less than printable!

 

Well done Aeris - nice to see there are still poets on Wurm, even if I am not :)

 

 

Lots of Love

 

Gurubear

(Bard of Wurm)

 

PS: I hope you are all looking after my bloody crater!

 

I think Ironlion and Zort. :)

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Hey someone whom I know only through the crater. Good to see you here on the forums :D

 

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