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A voice is worth a thousand typed words so I was wondering what any of the players of those that often sing songs actually sound like. I don't mean what you sound like in real life but what your singing character do sound like. Do they have a very robust voice? Do they sound like anyone in particular? Is it opera? Medieval bardic sonnet voices or the deep crooning of a skald. If you want to of course. In fact, I'll start...

When Granel was alive he sounded a bit like Alan Sherman though a tad gruffer.

Most of my other characters don't sing so that is what I'm going with.

Thanks for hearing me out

In some of my characters I have the vocal sound in the description. some not, but ever since I played a bard at Faerun, way back when, I have always wanted to incorporate voice wavs somehow on the mud, for I have been told I have a good singing voice and thought it would be wonderful for Roleplay... the only problem being that I am not a songwriter, would probably have to get an okay for singing traditional ballads that don't have copywrite laws, like Greensleeves or Danny Boy... but you get the idea... I still think that they did a good job of blending the future with the past in that movie "A Knight's Tale".. it definitely seemed believable to me... we will, we will rock you!

If anyone knows of the band Nightwish, my future bard is to sound very similar to Tarja, the lead singer (i.e., operatic).

I think it depends on the kind of song being sung...Sparlow's probably somewhere between Toby Keith and the lead on Nickleback. I guess it'd be described as somewhat throaty in nature, but strong.

If you want a good example on what medieval songs should sound like, try and find a few songs by Lais, a group of 3 belgian girls. Most what they sing is in Medieval dutch, but the close harmony is hauntingly beautiful.

If you can't find them and want to hear, contact me.

If Hannarr were to sing, he would most likely sound like the great Wagnerian bass-baritone Hans Hotter... in the later 1960s, when Hotter's voice was, as one reviewer put it, "ragged and uncertain of pitch," especially in his upper range.

Either that or he would sound like Lemmy from Mötorhead.

Good thing he's not a bard.

- M/H

[corrected early morning typo]

If he sounds like Lemmy then Isaldur is making him a Bard. Lemmy is GOD!

Well jeroldo has a kind smooth low tone voice kinda off subject but I know of them

If anyone knows of the band Nightwish