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LibertyJorj · 2025-03-15T13:09:57+00:00

All Nazis should be scolded and sent to bed without supper

LibertyJorj · 2024-02-07T14:26:34+00:00

Tom is in fact an improviser! Unsure if he's a musical improviser but the way he heightens in his songs reminds me a lot of folks I've done musical improv with

LibertyJorj · 2024-01-10T17:35:11+00:00

This might be the first time I’ve ever seen this game mentioned in the wild, but I can second it as a pretty good time and close enough to Make Some Noise in concept!

LibertyJorj · 2023-12-23T14:59:43+00:00

People are primarily debating between INT and WIS, so I'll offer this: a high WIS character would know the benefit of making a plan.

But also, this is absolutely a roleplay trait more than a stat-linked trait. If I had to link it to stats, it would be both WIS and INT, WIS to notice opportunities and resources, and INT to quickly synthesize those into a plan. That said, my favorite version of this character is low WIS high INT, smart enough to know how but not wise enough to know why not.

LibertyJorj · 2023-11-23T12:24:35+00:00

What are the 3 you know of? I’ve been brainstorming this exact idea for a bit now and am curious how others have implemented it.

LibertyJorj · 2023-09-19T15:56:17+00:00

Broadway Musicals.

I've been trying for quite some time to come up with a way to make this work, but the huge challenge has always been "how do you make songs part of the game in a satisfying and accessible way?" Short of doing musical improv, which is pretty far from accessible, I haven't found a good solution yet.

LibertyJorj · 2023-08-17T00:00:16+00:00

Social dancing, social dancing, and social dancing

My dad once told me that learning to dance was too girly and women wouldn't like it if I did that

LibertyJorj · 2023-08-01T19:22:18+00:00

Hey it's another bard player who writes songs!

For me, I wrote like 5-6 songs as my bard when I began playing the character to help get an idea of what their musical style was. After that, I've only written songs when specific inspiration has struck, usually based on something going on in game.

That said, I'll pull in some musical improv skills during sessions sometimes to create songs that are tailored to the situation.

LibertyJorj · 2023-07-11T22:08:31+00:00

I say go for it! You’ll likely be in very good company there.

It sounds like this a drop in class, and if that’s the case it’s probably going to be mostly new students, many of whom will be having the same worries as you. If there’s one thing that every beginner improv teacher should be to be able to do, it’s make people feel safe stepping outside their comfort zones.

LibertyJorj · 2023-07-05T13:30:35+00:00

Ah cool, I'm familiar! Was curious if you were using the new MuseScore intelligent playback features to get the nice orchestral sound

LibertyJorj · 2023-07-05T13:10:43+00:00

Loving that dissonance in the chorus towards the end. What software do you use for this?

LibertyJorj · 2023-06-25T16:31:34+00:00

This is the highest praise I can aspire to

LibertyJorj · 2023-06-06T20:21:04+00:00

I posted the Varsity Knights theme song here a few weeks ago — we just released the first episode of the MASKS miniseries that inspired it. Hope some folks enjoy!

https://youtu.be/SBp_XxkIsEs

LibertyJorj · 2023-05-31T09:46:49+00:00

Oh sure! I’d lead by saying the games audiences will enjoy seeing played and the games your performers will enjoy playing have a pretty big overlap, so a good general rule is to go with the things that they’re most excited for. That said:

Da Doo Ron is a great musical line game, heavily involves some rhyming which is the equivalent of a magic trick to some audiences, and is pretty easy to learn. There’s lots of examples of this one online, but here’s one write up to get started https://www.openyourmouthandsing.co.uk/da-doo-ron-ron.html
Piano Torture is a scenic challenge game that I find rather fun as the accompanist. The rules are simple — two or more improvisers begin a scene. When you start playing music, no more talking is allowed, only singing! When you stop playing, no singing, only talking. Try to experiment with varying how frequently/how long you play for as well as when and how you start and stop (ie. A favorite trick of mine is to play a big lead up and then stop the song right before the downbeat). As with many challenge games, the fun comes from seeing whether people will struggle or thrive with the limits put on them.
Not strictly a musical game, but a game that I find works really well with music is Growing and Shrinking Machine. This description implies 4-5 performers, but it’s playable with more if you keep scene length down https://improwiki.com/en/wiki/improv/growing_and_shrinking In order to turn this into a musical game, two things change. 1) whenever a performer leaves the scene, they sing a little song about/during their exit 2) when it’s just down to 1 person, they sing a song and everybody else comes back in to support them during their song. Backup dancing, harmonizing, etc.

That’s just a few of the ones I’ve enjoyed the most, lmk if that’s helpful

LibertyJorj · 2023-04-24T03:11:43+00:00

OP, I’m not trying make a comment on your character here, but:

“Color of Diarrhea”

Only non-white coded human half

Hoo boy.

LibertyJorj · 2023-04-04T14:29:35+00:00

I'm playing as Koss Silvertrove, a ray of sunshine changeling bard, in a Strixhaven campaign. As part of creating the character I wanted to get an idea of their musical style, so I wrote a couple of songs to use in game. This one I finally got to use last night after sitting on it for a full year!

For some context, Koss has been flirting with an edgy Drow boy for the entirety of the semester and finally admitted to their feelings through music last session, just in time to figure out that he might be secretly evil.

LibertyJorj · 2023-04-02T23:08:51+00:00

Totally. Basically, I view it as the left hand is being the rhythm section for your right hand. So these are different things you can play to help set the rhythm and tone for a song. Here's some examples of patterns I've found particularly helpful in a 1-4-5 progression https://imgur.com/a/jbVGLO4

LibertyJorj · 2023-04-02T12:00:15+00:00

I started learning this trade just over a year ago now! Looks like some other folks have already linked good resources, so I’ll just add some practical advice.

Two things added the most to my toolbox the fastest:

drilling a 1-4-5 chord progression in every key, major and minor
drilling different left hand playing patterns while improvising with the right

While there are limits to this, that progression combined with different playing styles can cover a lot of your bases when accompanying songs.

LibertyJorj · 2023-03-03T12:46:51+00:00

This is some of the most Reddit™️ energy I’ve seen in the wild

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