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  • Bilbo’s Parting song- an original ballad

    Posted by David on April 21, 2021 at 10:45 pm

    I wrote this song while studying in Wales my Junior year in college and I recently retrieved it from an old trunk. I took a poem from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and put it to music that just seemed to capture the magical spirit of that amazing book! It was very nostalgic to play it again.

    https://youtu.be/mJJn3zBKBec


    David replied 3 years, 9 months ago 9 Members · 13 Replies
  • 13 Replies
  • ErikBog

    Member
    April 22, 2021 at 12:42 am

    You always make it look easy @David

    • David

      Member
      April 22, 2021 at 6:55 am

      Not always but this tune really did come to me as I played a few chords to these words. Thanks for listening.

  • Bill_Brown

    Member
    April 22, 2021 at 7:43 am

    I really enjoyed listening to that melody @David . 👏 👏 👏 Have you thought about using the harmonizer with this one? It seemed like there were some points in the melody that some of the lyrics could have benefitted from it’s use🤩

    • David

      Member
      April 22, 2021 at 12:45 pm

      I did play around with it but couldn’t find the right combination. I do agree with you though. I’ll work on it. Thanks for listening!

  • Marisa

    Member
    April 22, 2021 at 8:25 pm

    You are just full of surprises!

  • Loraine

    Member
    April 22, 2021 at 9:15 pm

    I could so envision this song being part of the movie. Excellent original David.

    • David

      Member
      April 23, 2021 at 7:29 am

      Thanks Lorraine. I was really into the book at the time and I loved this poem and wanted to write a song for it. I was influenced by all the pub singing. 🙂

  • Dom_T

    Member
    April 24, 2021 at 7:12 am

    Really nice, like it a lot. I started getting hairy feet, I think…. 😂

    • David

      Member
      April 24, 2021 at 9:48 pm

      Yeah @Dom_T you have to be careful around this kind of music. Thanks for stopping by.

  • AttyTJ

    Member
    April 24, 2021 at 8:24 am

    Thanks for that @David. Yes the magic and the sense Tolkien put into Middle Earth and Bilbo is all there. Wow, thanks.

    • David

      Member
      April 24, 2021 at 9:49 pm

      Nice of you to say. They really are cool lyrics I think. Thanks for listening.

  • Marty73

    Member
    April 24, 2021 at 8:37 am

    That was real nice @David 😊😊😊😊

    😎

  • Dan D#

    Member
    April 24, 2021 at 10:58 am

    This was a Very Cool piece @David A beautiful sounding, well Sung Song!!! I really enjoyed this very much!!!👋👋

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