B2MeM 2013:: Day Three: Wildcard Day
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b2memIt's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.
Throughout the month, we will offer weekly wildcard days, days when there are no new prompts but instead a simple, Tolkien-related task, for those who wish to participate. We hope wildcard days will give you a chance to refresh your muses, read, catch up on your WiPs, and breathe! :)
Our first wildcard day task: Step out your front door.
B2MeM is an event for the entire Tolkien fandom. Just look at what's been posted so far! All three major books are represented and characters ranging from Bilbo to Balrogs, Finrod to Faramir. Because of our diversity, though, we may not all know each other and we may define ourselves more by the communities from which we come rather than viewing B2MeM as itself a community. So, today, step out from your front door. Say hello and meet someone new. Lean out, take a look down the road, and ponder where it leads.
He used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary.
To participate, leave a comment here and introduce yourself. Tell us the name you go by, what your passion is in fandom, and anything else about yourself that you want to share. Then, share a link to your favorite of the fanworks that you've created. (If you're new and don't have any fanworks yet, feel free to share a link to your favorite work by another author or artist.) The link you share does not have to be to a B2MeM piece; please make sure you include appropriate ratings and warnings if this won't be apparent when visitors click on the link.
After you've introduced yourself, take a moment to read/view another person's fanwork and leave them a comment to say hi and tell them what you thought.
Throughout the month, we will offer weekly wildcard days, days when there are no new prompts but instead a simple, Tolkien-related task, for those who wish to participate. We hope wildcard days will give you a chance to refresh your muses, read, catch up on your WiPs, and breathe! :)
Our first wildcard day task: Step out your front door.
B2MeM is an event for the entire Tolkien fandom. Just look at what's been posted so far! All three major books are represented and characters ranging from Bilbo to Balrogs, Finrod to Faramir. Because of our diversity, though, we may not all know each other and we may define ourselves more by the communities from which we come rather than viewing B2MeM as itself a community. So, today, step out from your front door. Say hello and meet someone new. Lean out, take a look down the road, and ponder where it leads.
He used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary.
To participate, leave a comment here and introduce yourself. Tell us the name you go by, what your passion is in fandom, and anything else about yourself that you want to share. Then, share a link to your favorite of the fanworks that you've created. (If you're new and don't have any fanworks yet, feel free to share a link to your favorite work by another author or artist.) The link you share does not have to be to a B2MeM piece; please make sure you include appropriate ratings and warnings if this won't be apparent when visitors click on the link.
After you've introduced yourself, take a moment to read/view another person's fanwork and leave them a comment to say hi and tell them what you thought.
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Date: 2013-03-05 05:40 am (UTC)But yeah it'd be the best thing! There are so many great musical renditions of Tolkien's verses out there that need more people singing them.
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Date: 2013-03-05 06:22 am (UTC)Do you have any particular favorite settings of Tolkien or Tolkien-related songs? I have Donald Swann's book, for one example. I don't entirely like everything in it, but "Upon the Hearth" is fun and I once heard someone sing his arrangement of "Namarie" very impressively.
Jumping from art songs to the filk end of things, I rather like Ben Newman's version of Feanor's oath, "Three Bright Jewels (Feanor's Curse)" (lyrics and MP3 at the link).
Do you have any recommendations?
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Date: 2013-03-06 06:42 am (UTC)Do you know The Tolkien Ensemble? Apparently people have mixed opinions on them, but I love the majority of their renditions. I think most of theirs are on youtube. Ai Laurië Lantar, O Rowan Fair [they call theirs Bregalad's Song], In the Willow Meads of Tasarinan [Treebeard's Song], and A Elbereth Gilthoniel are some of theirs that stand out for me.
I just love what the BBC did with some of J.R.R.T.'s verses for their radio production of LotR. I could go on but I ought to be going to sleep, so I'll just put their version of Forth Rode Théoden (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfAEmLxjGT0) here.