Any "singers" here? (unofficial "Becalmed" lyrics)

  • Retto Elbaroda
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    Hiya all!
    I wrote some lyrics for "Becalmed" shanty and tried singing it, but...
    Let's just say I'm not the best singer.
    Is there anyone who would like to finish it for me?

    edit: Here be the lyrics!

    I sail
    The sea
    With these
    dear to me,
    as one
    standing side
    by side...

    With grace
    we'll face
    rough times
    and smile,
    take hide,
    wait while
    they fall.

    Till the winds
    leave us
    becalmed,
    we're
    sailing on.

    Until
    the day
    that we
    shall fade
    we're gonna be
    sailing on.

    And once we reach that moment
    we shall disappear in glory.

    Till then
    we'll be
    sailing on.

    The winds will billow our sails
    and sun will exhilirate our days.

    Until day we're left becalmed
    and we disappear in glory.

    Till then
    we'll be
    sailing on.

    edit 2: As many fellow pie rats posted improvements / alternative versions of the lyrics, I'd like to encourage anyone reading this, and interested in singing this, to check the comments or even come up with your own version. This is in no way official, I hold no rights to the song and the whole reason for making these was because I love Becalmed and in a moment of creativity thought it was a good idea. That reminds me... I'm not actually sure if the original creator is okay with this. If anyone knows how to find or contact them, please let me (or them) know :)

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  • Inbred Chimera

    I was going to offer and then remembered I'm missing some of my equipment for reccording....

    I completely forgot to ask about musicians in the game a while back. If I can get online at the right time of day and the microphone picks it up ok I'm planning on just sitting in the taverns and doing some gigs.

    Whup Jamboree is the only irish / piratey song I know right now though. I guess if you send me the lyrics and somewhere I can listen to the shanty online I might be able to practice it for launch, but unfortunately I won't be able to record it and post it anywhere because I lack the equipment at the moment.

  • DeXidious
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    @retto-elbaroda Im not sure where i fall on the singer scale but i could give it a shot.
    As it is a shanty having more people do it would likely make it sound better, if you are all right posting the lyrics public.

  • Its Stoobs
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    Aye, I be a vocalist of sorts...

  • Retto Elbaroda
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    @Its s****. @DeXidious @Inbred-Chimera

    • As I didn't notice so many people were posting, I'll just leave you the lyrics here and you can decide whether it's worth your time...

    I sail
    The sea
    With these
    dear to me,
    as one
    standing side
    by side...

    With grace
    we'll face
    rough times
    and smile,
    take hide,
    wait while
    they fall.

    Till the winds
    leave us
    becalmed,
    we're
    sailing on.

    Until
    the day
    that we
    shall fade
    we're gonna be
    sailing on.

    And once we reach that moment
    we shall disappear in glory.

    Till then
    we be
    sailing on.

    The winds will billow our sails
    and sun will exhilirate our days.

    Until day we're left becalmed
    and we disappear in glory.

    Till then
    we be
    sailing on.

    (edit was made on "we'll be sailing on" to "we be sailing on" for pirate slang purposes)

  • Inbred Chimera

    Awesome lyrics, whenever I hear this song I feel like there should be lyrics to it. I've saved them now. I'm not getting the game until a few days after release but if I do get singing I'll definately do this.

  • Skaary27
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    @retto-elbaroda said in Any "singers" here?:

    @Its s****. @DeXidious @Inbred-Chimera

    • As I didn't notice so many people were posting, I'll just leave you the lyrics here and you can decide whether it's worth your time...

    I sail
    The sea
    With these
    dear to me,
    as one
    standing side
    by side...

    With grace
    we'll face
    rough times
    and smile,
    take hide,
    wait while
    they fall.

    Till the winds
    leave us
    becalmed,
    we're
    sailing on.

    Until
    the day
    that we
    shall fade
    we're gonna be
    sailing on.

    And once we reach that moment
    we shall disappear in glory.

    Till then
    we'll be
    sailing on.

    The winds will billow our sails
    and sun will exhilirate our days.

    Until day we're left becalmed
    and we disappear in glory.

    Till then
    we'll be
    sailing on.

    Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Retto Elbaroda
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    @skaary27 @Inbred-Chimera I'm really glad you like it... Means a lot :3

  • JJblackhat
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    I'm a singer, but a hard rock singer (not really a pirate singer) haha! Actually the singer of the band Alter The Design (we are on the radio)! It was always my main passion over top of coding and developing stuff.

  • JJblackhat
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    @retto-elbaroda said in Any "singers" here?:

    @skaary27 @Inbred-Chimera I'm really glad you like it... Means a lot :3

    you should consider changing 'we'll be sailing on' to 'we be sailing on' as I think that's the slang a Pirate might put on that.

  • Retto Elbaroda
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    @jjblackhat Ooh, pretty cool! And thanks for advice! English isn't my main language and there is a lot I still have to learn in that matter. Especially all the slang words and accents. It goes over my head, lemme tell you that! Gonna edit it now :).

  • SoloVenture6142
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    Shanties are defined by being traditionally sang acapella meaning no instrumentation. What I would recommend is recording multiple vocal tracks separately and then isolate the track with this music on it leaving only the vocals then you have a sea shanty that will hopefully be in key and to the beat and melody of this piece of music.

  • Retto Elbaroda
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    @cmm-solo Maybe I used a wrong term then. I saw many people referring to the SoT instrument songs as shanties so I just went with it without any research. Based of the one that I liked the most I then wrote the lyrics. It was really more for fun and my own bunch of friends to have something fun to do while we play. To sing along with our favourite song... But since I actually found the lyrics pretty fitting and soothing, I decided to ask if someone would like to sing it and make a video or another record of it. I would like to see bunch of vocal tracks put together tho. Multiple people singing could sound much more like a proper pirate crew!

  • SoloVenture6142
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    @retto-elbaroda said in Any "singers" here?:

    @cmm-solo Maybe I used a wrong term then. I saw many people referring to the SoT instrument songs as shanties so I just went with it without any research. Based of the one that I liked the most I then wrote the lyrics. It was really more for fun and my own bunch of friends to have something fun to do while we play. To sing along with our favourite song... But since I actually found the lyrics pretty fitting and soothing, I decided to ask if someone would like to sing it and make a video or another record of it. I would like to see bunch of vocal tracks put together tho. Multiple people singing could sound much more like a proper pirate crew!

    Lyrics work. Its not impossible. You could record a load of different people singing this along with the music, it would not be difficult to do.

  • SoloVenture6142
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    @cmm-solo p.s. I like it.

  • Retto Elbaroda
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    @cmm-solo Thank you, it's nice to see all this appreciation. Lot's of people already posted here that they might give it a go so I'll leave it to them now. I think we'll get there at some point :D!

  • SoloVenture6142
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    @retto-elbaroda said in Any "singers" here?:

    @cmm-solo Thank you, it's nice to see all this appreciation. Lot's of people already posted here that they might give it a go so I'll leave it to them now. I think we'll get there at some point :D!

    making a recording with different people all using different software's / mic types and levels might get messy but nothing ventured nothing gained.

  • DeXidious
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    Well, it was a real slap in the face for realizing how monotone my voice has become but I did it.

  • Retto Elbaroda
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    @dexidious Thank you and well done! And I think your voice is cool, don't worry about it at all! I didn't get further than the first sentence so huge respect... Next step will be getting a bunch of people singing together. I guess that will be some chore! xD

  • MaximillianZeus
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    @retto-elbaroda

    Behold my rendition to Becalmed, your lyrics were a bit tough to work with but I do believe I got it :D Enjoy!

    Becalmed

    Lyrics: Retto-Elbaroda
    Voice: Captain Maximillian Zeus

    I apologize for the instruments being too loud, the software I was using was acting up.

    ~Captain Maximillian Zeus:
    The Damned Rider of the Ferry
    and Master of the Song of the Dead

  • RAYNBR0
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    @maximillianzeus Well done man!

  • MaximillianZeus
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    @imgemineye

    Thank ye :)

  • Retto Elbaroda
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    @maximillianzeus Haha! That's so amazing! I love the tone of your voice for this one. For some reason it makes me smile super hard. Very majestic. And about my lyrics... It's my first time... What can I say :D

  • Drendrann
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    I like it a lot! This tune is my favorite as well.

    I am a musician, but no singer

    Maybe ''once we reach that moment" is a little bit difficult to fit with the melody... In the recorded version we have fir for maximilian, we can see that he had to stretch this phrase to make it work. Maybe a little tweak could make it better.

    Thanks for your creation

  • Its Stoobs
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    @retto-elbaroda said in Any "singers" here?:

    @Its s****. @DeXidious @Inbred-Chimera

    • As I didn't notice so many people were posting, I'll just leave you the lyrics here and you can decide whether it's worth your time...

    I sail
    The sea
    With these
    dear to me,
    as one
    standing side
    by side...

    With grace
    we'll face
    rough times
    and smile,
    take hide,
    wait while
    they fall.

    Till the winds
    leave us
    becalmed,
    we're
    sailing on.

    Until
    the day
    that we
    shall fade
    we're gonna be
    sailing on.

    And once we reach that moment
    we shall disappear in glory.

    Till then
    we be
    sailing on.

    The winds will billow our sails
    and sun will exhilirate our days.

    Until day we're left becalmed
    and we disappear in glory.

    Till then
    we be
    sailing on.

    (edit was made on "we'll be sailing on" to "we be sailing on" for pirate slang purposes)

    That's awesome, If I do get to singing it, I'll try remember to get it recorded.

  • Drendrann
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    I propose "And once we reach that moment'' could become ''And once we've achieve our/this/the journey''

    ''Journey'' is easier to sing than ''moment'' for a long tone... Plus there's kind of a rime.

  • Retto Elbaroda
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    @drendrann
    Not to be disrespectful as I really admire the skill of @MaximillianZeus, but shouldn't that one bit sound more like https://vocaroo.com/i/s0EIyiJkaOwy
    ? It could be just me. I'm not a musician it's just that I always tried to link one syllable to one tone and in that part I hear 7 tones for "and once we reach that mo ment". Correct me if I'm wrong, as that's just my opinion :).

  • Drendrann
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    @retto-elbaroda

    Actually I already realised my mistake, the point was more about the interpretation. The syllables are fine, and depending on how the singer puts the words together, my previous proposition could also work... Could also be "once we've achieve the journey"

  • Retto Elbaroda
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    @drendrann I get what you mean, and obviously, the lyrics aren't set in stone, anyone can change them to their liking. I prefer my ones as it points to the moment of death more. Which was kinda the intention. That we will sail till the end of of our days, free as pirates. While your one is more open and down to listener to choose the meaning. Not saying it's bad in any way and I know for a fact many would consider this an advantage as making the listener think about the meaning is a sign of great music. But to me I like to think that pirates should stay pirates till the end of their days. As there is quite a few people putting their opinions and advices here and copy pasting them to the OP each time would be a pain, I'll just leave a reminder to check the comments for alternatives that others came up with if that's okay :).

  • MaximillianZeus
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    @Retto-Elbaroda @Drendrann

    Ok I fixed the line and re-uploaded the song in my old post.

    Go take a listen to see if that meets your needs :)

    ~Captain Maximillian Zeus:
    The Damned Rider of the Ferry
    and Master of the Song of the Dead

    Hear my tale by following the link

  • Drendrann
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    @retto-elbaroda

    That's is a great way to take it! Old songs has always been transformed trough years, this definitely applies to a pirate shanty!

  • Retto Elbaroda
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    @maximillianzeus At first I was going to say you didn't have to change it and that it should come down to your preference, but.... It's beautiful!

    Random question... Are your RL initials M. T. by any chance? Your voice reminds me of someone :D

  • MaximillianZeus
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    @retto-elbaroda

    Nay, I knew that line was bad but I couldn't figure out how to sing it right. So when I heard your version of the line I knew I should fix it.

    Also no, those are not my initials.

    ~Captain Maximillian Zeus:
    The Damned Rider of the Ferry
    and Master of the Song of the Dead

    Follow the link to hear my tale

  • Retto Elbaroda
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    @maximillianzeus Yea, I thought it couldn't be the same person. Now I should take that sound file of mine down... So others are saved from my "singing" :D

  • MaximillianZeus
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    @retto-elbaroda

    Sorry to disappoint, but there can only be one of me.

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