Howdy!

Okay, so I did things kinda backwards. I joined the sci-fi forum a few months ago, and it’s taken me until now to finally get around to joining this here fantasy thingamajigaroo. But I promise I’m not bringing any photon blasters, space cruisers, or little purple men with me…

I’m Fidle, FiddleGuitarist to some people who might know me from other forums, Braden for anybody who would just go absolutely nuts if they didn’t know my actual real-life name. My middle name and the maiden name of my great-great-aunt are highly confidential and cannot be divulged here, sorry about that. I'm an avid writer (don't look so surprised), reader, musician, and filmmaker in any insignificant fragments of spare time I can scrape off the kitchen floor. I'm a Christian homeschooled farm boy with a love for words, musical sounds, and yogurt covered pretzels, and currently I'm thrilled to be rubbing shoulders with all y'all fantastic writer peeps. (Yes, we really do use rustic terms like All Y'all out here in boonie-land. Humor me.)

Look forward to getting to know you fine folks better in the future. Allons-y!

PS... If you're wondering what the heck Prolegomenous means, I really dunno. I just tacked that in there so I'd sound really really smart. Like you guys.

You're not the only one. I've seen others like you who lurk our forums...
Not me though. I only use 'eh'.
Welcome here! You'll find music -lovers in the Arts Guild and avid writers everywhere. You're the first person I have met who can scrape time off the floor -I get mine from the cupboards.
I look forward to getting to know you (and your story. you should post some writing in the Fireside). See you around!
*leaves out a chocolate welcome cake and some mandarin oranges for Fidle and all who come to greet him.*

p.s. Are you very fluent in French?

Braden! I saw on Buzz you were going to join! Welcome welcome. I love your intro.

So have you written fantasy before, or are you going to start now?

Welcome to Holy Worlds!

What kind of music do you play/write?

Look! It's Braden! Nice to have you over here on fantasy, too.

Welcome to the crazy fantasy side, Braden! I've no idea what that long word means. I'm not that smart.

Thanks, everybody! I gotta say, I like the friendly atmosphere here.



Cupboards. You are a talented person. Tell me how you do that sometime.
*cuts a slice of cake and peels an orange* *exercises much will-power in trying to leave a few slices for everybody else*
And no, I'm not fluent in French... just Doctor Who. The Tenth Doctor uses that phrase a lot...



I've tried writing fantasy before, but I took a break and went to dystopian sci-fi... Now I'm trying my hand at fantasy again, albeit the Steampunk kind. :p We'll see how it goes.



I've played contemporary folk, Celtic, alternative rock, bluegrass, classical, country, and the teeniest bit of Western Swing. The stuff I write tends to fall in the alternative/folk rock genre, although I like to change it up from song to song. Do you play music as well?


Good to be here, Friend-from-Buzz.



Of course you are. You're a BushMaid.
...
What is BushMaid, anyway? XD

He is very good at playing his music, by the way. *nod nods *

Welcome, Fidle! Hope you enjoy the chaotic fun these people manage to create.

A BushMaid is a mystery that ye shall have to unravel as you spend more time here.

Am I the only one who uses Google to look up long words?



Hi Braden, I am ZA. Nice to have you over here. I'm originally from the south, and my family uses "ya'll". We sometimes get teased by the northerners when we do use it.

*Hands you some yogurt covered pretzels* You may add this to your growing food gifts. *hands over a bowl of caramel corn* Oh, and this too.

I hope you enjoy your time here!
*Throws glitter in the air*



~ZA

Welcome to Holy Worlds, Fidle! *hands Fidle piece of chocolate cake with green icing, blue sprinkles and glitter on top* I hope you enjoy your stay!



I don't have to unravel that mystery, because I'm your sister.

I play guitar, though not well. Mostly I prefer to write music, especially rock, pop, metal, and rap.


Yes. You know the secrets of the BushMaid.

True. But you can't give out secrets.

Don't worry, I won't. *zips lips and doesn't speak a word*

Welcome Fidle! I joined the sci-fi site first as well. And y'all is a perfectly good word! *nods*

*tosses Fidle world-famous chocolate-chip cookies*

Welcome to HW, Fidle!

Farm boy, eh? Got any cattle around you? Farming is a mighty fine way of life. Ever run through the corn fields? Great hide-out there, if I might say so myself.

As for a Fiddle [space] Guitarist, is that what you play? A Guitar?
Hard for me to think of a fiddling guitar. I always thought the lovely violin was the one called the fiddle and the music called Irish. Do tell me, can a guitar be played with fiddle music? (I may have proved myself wrong with just that last sentence!)

Anyway, HW is a great place. I, too, thought that the people were extremely friendly. It amazed me. Now as for me, you can call me Donn, or Quixote, or make up a nickname of your own if you wish. I'm the insane knight that thought windmills were giants and inns were castles. Don't mind me!

-stabs windmill and whacks windmill with shield- Aha! Take that, you blubbering codfish!

As you can see, my skills are extensive. Welcome to HW, again, friend!

God Bless
-Donn Q.

Thanks, Airy!



Good show. Google is awesome. *chuckles*
And... YOGURT-COVERED PRETZELS. O.O You are my BEST FRIEND.
*cough* Until I finish these pretzels, that is.



More food. You guys are awesome. XD Thanks, and great to meet you!



I have actually tried playing my guitar with my violin bow and nope, doesn't work. It makes a rather interesting sound, but not... music of any kind. XD
Great to meet you too, El Don. Lemme give you some help with that windmill.
*attacks rogue windmill with violin bow*

Ooh. Very entertaining. You shall be my new Sancho!

-charges windmill on horse with jousting stick-
-falls off horse-
This giant's skin is too hard!

Grr....

Ah.
Violin bow + Guitar = RACKET!


God Bless!
-Donn Q.

Welcome yet again. *Hands more magical chocolate pudding.* what I think you have had to much of this stuff lately.

Oi, Fiddling Sancho!

What have you published?

Hello Fidle! I'm Seabird, pirate of the animal kingdom. *steals pudding* *gives pie instead* Enjoy your stay!! See you on chat!

Hi, Fidle! Welcome! I hope you enjoy your stay this awesome forum!

Hey! No stealing the new member's treats! *Quickly sets up a table covered in a blue tablecloth, then steals brownies and pie back and places on table, adding her own glittery brownies to the mix* There! That's taken care of. Now, it's great to have here! Enjoy the goodies!

*Throws blue glitter in the air, to match the table cloth*

Thanks yet again. *hides magical chocolate pudding under the kitchen sink*



I published a couple of short stories in some e-magazines, that's all. Ever heard of Kingdom Pen?



*is getting ruther stuffed on all these goodies* Howdy, Seabird. What ezackly is a pirate of the animal kindom? :p



Thanks, I think I will! *grin*
Hmm, lemme guess, you like blue. :p Blue's aweshome.

Welcome, Fidle, to the Fantasy side of HW!

I think I've seen you around on the Sci-Fi side.



Do not believe him, I've heard Jon play, and he plays just fine.

I play guitar too, mostly bluegrass, folk, and Celtic. I kinda play mandolin and upright bass, too, and I write music.

That's cool, I've been hoping to try publishing some shorts in a magazine soon.


Jonathan. You play very well! And I've heard you in real life, so I should know. *nods*

Yep, your right! I do like blue. And without even planning that, I just realized I put on a blue shirt and blue jeans today! But don't worry, I don't think I'll even dye my hair blue.

A pirate of the animal kingdom is just my term for the seabird. They tend to be invasive little thieves.

Fine and well are not the same thing. You, on the other hand...
...are very good.


I didn't say I played terrible. Just not well.


*likes this idea*

Better late than never, but welcome, Fidle!

*sniff* I haven't played my guitar since this summer. I'm only a beginner and mainly self taught, but I find it enjoyable.

What sort of farm do you live on? A lot of the farms here in the Midwest are typical Old McDonald farms or industrial dairy, pig, and turkey farms.

We don't have a farm, but we live in the country with our cats and chickens. ^^

Again, welcome to Holy Worlds!

~Calen

Yes, I have heard of Kingdom Pen. No, I have never looked into it.
Publishing a few short stories is better than not publishing at all! Good job!

God Bless
-Donn Q.

Welcome to Holy Worlds, Fidle! Here's some sugar cookies for you to munch on! *holds out a couple*

That's awesome! You play in a family band, right?



That's... good. XD Blue hair would be a little overboard.



Gotcha.



*wants to hear you play now*



I live on a... homeschool farm? Not really sure what else to call it. We have chickens, cows, and sheep--looking in to getting some goats.
Heh, if you have chickens I think you could go so far as to say you live on a farm. That's what we did.
And thanks for the welcome!



Thanks a bunch! Good grief, you guys are gonna make me fat. XD *chomps cookies*

My only recording posted online is here.

Do you have any recordings?

Let me rephrase, then. You play quite well.



Thank you.



Yes, I do. You can check out our website here: http://www.amberwavesband.com/

Don't we all? Jonathan takes a lot of prodding to share his talent.


Sounds a lot like our place. Awesome name for it! We live on 15 acres and have sheep, alpacas, chickens, and a goat.

Oh no oh no oh no. I'm late.

But welcome, Fidle. I haven't met you yet 'cause I'm solely on Fantasy and HF.

We're on a 'homeschool farm' too... that is, we have chickens, cows, sheep, a pony and a number of swiftly-multiplying rodents (pet ones )

I can play three--no! four!--chords on the guitar. My instrument's piano.

Ohhhh! You submit to Kingdom Pen!! I read that magazine! *looks up archived magazine* You wrote 'the Elf'?

Hey, that's really good. You've got a great sound. This would be a great track for writing to...
I've got a few videos of some of my older songs on YouTube, but I haven't posted anything lately due to copyright issues. Meaning that I haven't copyrighted anything yet, and I don't really wanna put them online until I do. You can watch what I have posted here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZQdITjvN-w&feature=channel_video_title
and here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCgRjm0fAtA&feature=channel_video_title




Hey, I know you guys. My family was in the Silver Dollar City Youth Bluegrass Contest this past year, too. You guys were awesome.
Fancy meeting you here.




That's the one. I'm wanting to submit something else soon--it's a great magazine. Where did you hear about it?

And hey, four guitar chords can really expand fast. Wish I could play piano. For some reason that instrument has never come easily for me...

Thanks.


Very nice. It will be interesting to hear what you release in the future.

Heard about it on the Reb. What about you? I thought your story the most skillfully written I've seen in KP yet. You should submit again.


Keep trying. Its so cool once you've got over the initial difficulties of technique. Same with guitar, I guess.

Fidle: We always make our guests fat!

YOU WERE??

Small world. What was the name of the band you were in? Silver Dollar City is an awesome place, no?

And thank you. We plan on returning next year.

Yup. You can do a TON of stuff with only four chords. One of the reasons I love the guitar. It can get really complicated and hard at the advanced level, but it doesn't take much to just have fun with it. ^.^


You're both a very good guitar player, and a very good singer, those vids are awesome. And is that a Martin guitar I see?

Wow, thanks! That's quite a compliment.



Heh, we were the Russells. Not the most original name, but it fits... *cough
And thanks! Always love positive feedback.
And yes, that is a Martin. Awesome guitars.

*grin* Well, I'll keep practicing those chords then...

Hey, I looked up your YouTube videos--the songs are awesome! And the other videos... *pauses* And no, I am not actually on the floor...

Thanks! Yeah, I figured you prolly weren't actually ROTF... although since making that video, it has been proven to me that the aforementioned action actually is possible... Oh well. At least it made a decent video.

Martins are awesome. Mine's a Blueridge.

I saw the other videos, too. They were hilarious.

Welcome to HWF!

I'm an "Ovation" man myself but Martins are pretty nice.

Blueridge is a great brand, too. *nods*

And thanks.



OVATIONS ARE AWESOME. Love those guitars.