Recently, I translated a story by AuroraDawn set in the Rainbow Factory / Pegasus Device - story universe: Das Lied der Wetterarbeiterin (original: The Weather Worker's Song). Namegiving for the story is a song whose lyrics are to be found at the end of the story - but there's no real music to it, and that's the special thing about this project here: the lyrics already do exist, but the music doesn't really.

These are the lyrics:

Well I’m a weather pony
and I’ll tell you no lie,
We sweat and toil with steam and oil
to bring your brilliant sky.
The lightning blinds me daily
and always threats to maim.
We spill our blood and lose our friends
to bring the summer rain.

An’ it’s on the job we go
making weather for the land.
An’ if we fail the world shall too
and so we work on, damned.

Oh the thunder rumbles constantly
and there’s poison with every breath
For when you work the Factory
You flirt and dance with death.
I’ve stood knee deep in [the] lightning
Burned my legs on hailstone mix
A weather worker’s never done
For there’s ne’er nothing to fix

An’ it’s on the job we go
making weather for the land.
An’ if we fail the world shall too
and so we work on, damned.
An’ it’s on the job we go
making weather for the land.
An’ if we fail the world shall too
and so we work on, damned.

According to the author, AuroraDawn, this song "is a parody inspired by The Chemical Worker's Song by Great Big Sea. The original lyrics have not been used in this fiction." AuroraDawn sent me a link to this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edAxujKev1I. But honestly, I think that this melody doesn't fit to the lyrics very well, especially not in the context of this story where the song is important, so I want to create new music for it.

Context of the story: it's set in the absolutely life-threatening working environment of the Cloudsdale Weather Corporation's Upper Factory. In this story, the infamous Pegasus Device or the processing of flight test failures don't play any role and aren't even directly mentioned (only hinted at pretty vaguely), so nobody needs to be concerned - it's really just about the working environment in which weather in general is made. What comes closest to it in the real world might be former GDR chemical plant VEB Chemiekombinat Wolfen-Bitterfeld. Due to low working safety measurements, accidents continue to occur at Cloudsdale Weather. One of those, pictured in the story and formative for Rainbow Dash (still worker / engineer at this time, not yet Director), hits her workmate Melody. Quote from the story: "... a song that Melody had sang about whenever the shift had been shaken by a violent near miss or almost-accident. She had called it The Weather Worker’s Song, ..."

I already have an idea of how this song could sound - I did a singing of it (voice only, no instruments because I don't play an instrument - and yes, I'm aware that I'm not the world's greatest singer of all times , so I ask for leniency for my singing art - it's just to give an idea of the melody I'm thinking of):

http://admiralmic.at99.at/Sounds/Weatherworkerssong-Prototype-RailwayDash.mp3

My problem is: I can't write sheet music That means: I can't write down the notes to what I was singing there

So here's my call: Probably there's someone who can write sheet music. Would it be possible that someone writes down "my" melody for me?

And: maybe we could meet at the next Everfree Encore (Sept. 10-12)? There should be plenty of musicians, no matter whether "well known" ones who are invited by Pony Events Federation (the organizers of Everfree Encore) to perform there or others who "make music just for fun", kinda as a hobby, and want to perform at the "Open Stage". Maybe we can arrange a choir which would represent the choir from the story? I have an imagination: a female voice as lead who is practically playing the character Melody from the story (obviously before the accident), plus some more voices (both male and female) who join one by one after the first four lines. I'd contribute, too (would step back if there are enough other voices). About how it could be sung: first four lines andante and mezzoforte, slowly increasing via andante moderato and forte to allegro moderato, only last four lines in allegro and best in ff. I'd try my best to record the whole performance (maybe even with the official tech if PEF or their tech volunteers agree) and forward this to AuroraDawn (for publishing, obviously) - of course with giving credits to all who are part of it.

So: Who's with me?

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