While Raine is more of a storyteller than a bard, I have played bard characters in the past, and what I've usually done is a combination of things:
- I write my own songs for her. Those are the character themselves has written.
- If I use a song written by someone else (from youtube, etc), I also do not claim credit ICly. My character might say something like "I learned this tune from a bard in Limsa Lominsa" or some other explanation as to where they got it from. I'll also OOCly link to the actual song + provide proper credit.
- Finally, one of the things I love is to share songs with other bard type characters. Play something you heard someone else play at an event, but of course ask permission to use it first and make sure to give proper credit!
