I still don't see how playing music helps kill monsters.

Darkgolem has updated the Dungeons and Dragons Online Guide to Bardic Music, including
new enhancements and new information. It's not the same old tune at all! Read
the guide and gain a whole different repertoire.

"Bardic Spellsinger is very good, since it saves spell points.,
but Bardic Virtuosos and Bardic Warchanter are only fair. Bard Virtuosos
depends on using fascinate a lot, and this won’t last through an entire
series of encounters between shrines."

Check it out at the Ten Ton Hammer DDO site.