What if...

[Draucant]

Bard's could get something similar to Ninjutsu. Instead of Ten/Chi/Jin they play different notes to play a different song. This would allow them to add more songs without technically taking up a ton a slots.

[WinterSolstice]

If that were the case, I would probably play it instead of thinking it's the most bland and boring class we have.

[Squa11_Leonhart]

If that were the case, I would probably play it instead of thinking it's the most bland and boring class we have.

:3 if you think that, you don't know how to play the class.

[Gralna]

No. /10char

[StouterTaru]

They still wouldn't play songs, because they are rangers.

[MrLeonheart]

Yeah, let's totally add some entirely needless complexity to a class that wasn't designed around it. There's no way it could go wrong!

[Draucant]

Just spit balling here, don't hurt me =(

[Kiroh]

I would probably enjoy it immensely but I don't see it happening. But really how cool would it be? We'd be able to play actual songs while we sit in town.

[Lillia]

Idk... it seems more complicated than it's worth to me. >.<

That and... Do we actually need it? I honestly can't think of any song we're missing that we need, not want... so as long as we're able to actually perform the songs now I really wouldn't understand doing a change. :/

[kyuven]

That and... Do we actually need it?

Haste, HP regen, accuracy, defense, elemental resistances... There's a lot of potential to make bard a class that actually uses songs.

Pretty much this. While HP regen might not be a great idea since it would either be too powerful or too weak, there are a lot of "holes" in what bard classes in other games can do that the bard job in this game can't.
Haste, resistances, accuracy and a physical damage debuff immediately spring to mind. The Mudra mechanic can easily be tweaked and adopted for the Bard job for at least adding some elemental resist songs.
But then again even for being a "boring" class, Bard is pretty powerful and valuable simply due to their mobility, so this would probably be something for 3.0.