i think the recipe comes from having spent really quite a lot of their points on bardic skills and having gotten lucky rolls for how many points they had to distribute.

me, i spent all my points on the "able to sing along with any song i've heard a verse and a half of" skill. well, that, and getting along pretty well with small dogs. ah, well. my choices in character creation do not make me rich, but they do keep me entertained.