Start killing low level creatures. Collect their loot and sell to merchants to collect money to buy your songs. There are specific items, like certain hides, spider silks, and bone chips, which are much more profitable to sell to other players than to merchants.
The wiki is and always will be your best friend.
http://wiki.project1999.com/index.php/Main_Page
In particular check out this page, it has some real basics that are important:
http://wiki.project1999.com/Players:..._killing_me.3F
Welcome to Norrath! I think all of us here wish we could have a second opportunity to discover the game for the first time. If you have any questions feel free to ask in /ooc chat in game or post again here.