Bards & the role(s) they play

[ECDubz]

Hey guys i wanted to make another quick post asking about bards. Now that i have the gear I need in mind its time to start thinking about the roles I will need to fill in a group setting. I myself admit that i haven't grouped very much outside of swarm kiting and now that I am 39 I need to start thinking of how i will mesh in groups once i hit the 50's.

My question is, what role will i need to fill? I know that groups don't like bard DPS they mainly want them for utility songs. Now I understand that i will be equipping weapons and DPS'ing with the other damage chunkers out there but i want to be clear on my song choices and what situations call for me to take action and charm/mez things. Should I be on the lookout for things getting out of control even with a chanter and then /stopsong and cast AOE mez? Should i be charm DPS'ing or is that typically a no no.

Downtime will obviously be reserved for regen/manasong and thats fine but i'm merely asking am I just going to twist or should i always be ready to jump and get some CC action going. Let me know you guy's thoughts on bards and what they bring to the table in groups specifically.