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            SHELTER                 13:30
                                   19.4.2000
            by Eterman        A Fantasy/Folk Epic


"He heard music being played as he started 
to return from the state of sleep. Soon he was
awake and opening his eyes he noticed a small
group of musical talents playing strange 
unfamiliar melodies of unknown roots. At first 
the music was peaceful and even quite simple. 
   Sham arose to his feet and rolling his 
eyes around the surroundings of his whereabouts 
he felt more tired than for a long time, but 
somehow he soon found it impossible only to lie 
down and get some rest again. So strange and
intriguing were the tones that struck his very 
inner self in that sudden moment of expression. 
   There was a party outside, he soon
understood, and as the sounds grew louder more 
instruments came to accompany them building up 
an awesome sound and expression that reminded 
Sham of those in Hadron when he had first heard 
a small symphony orchestra playing.
   He didn't know where he was, nor did he 
have any idea of what might have happened to
him, or when it actually had occured, but he 
surely recalled the shipwreck and that mighty 
storm when the ocean seemed to turn its rage 
against one lonely sailor. Sham had never been 
a good sailor, nor had he considerd himself an 
adequate swimmer, but by a force and action not
from this world he seemed to have survived. Another 
option was, that he was dead. Pondering those 
alternatives didn't interest Sham as he looked 
around this new place of him, this new shelter. 
   Whether he was alive or not, he knew that 
scarcely anything better was to come after man's
departure. So greatly touching was that influence 
of inspirational melodies flowing around him combined 
with dancing merry figures over a nearby low hill. 
Sham could also see a small bonfire and hear gleeful
laughter as he started to weakly approach the place. 
   It suddenly occured to him that although he had
no idea of where he was, he didn't feel any anxiety
or confusion. Somehow he felt like being home again,
which of course could only be an illusion. Sham 
wasn't homesick at all, for somehow he knew that
better home or shelter was not to come. Perhaps such 
never existed. His sudden vision of happiness and the
marvelous nature of his new whereabouts was a strange
occasion, but all he could do was to trust these 
feelings and let the mysterious night atmosphere 
smoothly convey him that soon he would also find his 
place amoung this merry group in front of his very 
eyes being more welcome as ever before."

    -Land of Whispers by Harri Kivisto
    (shortened and poorly -I'm afraid-
    translated by the same man)


        MAKING THIS MUSIC:

        A real long-time project, this one. Took many working days and
 I had long pauses, when I just couldn't rush forward with composing. It
 also took quite a lot of time to make this sound good. It's hard to make
 many various intruments fit together, especially when making this kind 
 of fresh music and using less conventional instrument combinations. Lots
 of work, but that's what one has to take in order to create something
 truly new. I'm not interested in copying anyone, not even myself. I want
 to make novel tunes with much inspiring music in them. (I like this term
 "much music". There are many tunes with _one_ or two musics in them. Then
 again, there are pieces with many musics not fitting together at all.
 With music here, I mean "ideas" or "themes"; The complete thoughts in
 musical world.)

        I had some clear ideas on my mind as I started working
 on this one, but they were mostly too used and trite. I decided not
 to make the common acoustic fantasy/medieval song, but to add more 
 my own style and some fresh inspirations including jazzy bassline and
 chord-variations plus an innovative song structure. I also combined some
 scandinavian folk influences (slightly) to get a novel approach. 


        ABOUT THE SONG

 What I have here now, is something totally different than the ideas I
 started with. This gotta be something really new! The beginning sounds
 quite familiar and conventional, but as the song goes on, more and more 
 fresh influences are added and novel and conventional elements get mixed
 in a way I'd like to consider smooth.
        The result is something I find highly experimental. However,
 what comes to music genres, I wouldn't chategorize this piece
 experimental. This is just a different song with many influences.

 It seems that this song is the best I've made this far. If there's a
 style I'd have to stick with, then this is it. Of course this tune
 could perhaps be even better. I might make a mix some day with some
 _real_ acoustic guitars and _real_ flutes.


        ABOUT THE STORY

 The story? Indeed. There's also a story behind this piece. The so
 called "Land of Whispers" is a fantasy saga I've created. This 
 particular piece indicates to a place called "Enthos" and every time
 I listen to this song, my vision of the place is clarified all the
 more. It's not only that my fantasy tale inspires me writing notes.
 It works the other way also. 
        This song contains some themes commonly played in Enthos,
 which is translated as 'shelter'. The place provided a shelter for
 a small group of shipwrecked centuries ago, who named the place and
 settled there.


        UNSORTED RUBBISH :)

 Again something about musical values: 
        Lately I've been very keen to critisizing the western pop
 music industry, but perhaps I've been wrong. Well, actually it's
 painful for me to think about myself going astray in my thought, 
 so perhaps I wasn't totally wrong, but a little sideways from the
 essential issues. Perhaps I wasn't all mistaken, but consentrating
 on wrong topics. Yes, that sounds quite soft enough.
        Anyhow, I don't like the fact, that the music nowadays is all
 the lamer. There's less music and more hype. Less art and more... pop,
 which I tend to take as a swear word. Pop is something which helps 
 people turn off their brains. Like hollywood (lowercase). 
        USA _is_ the  evil empire, you know. Invented the hollywood, super
 bowl, mcdonalds... (just kidding... I mean, Einstein wasn't that evil
 although his thought led to inventing the bomb)
         In music industry (hate the word industry there. It's so
 correct. I quess industrialization always creates its waste also)
 songs are too often based on one idea only, which idea is seldom new.
 Stealing is nowadays borrowing. Or refining. Artistic rape is often
 considered interpreting. O tempora o mores.
         There are also one-thought movies. Curiously, they are very 
 often the ones to make the best profit, although very few critics find
 them good. The same goes to music or everything that has some artistic
 value. 

 Now, I'm not saying that popular music _is_ bad. How could it be, if it's
 popular? It's up to how we define "good" and "bad" in music. If music
 brings pleasure to many, it can't possibly be bad music. It's not only 
 about values, but also about different musical tastes. Writing about them
 would be like trying to make a dance performance out of architecture, but
 if I manage to arrange myself the time some day, I'll surely give it a
 try.

        Harri Kivisto                    eterman@writeme.com



 -Oh, the chords? I was writing them, but then it said something like
"Song message too long". Limiting my inspiration! Horrendous!
Inconceivable! A felonious assault against art! The most appalling
catastrophe! An infuriating abomination! Darn!

• http://ftp.modland.com/pub/modules/Impulsetracker/Eterman
• http://ftp.modland.com/pub/modules/Impulsetracker/Eterman/shelter 2.it

1. Medieval Melodeon
2. Medieval Melodeon
3. Medieval Melodeon
4. Steel Guitar
5. Steel Guitar
6. Medieval Guitar
7. Medieval Guitar
8. Cello
9. Cello
10. Pan Flute
11. Bass
12. Violin
13. Violin
14. Pluck
15. Pizzicato
16. Flute
17. Flute
18. Cello
19. Drum Kit
20. Drum Kit
21. Flute
22. Pan Flute
23. Marimba
24. French Horn
25. Xylophone
26. Steel Guitar
27. Steel Guitar
28. Medieval Guitar
29. French Horn
30. French Horn