Eclipse Bell in Arda
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"Sounds good. Do they want exports other than music recordings? ...does music magic work over recordings?"

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"I do not know if magic music will work over recordings and we should definitely find out as soon as my brother brings a computer and some spare batteries to the portal."

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And a little while later she runs up. "I hear I'm the most valuable export in Arda."

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"You're at least the most readily mass produced."

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"Right this minute I have no way to record you, but that's coming. We could work out what to put on your demo?"

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"Sounds good. What's Earth music like? I don't know if I know enough English to compose lyrics in it, not yet."

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"People like foreign and wordless music too. Or occasional outright nonsense lyrics. Uh, there's lots - I don't sing well myself but fortunately I have this eidetic memory and you have this multisensory telepathy -" Snippets of radio from this channel and that, Alex's favorite bands, the title song of the last Broadway show she attended, Renfaire Celtic, choral hymns, TV show themes.

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Nod. "This will be terribly fun."

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"Any of the genres catch your fancy? I do expect 'Elf' to be its own genre or two or ten eventually but you might want first mimic a more established niche just to have something for people to search by."

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"I could do a passable imitation of any of those - let me play around with it for a little?"

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"Sure. Have fun."

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What an excellent first contact situation this is.

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She goes off to compose some human-style music.

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"This is probably the point at which I should make announcements explaining things to Tirion - we'll want to hold a festival -"

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"Sounds fun. Are they fun?"

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"They are splendid! They last three of our weeks,  you might find that a long time."

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"...yes, that is a long time, wow. What's all the time filled with?"

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"Uh, concerts, theatre, dances, parties, sports competitions..."

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"That seems like a lot to set up on short notice."

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"Little bit. I find it really satisfying to pull them off smoothly."

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Will the Valar notice or do you throw random three week festivals all the time?

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There are a dozen standard annual ones, the calendar's built around them, and then there'd be ones for a royal wedding or birth or engagement or naming. They'll notice eventually but not immediately.

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