Being a musician myself, I met the music of Gnomusy on Soundclick charts. Since the very first experience, track as "Alexandra" or "Ballerina" charmed me in an unexplicable way, with an uncommon characteristic made of details, of amazing sounds mixed with a mature ear and a musician who plays with feeling. From the delicate waltz who is "Alexandra", this CD brings you in outer space with a tasteful electronic "Altair". Excellent composition, excellent music, I highly recommend it to everyone who likes New Age and Progressive Electronica or Soundtracks. In one word: AMAZING!!! Greetings from your italian fans, Augusto & The Wimshurst's Machine.

David Caballero coming from Spain is very talented composer with high value of touch by historical & medieval moments. Like a magician he finds the right music for the right place of his imagination and I can easily go into it and join the pleasant sounds and mystic feeling. Sometime music speaks without words! I am impressed by Gnomusy's creativity and the way he compose New Age music, like bringing me back in time of celtic, knights, elfs, magicians and pure nature. I like the using of intelligent keyboards flowing softly and mellow, also the flute on "Dolmen Ridge" is fantastic!!! Great job and playing, I am fan. My favourite songs here are "Dolmen Ridge" and "Footprints On The Sea". Keep up the good work and the good cause you write music, hope that people will learn that someday and will appreciate it.

Not only does David Caballero (Gnomusy) have an elevated taste in beautifully sophisticated music, but his ethics, workmenship, and intelligence are all far above that of the average producer/composer. Also, I find his music to be a step away from the pop world crowd, which requires bravery and selfishness. As a person, he is clearly phenominal, but as an artists his is most abundantly gifted, mixing different generes together, and creating a style all of his own, and thus an experience which is overwhelming, and empowering, I especially recommend Dolmen Ridge if available. The honest result is like watching the sunrise. Gnomusy is the opposite of the modern Pop Artist, his music is thoroughly entertaining, and has a soul, a selfness that makes it distinguishable, so much so that most other musical works seem vulgar, watered-down, and pitiful in critical comparison. Since Gnomusy, I've had highly elevated standards for music, and for musicians.

When an album is released in order to raise money for a charitable cause, many critics -- even some of the tougher, more hard-nosed ones -- can become overly generous. They fear -- perhaps consciously, perhaps subconsciously -- that if they say something negative about a CD that is raising money for a worthy cause like AIDS research, abortion rights, disaster relief, or feeding homeless children in developing countries, they will end up looking like the bad guy. In that type of scenario, two-star material can end up receiving four-star reviews. But however worthy the cause, inferior music is still inferior music. Thankfully, this 2005 release by Spanish composer/producer David Caballero, aka Gnomusy, is a charitable CD that has artistic value and doesn't slack off creatively. The Madrid resident recorded Ethereality in order to raise money for the organization Doctors Without Borders -- and instead of providing forgettable music for a worthwhile cause, he provides memorable music for a worthwhile cause. A new age disc that is peaceful and good-natured but not mindless or unsubstantial, Ethereality has been greatly influenced by both world music and the European classical tradition. Celtic music is a definite influence, as is South American music -- specifically, the Andean sounds of Peru and Bolivia. But despite those South American influences, this CD ultimately has a very West European quality. Ethereality often makes you feel like you're sitting in a café in Milan or Vienna watching the world go by -- perhaps some South American visitors are sitting at the next table, but the café is still somewhere in Western Europe. And, of course, the Euro-classical composers who have influenced Caballero and similar new age artists came from countries like Switzerland, Germany, Italy, and Austria. New age enthusiasts needn't worry about finding inferior material on this appealing CD; Ethereality is one charitable disc that is deserving of any favorable reviews it receives.

A comienzos del pasado año, el madrileño David Caballero -Gnomusy- publicaba su tercer trabajo, "Ethereality" (Non Profit Music, 2004), con un concepto innovador en cuanto a distribución como es internet. Porque, además de la edición de mil copias firmadas en formato cd, su discografía está disponible en la red de manera totalmente gratuita. "Ethereality" es más de una hora de música étnica, new age o ambiental -llamadlo como queráis-, compuesta de diecisiete cortes instrumentales de muy fácil escucha.

No voy a negarlo, siempre había considerado este estilo como música relajante sin más, útil para tenerla como fondo mientras leo. No la había considerado música «escuchable», sino sólamente «oíble». Bien, he de decir que ha sido toda una revelación prestarle la atención merecida, porque he descubierto la cantidad de matices, melodías, ritmos, pequeños y grandes detalles que conforman "Ethereality". Música de teclados y ordenador que a priori no tienen mucho que ver con el contenido de ésta página, pero que no me resisto a recomendaros. Recuerdo lo mucho que me gustó "Secrets", de Roger Subirana (reseña más abajo, y entrevista aquí), también alejado de la música tradicional más pura, y que fue una recomendación que me hizo un músico folk. No paséis por alto a Gnomusy.

After a long and stressful day at school or the workplace, the thought of unwinding by listening to loud, powerful music may not be the best bet.

“Gnomusy,” a musical collection by David Caballero, can help one calm down and unwind after a stressful hour, day or week.

Caballero, a musician from Spain, first began composing piano music when he was 10. After several years of piano study at the Royal Conservatory of Madrid, he began to explore other styles of music, such as Andinian, Jazz, Ragtime, Bluegrass, Folk and Celtic. These musical influences helped him to develop his skills in a variety of other instruments, such as the keyboard, guitar, mandolin, banjo and flute.

All these instruments are present in “Gnomusy,” to help create a unique blend of musical melodies. No song is just like another. Some have a lighter and subdued beat, while others are strong and powerful.

Though Caballero composed all his music, there are quite a few songs that reminded me of other types of music. One song in particular, “Dolmen Ridge,” had a beginning very much like a musical track from “Titanic.”

Caballero began composing and sequencing synthesizers using computers and the MIDI protocol in 1993. After discovering that this approach gave a new dimension to his compositions, his style began to emerge. His songs often portray fantasy worlds, which are full of characters and landscapes exuberant to the senses, mythology and ancient cultures and a constant deep emotional component.

In the pamphlet of his CD, Caballero writes about his inspirations for some of his songs. He was inspired by nature, landscape and history while writing many of his works.

“I usually bring a tape recorder with me on long walks through the forests,” he writes. “In them, I annotate ideas, sounds and even effects. New melodies appear suddenly anytime.”

In 1998, Caballero composed “Dolmen Ridge.” His inspiration from this song came from his curiosity on the Neolithic age and the first humans who paid homage to their dead. He visited megalithic formations in Spain and Southern France, and it was at this time that he was inspired to write “Dolmen Ridge.” The song, he said, is one of his most successful compositions.

“Back in my studio, I spent six months fine tuning this track and then published it on the Internet,” he writes. “In light of the feedback, it qualified as one of the most successful compositions in the sense that it touched many people around the world.”

Caballero said J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings books are an inspiration to much of his music. While on a visit to Oxford in 2001, Caballero wrote “Echoes From Rivendell.” It has since become one of his favorite pieces.

The CD is a soothing and relaxing, and one that many students, whether a hardcore country or rock fan, would enjoy.

David Caballero has a passion for many things. Music, beauty, nature and saving lives would usually be passions that would be difficult to combine in one project, yet he has managed to do just that.

Caballero, who lives in Madrid with his wife and son, recently released a CD titled Ethereality under the performance name Gnomusy, meaning Gnome of Music. The proceeds from sales of this disc will be donated to Doctors Without Borders in Spain.

Ethereality features tracks that Caballero created between 1994 and 2003. Each of them evokes his conception of nature and beauty. The album falls squarely in the New Age category and Caballero said he gets his inspiration from nature, something he has in common with other New Age musicians.

In a quote from the liner notes for the CD, Caballero said, "I usually bring a tape recorder with me on long walks through the forests. In them, I annotate ideas, sounds and even effects. New melodies appear suddenly anytime, they are schivous [sic] animals and you must be prepared!"

Caballero also gets his inspiration from Celtic mythology, Russian history and J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novels. Musical inspirations include Andinian music, jazz, ragtime, bluegrass, folk and Celtic tunes. Some of these influences, especially the Celtic influences, are prominent on the album.

Using several different synthesizers and some computer software programs, Caballero created each song by hand, playing rhythms and melodies on the synthesizers and then using the computer to combine the pieces into a final song.

While one can definitely tell that Caballero's music is computer-generated, the end result is at times soothing and at others, rhythmic and exciting. He uses flute, cello and piano voices predominantly throughout the album, while unobtrusive drum tracks provide rhythm.

Caballero gives his audience clues on how to interpret his songs in the liner notes as well.

For example, he tells the audience that the elven-sounding "Birth of Blodeuwedd" is his musical conception of Celtic mythology's story of two wizards building a wife for their friend, Arianrhod.

In the myth, Arianrhod was unhappy, so his son Llew Llaw Gyffes, his brother Gwydion and his friend Math built him a maiden out of oak blossoms, broom blossoms and meadowsweet and named her Blodeuwedd.

"Ballerina" is based on the story of a young Russian ballerina who falls in love with a prince of the royal house of St. Petersburg. When she suddenly disappears one day, the prince makes a replica of her in a music box.

Caballero tells us in the liner notes that this melody is the one that is playing in that music box.

Some of his song titles are rather evocative of the piece as a whole as well. "Camelot" uses medieval-sounding pipes. The rhythmic drumbeats sound like horse hooves beating the ground. Chimes create a mystical atmosphere that one might have expected to find in King Arthur's Camelot.

The album features strong instrumentation and imaginative melodies. It's a good first choice to begin a New Age album collection.

This CD is for sale at www.gnomusy.com, and again, all proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders in Spain.

David Caballero, who records as Gnomusy, is another example of how being a success on the gone-but-not-forgotten mp3.com led to bigger things. Like Oystein Ramfjord (Amethystium), Caballero put his music on mp3.com and was rewarded with an amazing number of downloads (in his case, more than 2 million). Now we have this CD, featuring the music he recorded between 1994 and 2003, released on Jorge Grundman's label, a vehicle for raising money for the non-profit Doctors without Borders. I can't think of a better match in this case: great music and a great cause!

Musically, Caballero exists on the same continuum as contemporaries Amethystium and Ryan Farish. His album features short, accessible, rhythmic synth-driven "new age pop" music, also containing echoes of Celtic fusion artists such as Enya, 2002, and even Clannad. Instrumentation includes digital piano, synth strings, assorted synth wind instruments (notably, flute, high and low whistle, and pan pipes), and sampled hand percussion as well as more overtly electronica beats. If I had to classify Ethereality, I'd label it "new age music" but it really hews closer to Celtic fusion on many cuts, with some other world influences here and there (such as Greek textures in one or two spots). Also, the liberal use of more contemporary beats means the album also holds appeal for lovers of chill-out and "warm" EM (no cold Berlin school mannerisms here).

The more I listened to the album, the more impressed I became with the same elements that likewise impressed me with Ramfjord and Farish: superb instrumentation (outstanding keyboard sounds), crystal clear production, and a real keen ear for composing music that is catchy and accessible without being vapid or redundant. The only thing I can offer as a critique is that, on occasion, he seems a little too enamored with pitch-bending the panpipes or other wind instruments. But, what the hell, that's not that big a deal.

There are seventeen (!) songs on the album and I can only think of one that I was less than thrilled with (the solo piano neo-classical piece "Isabel Romantica"). The CD opens with "Altair" driven by steady midtempo bass beats, echoed upper register twinkling tones, haunting pan pipes, and an overall air of mysticism (a musical theme that permeates most of the album). "Virtuality II" switches gears into overt electronica with skitching beats, sequenced synth notes, a sampled oboe, and an overall joyful sense of exuberance. "Dolmen Ridge," on the other hand, begins in fog-shrouded mystery, with plaintive echoed flute, muted piano, and lush swirling undercurrents of strings. This is the first song to have a strong Celtic/Irish/Scottish sound to it. Many tracks on the CD contain British Isles' musical influences, whether it be rhythmic (e.g. sampled bodhran), wind instrument (high and low whistle) or just the motifs and musical composition style Caballero employs. Sometimes the music has such a strong sensation of joy and/or movement ("Runa" or "Mystic Knight") while other pieces blend contemporary touches with older musical elements to yield interesting hybrids ("Dance of the Mist" combines a Renaissance court sound with ultra-contemporary beats).

If you've a fondness for catchy hooks contained within warm melodic rhythmic electronic music, wrapped in quasi-Celtic fusion fashion, or if you're fan of the aforementioned artists (although since there are no vocals save synth choruses, the comparisons to Clannad and Enya are meant more broadly), you'll probably be as enchanted with Ethereality as I was. I easily give this a "highly recommended." (Copious liner notes in an attractive booklet are an added bonus!).

The album "Ethereality" by Gnomusic is enjoying a great success both on the part of the audience and on the part of specialized reviews. This work displays the unmistakable traits of an artist who creates his compositions with entire freedom, without allowing himself to get influenced by ephemeral trends of commercial impositions. The music is structured around elements typical of New Instrumental Music and Synth-Pop, with adequate Celtic brush strokes as well as shades of electronic symphonism, which the composer arranges and combines in imaginative ways. As a whole, "Ethereality" is a work that will appeal to those who enjoy good music within the styles here mentioned.

I am a great fan of New Age music. I incorporate it into my daily time of meditation and spiritual practice, and so I have learned to appreciate the many subtleties and nuances of this genre. My husband, on the other hand, is not a devotee to New Age. So as I was playing this newest release by ‘Gnomusy’ (pronounced no-MEW-zee).. Ethereality for the umpteenth time for this review, I was surprised to hear his comment. “I love this sound! Who is it?” That in and of itself is a positive review for this CD!

David Caballero is ‘Gnomusy’, (which means Gnome of Music). He began playing music at age seven, composing by age ten. Sequencing synthesizers, he has created a unique sound that haunts and remains. My personal favorites in the Ethereality collection are; Dance of the Mist, Shadows in the Wood, and Footprints of the Sea. All of the melodies are uplifting and memorable.

Another wonderful aside about this beautiful album is the fact that it’s distributor Non Profit Music is donating all profits from the sale of this CD to charity; this one earmarked for Doctors Without Borders. (My own particular favorite!)

As listener, you are in for a treat of graceful eloquence. Ethereality evokes a tranquillity that will quiet your spirit and calm your mind. Enjoy!

This collection can be ordered online.

Ethereality is a 66-minute sonic adventure from David Caballero, a.k.a. Gnomusy. It is on the Non Profit Music label, distributed by Suzanne Doucet’s Only New Age Music and all profits are donated to Doctors Without Borders, a humanitarian organization dedicated to world wide health care. The promotion of this CD also involves Beth Ann Lerch-Hilton, a dear friend of the new age music community.

This music is definitely in the core of the new age genre. David uses samples, keyboards and electronics to create melodies, rhythms, auras, atmospheres and/or huge walls of sound. His soundscapes intertwine with each other and create beds of soft relaxation airs. This is also a very sophisticated production and a very loose adventure. The juxtaposed styles make it a delightful sonic experience.
Its purpose is essential. Its beauty makes it enjoyable!

I heard all these tracks years ago for free on MP3.com, but the memories tugged at me to buy the CD so I could hear them again! Gnomusy weaves together some of the most fantastic, energizing melodies immersed in fantastic audio worlds.

My personal favorite is "Ballerina", which really DOES dance through a face-paced, music-box waltz followed-up by piano and various orchestral instrumentation.

The CD also includes 128 kbps MP3s for the ripping/encoding impaired (so you can put them straight onto your MP3 player), and some really nice nature photos. Don't pass this up: I already got number "0741"! (Each CD booklet is individually numbered and autographed

On the other side of my world the giant waves caused by an angry planet came high above the trees and scoured the lands of so much life that it could not be counted. It may never be counted. But there is hope. Hope, even as a single seed can be planted and it can flourish. Hope in this case is the gift of music.

Gnomusy, also known as David Caballero is the "Gnome of Music" sans pointy hat and beard. His music, New Age atmospheric, is in a word cheerful, bright, and even hopeful. Okay, that’s more than one word, but you get the picture. Gnomusy takes his themes from exciting places around the globe and adds his distinct style of synthesized Celtic, electronic and classical touches creating music that swirls from the speakers in spirals of sound. You can hear a bit of Mike Oldfield in the mix as he is one of Gnomusy's favorite influences, yet the music remains unique in style.

On the northwest coast of Spain, sometimes called the Spanish Deep North lays a land shrouded in mist and mystery. Galatia was settled by the Celts around 8 B.C. and they brought with them their traditions, mythology and more importantly, their music. The tune Dolmen Ridge is a tribute to the beauty and mystery that the land evokes. It is to some a scared place, to others a place of magic. Gnomusy’s echoing instruments of flute and piano produce a haunting sound the bounces along the craggy shores and off the green granite cliffs where once holy ceremonies took place in the Atlantic night.

The delightful tinkle of the piano sparkles on the tune World’s End Garden. Strolling along the stone-edged path you can take in the perfume of all the rainbow flowers that bloom. The tall shady trees act like a leafy umbrella as you touch a fuzzy leaf here and feel the deep veins of other leaves there. This music has a verdant texture all itself.

Footprints on the Sea is the musical story of a mortal boy who wants to play music and dance with the fairies. Flute and piano combine into a fanciful tale that shines like the moon on the Aegean Sea. It is not surprising that the tune is written about an area once proposed as a possible home for Atlantis.

Isabel Romantica is a beautiful solo piano piece that could only have been written for a lover. Sweet classical tones produce an elegant atmosphere of longing and loving. The tune is reminiscent of an etude from the French traditionalist composer Camille Saint-Saens.

One of my favorite tunes on Ethereality is Targoth the Cavern. It starts out sounding like a Celtic calliope and turns into an adventurous rush through the darkness. The air is thick, the smell overpowering. You don’t know where you are in the darkness; never mind where you will come out at. Just ahead a pinpoint of light beckons you and you follow it to a new place. Maybe to the Sparrow Hawk?

The final tune Ballerina is truly a marvel. Like the pure, sharp sound of a music box, the music is cheerful and innocent. Gnomusy’s imagination sparks a bright circle of synthesizer twinkles and warm voices. It becomes a storybook of sound as we imagine a pretty little ballerina as she twirls for the sheer joy of dancing. Ah, but the story goes on.

Believe it or not this talented musician does have a day job. Based in Spain, Caballero is a research scientists specializing in the dynamics of forest fires. Selected tracks of his music have been available on the internet for a while. Ethereality is a compilation of Gnomusy's music from the last nine years.

Like his compatriot, Grundman, Gnomusy donates all of the profits from his music to Doctors Without Borders. This is one of the many compassionate organizations that are giving of themselves to the victims of the Asian tsunami. So if you were looking for a way to do your part, then buying several copies of this fine music will garner you some excellent music and help others. Rating: Very Good.

Ever since a friend told me about GNOMUSY, I have been absolutely stunned by the music. It's not like other music that loses its magic after a while, it still gives me amazing feelings throughout my body when I listen to it today, a few years after my first encounter with it.

It helps me in meditative and other similar activities, to remain focused and keeping my mind where I want it.
It feels like it opens doors for me, and I would recommend it to anyone who likes to get completely engulfed by music.

Buying this was one of the best deals I've done in my life, and it feels very good that sales also support a good cause (Doctors Without Borders in Spain).
If you like GNOMUSY, get this album before it's too late!

Never has a work of music inspired me to write a review or recommendation. I don't even remember how I chanced upon Gnomusy back on the old MP3.com and now at Soundclicks, but I am glad I did. I collected all of the tracks that he made available for download as MP3's and I had always hoped for a chance to get them in full CD quality.

Now that chance if finally here. The tracks on this CD are among the most powerful pieces of music that I have ever heard. I expect this CD to melt in my player from the number of times this CD will cycle.

You will not be disappointed. This is music worth paying for!

...to pass up! GNOMUSY is one of the most talented artists I have ever come across. He has the unique ability to express something much more than arranging music, but it's amazing how much feeling is expressed that really connects with something inside. This makes this music intensely personal, and often times, sends chills up and down your arms when listening. This is the kind of music that tells a story and actually means something. After listening, you feel both satisfied and the need to seek out everything else GNOMUSY has done. David Caballero aka Gnomusy, comes with my highest recommendation!

Gnomusy es el protagonista del nuevo álbum lanzado por el sello Non Profit. Al igual que su primera referencia (Grundman), ésta está formada por piezas que han tenido relevancia en Internet y que se amparan en la música electrónica. David Caballero es quien se esconde tras el nombre de Gnomusy y el protagonista absoluto de este “Ethereality”, un disco de corte ambiental que incluye entre sus temas esencias líricas, momentos cálidos y acercamientos al pop repetitivo que, en ocasiones, tan buenos momentos han dado a la música. Relajante, sencillo y embaucador.

«Ethereality» es el título del primer álbum de Gnomusy , nombre artístico del compositor David Caballero. Música relajante, instrumental, de clara ascendencia new age, etiquetada como clásica-medieval, con sensibilidad a borbotones y melodías mágicas. Recuerda al Mike Oldfield de «Voyager», o sea, al mejor Oldfield. El álbum da alojamiento a diecisiete preciosidades entre las que destaca «Dolmen Right» y «Runa». El disco lo edita el sello «Non Profit Music» , proyecto que dona los beneficios de la venta del disco a Médicos sin Fronteras. Muy recomendable.

This is the one song I've been waiting for. It's just like a music box except it's more complex. The piano (reminiscent of Bach or Beethoven) is really very beautiful and elegant sounding. The various synths in the background fit in perfectly. I love it. This song is about a girl named Alexandra, and what I can get out of it, is that she's very beautiful and graceful in some way, shape or form. Maybe she floats when she runs, she has perfect form, or maybe she dances gracefully. You know what I mean. This song is sweet and everyone should download it NOW!!

I have heard many great new age tunes since I joined GOM and this tune is right up there with the best.

Gnomusy know's what he/she is doing with the instruments. They give the feeling of adventurism, honour and pretty much all the feelings you may get in a medieval world. With kings, knights and pride.

I really do like this song. Though there are a few flaws with it.

The first being the mixing. Though the piano is played beautifully it is mixed very quietly, at some parts you can not even hear it and if you can't hear it how can you enjoy it? Also the beat is a little to deep. Yes a deep bass is usually good but in a song like this you want the beat to move the song, make it speed up or slow down and with a really deep bass you can't feel the movement. Also the hi hats are a little to loud and tend to get annoying.

Other then the beat and the mixing this song is great. If you want to hear what real new age music sounds like download Dolmen Ridge.

Puede que su nombre no te diga nada, pero este ingeniero de montes madrileño de 37 años fue en 1998 toda una celebridad en el sitio MP3.com. Su canción 'Alexandra', una primera tentativa de hacer confluir su pasión por Mike Olfield y Vangelis con su afición a la informática, llegó al número 1 de la lista de ventas del sitio al módico precio de 1.000 pesetas. Su nombre de guerra, Gnomusy: "El gnomo de la música celta y new age". Todo un ejemplo de las posibilidades que ofrece la red al músico doméstico.

Ha ganado más de un millón de pesetas haciendo lo que más le gusta: música. A David Caballero se le conoce en el mundillo musical de MP3 como Gnomusy, "el gnomo de la música, por aquello de que hago composiciones celtas y de new age".

David Caballero estudió Ingeniería de montes; a sus 37 años trabaja en la coordinación de proyectos de investigación forestal para la Comisión Europea, pero en sus ratos libres le da por componer canciones.

La afición musical se la inculcó su padre, un abogado aficionado al violín. Descubrió MP3 y decidió lanzarse a la arena. En 1998 colocó una primera canción titulada Alexandra, y tuvo un éxito sin precedentes: el primero de la lista de new age de la página MP3.com. "En ese momento te crees el mejor; la vanidad puede contigo, pero una sola canción es demasiado poco para que se mantenga mucho tiempo en la cúspide de las listas".

Caballero comenzó a pensar como un músico que se lanza a la distribución: "Era necesario grabar un disco; 11 canciones que tuvieran una relación interna y que formaran parte de un todo".

Así lo hizo, y desde abril del año pasado su trabajo se puede escuchar en la misma dirección. "Es un sitio muy democrático, da una oportunidad a cualquier artista de cualquier parte del mundo para que exponga y venda sus obras a un público potencial de varios millones de personas; además, las listas se establecen por canción escuchada y canción vendida".

La música de Caballero gustó y llegó a colocarse entre los 40 artistas mejores del mundo en las listas de popularidad; en febrero de 2000 alcanzó el puesto número 10. "He decidido poner mis canciones al precio mínimo al que se pueden poner en la página, seis dólares (unas 1.000 pesetas). La mitad del dinero se lo lleva MP3 y la otra mitad me la envían con un talón". El primer cheque fue de 9.000 pesetas; el siguiente, tres meses más tarde, de 30.000; el tercero, de 220.000 y el que espera para junio rondará las 700.000 pesetas. "Más de 100.000 personas de todo el mundo han visitado, seleccionado y comprado mis canciones y discos".

Caballero reconoce las influencias de Mike Olfield: "Es un artista al que venero literalmente desde que tenía 14 años. También tengo influencias de Enya, Kitaro y Vangelis. Mis composiciones casi siempre son la traducción a música de un paisaje, lo cual me permite juntar mis dos pasiones, la música y la naturaleza".

Su paisaje es el madrileño parque del Retiro e Irlanda. Reconoce que, aparte de dejar sus canciones en la página para que cualquiera las escuche y se las compre, también se ha dedicado a hacerse publicidad a sí mismo: "Entro en las listas de noticias en las que creo que puede haber gente interesada en la música que hago, como las de Tolkien, Enya, control mental y juegos de rol y allí vendo mis canciones".

Antes de descubrir MP3, también tuvo un grupo virtual: "Me metí en las listas de discusiones del sintetizador KorgX3, me puse en contacto con gente y creamos un grupo virtual y multicultural; éramos un californiano, un inglés y yo. Nos intercambiábamos ficheros y mezclas vía e-mail". La semana pasada, el nombre de Caballero estaba en el número dos de la lista de new age. Cuatro de sus canciones disputaban los primeros puestos.