Yes.... it was, and it was a great and beautiful sheep-counting substitute recipe for me...

I'll feeling sleepy when I play the campaign map with easterners.... the flute and trumpet-whatever, did you play... is... awesome... for... hoahmm..... Zzzzzz Zzzzzzzz Zzzzzzzzzzzz........

Or maybe it was a cultural shock, as I found that your "Eastern" music sounds like "Tajidor, Dangdut, and Gamelan" for me...

*) nb: they are genres of traditional Indonesian music. I was used to hear them all the times since I was a child... Maybe equal with your CIA torturing perhaps...

Wait... Indonesian music does had a similar some elements with Indian - Middle - Eastern music... so don't be too surprised...