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That's it. So this is this is my before I was born. Okay. inquires. My voice and that's it. Okay. And that's it. bring the messages. And here we are message through music. An adult. I was a fellow in the choir. The A silver platter. This plays Right. Right. Exactly. CD album record >> as an adult. >> Yeah. >> 20. >> That's why I changed my name. generation, right? You know, wasn't so popular, >> right? >> Wasn't so popular then. I survived and >> 40 >> was the first CD681 46 you're very good with math >> I learned the 46 years the floor is yours mentioned 46 years So compliments is good and the Colorado is good and oh energy let's get the compliments in foreign. Mhm. I I have the clip on my phone, but I I'll quote him. Okay. standing in anime. You hear in the background says free chills compliment feel as he's sincere as It doesn't. That's the biggest compliment. You feel a connection. >> But you want to feel that freeing. Amazing. Just I had to share that with you. Amazing compliment. It mentions right. I was holding the microphone and there was a friend. So I'm holding the microphone. I said, "Music, stop, stop, stop a minute. Stop the microphone. microphone. Oh, that sounds good. I said, "No, like you say, compliment. Speaking of compliments, in the line mentioned eventually they would get probably a little bit um in Berlin. You don't seem to have a big ego. Yeah, >> I try to hide it without letting it get to your headl first of all. So they were a role model for me. Eden headlines did what he had to do. That's it. So this is so I think automatically automatically bring this This is I don't know. I don't know. The secret eventually people get bored and your schedule is packed. I don't take it for granted considering all the talent that's out there today out there today and my phone is still ringing every day. if I miss a day. But uh I try to say thank you every single day for this. Like you said, yeah. So uh like I said, you know, but not not the way you've been, right? >> But I think you travel more than me. But certain places you've been to that I've never been to. >> Maybe. Maybe. >> Okay. So, it's a competition. So the garbage travel number one is I would have to do something else and I don't know if I would be good at something else, preferably home. >> Wow. >> And I don't know. He wasn't in the but he wasn't he didn't have that uh I don't have any special secrets that gave him only thing is try to work it out. >> Yeah. And uh second of all that maybe you have a some place for another one you know one one talent and that's it. So maybe part maybe take off a little of the pressure and um and she's busy with because they're the real heroes. No, we get all the attention. You're talking to me, not to my wife, you know, but she's the wives are the heroes. They really make it all all possible, you know. So, um they send you off. But this is struggled with them. Um but again the and there was a I was out of town and these days everything worked out perfect. Wow, >> it was beautiful. So I never missed any big birthdays and graduations, you know. I think I was on the telephone some place and my daughter was graduating and I was on watching on the telephone. That was a little bittersweet. But um this is you want to slow down a little bit, right? you know an idea on the on the side. The kids sometimes call me. Yeah. But I but I land also you know I land. Yeah, it's it's the traveling, you know, you you want to be >> means people want you means traveling. I tried to be home for when the kids were young, but you try try to do the best you can. Okay, you know is coming. I'm busy next month. I can back off a little bit, >> right? >> But you want to have it in your resume. you know I was here also you know you need you need to say you know what this trip not now I'm not going to go now I want to go home now for two days I'm going to be home because it's yeah >> and it's and it's popularity you know but if you really are if you really are a mench you have the to do that that that would deserve a compliment I didn't give into another booking. I wanted to be home with my wife and kids. If you can do that, tell me how you do it. We can observe the struggle >> also the is important. So says from the I don't hate the traveling >> and um it's it's that's part of the if I would hate traveling that would be a another challenge but uh it's difficult with the you come you come in the morning at night you have a concert your voice has to be in shape and >> you have to get up early the next morning get up early Maybe I should get but if you can you go a day earlier you know you try to be normal about it >> then you're away from the family it's >> yeah exactly exactly >> I don't have any special secrets I'm sorry >> okay >> sometime takes your family along with you >> that I do a lot >> okay good there you go >> but even that it's not it's not complet is is >> true that's true and you're busy and then you have you know I when I when I go with the family at a certain concert. Okay, I have to go to rehearsals and and I'm nervous and cuts out, you know. >> So, that's also a a balance. Do you have fear of flight? >> I used to used to have fear of flying. You know how many times because if you stop the turbulence, did the turbulence bother you? >> Oh, scary. It's it's nerve-wracking and I was so afraid a lot of times and it stopped the turbulence stopped pretty soon after I was very scared of flying. I wrote to the about it. Then I cut you off. Okay. I have to travel for Okay. People ask me so every you go by no right said so ever since then I don't leave the house you know without myas and I hope I hope I hope it's kosher you know and flee I'm comfortable Not so if it gets really seriously turbulent it gets a little nervous but I can relax in a long time that I've said to him with this condition. I said that's how that's how scared I was about flying. Just naturally >> just naturally flew out. >> Yes. >> I think it was like I got it at the airport in the tish from >> in Tel Aviv. >> Okay. >> They have these little pushkas. So 30 years ago I took up couple of pushkas. That's the pushka that I have. foreign. So, Okay. I try it before and after every performance before and then a dollar after. So that's the answer to your question. That keeps you that keeps you 100%. Fear your fear. Mhm. In the building. the the Zelda building or the Zelda building but two two separate entrances. Okay. Have to go from 1414. >> Okay. >> Same building but so And uh that was that as an adult. Wow. >> No. No. Mhm. And uh so he wasn't uh surprised. The inside information stroke beat hunt. my music. So coming out with a CD or album called No Will Be Left Behind 20 21 years old. Okay. Who is a busy man? Yeah. So um whatever I do always part proud of my I'm I'm still praying. Outsourcing higher on us does outsourcing. and successful plots. Hire us out. The difference was higher on usity. to the best employees do communication issues, security issues, time management issues, system issues, process issues with hire on us. Employee was the long term the best results in business training. 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The phone number is 6465833939. That's 6465833939. Zenosf in the business and they are amazing with customer service or you can go to bullonboard.com bul a r d.com the phone number is 6465833939 tell that sent you on board to advertise call text or WhatsApp 7183953465 that's 7183953465 yes a conversation It was very bittersweet. Mhm. Thomas. Uh, good question. They will play. Mhm. That gave me that gave me the chills. Wow. Mhm. in old age. Okay. for then you have some English song the melody like father don't cry >> you wrote the melody >> wow >> keep climbing >> Mhm. Uh why from a distance? So it depends on the you took songs from other people. >> The first Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Green for those were the two uh um I think the first was That was on what CD was that on was that many many years ago many years ago and depends on you know >> sometimes so you know there's a there's a very nice there's a nice song called >> familiar with that. So um yeah, an Israeli writer wrote song. Really? >> Yeah. Go look it up. There was a a girl in a schoolish school who put in a verse of the Bible into her um report and they threw out of school. >> Yeah. >> Okay. I'm giving you days of hope at the end. Jeremiah 46. Beautiful words. So I sat down by the piano and the song came out came out. But sometimes it takes father don't cry. Also my was was crying for whatever reason. >> Yeah. >> Your father cry. So same idea. I went to the piano. The words and the melody just came flowing out. >> Shiel's piano. >> Yeah. A couple of chords. Pine hunt. But never. You never perform piano? >> No. >> That would be very interesting. >> I'm a drummer. >> Really? >> Yeah. >> Not with drumsticks. >> No. Took a couple of lessons, but that's that's that. So sometimes the comes together with the words or, you know, you familiar with the Freedom is giving. >> Oh, this is this is much later. >> Much later. >> Much later. Came out. Yeah. Much later. I did a Yiddish CD songs. >> Oh. >> No, that's >> that's my favorite one. >> You know, are you familiar with? >> Nope. So on this Yiddish album called Amakaya, >> I have some new Yiddish songs and some old Yiddish songs >> that I collected on this. There's a song called you know. >> Yeah. >> Oh, that's on that's on. >> Okay. Yeah. So there's a song on there called Okay. Also, I wrote the lyrics But I'm not yours. And so also the lyrics came quite quite uh quite quickly. The melody years later um that we did together. It took us years to write it, but we we finished it and u it's a good album. >> I'm going to listen to it. If I could say so myself >> on the way home >> some once. Yeah, back back in the day we were in touch a little more. Now he's very busy. >> As are you? >> Actually, we're in touch now. I saw him by your wedding the other day and uh hopefully we'll do something together like a collab, you know. So, uh, when he can narrow it down to his one idea was handled. >> Iraq. >> Yeah, I remember that video. >> Yeah, >> I saw that clip. >> Yeah. Yeah. I What's What's there? >> Nice. >> Wow. >> Inspiration, >> right? He did. >> He did. >> And he did. Yeah. on the trip. >> Wow. Wow. So he called you or you called him? >> He called me. I sent him a video that we're singing here in Iraq. And he says, "Well, I have to tell you I have interesting." >> Yeah. and we ended up there hotel room with rice cake peanut butter and he's he's in the middle of composing it so he's just running back and forth in the room. >> Unbelievable. A talent. A talent in the music industry. Allah flavors. >> Allah flavors. All the colors. The message is good and kids have what to listen to. It's good. It's all good. Struggle. album. Now it's just it's almost like disposable. >> Yeah. I'm not guilty of that. My last my last album was 10 years ago. >> 10 years ago. >> Whatever. A lot of years ago. What was my last album? >> Bring the house down. >> But a lot of singles. Uh Bring the House Down. Maybe it's a long time ago. No. >> Maybe. Maybe I'm dating myself. >> That's a long time. >> In the music business, it's a long time. >> Yeah. >> And is no new no new no >> no >> but albums. Everything is streaming. Singles. So singles. I'm putting out a lot. But I'm working. I'm working ready to go out. Stay tuned. There'll be stuff >> very exciting >> English >> everything if I have to go to this modern >> no style exactly was not you know this modern stuff um today wouldn't work. H I'm not sure. I think a good song is a good song. People like a good song. And um I'm ready to record it. For strangers, besides strangers of us is in gets in a dormatory in uh I don't know where and he sends you a song but I get songs every day. >> Yeah. >> Every day. Every day. Um that I've taken a song from any of these strangers. >> Okay. >> If I'm not mistaken but um 100% if it's a good song also started before before he became famous he wasn't known right you know. So if a guy has a good song, a talent is a good song. I'll take it otherwise I won't connect with the audience won't connect anywhere in the entertainment industry music audience what is in style That's in the process. >> Yeah, it's a price price you pay. You don't know who you are anymore cuz you just keep following the trends. water down on their go bring the down because if you give them to more brings it close to the >> exactly I think the same thing is in the I think it's the same thing if you're true to yourself and that's now there's a very yeah >> I don't I don't know why maybe but I want to be an Israeli singer and I did the same thing I did the same thing but I keep reminding the am that don't get that that's who you are. I had wasab all all the all the you know the hits from from back then you know Israeli and I was after Al Katan came out was pushing do an Israeli CDN was such a hit do more Israeli okay so I did an Israeli album the whole album but this this this That's not me. That's another color in in my rainbow of of music. I'm aidic singer. I hope so. My core the theides. Okay. Or or if you want to call that. So don't forget who you are. You want to do a but I want to sing like an Israeli. I want to be Israeli. Okay. You have a good song. Do it. But this is your new your new identity. Don't don't lose that. If you're a kidic singer singers, they sing their material, you know. So, it's a problem. You want to go with but it's not me. Then you're going to you're going to pay a price. Pay a price. You're going to lose who you are. It's not worth it. >> Sounds like you're saying >> no. Okay. Yeah. That your core, if you're if you're calling yourself a kidic singer, then your core should be music. >> Mhm. Many singers today very popular who are singing Israeli Israeli have yeah which is okay which is okay but every time the same thing so if you're doing it because right now this is what you want to do but you got to go back to the back back to your core back to don't lose yourself don't lose yourself >> and um position If you don't like the song, but you think the crowd is going to like it, that's already that's already you're going down to it. You're going down the audience. They feel that it's not you. >> 100%. Exactly. Exactly. You know, I just read a book about Rosenblat. >> The book's negative. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. His son His son wrote a book. Yeah. >> Yas Rosenblat. >> Okay. has fascinating about his life. Fascinating >> there was a there in the booking operas by concerts. >> Mhm. >> Apparatas operatic what what are they called the whatever >> in Italian? >> Yeah. Okay. The were disappointed by the concert pieces. We came to hear you sing. And he said, "I know, but I want to sing opera also." Mhm. Whatever. But the was saying so you know Israeli Israeli stuff there's a lot of great Israeli singers hadn't had Israeli stuff but this got >> yeah okay and he sent it I don't know why he gave it to me it's an amazing song >> I mean you are an amazing singer >> I'm saying he could have done it himself it's a big such a huge fant fantastic song. So after that kept saying the Israeli it bothered me but I did it. I did it. You have now um summer a week of a week of celebration. Um amazing amazing 20 20 shows in a week. It's unbelievable. and they have me sing some of the songs with the Israeli Hav. It bothered me in the contract wasn't in the contract. >> Yeah. Yeah. So sometimes it it bothers me to listen to me singing. I'm getting used to it. But it it bother it bothers me. Why can't I sing like who I am? You know, which reminds me, there was an Israeli singer, an old-timer, who decided to put out classics. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Okay. No. What do you think? Anyway, that was a disaster. Disaster. >> Uh, no. No. Clearly not. I don't think it was. But so I'm just saying you are who you are, you know. But what's the song I on that album called? Yeah. You know, so singing is the same thing. Find out who you are. A lot of the people come to me the give me tip for for for singing. You know what the tip is. Don't be an imitator. Be who you are. Bring up as your own quality, your own color, you know. Anyhow, so that that's that's a be who you are. Sing sing the songs that speak to you. So let's go really deep. >> Let's go. >> V. Can I mention? >> You know what? You had to mention vice >> automatically. >> Automatically a baby knows how to how to how to how to feed a moment after it was born. You figure it out. You figure it out. Um, you're not who you know, you're not who you are. You're really somebody else or this is better. So you have to have a good talk with yourself and and figure out who's the who's the and who's the here like what what direction are you going and it's very easy to figure out very easy but then is very very uh can I think people know automatically where their strengths are where they should be going their upbringing their their natias I I don't think it's all complicated hated I know I don't um certain things that I can do but you're saying even in music where should I go right even in music what style do I want I think even that everybody knows who they are and that's why today have so many colors cuz those who are singing other colors know that they're other colors you know that's it but stick to your color do you want to be a little madish In in our music we have certain colors. We have songs from we have Yiddish songs which is another color. We have English song. It's a little more modern English which is okay. That's all part of the family of under the banner ofidic music so to speak. But one if if you're a kidic singer and you're you're pulled a little bit more by this modern music and it's very very then you know you know it's wrong. It's hard to pump it, you know. So, you do it because it sounds popular. Like you said, you're honest with yourself. Be honest with yourself. >> Says, "Do mention. It doesn't have to be you. If everybody Exactly right. Exactly right. And that's that's today's Jewish music. There's colors. Everyone is having a I don't have to do any more colors cuz everyone is so now you could really be you. Exactly right. Exactly right. Gave it to the this this oh look this beat works because goes crazy, you know, whatever. Um not for me. Not for me. So if you could have that window with it doesn't cloud that window for you then you're safe. If right away if it has the wrong beat it's out. Um no and changing it. I mean, the beat is the beat. I mean, it's it's, you know, over all the years. Nice. You know, I don't feel that's not my I think there's enough Jewish songs that could be composed. You know that now is holy. Okay. Not my style. Not for me. Very little. >> Less than 1%. >> Yeah. Very little. But you never know. That's why I listen. I I listen. And I decide, but usually it's not pushing me in the air. >> Yeah. Lately lately I'm getting a lot of songs init from good composers good >> do >> besides do the dart >> Israeli composers okay >> Israeli composers good good stuff is I'm not taking it now if it's a mistake I could take it and put it out later not looking to do now taking a break from I did my now I'm taking a the American 100%. >> I wasn't I'm not I'm not Israeli, >> right? >> Not Israeli. They're not you. with a heavy accent. That's what I mean. My Israeli accent is okay, but you can tell it's an American boy singing Israeli songs, but like I said, time but now, okay, taking a break. 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Everything everything of course was I what this in English or something like you kidding did wrote it down it wasn't allowed things things change things happen as I you can't say oh yeah it's you got to stop it's not possible it's not possible that's how things develop and things evolve and it's good it's good no then or then you have to decide where are you in this in this evolvement that's all what's your versus the host music is coming out every day. It's very hard to make a a big impact with a song and you don't. So is not the right word. You need good material. You need good material. and give me some good material on material and uh so it's taking time for some reason taking time to get the get the big hits I don't know why but it's taking me time um but um you know before it stay focused and uh shaking even though I don't have a new album ready for years. They mostly hit the classics, the old stuff. But Mamm there'll be new stuff and um this is al but you can't change you can't change the the >> can't you can't this this is the guy can't change but then it's all you have to worry about. Um problems artist was so yeah like I told you but they got smart these composers instead of sing sending me a song accompaniment piano guitar. They got smart now. They send me the song with AI music. So, it sounds great. Sounds good. >> But the but the composition in this is, you know, it's not going to it's not going to change the melody. >> The melody is is not great. AI can, you know, so AI, like I said, this is a part of this is part of the evolution. Um, what I don't like is that people do things unrest like they'll they'll um they'll take a song and they'll put my image au I'm singing the song like animation >> No, but yeah, it's animation but you you can tell it's me >> but it's not very good uh you know reproduction. This is that the facial it's very mudna very very mudna. So the fact that no one asks that I think is a is a problem. Um on the other hand somebody just put out a uh a clip one of the yiddish a shin story. Okay, Matt, you don't see me singing, but they they captured the story with with a video of one of the Yiddish songs out of Yiddish Gems. It's very beautiful. Very beautiful. Well done. Um, but I wasn't asked permission. >> Mhm. >> It's me singing it. >> It's my voice singing it. Anyhow, but >> that would be nice. That would be nice. Yeah, >> you're using my voice. >> Of course. >> Um, if you're asking, is it okay to use AI to compose songs today? Jewish songs, so to speak. Like if I if I ask uh AI, okay, I get I get back a good, would I sing it? Why not? So program when you when you put something into AI references so based on what you hear over here. So I have been I have been AI stuff. Okay. >> With Yiddish ideas, but the melody was too modern. Said, "Not for me. Not for me." If I get back a that has a from AI. Okay. Why not favorite? I know that you probably get that all the time. said the mdash w that's a tough one. What do you think? I wouldn't know. I wouldn't know either. What's the closest? So first of all was composed like that I did. You mean from the composers or the you know back in the day the real uh >> let's let's phrase it differently the most purest place that you've ever sang. >> Well I think if you go back to the >> Mhm. >> that were composed by byikimid I think that those are pretty holy. >> Yeah. >> Those are pretty holy. And then it gets a little less. There's some beautiful cloud singing that Josie Green wrote that composed you know I wouldn't say it's on the same level as a as a which is which is not an insult of course just you know the times times change. So I am very proud they are proud that I love that. I love that. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. You know, you sing it like that. Okay. It's nice. It's nice. But if you get a beat, I'm okay with that. I'm okay with that. That they they sped up. That's already playing with fire, I think. >> But no, no question about it. By the way, the the the summer concerts >> Yeah. >> they're very very modern. >> Yeah. >> Modern in the sense that the arrangements are very very modern. The zer the arrangement, you know, with good beat and a good groove and cannot live with that. They can't can't handle it because you take that's supposed to be, you know, they get the fancy sounds and and effects. So the real McCoy not not for them not to for them they love it but they love it the audience is so true exactly exactly again depends very you know with the music if it's not for you I know people won't take take it into the house this. So play it in the house for the kids. They want them to hear, you know, how it's done really, but okay. involved professional. >> He's like, you know, it's tough job. >> I'm not a singer, but >> you're traveling. You travel, you know, it's a tough job. You know, uh, not easy. Yeah. >> Yeah. Son in California. >> Okay. Freedman's in California. >> Yeah. Yeah. ne my nephews >> V in California. Is it? >> He's in Escanido, California. >> Never heard of it, but it sounds like it's near the Mexican border. >> Near San Diego. >> Okay, that's very close. >> And my other son is a teacher in a school. I'm Mhammed. >> No, in Florida. Okay. In Florida. And I have a in Marus town was doing. And I have a in Atlanta who's doing in Atlanta. Friendship circle in Atlanta. >> And uh They're all uh all doing good stuff. But when we sing together, especially that that was a good decision to do those favorite album. >> Oh, nice. su the what was the freerman family choir or something. Oh, so two things. program. Um in part of this program he was like spless. I said this is he said I never heard it never heard something like this before the so I did I did that made ankle yank um I thought you also meant during co me and my sons put out >> the same we were in the we were in the house we were home studio No. >> Okay. >> No. And my son said, "No one's going to sh give them a do." >> Yeah. Do do the do the with your two boys with him with the f there. So on the phone we no fancy recording. My wife took the phone and recorded us doing I got such tremendous feedback on that. gave people such a such a such a they felt they weren't going to shul because you couldn't leave the house but they got a braha it was there very very special days and streaming it's available on YouTube or on the iTunes and >> might be online from from my house yeah >> I think it's out there I think it's there I think it's there me and my two we're doing from our house up up in the the country in the cat skills. >> This is the Freriedman family choir. This is given of the album Yanko. >> Um I I used No. No. I had some other kids join in Yank. >> Not Friedman's. >> I don't think so. I think my kids are already too big if I'm not mistaken. Yeah. But I have them on I have a CD called my Tatans Midgetes. >> Okay. pat that um the Z took and put Shabas to the to the melody. But we have that Bab sings um we sing it took the melody and put Shabas to it. Mhm. A lot of songs that put tom. So we have a CD me and my brothers and my kids singing brothers. >> My brothers all >> no microphones. I took the microphone but uh yeah very it's a CD where you get a feel how table China 12 songs. Yeah. They were It wasn't They were a little hesitant. >> Mhm. Mama was proud. >> Go do it. >> Mama was proud. Was worried. It's just there was one one story one story where they came back to me and they said if you give up singing but that's not you >> obviously that wasn't the but yeah one one one possible makitan said If you if you don't uh you know it wasn't popular then >> it's like a >> who does that >> who does that you know look look what's happening marriages with his mind because when we got married azine wasn't like I just was starting. So, uh yeah, he kicked kicked him credit and shows up to the job, you know, on a daily basis. The kids are bigger now, but it wasn't it wasn't easy, you know, and uh I feel on the way I had to stop. She had to continue alone. On the way back, I had to stop. You know, it was >> wherever. Wherever. Wasn't wasn't wasn't easy. his son. Mention mention should their daughter date a singer. >> Okay. >> Cuz it's not probably not an easy life. >> Yeah. >> Who's just starting out, but he's starting to have, you know, with Titman. So I said, you your daughter won't be the first one to marry a singer. They've survived. Not easy, but you have to know what you're getting into, but you won't be the first one. Marriages have survived with the man being a singer or a popular whatever traveling in businesses traveling. Oh yeah traveling okay maybe it's not so so often couple of times a year but 9 to5 not being home because you have a job is you know to be alone a whole day. Yeah. Somehow somehow they they do it the break for the status WhatsApp. Trust me, it's interesting. Text me. Send me a WhatsApp at 9297775425. That's 929775425 connected to the internet of the internet. Good for you. You're better off. hidden from the hotline. Phone number is 605-477188. That's 605477188. Let's get back to the episode cuz I don't have a 9 to5. So if you start looking actually at the amount of time I'm home out of the country, out of town I'm home. >> Exactly. Right. >> Yeah. >> Like there's no no day looks the same routines. You have some kind of fitness thing. Got to got to stay in shape. >> Yeah, >> you got to stay in shape >> for sure. You have to work out. You have to vocalize. >> Okay. And that's to do the gift. It's to do the most people it's just the gof they have to worry about. But it's the gift and the so uh yeah it's it's vocalizing it's it's it's exercising. You can't go on stage for two hours and if you're not if you have no breath after 5 seconds you're out of breath. What does that look like practically in Germany? to Berlin. >> So it probably meant that I spent Friday running around in the room back and forth. >> I remember you talking about your Yeah. >> No, no gym. >> No. No. >> Like they weren't such big rooms. >> I know. Jumping jumping jacks. What? Whatever you can do. >> Just cardio. >> Whatever you can do cardio. Just jumping around. Moving moving. >> Says >> few times a day. two times a day. It >> doesn't have to be for an hournak. Same thing with the voice uh vocalizing. You could do 12 minutes four times a day just vocalizing. What does it what does it sound like? Does it just create? Whatever. Whatever. You have to sing a certain >> I have I have a recording of a voice lesson which I which I use but if not I just the voice is a muscle. >> So warm it up. Warm it up. That's all. Not not rocket science. Yeah. Healthier, stronger. Sure. >> Okay. intercede music and then all of a sudden he gets busy and he stops he stops singing and then he thinks I want that back most probably yes most cases yes if he didn't abuse it or he didn't hurt it in any way abuse you know people get horsearo right away because they don't speak correctly and some the voice can be abused But if he's healthy and goes to a teacher is there. It's amazing. It's amazing how a lot of times and I try to produce a voice, you know, I'm thinker terrible. I have to go to the studio without zinging. After a few minutes, you do the exercises. The color comes back and the the socket comes back. >> Yeah, I'm not so careful with that. I'm not sure if it's right or wrong, but I'm not so careful with that. I mean, obviously an hour before the concert, don't sit down and have a, you know, cuz on a full stomach is Mhm. But also empty is not too good either, right? Somewhere between hungry. Yeah. Yeah. Are we hungry? Don't be full. >> Anyway, for health reasons healthy, you know, and >> on the road on the road I cheat on the road is, you know, >> problem >> also. Got to get sleep in. Got to get sleep. So I try to arrive before the concert. I have a few hours at least, you know, in the morning. Then when you go to sleep after you wake up your voice is really heavy. Every morning you wake up >> morning voice. >> Your voice morning voice for the radio you know. Exactly. Exactly. >> So it's it's a you got to figure it out exercise. You know people think he got money for singing. No it's the that's what you're getting paid for. That luxury. Got to be careful. the voice and and you you can't perform >> because I have a cold because I'm sick. >> Yeah. >> I want to tell you sikas this past Shabas in a big concert shabas was for me for you. Yeah. Shabas was why I'm trying to produce a voice. I sang a few concerts before Shabas in the cold in the in the my voice was gone. Says I have a concert. What am I going to do for me? Shabas was push I had no voice. I couldn't go. It was coming. I had a cold. I felt I'm I'm I'm done. It's going to be who should I call to come sing instead of me. I was I don't know how it happened. I didn't vocalize vocalize. I can't do that. >> Okay. >> So after Shabas, I maybe had two hours to to get ready before I had to go to for a sound check and and get ready. I don't know how it happened. I had a voice. I went from Shabas no voice to doing a concert where no one had a a few hours ago. I had no voice was a miracle. A miracle I told my conductor after the concert you know that Yuval told Yuvall that you know a few hours earlier I had no voice. said, "What the I didn't even couldn't tell. I couldn't tell. My voice was ringing as if I was in the best of shape." So, miracles do happen. Miracles do happen. Then, of course, I had the story years ago when I came to Australia. Okay. >> My big concert in Australia. >> Melbourne or Sydney? >> Both. >> You did too. >> Yeah. Okay. >> So, Sydney was already going down. I came to Melbourne. I come out on stage. I I knew I had no voice, but I came out on stage because the people told me, "Show that you're here. Tell them you're sick and then we'll take it from there." >> Okay. >> So, I came out on stage. Hello, Melbourne. >> No, >> I couldn't produce a sound. Laritis finished. I came back a few months later and did the concert. >> So, you you >> I I did not sing that night. Wow. >> Could not sing like a fling evel. And I lost my voice there. Not not Florida, no Eggelt. And uh that was a memorable uh I was in Sydney and Melbourne now a few months ago and uh in Melbourne people said to me, you know, I was at Jakata where you had no voice. >> Wow. This is people remember that. >> Which organization was it for? Do you know >> Sally Spigler? >> Maybe. Maybe. >> I was there last year. I spoke for at his dinner and uh he told me that he had you a bunch of times. >> Oh yes Ali was this time and so you never know is a very delicate instrument you know and the truth is um I'm busy with the temperature in the room. >> Okay. >> Drives me my family drives my family crazy cuz in the summertime they want air conditioning. I can't stand air conditioning. dries me up in two seconds. >> The air conditioning is I'm allergic to air conditioning. >> Okay. >> And then in the winter you put on the steam. Too hot. It's too drying. >> With the temperature in the room. My family is suffering with me. >> This is the ideal temperature vocal cords. >> 70. >> Yeah. Comfortable. But if you have blowing on you, that's that's that's even worse. It's even worse. So, uh it's not easy. You have to be and then if you have concerts and you're busy and you get a little tickle, get a little kit. Oh, then you're like you're climbing the walls. Maybe it's going to go in the Sometimes you have a cold, but the cold stays up here. So, you're a little bit faked, but you can you can sing. Mhm. >> Sometimes the cold makes its way down into your chest when you're finished, >> right? Cuz the first kind of cold >> it's wet and everything's still >> Yeah, it's open. >> Yeah. >> Here's open. By the way, after that concert in Sydney where I Melbourne where I lost my voice, I flew back there for a concert. >> Okay. They took me to a doctor, a voice doctor and they said, "You have no voice. Couldn't sing in Melbourne. You have a big show tonight and you shall titman gave me a cortisone shot. Only time I took a cortisone shot. Somehow it I I was able to sing. Remember I had some singers backstage standby just Yeah. Just in case I was able to sing. Cortisone is like a a miracle but it's not so you know don't get don't get addicted to getting cortisone shots. So a doctor. >> Ah, you mean have to fill in for me? >> Yeah. >> Oh, that's a good question. I would ask >> I would ask organization. Yeah, I would ask them. >> Who they would want as a as a as a fill in as a you know to step up and then see what happens. I've caught my nephew sometimes. I couldn't make it. I was under the weather. >> Benny. >> Benny. Ellie. >> Ellie. Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. But over the years, I've had more concerts where I was able to sing where I wasn't able to sing. >> Looking back, post career is special instances special moments that you look back and wow that was that was incredible the this experience that you said earlier a compliment >> good question you mean from the albums or from concerts >> throughout the career things that happened what special moments >> got to think about that >> got to think about that this little who said freeashem. >> Yeah, >> that wow that was that was a good one. The kids are listening. Kindred are listening. Can't fool them. Uh oh. Some special moments. There have been many many many moment like I' I've had these sometimes where sometimes I'm like I p I'm like I can't believe I'm me right now. Like I can't even believe I'm experiencing this. >> Wow. Amazing. Are you writing a book? Uh >> multiple. >> Good. Good. Of of your traveling of the >> one is traveling and then there's other a lot of my problem is um >> you're running around too much. >> Running around too much. Copying high selection >> involved in too many things and my head is just spinning all day. My wife told me the most my most common phrase what I said is I have an idea. >> But ode ideas consistency. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Say a lot of frustrated potential. Wow. >> It's frustrating. >> Wow. in the is that he's considered one of the best singers clearly he says I I release don't I don't want to hear it I don't don't play it for me that this is was very but you think you think you didn't reach your potential yet? >> No, not even close. >> On the one hand, >> you're feeling you have more potential potential like what are you doing? I mean, you're saying that there are in in potential milestones and I'm pretty sure I I didn't reach my potential yet. >> Go for it. Go for it. >> I am. >> Go for it. That's great. That's good. the monsters that's on the other hand if you just stay with you know break that's a problem someone's got to get you climb to reach your potential or more more milestones if you want to call it that but to answer your question that a lot of good moments but um Let me ask you something controversial. Go ahead. Substitute. It's something he said in class. >> Wow. Prime Minister. >> Yeah. >> Okay. What's the story though? has his name in it. >> His name >> that's it. >> Okay. So he was saying that you made it for the honor of BB and he was very upset about it. >> Okay. If he would have called me and he would have checked with me he would find out that's okay. >> There's a there's a a place or organization in called Miny. Okay. I'm not sure what they do. Not sure where they are. It's called Ma. They were celebrating I don't know what some celebration I was hired to sing at the celebration and they said since it's called ma biny let's take a puss that has been biny in it >> and let's ask to make a song that's the story of living yum Omar >> good song very good song nothing to do with bb nanyahu nothing the song I'm in it okay I'm in it that's the story with living y Okay. >> I'm not sure how much later it worked out. BB became prime minister. >> Okay. Must have been and it was a function. I think it was a and came to speak at this celebration. So people said to me, "Sing it. atu. It was written for him. >> Nothing to do with him. It was written for this guy was so >> I can imagine. I can imagine. >> I can Oh, exactly. I got it. I got it. That's why it's good to check sometimes the facts. >> Yes. Yes. you know celebrating something and that's it's the song they commissioned the song before BB was whatever he became prime minister I had the song just come just just come out so they made a baby yes um your relationship with them nice >> we meet every year at a yeshiva inim that does a a dinner a celebration every year. >> No, it's not. >> No, >> I know. My bad. I'm not I'm just saying I know they make a big Okay. >> Big difference. >> Sure. Sure. Sure. >> Big difference. >> Uh he comes every year. last year or two years a he didn't come but last now at this time he was there he was there I sing to him and uh yeah we we uh we um connect with but we've met we've met yeah tough position be in his Exactly. Exactly. >> Yeah. >> That's all you can't you know like he said critique is but he has a tough job. Tough tough job. Whatever this is on the subject. >> Yeah. And you have to do your job or you know whatever your your is bring them information and in interviews that can be could inspire them. Everything else that you do I'm having a good time. It's important. Well, you're human. Yeah. You know, if you're enjoying most of the time, you know, that's a big big that's a huge. Do you ever think like maybe what what would have happened if my life took a completely different path? No, you don't think about this. >> No, no, path. This is you have a path, you know, but that the path that you're on obviously, but should be happy with you should feel like you're accomplishing. >> Yeah. >> Like you're contributing, you know, a better place. you're doing something for for you know a few few different levels of the what you're doing if you're happy doing it and you feel like you're accomplishing >> I love what I do amazing >> I would do it even if no one was paying me >> Wow that'sing that's amazing family. Yeah. And it didn't used to bother me so much. >> How old are your kids? >> They're young. Yeah. Very young. Try the best you can to be home as much as you can. >> Yeah. >> And when you're home, be home. >> Yeah. I recently went somebody and talking about all these things and the person said, "So, >> yeah. finishes finishing. >> Okay. >> And the go over to him says I've been here for months and months. I haven't traveled anywhere. So no, I felt that while you were gain you did over there. You did a deal over there. You weren't you weren't here. So when you're home, you know, be home. But it's navigate as best as you can. >> Don't mind. Thank you very much. >> Best as you can. >> I think so. >> Antarctica. >> No. >> No. No. Antarctica cruise yet? >> Antar I don't think I was on a cruise to Antarctica. No. Did you eaten in Antarctica? >> No. That's why I didn't that's why I haven't been there. >> You should do Eden time. I've been there. >> You know what? There might be probably some scientists. >> No, but if you know there's not too many Jews there. There's no counters there. So, I probably haven't been there. >> Let's see. I haven't been to Syria. >> We could arrange that. >> I haven't been Iran. I came close to Iran. Close >> the >> Well, I was in Turkey. >> And you were in you just you said in Dubai, right? In Abu Dhabi. >> Exactly. >> Okay. Yes. And the last time since then, I think. >> Yeah. Well, October 7th happened, right? Um, >> yeah. >> Wherever to be there in Gaza and all that. Yeah, that's accomplishment, you know. because this is you know putting the life on the line. >> Mhm. >> So be able to bring them some and very very honored to do that. >> Yeah. Yeah. But they're invited. A lot of soldiers come >> under on their bases >> inside Gaza. >> I was pretty not inside Gaza. I was pretty close when I came there beginning of the Yeah. two years ago. That's that's very powerful. >> Yeah. >> It's it's it's amazing. It's amazing. Like the happiest people in the room. They just came from Gaza. Their life is in danger. The guns are amazing. It's a that's a big to sing for them. Also one of the biggest is to sing for come into a room. The the person is not such a good mood. They're in pain. They're singing with you and it's incredible. Is I'm sure the best feeling in the world. It's incredible for me. That's very humbling what is doesn't mean you can't make you know but to bring some to a person who is suffering or going through a you know trauma something amazing. It doesn't like destroy you. >> It it it Yeah. Gota got to go on. Got to go on. You walk in there. You know this. You're smiling and you're singing, but it's, you know, it's someone suffering. It's not fun. It's it's a they walk out of there feeling thank you for this the other hand why you why you torturing this guy should be healthy he's young or she's young you know pregnant but you know it's nothing you can do about that keep climbing got to keep climbing I'm praying that they have they have a rahia Yeah, it's um this all around besides the the singing and the the popularity and the is is he say the soldiers and then people who needed a fa they're very special very very special you know of the It looks You're a celebrity. It looks like a lot of fun. It's not as fun as it looks and >> it's difficult. >> 100%. >> In dim moments, >> especially if they give you a small hotel room where you can >> where you can't run around and do anything. >> Exactly. And there have been some times where people don't realize, you know, they put you in a hotel. Okay. It's cheap. It's a cheap hotel. So they save save a couple of dollars but the room is so tiny you can't move around. You have to be able to move around affect your singing. >> It does. Don't ask for a suite. Don't get me wrong would be nice but >> at this point in your career you can't be in front of >> so business class is is is a given. I can't sit in coach and not sleep. That's terrible. >> But a decent size room so I can move around. But they don't realize. But there have been sometimes where I said to the guys this is too small. I I can't move around in here. And they switch the room. Give >> a bigger room. Yeah. I think people now know they've come educated especially come the same day of a concert room where I can walk around, you know, move a little bit. Specific seat off the plane. I have a few CDs that I like to listen to. >> I meant seats. >> Is that your question? Oh, seats. Seats. CD. >> Which specific seat? A window. An aisle. >> Window. Window. Window. Window. my own seat by the window. Not if I can not not uh you have to climb over you to get out, you know, >> right? It's it's and I travel with noiseancelling headphones. Okay. So, I put on headphones. I put on a button and so quiet. I take off my headphones for a second. I hear the noise of the engine. How people How do people do this for 12 hours? They could just get used to it. Put it back on. People think I'm listening to music. It's quiet music ever. >> Only when I'm busy recording new stuff. >> So once it's out, it's out. >> I Yeah, pretty much. Pretty much. you know, like you say, I can't believe it's me, you know, I can't believe I did that. Um, there's some good, like you said, some good albums. Good stuff out there. >> Yeah, >> some good stuff out there. Um, but when I'm working on something, I'll listen over and over and over again. Maybe I could have done this better, you know. But the old stuff, well, sometimes sometimes I like listening to Kazanus. Kazanus makes me I enjoy Kazanus. >> Anybody specific? >> Anybody good? Old, new. >> I love I dabble in here and there. >> If I didn't do I didn't do I mean uh we do more more my stuff. or you know that kind of light music. No, no. I'm working now on new stuff. Have a lot of new stuff coming out. Like over over 20 songs ready. Is that is that one album or two? >> Whatever. There's no albums today. Just release songs on streaming and that's it. >> Album, man. >> Album doesn't mean doesn't mean physical. >> Yeah, it means online. I'll put out 10 songs online. That's an album today, >> right? >> Undeveloped. No more albums. >> Development concept collection. The mode of distribution is on. >> Exactly. Exactly. Okay. You can call it call it that. I'm just looking for one or two more solid stuff and I'm ready. I have I have more than 20 songs ready, mixed, ready to go. But I'm waiting for that song. >> No, >> English. >> No, that I have >> that I have. I'm looking. He's waiting for one song. >> That's it. That's it. Do your job. We're starting now. Yeah. It was a pleasure. Likewise. Thank you so much. It's I must say it's very inspiring to see. and and you're booked all over the world. >> Got to keep climbing. Got to keep climbing. Thank you very very much. Thank you so much for coming on the episode. It's been an amazing conversation. He really opened up in a way that I've never seen before and it was a very special conversation for me to have. career. Wow. I'm really really happy that it happened. It was a very big deal. It was very hard to get this interview. I want to thank for coming on the show. We really really appreciate it. Sponsors for the episode. Number one, number two. Number three, hire on us. Number four, Bull on board. Number five auto leasing. Number six, Southside Sandwich Shop. I appreciate you all feedback. Questions, comments, criticism, compliments. I want to hear it all. So, please reach out to me. And last but not least, thank you. with consistency. 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