Nachum Segal interviews Eitan Freilich | JM in the AM | 7th July 2016

Aon f is next he's got a brand new album It's called Amai and this is America's one and only Jewish moments in the morning radio program heard on listeners sponsored WFMU East AR wfu Mount Hope Rockland County at 91.9 in the FM do broadcasting live in the Sonia Robert gold studios in Jersey City New Jersey round the world in the web jam. 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time to uh hop into the Jewish music world well it's a it's a good question I've been doing it for a while U I've been doing it since I was very young um singing aters you know smaller things and I guess as as a it was a slow progression as it got on I I was doing more and more I was doing bigger and bigger Simas and then eventually uh you know I was speaking to Yosi green and he very much encouraged me he said now the next step is the album you've got to do an album and I just went from there I teamed up with a mark my producer and we just literally we're going from strength to strength um what is the Jewish music scene in England is it similar to what we have here very different it's not as big it's a much much smaller Market um but it also makes it much more interesting then um you uh it it's it's it's a great it's a great scene but it's very different I can't say it's exactly the same here there there there's so much going I mean I recorded here because there's an amazing amazing team here um I was in I was with ay Newar I was with Yan frea the arranger and uh it's a different scene but it's equally as good it's equally as fun um but it's great I get to travel a lot who com who composed Kar uh that was ar goldwag oh very nice that was actually I've got to tell you that was a song AV new Mark we we were working on Singles and we were thinking maybe we'll do an album or a single we wenter sure and Obby sent me that song I said right now we need to get all the songs equally as good and we need to do an album just from that song that was the first song very nice aan FR is with us sounds like he's from England and he is and he's visiting the United States he's out with a brand new album entitled Amy I'm assuming it's available everywhere at this point yeah it's it's absolutely even a karaoke version is available now oh now you know you've made it huh uh all right where should we head to which track should we do next for our wonderful listeners I think you know what really really popular is halila and all the camps this summer halila seems to be the popular one are you doing a camp tour this summer well I've just I've just done L I just got back a few hours ago from Camp Hask we did camps oh you were at Camp Hask last night yeah yeah yeah fil for the day before I popped in there I did a surprise concert for them so it's it's been I mean it's been I got to tell you I've been here for two days two full days I've been out with AI I've done this live session withi I was in play Master Studio after Camp Hask last night I've uh you know done like six seven meetings and then I did those two concerts phenomenal crazy crazy schedule good to have a full schedule that's for sure well L I'm ending off with ending off with you I fly back ending off but most people start with us I it's amazing that you're ending with us most people start actually in London we have listeners in London and uh in England in general and I guess they're listening in the middle part of the day actually so they're not starting their day with us like the New Yorkers are all right Aon FR who wrote halila halila was Ari goldwag is he is he responsible for all the compositions no he did two I chosen two by him seems to be Ari goldwag on and you know I met him we speak quite a lot and he's a great guy so you know he does great songs well he's he knows what people want to listen to I'll tell you that much you know the thing is he's also a very genuine person which is what means a lot more to me like he he's a really really genuine and you know what that's what comes out in the music through his lyrics through his Tunes that's what comes out and we get a chance to hear it now halila is brand new Aon FR is with us live via telephone a brand new music alert Thursday at JM in the AM [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Su after this Su rain rain home [Music] for fore [Music] for [Music] rain [Music] rain ring rain [Music] foree [Music] for H hallelujah hallelujah hallah [Music] [Applause] [Music] could [Music] J am with at FR who is with us live via telephone we call it a new music alert Thursday here at JM in the am nice tune thereon I had to I'm just thinking as you're playing it that that tune really STS up exactly why I joined this this industry this music industry because literally listening to it just now like I do weddings I do these Simas simply because it's incredible it's an incredible atmosphere it's incredible privilege to be part of it and um you know that song it it's talking about that is you know it's talking about celebrating you know I tell you what our Jewish Nation something incredible about us is that the way we celebrate our s together is is is incredible it's amazing and that song is literally all about that it's about singing together dancing together celebrating that night together you know not even just even HK yesterday it's not about it's a it's a great reminder to me it's not about us it's not about the singers it's not about the musicians it's about the people they're dancing you know yesterday with the Campers at HK I'm telling I'm still on the high the adrenaline still going well they not had a party up at HK I'll tell you that much they live they live for music it's incredible to see their faces because you know these campers you can literally you know touch these instas you can touch these Souls through music you don't even need words it's absolutely incredible it is amazing we speak often about the music component to places like Camp Hask it is absolutely incredible I mean the truth is music components everywhere you know have an ability to reach people that other means do notan FR is with us the album is called am all right your choice Aon of which selection to go to next for our listeners wow okay you're giving me a lot of power here yeah why not so um I guess the next one should be am the music video we just filmed it um in Israel just a couple weeks ago um and hopefully he'll be coming out soon as well all right we'll talk about that in a minute the Amai video is expected everybody that sounds pretty cool and we'll find out more from Aon F coming up Amai is his title track here it is a jam and [Applause] the hold up hold up up up up hold [Music] up [Music] foree [Music] for [Music] for [Music] for is [Music] I [Music] sty sty sty JM in the am with Aon f a new music Thursday at JM in the [Music] AM Roes morning thanks for tuning in on this Thursday and uh a reminder tomorrow weekly update with Malcolm homeline Executive Vice chairman of the conference of presidents of major American Jewish organizations will be with us at 7:4 tomorrow morning Eastern time also reminder we amazing programming on our stream all day long at j.org I'll go through the lineup with you coming up here at jmam who's responsible for that Amon Eddie Schwab Eddie Schwab very nice good tune uh how did you decide on a theme for the video so very interesting it took a long time um Mendy pelen originally wrote the script ah meny's amazing she's incredible we're big meny pelen he's he's another really really genuinely nice guy and it's great you know I've got to say in my in what I do I get to meet I'm I'm honored I get to meet so many new people and he is just one incredibly talented person as well so so he wrote the script he wrote the script originally and then what we decided to do was film it in Israel so what we did is we got a Israeli crew and an incredible Israeli crew um the same people who did yovi at record video right the same director and she took menu's script and she just developed it more um for for the sty that we were doing in Israel and I filmed with with them in Israel I think three weeks ago we did like seven days of filming um across the whole of Israel it was just stunning it was beautiful um I've got to say I had the best time ever um I really want to do another video now because of that very nice all right that'll be available to everybody when so we're in the middle of editing yeah I'm not going to give a date because I'm very uh I'm a stickler for uh for Quality I'm really a stickler for Quality so um but you'd be you'd be shocked if uh in the next couple of weeks it will not be out let's put it that way the truth is I'm aiming for before Y in September because I'm not going to bring it out during three weeks not going to bring it out during August so probably probably before the Y to I hope but I'm just very excited it's got a great concept I'm you know we played Hala before talking about all the happiness and I'm is talking about you know there could be sad times but it doesn't even matter because being part of the Jewish Nation there's there's always hope there's always just coming together and that's also happy we turn bad times into happy times so either way that's the power that's the power of the Jewish people that's the power of our nation there's always hope is is a fact uh all right the next selection You' like to do off we have time for a couple of more Amai album Aon F what do we got for us I think we should do I I guess I'll I'll my producer he's very well known for doing a song for everyone so all different styles of songs I think we should choose a different one now let's go for maybe more traditional Jewish style maybe eloho it's written by ABI Kula uh a really really touch I mean I heard it the first last time I took it written by who iby coola where's he from I'll I you know what I I think America somewhere in America oh interesting he's brought out his own album I think a couple years ago he's a really he's also I got I say this about everyone I'm just very very very lucky he's an amazing person I speak to him quite often um about ELO has been a big success and uh and I personally I heard it the first time and I really really loved it from the start aan FR is with us brand new music Thursday here at J in the am it's called [Music] eliyahu [Music] fore [Applause] [Music] for [Music] oh be [Music] made B [Music] of oh la la la [Music] la [Music] may be made [Music] I know [Music] I [Music] of JM in the AM Aton FR is with us he's in from England he is spending some time in New York and he's out with a brand new album Amy stai and we'll get to one final selection with him coming up to wrap up this segment here at jm& Aon information how do people get in touch with you or find out more about everything we're talking about this morning it's funny as we're speaking people are actually messaging me you can uh you can contact me on Facebook on any social media I'm very active I'm always posting updates of what I what I'm up to um and I guess you can also buy the album on you know iTunes Google play Amazon mostly music all the all the Distributors are setting it you've done some live concerts already obviously you talked about last night I did one in London i' got to say I did one in London before the I decided to do something slightly different I actually did a a prop big concert in London before the album came out to showcase the songs that were were coming and I actually gave a bit background to it explained my experiences and uh it's funny I'm getting loads of messages here asking why we haven't played a time at the concert it was already a huge hit before the Alum came out and in London I remember I was doing the night the album came out and that was literally they were singing the song back to me already a it's also been translated into Spanish from what I saw I looked on YouTube it's Been translated already into Spanish so I guess we have an obligation to wrap up the segment with a huh I think the wner it's a YY wner song and uh I personally love love singing it near every concert I go to I sing it um it's h for me it's one of my favorites I thank you for joining us good luck on the brand new album Ma on the debut of am thank you so much as you said people could find you all over social media and between the video and other news I'm sure we'll have plenty to talk about over the next couple of months we wish you the best of luck we're going to wrap up the segment with aim and uh continue your successful Journey to the United States thank you am thank you so much and keep and keep keep meeting nice people it seems it seem that's what it's all about it certainly seems you're enjoying that which is wonderful aan FR on a Thursday morning Roes here at JM the we'll close out this segment with his eight Kim here at JM in the [Music] AM [Music] I'll to [Music] the [Music] for [Music] name [Music] how crying [Music] [Applause] [Music] for may you show [Music] [Applause] [Music] crying me [Music] the i [Music] [Applause] h May JM and the Aman F I thank him that was a nice conversation I'm K the name of the album