New Music Alert! with Zaide Chayim on JM in the AM

Tuesday morning broadcast, JM in the AM. Well, we have an opportunity for some brand new music this morning because we have been uh in touch with a gentleman named Zaidy Chaim. Zaidy Chaim very interesting fellow, by the way. I'll say that for uh both on the air and off the air. He recently released a studio version of a song that he created that was inspired by the vision of a single sound of the shofar uniting the Jewish nation. He felt, as did we, that it's appropriate during this month of Elul, as we blow the shofar and get ready for the real shofar blowing on the second day of Rosh Hashanah. Uh we felt it was appropriate to bring him on and talk about this unique song that is literally linked to this time of year. Zaidy Chaim, a pleasure to welcome you to JM in the AM. >> Hi, good morning, Nachum. Thank you for having me. >> How did you get into the arena of song writing and performing? >> Well, before I do that, I want to tell you that it's always good to be able to talk because I don't know if you know the joke about the Jewish husband. Um you know, the little boy comes home from school and he says uh "Mommy, I got the part in the play of the Jewish husband." And she's like so excited, but the father's really pissed off. So, the mommy says, "What's the problem? He has the lead in the show." And he says, "Well, I want my son to have a speaking part." >> But I'm bummed. >> Yeah, there you go. So, you know, I appreciate the opportunity to be able to speak this morning and uh you know, tell a little bit about myself. I um believe it or not, I'm a baal teshuvah. I was uh in Los Angeles searching for my stardom, so to speak, you know, down the yellow brick road. And uh on the way, I was uh kind of mccaroved by Aish HaTorah, some other influences, and my own, you know, growth and I uh decided to follow Hashem's path. >> What year did that key road uh road begin? >> It started um Let me think. I think it's you know, I'm was 67 last week. So, we're talking many years ago. I was about 30 years old. So, you know, if you I'm the accountant, but whatever, it's a lot of years. >> So, we're talking about somewhere between 1985 and 1990. >> Yeah, something like that. Yeah. >> You were saying. >> Yeah, so, you know, back then I was um performing. I was, you know, Baruch Hashem, I I was doing well. I had uh a connection with Motown Records um and uh I was actually in a an acting class and the agent for um um Michael Jackson's brother um was in the class and they kind of picked me up and I was doing recordings over there, which was really exciting. >> And you were not using the name Zaidy Chaim, I would assume. >> No, I was going back then by my English name, which was Robbie. >> Interesting. >> Um and uh and I also did appearances. I still get residuals from a show. It's a show called the the Night Rider. It was a show about a guy >> I remember Night Rider, of course. >> Yeah, yeah. Right, you got it. Hasselhoff and we we did a show and >> a Friday night show, though. I don't know if we ever saw it. It may have been a Friday night show. I don't remember. >> I don't remember, but they still play it. So, it's unbelievable. It's called in in Peru, they call it Carlo Fantastico. >> And how many episodes were you in? >> I was in one episode for that. But, it was it was a it was a a special. It's like a 2-hour show. And uh they, you know, I still get residuals. This is like 40 years ago. It's unbelievable. >> Unbelievable. So, this journey the journey continued and you ended up being a full-fledged Orthodox Jew, correct? >> Yes, sir. >> That took you to Florida and at some point, I'm assuming you actually started to write your own Jewish selections. >> You got it. Exactly. And and I think that >> What was the first Jewish song you wrote? >> Well, believe it or not, you're not going to believe this, but I think you know this because I sent you another version of this song, which is the song was recorded recently with this, you know, large orchestration that you have. But, I also sent you a recording with the guitar only, with me singing. >> Ah. >> So, believe it or not, it was that song. I was at a um a program for Rosh Hashanah. This is about 15 years ago, I would say. You know, my kids were still home and uh you know, and there was a divrei Torah, you know, about the ultimate ultimate redemption of Eliyahu, you know, blowing the shofar. And it inspired me and that's where I got this idea and I and I put it on a you know, I recorded it just with guitar at that time. And then, you know, I was able to go in the studio and do a production with it, you know. >> And you think that And And actually, I think you told me off the air that you have um I don't know if it was a story or sometimes something happened where this this song in fact did reflect that there was a a message of unity that was being received. Didn't Didn't someone or or some entity react to it in a very positive way when it came to the unity of >> I think I think I think what you're referring to is that we had an episode in this I live in North Miami Beach. >> Right. >> And for those of those those of your listeners that know, there's two main intersections that go through North Miami Beach. There's um 175th Street and 10th Avenue. >> Right. >> And they meet right in the middle of the community. >> Okay. >> So, if you go to the middle of the community and you go west on 175th Street, I lived at the exact end of that street, which dead-end into 6th Avenue. And you couldn't get through. >> Okay. >> And there was a there was a there was a you know, the Dade County, which is, you know, >> Right. They wanted they wanted to build a highway through there. >> Right, exactly. So, I wrote a song called Community Together, which was about you know, coming together and, you know, showing that that we, you know, we really kind of like need this quiet, you know, because it basically if the people have been there, they'll see there's you can walk down 175th Street and we're secluded there. There's no cars coming through. >> you'd prefer if they wouldn't have gone ahead with the project. So, this song you think inspired people to finally understand your plight, understand where you were coming from. >> Right. And and it was and we sang it at the at the zoning hearing, believe it or not. >> Right. And that made an impression. >> It's funny. I mean, I I'm going to I can I can I can tell you the the lyric that it said every day I hear children play. On Shabbos, I hear them throughout the day. But there's times when the community needs neighbors and families walk out on the street. If they open our street to be a thoroughfare with racing cars everywhere, will will we be safe? Will we be sure that our lives will be secure? That was the third verse of that song, and that's what that's what we sang at the at the zoning hearing, and it worked. >> Unbelievable. Zaidy Haim is with us live via telephone. New music alert Tuesday. He's got a song, not the one that that he just mentioned that was used at the zoning board meeting, but a song entitled Forever We Will Know, which is one that again, this time of year during Elul uh the the unity that we're seeking and the collective feeling of hearing the shofar together literally all around the world on the upcoming holiday and of course through the entire month of Elul. So, tell me about the genesis of this song. >> Um basically, it's it's a song that um was born from the faith in the final redemption of the shofar blowing and ultimate unity of the Jewish people. Um it talks about, you know, that we're stretched out um in many nations and we're not connected, but also the shofar the there's analogy of the shofar having different sounds, which represents the different parts of the Jewish people. >> Right. Oh, good one. I like that. >> Yeah, and then it comes together, you know, >> Right. And by the way, if you want to tell Zeidy Chaim that um one of the great unifiers of the Jewish people is the state of Israel, he is the first to agree. He's got family members there, as I discovered yesterday in conversation with him. All right, Zeidy Chaim, with your permission, I'd like to play this song and we'll get a comment from you afterwards. Would that be all right? >> Perfect. Thank you, Nachum. >> It's called Forever We Will Know, subtitled a single sound of shofar. It's Zeidy Chaim with a brand new single on a new music alert Tuesday at JM in the AM. >> [music] >> We're stretched across many lands >> [music] >> in separate nations, not hand in hand, [music] but our soul still longs to be in our sacred home. The shofar [music] blows with different sounds. Each part of a nation proud as the [music] heart of Claudius Thrower longs [music] to be >> [singing] >> in [music] unity forever. >> [music] >> Just one voice together. A place where love will grow within [music] us all. >> [singing] >> A single [music] sound of shofar will bring us [music] all much closer and forever we [music] will know who is the king. [singing and music] We're fighting for our survival, Abraham [music] Avinu's child. As we struggle with the nations [music] of the world, >> [music] >> the shofar blows with different sounds. Each [music] part of a nation proud as we look with strength and turn our hearts [music] above to bring our voice together [music] in unity forever. A place where love [music] will grow within us all. >> [music] >> A single sound of shofar >> [music] >> will bring us all much closer and forever [music] we will know. [music] We're waiting for the final note when Eliyahu [music] Hanavi's shofar will blow to bring salvation to >> [music] >> our sacred With Kohanim >> [music] >> and Levi'im we will stand in unity and forever >> [music] >> we will know. >> [music] >> A single sound [music] of shofar, will bring us [music] all much closer. A single sound of shofar, >> [music] >> will bring us all much closer and [music] forever we >> [music] >> will know >> [music] >> who is the king. >> JM in the AM, brand new Forever We Will Know, that is Zaydi Chaim here at JM in the AM. Zaydi Chaim is with us live via telephone. The single sound of shofar, so something as simple as that can actually uh promote and establish unity worldwide with the Jewish people. How's Zaydi Chaim? >> Thank you. You say it so beautifully. >> Yeah. And I hope that the potential that you talk about and the reality really that you mentioned in the song becomes the in fact our reality cuz we could use all we could use all the Jewish unity we can get. >> You're right. Thank you Nachum. It's it's Thank you. It's really a pleasure to be on the show today and I appreciate the opportunity to share my music. Thank you very much. >> Uh my our pleasure and I thank you for joining us. Um Zayde Chaim By the way, are you making this single available to people? Like uh what should folks do? How could they find it if it's if it's in fact available? >> Well, I decided to do this release of this single exclusively on 24/6. >> Nice. >> So, that's where they can find it. >> All right. Good people over there. So, you could check it out, folks. We're actually on 24/6 ourselves as many of you know. Um uh today's uh broadcast of the uh JM in the AM radio program is uh sponsored by our friends at miamibeachcpa.com. miamibeachcpa.com and Zayde Chaim uh based on your uh on your knowledge, it's quite an outfit miamibeachcpa, correct? >> Well, if I could say so myself, yes. Thank you. >> Very nice. I like that. All right. [laughter] I wish you a shat out tovah and a big mazel tov on the new release. >> Thanks so much. >> There he is, Zayde Chaim. Forever we will know is his. Inspired by the vision of a single sound of the shofar uniting the Jewish nation. Halavai, halavai. Messages like this I think bring us closer to that reality. More coming up. It is in fact a um a Tuesday morning edition of JM in the AM >> Mhm.