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which is like the message is from Raven. You've both been through mine. You both know what I'm talking about. And it on a very deep level, but also it's like very much about engaging with mental health in a posit meaning like what's all this flying around. It's so that you're supposed to fly high and go baba on a car. It's not about that. It's about bringing it into the mud like the Reb's story of the of the of the Turkey prince. Prince and also the the wedding that took place in the forest in the seven baggers >> bringing that light into and I've been in these situations myself. Yeah, most of us have >> and being being somehow when you feel nothing like just >> light shines [music] even through the [singing] darkness of the broken broken hearts, broken dreams [singing and music] as well. Light shines even when the shattering cracks [singing and music] you open into broken parts. Left with plans [singing] that fail. [music] There's a silver lining on every cloud. 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And when we [singing] move up from this solid ground, no doubt [singing] we will all feel [music] love so profound. [singing] >> [music and singing] >> No doubt [music] we will all feel love so profound. >> Beautiful. >> Amazing. >> Yeah, >> that was amazing. >> Yeah, really powerful. Yeah, man. So, we got to we got to do more work, you know. There's a lot to do because there it's it's uh it's not being made an easy path. It's not like there's [clears throat] >> Yeah, you guys should, >> you know, that that means we need you guys. >> That's a sim that it's that's that's the the truth that it >> because it's not like some big money guy just making it all happen. And that's because it's so authentic. It's not going to be that way. come from hard work and mus and sim and real realm and not just some easy way just to like you know >> well it's yeah it's just it's yeah it's been yeah >> and I'm not saying all these other people aren't doing that I'm sure they are and in their own way and it's that that you know I'm happy for people that are doing well in the music world but I feel like there's so much real music that needs to be generated in the right way in the right setting and like you know you're one of those guys that I I feel that that's it's like you have to keep doing that somehow. But like I said, you do have to find a way to financially be independent. So you don't get, you know, that that test that comes along and says, you know, now come join us and thank you Hashem or whichever one it is. Whichever organization will come along and say, "Yeah, just not sell yourself, but like basically go on a different path from what we're talking about and what you're doing." And it's a test. So if you have the the strength inside and also the financial uh >> and you say Niss Black does less of his like real stuff. >> Yeah. But he's he's gone on a different path completely because he's got into the whole podcast space getting involved with political like you know. >> Oh is he? >> Yeah. >> But I thought you said he doesn't do such real like hip-hop. >> Um >> cuz he does more of the like >> Yeah. Yeah, he has gone a bit more Jewishy, but he's also that's because he has become more Jewish, you know, like he's in terms of his culture and who he is, he's become more part of the community and it does part of his journey as well. I don't think it's not being him being authentic. I think he's trying him trying to be the most, you know, real to his journey that he's part of the Jewish scene and him, his part of his family, thinking of his kids, thinking of the future, you know, >> right? And uh you know the whole motherland dance is not where he wants to be. You know he wants to be like you know giving his an inspiration and not like you know pulling people into the hip-hop world. >> What was that song about? >> It was an assertion that he was connected to people in this in the music business who were taking him in a different way. He'll be very straight about it nowadays. It was was not how he'd like to be long term. It was like and he he realizes he needs to be around good people. That's one of the reasons why he's always worked with me cuz I believe I'm good and he also knows that I am good. I've always had his, you know, best interests. Um, yeah, but there's there's a lot of different ways to fight the fight. You know, I was speaking to Tix Cla and he on the way here and he said that he's he's fighting the fight through him being the best person he can be and Hashem's helping him in his way and >> he's like permanently in London now. He's >> Yeah, pretty much. And then Alex Cla, I mean Niss and Black is doing the more political stuff like and he feels that that's fighting against evil in the world and doing what he has to do. He's pretty good at it. I've been watching his podcast. Pretty good at reacting to all this this, you know, nonsense out online. Knows how to do it. Um, >> I mean, no one could accuse him of being like, you know, >> yeah, racist or this or that. So he's already, you know, protected himself from a bunch of assaults. But it's still hard because they I have a video that's going a bit like not viral, but it's getting a lot of traction right now that he just invited people to an event and it's on his Instagram and it's just constantly I'm seeing the messages either it's bots, I don't know what it is. So much hate just to him right now just online and because he's just trying to be an authentic Y. But that's why in my opinion, we need to keep generating light way more. Yeah, >> you know, Gdalia said a powerful thing in one of his sharim um during the four sharim that I organized for when he was in Israel. He said that instead of investing all this money in anti-semitism, we need to invest our money in elevating the consciousness. And I feel that elevating the consciousness has a lot to do with that that music you just played like that elevates people's consciousness. Music is a way of like expressing and opening up the tools to elevate consciousness. >> What do you think is a smart way let's say for me? Yeah. >> Right. >> Yeah. >> I tell you my perspective with the financial thing is like I >> I feel like I have a certain thing which is like what's my worth like just in terms of input the the emotional regulation that's needed with music and staying in the zone and preparing all of that. >> Yeah. >> And then there's the question of how much can I get? >> Yeah. >> Those are those are like the two >> I mean there's no reason why someone can't get paid $5,000 to do a show. There's no reason cuz people do it, pay it bill. >> My question is like this. >> But that's still, you know, as time's going on, that's actually not that much cuz I don't know, everything just seems to get more and more expensive. Like you, if that's all in and then you're flying, so then you don't actually have that much. >> So whereas if you get it 5,000 plus flights aboard, but that means I have to pay for these expensive flights. >> Connections to like Kabad in Europe and stuff like that. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I've done stuff everywhere. I feel like first of all is amazing. >> I've seen what I've seen for myself is a network. Number two, they they're willing to pay for music. They value it. >> They do. >> So, >> I've do I do my chevra gigs which I do like very like kalbaki like staying authentic to myself. I play a lot of my own. I have on my but I play a lot of nagunim as well and a lot of zusha like that kind of thing. And that's that to me is like a It's it's it's nice because you're being mis people and it's fairly consistent because people are always getting married and stuff like that, right? >> And then there's the the more what I would call like back bat shows where you have an organization. So one time it was clubhouse, one time it was cla couple of uh things. That's an opportunity. But I feel like I don't have I don't know those I don't know enough of those people. >> Yeah. That whole scene is >> I feel like they're looking for what I have to offer. >> Yeah, they they are. and I could probably put your name in front of them. Um, so that's something I could do to help you. Um, my my company's Unity Bookings and um, what I do is if you send me a lead, I'll I'll do the booking for you and I'll take 10%. And if you if if I send you the lead, then I get 15%. Because, you know, it's like a way of because I'm bringing you my contacts. Generally, that's worked. And if you want me to be like a tour manager, then it goes up to 20%, and maybe there's some, you know, I need to have other costs covered as well, like flights, it's that. But generally, I don't try not to do so much tour managing. I haven't really done it for for a while. Um, so because I just prefer living my life without having to be on the roads and I can run all these tours without being there in person generally, unless it's in Israel, then I'll usually come. Um, but uh, >> where where are most of your bookings? America. >> Jericho. He's very good. He's a very talented person. I mean, I've known Yaniv for a long time before he became Jericho. Like, I remember when he was with Schlommo Gase and he had a band called Judah Blue. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. So, uh you know, all these guys, I remember them from way back and you know, he's developed himself. He's a he's a high level artist in terms of his music and his authenticness, but he's also very different and, you know, he's a different kind of vibe. I'm not necessarily so into his music. Yeah. Like just just doesn't just don't listen to it that much. um rather less listen to Zusha or >> Yeah. Who do you listen to? >> Listen to Zusha. I listen to uh my wife. I mean we're schlam cats is very close with Bener. So we've had a bunch of Fbrangans with him like just him in the room and it's very powerful Bener is very powerful guy. I used to a lot of Isa but you know overdone in the Jewish world. You sort of get lose the feeling towards it. Oh yeah. >> It's a shame >> because he's so talented but I just the way they overdo it. So then you just saw can't be bothered the song again already. So they make you they put it too much. So I'm not really into it that much anymore. He's show even though he's very talented. Um and then >> Jewish music >> I told you 21 Pilots NF. Um I'll listen to classics, you know, ' 90s stuff. Um my wife has a lot of playlists that she's into, so I sort of have to shi listen to her stuff. Um but yeah. >> Why' you have to listen to her stuff? >> Cuz I'm in the car with her. Oh, I see. >> Listen to my playlist. >> Like what? What are we talking about? >> Yes. Part of the compromise. >> What? How much are you compromising? What are you listening to? >> Cuz she's into 80s. She's into 80s. >> Oh, okay. >> Like good ' 80s. Like the best of the 80s, but she's very into 80s music. >> So, you know, or you know, classic songs. Um, you know, she's very into Tracy Chapman. Like good stuff. Like >> Tracy Chapman, she's amazing. >> Yeah, good good music from those times. But like it's still it's like I probably wouldn't listen to if it wasn't for her, but I listen to it. Um, >> wicked. >> Yeah. >> There's two artists for me. >> Yeah. >> In the nondesh world who I um I just think they both have something so unique. >> Yeah. God >> and I don't know if you know them. One is Trevor Hall. >> Yeah, I've heard of him. Yeah. >> He did a song with Martis. That's how I found him. Uh probably 15 18 years ago. >> They did a song called I think called Unity. Anyway, I started listening to his solo stuff and his stuff is so deep >> and it's so good and the production is so fresh. That's Trevor Hall is I don't listen to a lot of nondish music apart from when I'm in the gym. And the other guy is someone called Tom Mish. >> Tom Mish is like this I don't even have to explain. It's like this neo soul white um bluesy kind of um soul and funk English >> um guitar songwriter and he's been in a whole mental health journey and he took a step back for music because of it and he he's putting out an album now. He's spoken about how he's had to deal what he had to deal with expectations and he's done he's dealt with in such a healthy way but his music is so real. He writes songs about like connecting with his dad and like support of his sisters and like he's not you know he's writing about >> he's writing real stuff but the industry doesn't really get it. So >> he is big >> massive. He's really big. >> He's but he's he's independent. >> Ah >> he signed with Awol. You know what Aw is? >> Yeah. >> Like they're like music distribution but independent for big art. So he's independent. >> So that's good. >> So he does things. He he spoke about that in his Instagram post about being on his own terms. Taking a step back from the glitz and glamour whatever so that he could just work on small projects and do little bits when he was ready. And >> yeah, it's very important. That's a big challenge. >> Steady, >> right? And uh look, it's a lot of content based stuff as well. You got to present yourself publicly again and again. Like you said, there's Instagram posts and this and that. You got to do that. But you look in the end like as I said I started off we all need we all need encouragement >> and as Jews we have a mission of being oliggoy and and bringing a lot of light to >> Yeah. Maybe it's your part like like don't just limit yourself to the non to the Jewish world. >> Yeah. That's why I feel like that's that's also >> that song. Why that? Why would >> Alex Cla like made a decision not to do non-Jewish music, but he could elevate so many people with his music and I'm not trying to fight with him about it because it's his decision, but and I would have to respect people's choices what they do with their art. I'm not trying to tell other people what to do. Like same with Akev, I used to talk to Gabriel all the time about, you know, him going out and just changing the world with his music. And he just wasn't. He just said, "No, I'm happy to just produce and just >> and there's so much of that going on, you know. So to get people to really step out and go for to bring Mashiach basically to change the world and to maintain your standards at the same time it's I don't know it's a hard space like nobody has really done it yet. Yeah. >> Can you speak to dad about the alarm? >> Sure. So the whole thing of like uh just being able to elevate everything you're doing and keeping it in that holy space but also trying to make some money out of it. So that's the balance and uh Hashem wants us to do this. So he'll give us the ability to do it and we got to we got to keep doubling about it and we got to keep helping each other. One of the things I've been saying to everyone everyone needs to collaborate more. One of the things that put me off Thank you Hashem the last few few months is they will not collaborate. They will only if it's their project they will only be involved. They will not let like if I was running something and I said would you like to join up? They will not do it. like it has to be there from the initiation all the way through. And that's I can't solve all that. Like that's not that's not what I'm about. Maybe it's what they're about, but it's not what I'm about. And I can't change them because I've tried. Trust me. And it's it's a whole reality in the Jewish world where they're very every organization is very into their agenda, their thing, and it limits us all cuz we can only do so much by ourselves. We all need each other. So trying to get rid of that yashious that ego and just work together in a larger way. I think that would really change the whole experience that if we would be more a community like a musical community and more more uh collaborative more helping each other rather than just about my own career that could really change the whole picture. But it's a hard thing because everyone's wanting to get paid and then they're going to why why are you a bunch of people recently left my don't want to be have you represent them anymore. They each of them my wife is like was like it's probably better for you than you're not right now because they're quite intense people whatever it is without saying anything not good they're all good they're good guys but just she was just like they've given you a lot of you know headache when they haven't really done much together. Um, and it's what's the point? And she's right in that way. But they're saying to me that I'm giving too much precedence to other people and not them. So they have a timer on me. And I'm like, "No, mate. I'm not. I'm just when I come to people and I've got my list, people are just not noticing you. And there's nothing I can do about it." Cuz you're not doing the work to be noticed. You're not >> What is What is the work to be noticed? >> You have to do like make hit songs. You have to That's always been the the ALF base of music. You can ask my uncle who's been in the industry since the 60s. You ask my dad who just walked in. It's a hit song. It has to be music that ch like that song you played to us. If you could get that out there, but present it in a way that people can connect to it. >> Are you going? I've got to go. >> Yeah. >> But if you could present in a way people connect to it then that would be >> Do you know JP Cooper? Do you like JP Cooper? >> No. [snorts] >> It's like a soulful R&Bish English. >> Yeah. So that that's the the GP. >> I've definitely seen your stuff before. >> I wrote a song about Tick Cli. >> Oh wow. >> I hear >> this is going to this is a this is in my in my world. It's already a hit. >> Oh wow. Let's do one more song then we got to bounce. Fore I mech. [music] [singing] basement. [singing and music] [singing] [music] [music and singing] [singing] me [singing] [music] as [singing] mo [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] >> [singing] [music] [singing] >> I know [singing and music] [music] [singing] me. [singing] [music] Can I [singing] look? [music] [singing and music] or has beer for