The Untold Story of Avraham Fried REACTION!!!

life for you to join along. Life's life for you to join along. [Music] Hey, we are live. We're live, live, live, live. How are you guys? How was Pesak? Uh, Pesak for me was great. Uh, as uh some of you might have seen my spher plan uh video. Um, I actually will put in in the chat if you want. Actually, let me just see if I sound good. Oh, yeah. Okay, we're good. Okay, so there's uh there's a few things before we start. There's uh um because we're sphere, we're not doing reactions. I'm going to put the sphere. Where can I go? Give me a second here. I'm going to find There we go. Um, yeah. Okay. So, basically, I made a sphere plan and I put it as a as a short. I'm going to copy. Get a sharable link. Okay, perfect. I'm going to put it in the chat here. Sephira plan. All right, perfect. So, uh that that that video has basically my sphere of planned for um the next uh sphere of duration besides for long way. But in logistic of it is is that basically every t Tuesday we're still going to have live streams. We're going to try to focus as much as we can on music without actually listen to music. So, for example, today we're going to listen to an interview with Albert Freed and break it down. I didn't listen to this interview. Um, I first saw it and I thought of doing a stream on it, but I decided to to save it for Sphero so I could focus on the streams outside of Sphere, more on concerts and stuff. Uh, so we're going to do that. That's the plan for that. Um, so that's what we're doing. Um, before we start, I just want to tell you exactly what how we're going to do the stream. Uh, please post your questions and comments and uh throughout the ads on the stream. I'm going to give all you guys who are chatting on the chat shoutouts. I can't see who's viewing it, but I can see who's who's putting comments and also I'm going to answer all your questions your Q&A. I'm in a building right now where there are a crew member uh crew members some cleaning up. So, so we have a mic here so it's going to be easier but um if there's some noise I do apologize. Uh all right, so let's start this interview with Alfred. I haven't watched it again. And I saved it for Sphere cuz I knew that I wanted to do concerts mainly, but then if we do Spira in 3 weeks, we could react to interviews and break it down. Uh, okay. So, let's share the link here. Uh, share screen. The untold story of Aam Freed. Share. All right, let's start here. Perfect. One story in particular, someone who wanted to end his life and he heard those who were left behind. That includes me that saved them. Wow. And by the way, we don't need shocking stories how a niggon or a song changed someone's life or saved someone's life or made about that. I'm every singer I'm sure has that. Let's not forget about the healthy people who are driving in their car and they hear a song. Yes. And it gives them Yeah. It's it's almost like like that type of idea that uh sometimes we uh focus too much on the on the bad news and on the bad side of things. Sometimes we also got to put out things with good news. Also the rabbi they he he used to always say that people come with me with it but not with the their good news. So that's also a thing that like I don't really necessarily have a personal story where where music saved my life or changed my life besides for the channel of course but um but it but I I do feel like sometimes it changed me casually throughout my life and so that counts too. Not not disinvaling other stories, but yeah, inspiration that's also as important as one of these, you know, bumper stickers, you know, Freed saves a life, you know, or whatever, you know. My first time ever in person seeing and meeting and having a conversation with literally one of the biggest legends in Jewish music, Aan Freed. I'll be honest, he's maybe one of the biggest, but also shockingly one of the most humble people. a few things that I never knew about him and his journey is actually more surprising than you would think and you're going to hear all about it. This episode is sponsored by Get Organized. I'll tell you why. Okay. Uh before we start, is there any comments or shout outs? This now is your chance to give a shout out before we continue. Comments for a shout out. Anybody? All right, let's just move on to Freed's interview. You'll see more about them. This episode is in memory of Miriam Sarbasakov Moshe and Shimakov Abraham or Abramel or Mr. Freed Rabbi not really I like that Mr. Freed, thank you so much for coming here and doing this. Uh, Aan Freed, a name known in so many homes. Uh, I have a lot of questions for you, but I I I would love to like take it back to the beginning, your early childhood, where you grew up. What was your childhood like before we start? Yes. One second. Sure. Have we ever met? So, we we we're like introducing ourselves right before. I don't think I've ever seen you live. Wow. Which is and me. I I agree. Where do you live? Yeah. I only had one free concert uh experience. It was last year. Uh I work in LEC as a program director and as a and we had a dinner and he came over in dinner and he sang there. That was like my that was actually my only in uh concert sort of but like live performance freed. I met him when I was a kid. He came to Alim of my sister. He was the coolest guy, especially for a 5-year-old like me. Uh, and then I saw last so last year at the dinner I did a little clip of Don't Hide from Me with him. It was he was pretty fun. So, that was really cool. I would love to interview him for the podcast. So, I'm afraid you probably don't watch YouTube and stuff, but get the word out. I want to interview him. Yeah, I'm from Brooklyn originally flat. So this is I think I think mama. Yes, exactly. Unbelievable. So nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. So could you tell me about your background? Well, what do you want to know? I grew up uh in Crown Heights where I still live. Um, I learned in Yeshiva Torah, Baba Yeshiva, and uh, had a good voice as a young kid. I was um, he was in a choir, Ellie Lipker's choir. Yep. Did a few recordings with him, concerts across the United States. Let me know if it's too low in the the video or if I'm too low. My home was very uh, very musical. Chabism Mirus was very important. And uh what else? What else do you want to know? Were you the only one in your family who was musical or was like a family thing? No, no, no. We had neighbors who come listen to our Shabas Mes, our brothers and the whole family would sing and people would come and eaves drop to hear the freedman singing his mirrors. Nice. And we were also neighbors with Rebana, the Reb's mother. Yeah. to listen to our singing. Yeah, that famous story where she was humming uh tatu but not the actual words but uh that niggan and uh she gave me a braha about singing. I guess that's that's the rest of the story. At what point did you realize that singing could be like a big source in your life as opposed to just a nice thing and fun and nice? It still hasn't hit me. Really? Yeah, it still hasn't hit me. I can't believe this is happening for 40 plus years and I still can't believe it. I pinch myself and I say what this like this is me. This is the that Hashem gave me chose me to be a to bring sim and his inspiration to cl. It's crazy like the guy in his magnitude. He just he's just so humility like it's it's incredible. Like it makes me wonder like if this how much are other singers in the Jewish world, in the Jewish entertainment world have this humility. I I don't know. I I hope it's as like this. I I only hope. It's crazy, right? Amazing, right? Humbling. What is it like the root of that? Is it imposttor syndrome? Like do you feel like why me or it's just that just went on? No, not why me. I guess Hashem has his has his reasons. Well, he gave me this talent and this um many young boys when they were when they were young they sang. They had great voices and then they disappeared from the music scene. Your voice changes sometimes for the good, sometimes for not so good. Many of them have, you know, I never understood. Okay, so here's the thing. when my voice was changing which bar hashem hasn't changed as much as I thought it would be bar hashem but the thing is I heard different advices from different singers at that phase I heard from avi parrots someone was telling me it's so avi parrots no who was it was either a parrot or yoni one of them one of them said to to conserve your voice don't sing. Wait till that phase. And another singer said, "No, keep singing or else you're going to lose it." So, I actually have no idea. So, if anyone is uh knows anything about musical and vocals, if they could tell me like what's the true answer, I have no idea what it is, but I'm actually very curious. That would be interesting to know. Gone to whatever business, whatever else they do. Um, my calling seems to have been just singing all the time. Just keep singing. and uh finding the right material, the right messages, you know, it's a it's a full-time job. It's a full-time job. Try to keep inspiring and be inspired. And um I'm still at it. It's It's so interesting. Like it's I think it's even weird in the from world because like we have such a emphasis on like making sure that everyone's doing the right thing and like we don't really have I don't want to say the word like celebrities really and and just transparently you are definitely a celebrity but at the same time you're a regular person also you're you know I I don't like when we steal words from the non Jewish lexicon I don't I don't like that superstar or celebrity you know we never called a celebrity or a superstar. He was who inspired us with his music. We never called David's father who I grew up listening to his greatidic melodies or Ben and Shanker probably before uh before wait one second wait his greatidic melodies or been shanker David's father who I grew up listening to his great Morb David's father was a singer oh I would assume he was singing a lot but he had like things people listening to I would actually be interested to to react to some of those things that's cool David's Father melodies and shanker so great never called them with these names celebrity super it's like it's this is a new new to use these words and uh I'd rather be called an inspirer that's a Jewish way of describing someone who has a gift of Neina. Don't like these uh these long fancy um so I I haven't had duh like enough experience like I'm freed but I am interested to see like I do want to pursue my singing very much and it's almost like I I don't expect myself to be in a position where I'm a mashpia with my music. I just want to sing. But I only hope I will get to the level where my music do inspire people in a way. But right now that's not what I what I'm planning. So it's interesting to see like I'm really interested to see like that's if that's how he or other singers felt also when they first started. Were they I know Betty Freeman is he said he said multiple times that when he was singing it was because he had to sing. he just had to get his voice out there. So I wonder I'm interested in that concept of phases of m music career goes words that they use like you said I'm a human being hashem uh I have a gift that hashem gave me to sing and the greater gift is that people enjoy my singing that's even the greater gift I could be singing no one would would pay attention just be singing at home um that's why people meet me in the streets can I take a picture with you I take a picture people will say to me, "Don't you get sick and tired of this? Like people bothering you in the restaurant or wherever you are, signature or picture?" So, are you kidding me? I said, "Wo to the day when they stop asking me that." That is insane because I had the same story with a student in LEC. There was a student, as many students, they always ask me like, "Oh, when's this happening? What does what's going on? Can I do this? Can I do that?" And one parent was like, "I'm sorry if my son is always uh uh uh bothering you about his his uh his uh uh questions and stuff." And I answered the parent, I I'll tell you the exact words I used. Let me look it up here. The exact words I used was I'm wary of the day where students stop asking me and bother me. So yeah, that's really funny. That's funny that he said that. I relate to that. That'll be a problem. As long as they're asking, I'm happy. Was it ever a challenge for for again I'm not comparing. I am comparing, but let's say like I'm a little more out there because of this podcast and people know me and I'm a when I'm in public I kind of embrace it and my wife's a lot more private than me. Do you ever have that difference with like your wife or your family that obviously people know you but at the same time I probably I don't think most people would be able to spot who your wife is cuz that's private. That's your own. That's good. So, is that a challenge with your family of like you being so out there and then, you know, they're being more private like the balance of that? I'm very careful to keep that private, but private is private. My public life, my public life, but uh there's also a private life and we try to keep that as private as possible. That's great. That's great. Did Did you fear I guess this like push for Yeah. One thing I'm actually interested and I'm excited, but also like like a way to challenge myself is that when I do this stuff like YouTube and singing and stuff and I'm in the public eye, like how is I going to do with my private life, uh, I think it's a naian, but also a great adventure in the other way. It's like it's riveting in a way from people like once you are getting more out there and you know having children and they're like okay now like like father like son that your children will be expected to go down the same path that you've taken. Good question. People ask me so do your kids also sing? Are they also going to go into the music business? I say um see them this this uh they're all doing their own very special thing. My question is, does that mean that he explicitly told them no? Cuz he he did say something like that, but did he mean like you should My question is did he actually tell them no, don't do singing or did he tell them like do what you want? Like I'm just wondering what the line was the the exact wording that he's told them. We have a lot of nas from them. My wife and I very proud of each one of them each in their own way. And uh singing is not in their menu right now. Okay. You're leaving the door open by by the Shabas table. Absolutely. When the kids come for Shabas and we sing together, it's it's Gaden. I want to like focus like it's very interesting because you've been in in Jewish music for so long at this point. I want to focus on like your back, you know, when you started. Like who who were your go-to friends that you went to for tips and working on music, a song, a concert, and then shift to like now? Like who who is it now? Maybe some it's the same. There's new faces on the scene. Well, the person who first gave my first break was she menitzum. I was spoke to I was talking to um my siblings over Pesak about like the background of Suki and Ding a Shia Mendelitz and the H experience like what Shia Mendelitz did in the music industry. It's it will be missed. It will be missed by many even those that don't know it. Um I did some singing before he signed me to my first album for Suki and Ding. Um but there was like solo little you know songs here and there. Uh who else was I don't remember who else was around. Um Mues Borger did a couple of things for him. Ellie Tal that was when I was a kid but she has said you know what I like how you I like how you sing. Let's do a full album. That was my first break. But it's a good question. Who did I consult? You know what? Nobody. I was in this on my own. I did this pretty much on my own. Did you ever go to My question is even with his mashia if he had or maybe he didn't have a personal mashia then I doubt someone like wouldn't have one. The Reba for advice or questions about this? No. Nope. Why is that? cuz like you knew that this was the path or it wasn't really she wasn't you mean to ask him if I should do it for anything in relation my first time that I notified the reb was when I had no Jew left behind ready to to be released. Uh I don't know if he'll say it but no Jew left behind was inspired by the of the talking about how no Jew left behind. I wrote to the I'm putting out on the album. It's called which is the line I heard from the reba by the way many times by the said I just said that I literally just said that. Oh by the way I just noticed we have the same mics green which was the great green winter arranged my first two albums and then we met Moa Lafer that was like whoa that was a good run was putting out stuff and Mosha was arranging stuff. It was like I mean to this day those are classics. Um but who did I consult like which songs to to to put on not to put on? I guess me and Shia decided but um as far as how to sing or how to go about a career. I have no idea. I had no idea what I was doing. I went into a studio and I sang and that you know. Yep. Yi Greener. Oh gosh. what they did to Jewish music and I want to interview them for the podcast. Oh, I want to interview them for it so badly. Uh, I really had no plan. Oh, I just want to mention by the way that over Pesak versus Zman Turk. Shout out to Zman Turk. He uh was at a concert with Betty with Alan Freed over Kaid. After the concert he his father and him went to say hi to Alan Freed and Zman showed him the sweater has arrived video which is based on his song Bakar Mameish. Afrey didn't watch it then but he said but Zman sent it to him and he watched it. Oh gosh, I need to show this picture. Let me see if I can find Alvin Free's response. Yeah, I have it here. One second. Let me pull it up here. Uh here uh here you go. There he says whatever. So he's sending the link responded. Thank you Zman. Good job. Good job is good. Uh yeah that was uh that was a shock. That was great. I had no plans. I had no dreams about becoming a big star, a big singer, a big, you know, influencer, a big inspirer. It was just a a dream unfolding. It's still unfolding. What's interesting is that, you know, also had like a has a great career and has been singing for so long as MBD. Do you I I'd imagine you have a I'd assume again it could be you don't speak to each other. I don't know, but I assume you have a close relationship. Me text. I assume you have a a close relationship with him. Absolutely. Mhai was my inspire was my inspirer. No question about it. Wow. He just mesmerized me and he was more like my age kind of um his father Ben Shanker. Yeah. A freed excuse me. I'm free and David is a great match like they did so good. They're one of their best things is uh the H concerts and they're meddling together at the Shasathon. They're it's crazy how he grew up with a guy. It that is a dream come true for anybody who's listening and inspired by his music and then gets to one day sing with him. That's amazing. That is amazing. Carl, everybody from the older generation, but he must have came along and wow a young guy can do this too. He just raptured me and uh so he's to blame. And how about now? There's you know in the past I would say like 1015 years have been a lot more new fa I would say faces faces but I should really say voices that came out. Music is booming right there's so many so many colors and shades and amazing amazing amazing like who would you say is your now? Yeah, it's it's uh that's a great question. But before that, like it's kind of overwhelming with the Jewish music. Like a part of me like because I want to really explore different aspects of Jewish music. It part of me really wants to like really like get a taste of all genres, but it's really depends on every singer. Every singer has their own thing. What do you mean by that? Like is is there like a secret like WhatsApp group that there's a bunch of like of you ever on that you're I don't know. No, not that I know. Oh man, you're not on it. Not that I know. I'm a very private guy in that sense. Uh if I'm you want to reach out to me and ask me questions, I'm there. You know, some have some have looking for tips. But I don't recall any any time reaching out somebody saying have a tip for me how to go about singing a song or I did start taking voice lessons with my third album which was um forever one. Forever one. Forever one. I mean there's Forever One. Yeah, those really old albums like really is like high album for you like crazy. What came out first, Forever One or Braha? Cuz has Don't hide from me. And that's great. Let's see. And of There we go. There a way to see or maybe mostly music has information. Uh, no thank you. Uh, no. That's weird. What about Oh, here. Okay. is 1995 and then Forever [Music] One 1995 1983. Oh, so he did don't hide from me after you started getting voice lessons. That's interesting. That's interesting. Yeah, but no, no, you will be. Yeah, that's really impressive. I haven't taken voice lessons and I I actually to be honest I really don't know what to do about it if I should take not take be wary about it don't be worry about it I'm I'm lost on that subject personally taking voice lessons people not sure who suggested to me to go take a voice lesson a friend of mine I said what voice lesson what's that going to help me I have a voice and that's it that's what Hashem gave me that's all I didn't realize that is you know go to a gym skinny and and and brrawy you can come out you know muscular I didn't realize you go for voice lessons and your little tiny voice can become a voice, you know, and uh so I did voice lessons for 25 years. I guess that's an answer for me. But otherwise, it's it's been basically a oneman uh journey. Some of my favorite interview moments with with people who sing is obviously we're talking about their journey and the singing and that's all great, but it's the stories, the impact that that has happened. And I'm sure you have a lot and I'm sure you've shared but I I'm curious if there's a story that I don't know it's someone came to concert and because of that they uh you know became shabas. I don't know what it is. Oh yeah. Could could you share one or some should prepared some stories should have prepared some stories. Um we'll have to come back to that to think about that. A lot of uh chamber shabas is I mean have stories but one story in particular some that's crazy like to think about that he had so many of these stories the the the so many inspirations that he had over his career to the point that he doesn't even come up with a good one right like that like so many to choose from that's insane to comprehend to think about that is insane insane name someone who wanted to end his life and he heard no Jew will be left behind that that includes me that saved him. Wow. How how did that story even come to you? Like he reached out he told me. Wow. This person himself I hope I think I should have that letter still in in my collection of letters that I've saved over the years. Um many many many stories. And by the way, we don't need shocking stories how a niggon or a song changed someone's life or saved someone's life or made Yeah, that's what I was saying before at the intro. Every singer, I'm sure, has that. Let's not forget about the healthy people who are driving in their car and they hear a song and it gives them an inspiration. That's also as important as one of these, you know, bumper stickers, you know, freed saves a life, you know, or whatever, you know, giving someone a good feeling to get out of bed in the morning. I put out a song about a year ago called and Oh, one second. I did a reaction on that song. Let me pull it up and put in the chat for you guys. Second Abraham Freed. Uh it maybe images sometimes it pops up there. No, I'm gonna find it. One second. Uh I'm gonna find it, guys. I'm gonna find it. I'm gonna find it. I'll just find it here. My on my stuff channel. Yeah. Biker T. I said in my review, but you guys can watch it. It's one of the few Yasi Green and I'm free songs that's been really out there the past uh uh like for the past decade or 15 years truly. Uh it is a great song. Uh here got share a link put in the chat here right now. Biker T reef view. Perfect. All right, let's continue. I have great hano when people come over to me and say, you know, I start my morning. It makes my morning when I put on that gives me it gives me the impetus to go on with my whole day. It's great. Well, what else was in addition to the mindboggling stories of I could I can write a book about it. It's funny like how how like you could find at different times of your day how certain songs could be at certain ways in a different perspective. Like a lot of people like morning songs with their alarms like boom boom boom like like really waking you up and getting you out of bed. Some people like it soothing you up up and that's what Biker was. It's kind of a buildup type of morning song as opposed to like Sha Shalis Jr. Here's my D like you know like really waking you up you know so also biker t like oh I did a biker from mentorski that's also one sure every singer can because that's the we'll be right back to my conversation with you know that feeling when you All right guys chat time all right anyone commented any shout outs should I bring out anybody No one. Okay. So, we could continue. You have till I get to the next chapter. So, so another ad. Another ad. All right. Last chance. Any comments, shout outs? No. All right, let's continue. Spotify or YouTube. Now, back to this week's episode. Is there a moment that that you decided like that you were thinking like, "Okay, I did this for a long time and had a good run and like now I just want to go to Florida and Yakov." Honestly, no one's listening. Um, I feel like I'm just getting started. I feel like I have so much more to sing about. Wow. The times we live in needs needs more more song, more inspiration. crazy times we live in. And I think music is is a great remedy these days. It's critical. It's important. People look to us singers as Okay. What's the message? Give us some uh you know, like kind of reminds me reminds me of um of AB Rottenberg's poem he wrote on We Got the Music about Jewish music and its evolution. Let me see if I could pull it up here. Uh, we got the music JRX. Here we go. Yeah. Over the past 25 years. Oh, this is 2.0. Where's 2.1? No, where's 1.0? One second. One second. Stop scamming me. E Ron Burke. Oh, you got to be kidding me. One second here. Where's the other Journey albums? Are we sharing this tab? Okay, make sure. Okay, other Journey albums. Journeys three, I believe. What? Oh, there you go. Perfect. As long as there have been a Jewish nation, music has been a tur component of its history and culture. From the Shira song by ancestors at the Yamsu to the brilliant compositions of dam from the harmonies of the Levim and the Bdash musicical expressions of faith contained in the medalley of greatidic rebas of Europe but in this century even more so even the past 30 year which explained there's been a vital virtual explosion of Jewish song and I think as as long as we have the the the the the the thirst for Jewish music, forbah from Jewish music, it's only going to go uphill from here. Give us some some some inspiration. Give us some strength. Get us through the day, you know, get us through the the period we're living in. Uh so I feel like I'm just getting started. And uh the traveling has been a lot of traveling. I'm working on a CD for the last I don't know many years. Yes. Finish up traveling. By the way, by the way, shout out to YT Wner. I get uh his uh news, daily news, and I'm telling you, he's been working with Alvin Freed. I'm pretty excited. Oh gosh, that will be great. I don't know what I'm going to do on the channel when his album comes out. It's gonna be great. Great. is a challenge, but I'm in the studio these days. I'm working, making progress, getting there. And uh I never I never look at it as it's been a nice run and retire. Not yet. Not Not quite. Okay. Until 120. No, I mean as long as the phone rings, people want to hear me sing. And uh by the way, that's another thing. There's so much so much good great talent out there today, you know, and uh every every day at at a particular spot during Davening, I say to Hashem, you know, I don't take it for granted that my phone is still ringing. I'm I'm doing this for a long time. Bar Hashem and uh fact that the phone still rings and people book me, you know. Yes. It's something to think about like you know how many singers have passed on from from uh Jewish music not in like the literal sense but career sense not that they moved out of the Jewish indust the Jewish music industry but like they're not singers anymore things have been done moved on and the idea that he is still knocking and clocking in singles and music and albums and and gigs and concerts and and simas. It's crazy. 40 years he's been knocking, knocking, knocking. While others have tried and went back down once in a while, they pack up. They're like smaller radar singers. And when I say smaller radars, it's because I every singer is different. So, smaller radar singers. And he's just been It's crazy. say, "Hey, thank you, Hashem." Great. Is there is that ever a fear and this might be like too honest of a question. Is that ever a fear for you that like I don't think it's possible honest giving you my opinion which you don't need, but like do you ever fear that like okay now one day you'll be irrelevant and people will stop calling? Absolutely. Really? So to me it's it's odd that you would have it like to me you reach the status where you I don't think you need to worry about it. But you're very kind. I appreciate that. I'm serious. I think most people listening will be Mosc you know it's it's times times change taste change um Mhm. I get a lot of physics from you saying this by the way it's a strong possibility no question as long as I me with good material and uh I I stay relevant and God keeps giving me the voice and the kayak I'll I'll I'll keep at it. Yeah, I'll keep at it. Crazy. But it's it's challenging. I need to find, you know, the right messages and the right uh cuz I I don't want to just sing about, you know, um depressing stuff. I need positive messages. I think maybe that's been one of the secrets of my hatl over the years. People get positive messages from me. Uplifting. No jewelry be left behind. Still still a positive message even though it's 42 years old since since the album came out. Um just just positive positive positive. and uh I'm I'm praying that we can continue to do this for many more years. M that's really beautiful. I I'm curious on your take on like the shift in I think it's music in general. I I I don't know but like when music technology AI everything shifted and by the way I know like people like like to say like its phases and like these things but the culture of Jewish music has been changing by every year whether it comes to like the new singers in the scene new producers new technology it's always changing and and it's only when we wake up like at phases like oh wait there's like automixing oh wait there's AI. Oh, wait. There's engineering. Like, it's all these things when you started and now there's I I think there's a lot more and pun intended noise going on now. Um, and and some well-intentioned, some not well-intentioned. Like, what's your take on on it? And and there's I don't know just it seems like a shift in I think everything in life, but definitely you hear it. It's just that's just how things evolve just how it works. Back in the day, we were considered modern because we had a little beat to our music as opposed to you know uh the other singers who were just using up a little bit you know very little drums or very little and today with today's technology but that's that's life. That's how things evolve. Yep. The question is evolution. Are we using all this noise with a Yiddish Tam or we're losing the Yiddisham? Yes. The Yiddish flavor. It goes back to what I was saying here with we've got the music. Where is it? Here. Where is it? Uh this means where is it? Um see Okay. So, it has a little bit here, but it was actually in the other one. Let's see. Is the other one here? Here. It simply cannot be fortold. Where is it? Oh, how's music future will unfold though some would see it stay the same. His nature is to grow and change. But one thing we must keep in mind, a Jewish song of any kind is only precious if and when it bring us closer to Hashem. And this exactly what I'm afraid of saying right now. That's that's the question. That's the that's to be very careful with. Are we staying in the box of Jewish music or are we using all this new technology and sounding very non-Jewish? That's a conversation. But the fact that things evolve, thank God that's that's how life that's, you know, that's how Hashem made it, you know, lur things evolve. You get more uh better at what you're doing. You have more technology. and more things at your at your at hand that you can use it. Mhm. If it starts losing like it's it's very much like the AI like nowadays where people like, "Oh, it's gonna ruin Jewish music and it's not like literally people could just make you listen." I said this also on the Jonathan uh with Jano podcast. You guys can watch. People are not stupid. People know things more than ever. And when it comes to AI, people will know that too. It's same thing with the internet. It's been the same thing with with electricity. People have been fear of change, fear of evolution. But as long as we're using it for the right things and as long as people know the difference, we're going to be fine. And you should use this evolution, use it to our advantage. The Reb forgot about it all the time. Then we have a problem. is who again it's I I feel like it's going to be a hard question to answer, but like maybe on the way here, maybe if you're listening to music, like who's your go-to that that you doesn't have to be one, but who are the people that you're listening to? Honestly, I listen to Kazan. I don't listen to too much. For me personally, when it comes to Kazanis, like my Kazan time is like like 1:30 a.m. after a full day of work. Like just for example, for everyone to relate to like pes cleaning all day um just 1:30 at night sitting on a lawn chair laying back just listening to Kazanus. That's like the peak time for me to listen to Kazanus. I And here's the thing. I don't listen to Kazanus regularly. Not really. But that's the only time that's like Yeah. It's like it's a whole different level. It's crazy. which which which all the good ones all the good ones. I hear a good kazin and I I'm taken to a to a higher level. Mhm. Because to me that's that's dinging, you know, and u I love going to a concerts. I I just there's some good around today. Um, I don't really listen to too much too much. Uh, so when I'm doing duets with some of these singers and I'm told you're doing a duet with A, B, or C, I have to learn the material. I don't really I don't I really listen to too much stuff. Why is that? Are you just I just don't I don't know. I just don't uh never thought of that. Why I don't listen I just uh because I would think you're in that industry, but that I'm thinking again I'm putting on myself. I don't really listen to so many podcasts myself. So maybe maybe yeah maybe I just want a little, you know, a break from it. Um that's also my concern like if I when I'm fully involved and invested in the music career side of things, well I I hope not. Like I hope I'll never cut. That's probably a good way to know that you're doing something wrong. If like if I'm doing con if I'm like if I'm in the studio in the morning and I do a gig in the afternoon evening and at the end of the day I can't listen to a good I'm a freak song like that's probably a bad sign that I'm doing something wrong. You know it's the singing for me is a time for me. It's a strive for me. And so if I'm getting away from that strive that's not good. It's not good. It's not good. Oh, by the way, keep uh by the way, um there was we're a little slow today, but please keep commenting on the on below and I will get to those comments and shout outs during the ads. If Murder puts out a new CD, I'll I'll I'll run to get it. Yeah. To download it. Um I I enjoy all they're all there's so much talent out there. Each one in their own right. Uh it's just hard to keep up. Just hard to keep up. So much stuff coming out like a deluge of stuff every day. Um, but but it's great. Jewish music is talent, creative, all kinds of colors, and and it's just it's there's no reason today to listen to any non-Jewish music. You have it all within the rainbow of Jewish music. Yep. Is there? Yep. Like uh Avery Ronberg was saying in an interview like at his time there wasn't before Mish really I think maybe was it by that pushed it by and shock and all that but like there was no variety of original composed and original lyric English songs and so people would have to be um everyone would just gear to non on Jewish songs and now there's like there's no excuse. There's every type of genre and song you could think of in Jewish music and it's amazing how within the span of 10 15 years the Jewish music scene exploded. Like it's insane. Is there a a a moment that happened in a concert that you're like this was the perfect concert or a perfect song that every note was hit properly and perfectly? I've had some of those forem I've had some other causes where I fell on my face. Um but that's you know without those stories you have no book to write. I almost I fell off the stage and twisted my ankle and all kinds of crazy stories. Whoa. um some great concert moments or some great recording moments like um uh the H some of the HK shows were were pretty good actually. We just had did a H show recently and they put on some clips of previous concerts and they put on the clip from um Yes. All my Yeah. Um, I guess we did a tribute to him at that concert and I I was given the honor to sing my Zadei. Um, that wasn't re was that recent that was like H 25. Did he sing my Zade more recently in a more recent concert? But Huh. Interesting. I really connected with that song and I I think that came out really good. Whoever wants to listen to my Zadei, go check it out. Oh, okay. So, yeah. Has 25. I don't know. one of the hask years 25. Um I remember such a geek also had a h show. I came out to do a sound check 26 and uh I think it was oh this one was a big hall 2 and a half thousand seat hall. one of these real fancy walls in Manhattan, I think it was. And uh I just went uh ha ha. I heard my voice like it filled the room with that. The mic was even on yet today. Hey, this is good acoustics in here. I'm going to try something. I took a a career dangerous move before the song rail which starts off a little bit like adlib. Yeah. Oh gosh. I said friends. Oh gosh. I need to find that clip. Oh, that's such a good clip. Please tell me I can find it. H 26. Please. Yeah. Woohoo. Good evening. Oh, I can't listen. I can't listen to But there's no Okay, there's no instruments in that song. But if it starts playing instruments, I'll turn it off. Where is it? Where is he? Off the mic. Where is he off the mic? Off the mic. Who's off the mic? Where is it? Oh, yeah. He went on stage here. Where's No. Where is it? I want to play. Where is it? Here. It's one of these songs. Did I skip accidentally? Uh, not after this. No. Come on. Where is it, man? It's too late. One sec. Okay. If I can't find it in this round, I'm just going to go back to the podcast. Where is it? Here. Oh, here. Here. This one. Um, I want to try something. Let's see if it's going to work. Okay. This is what he's talking about. No instruments. [Music] Uh, there's instruments here, so I can't play it. Oh, come on. But it was such a You got a glimpse. It was so good. That's a great concert. You should check that concert out. All right, back to the podcast. He'll explain everything. the guy will explain everything. I'm going to try something that Let's see what happens. And I walked away from the mic, a couple steps on back on the stage. Yep. No music. And I started singing Rakila. Well, there is music, but yeah, people started applauding because they heard me. I was heard in this got the name of the hall, Carnegie Hall, one of these fancy halls. Avery Fisher put on Yeah, exactly. And uh that was just a brave dangerous moment because had they not heard me they would have said ah free try to sing in a hall without music and they couldn't hear him you know it would have been embarrassing but they heard me the whole room heard and I thought that was a that was a brave a brave move and it worked. It worked from the that was a great moment in that concert recordings. There are um some good vocal recordings of some songs that I've done. One comes to mind is from [Music] that was a great [Music] one. That was a great one. I gotta say, not as good as like uh don't hide from me. I don't know. Just no high for me fit like hit every type of vocal you needed from Alan Freed. That was such a good track, good vocal. Um I'm also proud of Keep Climbing. That was a that was a good good um Pish Hilis of the words and how the modulation keeps climbing and my voice keeps climbing. Uh Yeah, that was good. Which, by the way, I've got many people tell me that the song Keep Climbing has not changed their lives, but given them kayak to live on, to continue as it should and and being uh being proactive, living, feeling inspired, keep climbing. It's a good message. Um there are few a few others. The rest I would say about you know there's a song I I composed called Lama Hashem. Why from a distance also pretty good vocal. It's not easy. You have to understand if you go into a studio. Why from a distance? Yeah, that was a good song. four walls and you have to dive in. You have to be inspired because you have to insp I I went to a studio before and did stuff but when I did the studio with Zman your momish the walls were like here. Oh gosh, I I have to show my camera. The walls were like right here. It was longer obviously, but the mic was right by the wall like right here and you literally like have to be stig and dancing in a dark room like this because it really has to conceal all the sound and the only way to do that is with these walls that the special for them. And it was like and beh uh we made it in yeshiva. Shout out to Levi Khan. And like literally I was under a blanket singing the song. So I was like he call me Z and like there's a blanket over me and like I had to get the mic further because I'm louder and like so like someone walked in and you just see a blanket guy like a hand just rising with a blanket. The whole thing was funny but yeah it's it's tough to sing in those situations. the world. But within four walls with no audience, sometimes it's hard, difficult. You have to hear what you're saying. You have to connect. You have to feel like you're it sounds honest. You're really me when you're singing. Yeah. That takes hours in the studio. It takes time. Uh um Benny Freeman said once that he was recording and his producer Donny Gross, they were recording for hours. He did a song. They're working on it for hours and the next day Donny Gross's producer calls up Benny. He said, "You have to go back to do it all over again." Like all over again. Seriously. He also said one time that Donny Gross, his producer, told him once like, "Hey, you're doing great singing. Just smile when you sing. Even if it's a sad song, just smile because people really sense your emotion in the music." And it's so true. Like, it's really tough to do such things in a studio. time takes time. Then you have are you in good vocal voice? Are you exercised? Are you is your breathing you know lung capacity good? Are you car holding the notes long enough? A lot of stuff go into people can hear from your singing. The look on your face you do you look sad? Is it coming through when you're singing? Do you look happy? Is that coming through your singing? A lot of elements go into recording a song. Mhm. So, I wouldn't say every song that I recorded is, you know, a great vocal recording, but um there there are plenty or a lot of songs where I could say I'm really proud of this. I hope I could I get that. Like I I I listen to my songs a lot, like my own songs. But there is a part of me that like when I get enough songs I don't sing, there's going to be like these these like go-to songs I go like, "Yep, these are the ones. These are the ones." I do wait for that day. This and this and this. All those elements came in came into play. It's really beautiful. So it's it's a fascinating journey. I remember crying sometimes in the studio. Written songs uh evoked a tear. The engineer started crying as well. We're both crying. Uh so it's it's it's hit or miss. You go into the studio and you either come out of there and you say, "Yes, Barashem. 10. Nailed it. Nailed it." And you come out and you say, "No, didn't work. I got to come back and do it again." Or three times or four times. Yeah. Just like what I said about Benny Freeman. Always do you always know or it sometimes comes from like the first judged by my feeling. That's the only barometer that I have is how I feel about it. People could say to me, "No, you sound great." Like in the studio, you know, you do a song. Um sometimes there are songs that like I have that I just can't just listen to myself because I know in my kishkas that I did it wrong. I know in my kishkas people like, "No, you did great. It was amaz sometimes the opposite. Some people say like ah you should do this and then I'm like but this is so good like I really relate to that. Sometimes that could be bias but you get that. You get that a lot of times. I know for myself I work four hours on a song which means I'll do a song I don't know 10 15 20 times. Let's do it again. Let's do it again. Let's do this line again. Many times the guy would say to me, "Why are you pushking with this? It sounds great. Leave it alone." Mhm. No, I think I can do better. Do it again. I won't give into them. I don't like it. And it's only that I have to say. I wish I had the time and money to like actually sit there and go like, I could do better. I could do better. I could do better, better, better, better. I think I can do better. No one can convince me that it's great if I don't like it. So, we'll be right back this week's episode. All right, shout out time. All right, shout out to Yakalpsker. How are you? I'm filming in LC, by the way. Yakalpsker, if you're still online, I don't know if you're still online because you commented 15 minutes ago, but guess which classroom I'm filming in. Anyone else? Any other comments? Anyone want a shout out? Last chance. All right, we'll continue. I'm going to get to the end of the ad and if I see there's any comments left. All right. Any comments? Uh Yako's here. Yako, guess which classroom I'm in. Can you guess? I'll wait for your comment. Is it on the sixth? Is it on the sixth floor? Yes, it's on the sixth floor. I can't see if you're typing, by the way, so I just hope you're typing. 601. What class? No, it's not. It's not 601. I'm going to No. Yeah, I'm not 601. 609. Is it 609? I'm going to check. One second. I'm going to check what number it is. It's uh uh No, it's not 609. It's not 609. If you heard me, it's not 609. It's not 609. Keep guessing. I hope you're typing. 603. Nope, not 603. Which classroom do you think I'm in? 605. Yeah, I'm 605. That took one, two, three, four guesses. Nice. Yeah. 605. It was the only place where it was like good enough to use a wall and stuff. Most walls are full of decorations like a school normally would. All right. Any more comments or shout outs before we continue? All right, let's continue. It's time to elevate your wardrobe and just feel more comfortable. All right, let's dive back into my conversation with Auburn Freed. I could imagine people going the opposite way of like being too much a perfectionist and then never really putting anything out because they are always striving for whatever whatever perfection. I actually am I am but u thank God I've put out the putting. No, it's a I guess it's a it's a balance, right? because you want to make sure it's the best you could do, but also you need to be realistic and exact. I don't want to compromise. I don't I don't want to say, "Okay, I've done 90%. Let's just go with it." No, I don't want to compromise. I want it to be, like I said, I want to look back and I could say, "This is perfect." There are some songs where for some reason um not 100% I like it and I don't know why why I let it get out, but yeah, it's true. Um he said once that he'll sing yeshika for Bennetty Freeman but he won't sing for Betty Freeman. It's like a herish that you have with music that it's just inexplainable. Just can't. I won't tell anybody about that. But um yeah, I want it to be the best I can possibly have it sound. I think that's a great muscle for life. And I I think most not most a lot of times people don't really think about it because we get stuck in the motion of it and if we take a step back and say like life could be hard and we make mistakes but we are always trying to do our best and you it's it's just a good recipe for living a happy life. Why not? What if I can do it again? Why not? Why are you talking me out of it? I feel I can do it better. Like I should say if you can do it better go for it. I trust you. Yes. Yes. That that should be I wish grades in school could be like that. Like you could do better then do better and it could affect your grade because you're doing better. The effort reaction, not just let it let it go. It's good. No, if you both agree that it's good, then fine. There's no discussion. But if you feel you can do it better, let the guy do it. He knows he knows his he knows what he can do. So that's that's 40 40 42 43 years of trying to get it perfect. Is there a particular It's a very cliche question, but is there a particular mitzvah that means a little more to you than the rest of the mitzvah? He has that by the way with with uh all his guests. He has that question but it is an interesting question somewhat but that's a good question. Um I think singing is a mitzvah. Making people happy is a mitzvah. What could be better than that? I'm actually just finished. I just recorded a song called um Living in the Storm of the Eye. Get it? The eye of the storm. Storm of the eye. Huh? What's the point? We're so busy with I. Everything today is I. And uh some of the lines there are um I never heard anyone say happy birthday to I. I never heard anyone say can I hug I. Can I help I? Because the most important things in life are all about you. Yep. And singing is about you. I have an audience that I I'm looking to inspire. Yes, it's it's me doing the singing, but it's so unselfish. I'm singing for you. Great mitzvah. Great mitzvah. By the way, I think the baltov came along with a um with a great I think we looked at yidesh it's all about I it's my it's my that's all I'm busy with it's all I need to know it's all about I think came along and said no that's got it all wrong that's so selfish that's so selfish kite is about what what can I do for you to help you in your yishkite can I be an inspiration to you could I bring light and warmth to you. I bring you a little more Torah and more mitzvah. It's all about giving. That's all it is. And um I think today that's already a given. Don't be so busy with your and your that's not that's not the whole point of of mitzvah. Yep. YM wants you to use your gift whether it's singing whether it's a podcast whatever it is we're all of the you have talent use it to inspire another you just do it and that's what I love about doing this channel that I'm literally taking things that I'm so good at I'm good at singing and I'm good at videos and editing and camera work and I'm obviously I'm not an expert but it's just something that I strive for and I love doing and I just put all together one channel talking about music in a video format. It's I never thought as a kid I would able to do that. Here I am. Here I am doing it living the dream. Not about I. It's all about you. So uh what's my most important mitzvah? Making people happy. It's beautiful. Inspiring. Inspiring. And I have the this Hus to inspire now with the internet and the whole world. It's it's amazing as you as you do. Yeah. The internet. We're dealing with the world now. Not not a little uh you know community anymore. Uh I see a lot of comments and on the thing all shout outs and Q&As's will be during the ads or at the end. Um just want to get through the flow here. we've taken on the world. Have you ever It's I know it's not your target audience, but I feel like you've been doing it for so long. Have you ever encountered non-Jews that appreciate and connect with your music? That's a good question. And I were in Romania a year ago. I've been going every summer now for the last Once again, you're way too loud and Alfred is way too quiet. Okay, let's see here. I'll just put a bit louder here and all right. How's this now? Couple of years. Let me know. There's a fellow who does a summer getaway program for a guest from they come for two weeks, three weeks in the mountains in Romania who cares a beautiful, beautiful hotel, beautiful place. So Shabas afternoon, my wife and I, we went for a little walk. Shabas afternoon. Would you believe if I tell you that one entire family who we walked past and they said, "Wait, are you the kidic singer?" Non totally non-Jewish family. Oh, we love your song, Abba. Aba Abba. Okay. Five minutes. Down the block. Another another of a couple of Are you the Have I Have I seen you on YouTube? It's like it was with within a span of five minutes, two non non-Jewish. That's great. Um I'm not really surprised because like I said with the internet today, the whole world is watching. Yep. The whole world is watching. There's um I guess I don't I don't know the name of their this organization but also in in Poland they do a yearly concert in the summer a festival all kinds of performers mostly non-Jewish performers and they have a kidic uh part of the program um I've done it now for a couple of years I know the Leur brothers have done it couple of years Schulam and and and Yakov. Yep. And you have to understand this is a big big production. It's on it's on Polish TV. Like it's really the stage is huge and very famous performers. I I don't you know particularly know them, but in that genre they're very very famous singers and 3,000 people come to these concerts packed outdoors. Beautiful. My conductor Yuval was joking and he says there are 3,000 people here. Not even a minion of Jews, but there's no minion. It's all go. It's all go. It's all non-Jews. Wow. And the last time I was there, um, I was delayed my flight. I was coming late. So, I landed at the airport there and they arranged for a helicopter to take me to the to the to the concert. I was supposed to be on in the middle. They put me on at the end cuz I came late. While I'm singing, it starts to rain. I said, "Uhoh, they're all they're all going to run for the doors." No. In one minute, 3,000 umbrellas went up. It was I have a picture of it. It was so It was so beautiful. Very colorful. They sat there. They loved it. They don't They love this. They wait for this a whole year. Wow. This That's crazy. Uh, by the way, I'm not surprised. Like, there are reaction videos out there by G reacting to Freed. I'm not surprised that he has such a big audience. So, 3,000 non-Jews sitting and enjoying the music. They couldn't they didn't know a word I'm saying but they love the the the sincerity they love the inspiration and I'm dealing with going back now again but uh music is music you know I love some non-Jewish music as well but today with Jewish music we're we're we're making inroads wait to Jewish music we're I love some non-Jewish music as well but today with Jewish music we're we're we're making inroads yep to the whole world. I'm curious to ask you about the nonJewish music, but I get the sense that you probably won't want to go there. So, I enjoy some opera, you know. I'm not talking about rock and roll or No, no, no, no. Like class voice. Opera. Yeah. Sometimes I don't really Hello. You guys see me on stream like I blow up even when I'm in free like not free morning. I'm David singing songs with non-Jewish tunes. But yeah. Barashem unlimited talent now that you don't need to go in that uh sphere anymore. Singers with good voices, you know, classical. Yeah, it's it's on par cuz like opera is is not so far from kazan. Again, there's differences but there's also similarities. Exactly. You know, I like you hear the good great voices of the opera. Um the old classics old classics. Um, no. Rock and roll and and u rap doesn't do it for me, right? I didn't think of it. No, you know, I'm curious because, you know, I was thinking the other I don't know, like two weeks ago I really wasn't feeling well and okay, I take the day off. What do you do when I don't know, you have a wedding, you have a big concert, and either you're not feeling well or, you know, god forbid there there's there's something in your life that's not going well and you're not in that mood and you kind of have to It happens, by the way. It happens. How do you How do you be in the right zone? Yeah, it happened. There was a stream a few months ago that I was going to do and my cousin Leah, great guy, passed away like two hours before the stream. No, it wasn't stream. I was going to interview someone for the Pinwalk because it was after Herskowitz and I thought I was going to do it but push it. It broke me. couldn't do the interview and we had to push it off. These things happen. These things happen. Happens sometimes when I'm about to go on stage and I'm not feeling it. I said no tonight or I'm not feeling it. Some of them the curtain goes up. You hear the crowd. We ain't got much choice. They paid to come see you. You got to deliver. Got to deliver. Um it happens. that happens where you're not in the mood or um got to dig down deep and bring it out. Got no choice. Have no choice. And by the way, the singing business is a 24/7 job because even when you're not singing, you have a job coming up in a few days. You feel a little kits in your throat. You feel a little headache. You feel a little something. Uhoh. Uh oh. Need to go get my medicine or need to get my vitamins. you know, whatever it is, it's a constant constant um sitting on your head, you know. Is my voice okay today? Do I have to go for, you know, a check or is it Yeah, I had to I had a toothache a few months ago. Push it like and I had voice over jobs with Cids. I I actually put I'll put in the in the chat a link to one of those things that I did for Cids, but push it. I wanted to do it, but my I couldn't concentrate. My mouth wasn't in it. It would have been terrible. It's really hard to be in a business and in a sphere where you need to use your voice all the time. Little something. Why? Why so much flem today? Why so much coughing today? And if you're not if you're not well, you're not well. If you get sick, you're sick. That can't help that. But even on a good day, oh, I feel like I have a little tickle and I have a concert tonight or I have a wedding tonight. It's It's maddening. Maddening. But that's that's the name of the game. What it is. I want you to think for a second. Is there And we could probably end with this. Is there a story that either happened or it doesn't even have to be that it happened to you that you heard or read that gives you that gives you personally strength? Something I read. Something I heard. Yeah. It could be either it happened in your life. Huh. or or I don't know, you heard the Reb say this or you heard a story from this this RV or the speaker like what what story gives you strength? Wow. Um I I'm crazy about the word tat. Ever since I've been a little kid, I always You literally have a whole song about it. literally like this [Music] um this Marshall we call Hashem Tata. So loving, so caring. And I have many many songs where either the song is called Tata or I I'll throw in Tata. Um because I feel like that's the best way to get through to the British. There's better saying you're my the almighty king and the king of kings and you're so awesome and you're so amazing. That brings out more of a fear like so awesome. When you say Tata means I can just go in and wherever I want to and the doors are open. It's my Tata. It's my father. You know what could be more personal than that. That's great. That's great. I always like the um the saying of the BMP. I think it should be a bumper sticker where he says, "Hashem loves every Jew like elderly parents love one and only child born to them in their old age. Which begs the question, if that's how much you love us, then what the heck is going on? What is going on for 2,000 years? I mean, come on. 2,000 years is a million years too long. Yep. You know, it's something is something is not understandable here to put it lightly. But I like this idea of approaching the say tata we're your children doesn't matter how well behaved we are are not well behaved it's never going to change you our father we're your we're your children so um I like that that line from the bash that gives me uh inspiration that hashem is listening to us and watching don't understand everything he is but he's he's our Tata and from you especially because you you want father to don't cry father don't cry and uh remember the song I recorded tatu which is based on this this idea of the your is longing for you to be go back to your to your table to be to be back you know to get your hug in a long time how long can a child be away from as he just that as we said at the beginning that was the repetitson's favorite n like I wouldn't say his favorite but it was known that the repetitson really appreciated niggan because she would sing it by the show candles home and I'd be homesick too much too much so um I take that as as the the inspiration Hashem's children and u try to get through heaven's door with all kinds of angles you know by the way I have a another little secret on the new album. I have a song called Spilus. Ever heard the word spilus? I've heard the word spilkus. Yes, I do. You know what it means, right? I'm not exactly sure what spilkas means. Means nervousness. I'm not sure. Spilus means I'm sitting on needles. I'm like I'm excited. Usually you say my daughter, my son is out on a date and I'm sitting on spilus. They should come back and tell me that things are going well or have a big, you know, something good waiting to happen. I'm on spilas. I'm like I'm sitting on pins and needles waiting for it to happen. Hey, pins and needles. I was about to say that. What's the idea of the song? Tata was sitting ashilkas. But how long can we sit ashilkas? And it's coming, but on the other hand, it's taking a long time. So, enough of sitting. Let it happen. Wow. It's really beautiful. They've gave you a scoop. Dang. Yeah, that's great. How long have we silkas? How long? And I need to give you a personal thank you because you know what? I didn't think of this until actually we're doing this. Um, but I went to farway. I lived in Flapush and uh my brother sometimes would he had a a old uh Subaru and he would drive us home and it was one of these Subarus that like it only I don't think he even had a CD. It was just like tapes and we only had your tape. I forgot the name of the album. It had on it like father that was the name of the album or uh I'm not sure with it. It's 200 Yeah. Yeah. Nish era. Um 2005 somewhere around then. And that was the only tape and we listened to it like for a year like Wow. Yeah. How do you like that? I saw at this point I don't think I remember word for it, but like then thanks to your brother. Yeah. Yeah. I saw my father cry whatever reason. I thought to myself it was so painful see your father cry. And I realized says that Hashem cries cuz we're in Golas. So why are you crying? You could you could put an end to golas. Father don't cry. Wipe away the tears. You can do it. We we can't but you could. So stop the crying. get on with the program. It's really powerful. Abra, thank you so much for doing this. Pleasure. Yakov, you should be from these microphones and uh be the first to announce that no more. Amazing. All right, some shout outs and Q& A's. Jakob Lipsker, my classroom in the third grade. Oh, that was your class from third grade. All right, there you go. Schneer Shapiro, can you do a shout out? Shout out to Schneer Shapiro. Can you do a shout out from Kazanov? Yes. Shout out to Kazan. Shout out to Jewish movies. Every time you come on the on the streams, you always let us know uh the the settings of it. So, thank you very much about that. Uh shout out to Unknown Object. Anyone else? Last comments, last minute. Anyone else? Meanwhile, I always take the opportunity before we end the stream to announce the next Premiere podcast guest available on Spotify and YouTube. This week, we're going to have Uncle Evil David Deetsz. It was a great conversation. He's not a Yid. Um, he's a kind of like me in the Gisha sense, like really a movie nerd and stuff. And it was kind of interesting to see his perspective on these things on on movies and entertainment and and he got also very vulnerable about his personal life with his with his parents and his children. So it's pretty interesting to see that in uh that form. So shout outs Cohen for getting me in touch with him. So yeah, this week's premium podcast this Thursday with Uncle Evil. All right guys, any last minute shout outs or comments? Anybody? I know typing could take long, but anybody just put so for shout out and just type it up. I shall demonstrate. So Oh, wait. I could do that. I didn't know I could do that. So, so kind of like that. So, for shout out anybody? I'll wait till 6:09. I see people are leaving already, so might as well end it soon. No SOS. Okay, fine. All right, guys. It was a great podcast. I uh uh I loved Alvin Freed's interview and the inspiration for the nation. It's always good to once in a while listen these stories from these singers. So, it's great. All right. Uh please recommend on the comments below if there's any other interviews that you from singers or or in general content that you want me to review over this time of sphere where we can't listen to music. So, all we have left is to talk about music, which I love. So, if anyone has uh any suggestions, please put in the comments below. And it was a great stream. Uh it was great nice seeing you guys. Great comments and thank you for the feedback for the stream. I think that's it for today. Have a good day, guys.