[HANASHIR:3894] Re: High Holy Day Music - Children

[DurlKare <DurlKare...>]

In a message dated Tue, 14 Sep 1999 10:55:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Ketzev2 
(at) aol(dot)com writes:


> I hope that we can keep the spirit of sharing alive, but not at the expense 
> of making anyone afraid or embarassed that they might havepassed on "bad 
> hebrew", or just made a simple "typo". I'm sure who ever makes those mistakes 
> feels badly enough that it happened at all.
> 
> Hoping we're never too critical of each other......
> Shana Tovah--
>
Steve, that was so nicely said!  I was just starting to feel a bit worried 
about all my mistakes!  :)

I AM in support of all of us making every effort to be accurate in our Hebrew 
usage and pronunciation, especially since so much of our work is educational.  
I have asked Raquel to be my Hebrew consultant from time to time, and have felt 
confident in her expertise and thus more confident in my own recordings.  
Likewise, I will obtain professional editing/overview of my soon to be released 
songbook before it goes into print.  

On the other hand, so much of being an artist/musician is interpretation and 
sometimes in the name of creativity, and poetry, translations might not be 
totally "accurate," and pronunciation mistakes are sometimes made in spite of 
our best efforts!  The KEY here is to remain open to friendly feedback and 
learning.  It's all about learning. (P.S.-if you find an error on my album, 
please email me privately! Thanks!)

-Karen Daniel
Jewish recording artist/songwriter
Nashville, TN

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