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Re: Kammen tunes
- From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj...>
- Subject: Re: Kammen tunes
- Date: Thu 18 Apr 1996 03.12 (GMT)
On Wed, 17 Apr 1996, Linda Littleton wrote:
> >Names don't mean a thing. Usually they are just a publishing ploy. As an
> >example, Max Epstein told me that when his band recorded for one
> >producer, the guy renamed all the tunes because he thought it would make
> >the album sell better. In my band's recording, we did Freylakhs #1 and 3
> >and called them "Wedding Freylakhs".
>
> Yes, I had heard this too (about the tunes not really having names). So
> what do bands usually do when they record un-named tunes - just make up a
> new name that seems appropriate? Or try to use the same name someone else
> recorded it by?
>
>
>
Yes and yes.
Fred Jacobowitz
Machaya Klezmer Band in the Washington/Baltimore area