Re: Interesting Music lecture

[pinnolis <pinnolis...>]

Sylvie:
Working on exactly that. I will post more info when I get it.
Thanks for writing. Judy

Quoting Sylvie Braitman <curlySylvie (at) hotmail(dot)com>:

> Dear Judith,
> 
> Could you give us more info on the lecture: who, where, and a contact
> possibly with the lecturer.
> Thanks,
> 
> Sylvie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judith Pinnolis" <pinnolis (at) brandeis(dot)edu>
> To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:41 AM
> Subject: Interesting Music lecture
> 
> 
> > Dear Jewish Music Listers:
> > I just saw and heard in the last hour an interesting music lecture, so
> I
> > thought I'd share this with you while still fresh in my mind.
> >
> > It was a gentleman by the name of Avi Hadari who was lecturing on the
> music
> > scene in Israel today. He showed clips from Israeli tv, rock videos,
> popular
> > music and various music from every walk of life in Israeli society--
> from
> > the ultra orthodox to the left wing doves and Arab youth rappers.
> >
> > Apparently many Palestinian kids are watching the same music videos as
> the
> > Jewish kids, and many of the songs are just as popular with them.
> (although
> > it was also said that a lot of the teenagers are not watching as much
> tv
> as
> > before and/or some songs don't get that much air play.)  It was a
> > fascinating hour and half video/lecture.
> >
> > He talked about how popular the sing-along tv shows are in Israel right
> > now....Everyone is singing.  How 2500-3000 kids try to get tix to a
> woman
> > doing weird piano music every Thursday night in Tel Aviv.... (I didn't
> quite
> > catch what that was all about)
> >
> > He also showed clips from a series of films where 17 different
> producers
> > were given support to each make 3 minutes to show some idea about life
> in
> > Israel, --and the sounds they captured and music they used for those
> films.
> > The producers were from different age groups, different political
> > persuasions, men, women, religious and non-religious, Arab and other
> > non-Jewish and so on. It seemed that many nuances of the society were
> taken
> > into consideration and represented on the film makers. One of these
> shorts
> > was a rap song linked to sounds that people are surrounded by, like
> security
> > devices in everyday Israeli life. Another was a dreamlike sequence
> taken
> > from talking heads on tv compressing all the bombings and death
> overlayed
> to
> > "mein ruhe platz", an older Yiddish song. Another showed Israeli
> teenagers
> > doing rap in a school room, as if  'lecturing' kids about their
> difficult
> > futures to come.
> >
> > There are so many contrasts, and complexities as artists, young and
> > seasoned, struggle to explain what they are feeling about life today
> and
> > their futures. They showed a clip by Shlomo Artzi on Israeli tv with an
> > "unwritten" song about not knowing who to vote for, because he doesn't
> know
> > the way to go. It was quite poignant. Another clip showed aging rock
> group
> > getting together for the first time in over a decade to play music to
> > lambast the politicians. Another was a music video by a comedian making
> fun
> > of just about everything with very bitter satire using a black women's
> choir
> > doing American gospel music in the background.
> >
> > One popular song was Rachamim--Compassion where a young woman singer
> was
> > boiling the whole experience of the last year down to a message that
> > everyone should just be compassionate to themselves and to everyone
> else.
> >
> > He showed a clip of a song commissioned by parents of both Jews and
> Arabs
> > whose kids had been killed in the violence. The song was written to be
> a
> > sort of a consulation to them, the parents, and it was about finding
> ways
> to
> > get along between Palestinians and Jews. It was very idyllic. There
> were
> > also hard liners rapping in a construction setting about not giving in
> and
> > standing up to others.
> > Russian immigrant kids also had their own music thing going on.
> >
> > The whole lecture was totally intriguing, overwhelming, moving --to
> once
> > more be reminded that music can sometimes be the right vehicle to
> express
> > the inexplicable in the human condition.
> >
> > Part of the video showed today's local election music themes and the
> ways
> > music was being played into either very slick political party ads, or
> the
> > way it was being used by ads with smaller budgets.
> >
> > Apparently the music business in Israel is also very hard pressed this
> past
> > year in general. A lot of traditional stars are not producing new
> music.
> >
> > The music ranged from basically Western pop, rock, rap, yeshivish... to
> > adaptations with Arabic and middle eastern instruments and musical
> elements.
> > Most used Western rock and studio instruments. There were a lot of
> > interesting combinations. There were still a lot of Jews and Arabs
> working
> > together this past year, in music in Israel, despite everything. But
> there
> > were also a lot who weren't.
> >
> > Maybe the kids today, on both sides, will find a way to peace the
> parents
> > couldn't.
> >
> > I will try to get the information about the playlist of these artists,
> but
> > wasn't able to get this today.
> >
> > Judy
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 




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