Neil Diamond – The Jazz Singer
When you think Jewish musicians, you may think of the obvious: Barbra. Dylan. Sandler.
But Jewish music is much more than that. According to Curt Sachs, “Jewish music… is music created by Jews, as Jews, for Jews”. In other words, to qualify as Jewish music, it wasn’t necessary to have Jewish musical roots as long as the feeling and intent – or the performer – was there.
So with that in mind, you may be interested in this list of THE TOP 100 JEWISH SONGS OF ALL TIME. Sure, we won’t list all 100 of them here, and the descriptions of what makes each song inherently Jewish are awesome — but you may be surprised at what songs are considered great Jewish classics.
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You can’t be a successful musician until you’ve gone bankrupt at least once
The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop
There are lots of financial obligations when you’re a solo musician or in a band.
You have to worry about getting gigs, writing music, obtaining copyright or other legal paperwork. Then there’s the infighting, splitting appearance fees, and paying for samples in your hit song that borrowed liberally from clips you found on YouTube.
Yeah – music royalties may not pay a lot, but they do end up paying something. But sometimes, what you get from those royalty checks isn’t enough to make ends meet.
But all is not lost if you have to file for bankruptcy. All sorts of extremely successful and well-respected artists have had to make that financial sacrifice in order to continue their careers later. If you end up having to file bankruptcy, at least you’d be in good company.
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