the world’s first sefiras ha’omer musical
I’m listening to a preview copy of Count It, Y-Love and Yuri Lane’s album of unaccompanied vocal stylings. It’s coming out (coincidence not!) just in time for Sefira, the 49-day period where Jews don’t listen to music (in memory of Rabbi Akiva and his students who were struck with a plague and died….I’ll tell you more about it later, if you want).
Y-Love is so talented, he can freestyle about toasters for an hour, and Yuri Lane is a beatbox so talented that he can literally sound like anything. Therein lies my big conundrum, though: even though you’re not listening to *literal* beats, would you listen to stuff that sounds more musically coherent than most music?
It’s a mixed compliment — but take it as a compliment, for sure. This mini-album rushes by fast, but I want to keep rewinding and listening to it again. UPDATE: oh, it’s on my iTunes. I don’t have to rewind. Score.
Go find it on Modular Moods.
Although one is permitted to listen to a capella music during the Sefiras ha’Omer, that is only if the vocal music is live, however a recording of a capella music is forbidden during the Omer because the device which plays back the recorded vocalization is no worse than any musical instrument, so the a capella which is played through an iPod or the sort is actually forbidden during the Omer because it is no longer halackily considered a capella, but is rather music accompanied by musical instruments which is forbidden to be listened to during the Omer.
—Reb Chaim HaQoton · March 30th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
In any case I couldn’t find it on the Modular Moods site. There’s a graphic but no link to any music (that I could find). Did anyone manage to hear it?
—Bei Mir Bist Du Spaghetti · March 31st, 2007 at 7:04 pm
and Ipod is actually nto a muscial instrument.
so, Reb HaQoton could be as strict as he would like for himself. but I woudl suggest everyone else ask their Rabbi . There are tons of approved acappela CDs at the most religious music stores. Infact this CD is only being sold through Hasidic music shops and online at Modular and Shempeed . As for our CD, just check the hecksher from Harav Gaon on our CD. You could find it at the Modular Store. http://www.modularmoods.com/store click on the first album ont eh top left!
thanks,Erez
—dj handler · April 1st, 2007 at 3:39 am
an Ipod is actually nto a muscial instrument.
so, Reb HaQoton could be as strict as he would like for himself. but I woudl suggest everyone else ask their Rabbi . There are tons of approved acappela CDs at the most religious music stores. Infact this CD is only being sold through Hasidic music shops and online at Modular and Shempeed . As for our CD, just check the hecksher from Harav Gaon on our CD. You could find it at the Modular Store. http://www.modularmoods.com/store click on the first album ont eh top left!
thanks,Erez
—dj handler · April 1st, 2007 at 3:40 am
And, R. Qoton, if that was the case, then listening to a shiur on an ipod (or a voicemail message, or anything recorded) would be osser d’sefira, right?
Not (consciously) making trouble — just cross-examining your sources a bit,
matt
—matthue · April 1st, 2007 at 11:20 am
but, anyway — the music! what do people think of the music??
—matthue · April 1st, 2007 at 11:22 am