From the mailbag...

Arkady forwards the following link (Windows Media Viewer required) and writes:

If covered by the the Jewish Music star(s), or the next "stars shift", i.e. the Young Lions, this could become a BIG ONE, to dwarf all Chazaks and Moshiachs put together...

Then, imagine the nightmare for Avremi G having to notate that melody for the horn players to play it, and trade Letters A, B, C ... Z with the guitar and keyboard players?!

The TRUE NIGHTMARE would be for 1-Man-Bands...

I can see the OYLAM standing in front of 1-Man-Band bandstands, and monitoring the accuracy of the melody being stated! Then, the SINGERS would be subjected to the same test of accuracy!!!

This HIT could become a litmus test for Hasidic performers' excellence:)!!!! Kind of like "The Giant Steps" Yard Stick of Jewish Music...

Soon after, SIMILAR HITS would follow. I.e., if this MEGA HIT will come out under the name of Punjab Hora, then the follow up versions will be called The NEW Punjab Hora, in keeping with the Jewish music tradition...

Then the ladies dance instructors would dispense their choreographic genius onto the Jewish women!!!

Hopefully the keyboard players will resist the temptation of trying to outdo each other with the re-harmonizations of this MEGA HIT, i.e. A Fresh New Sound in Jewish music...

The PURISTS will insist on the ORIGINAL version, so not to throw the Jewish Paula Abdul's off their choreographic Masterpieces routines...

Eventually this SONG will turn Chazaks and Moshiachs into Jewish business' equivalent of Old Time Rock And Roll, or Satisfaction, and we all shall reminisce about the good old Erev Bar days:) ... when we didn't have to "double" on our WiFi laptops in order to rock the house that "offices-bands-orchestras" have built...

Aided by multi tracks laptops (?!), the bands will create the Sonic Ha Kotel upon which the Towering Guitar Solos shall be erected in order to whip the sea of black hats into a Halachicly Correct Frenzy, which will hopefully
culminate into musicians' Good News Code words uttered by a victorious band leader -- "We are going over... Half hour...", i.e. half hour OT (over time)!!!

I strongly doubt that this lingo will be too inside for anyone, with maybe the exception of John Coltrane's Giant Steps. But, hey, that's what http://google.com/ is for... :) or just ask a musician... :) And while at it, if need be, explain to that musician what OYLAM means:)...

Shalom Aleichem and Aloha onto yall:)...

Arkady
http://jewjazz.com/