Pre Recorded Choir at Live Concerts Debate

I recently read the posting by Life-of-Rubin regarding pre recorded music and vocals being used at various boys choir shows such as Yeshiva Boys Choir which was extensively reseached by the Cool Jew. It's a very insightful post and if you have not read I suggest you do by clicking here. It's interesting to see how different choirs handle this issue differently with some using pre recorded vocals and others only the music and some others perhaps both. As Nachman Seltzer of Shira Chadasha Boys Choir mentioned, I too sang with MBC as a soloist many moons ago and I had to sing and dance without any pre recorded assistance. From a consumer's perspective, perhaps it all comes down to what matteres to you. In that sense I'm a purist: If I'm paying good money to see a performance, I want the music and vocals to be real and live. One could argue if a choir can't handle dancing and singing at the same time, perhaps they should dance without vocals or not at all. I certainly understand the entertainment value of having pre recorded music it's simply a question of what matters to you.... or is it?

Living as a Jew In Texas Part 2

It's certainly been a life changing event moving from NY to Texas. Now that Passover is over and I just got back from NY (staying by the in-laws for passover) I can start focusing on the important things like buying a toaster. Slowly but surely I'm getting the hang of things here. As a newcomer you have the obvious questions: Where can I get kosher food? What time is shachris? Where is the mikvah? Then you have the sub categories: Where can I get pareve chocolate chips? Where are all the shuls located? Where can I tovel my utensils? et cetra... Fortunately I'm learning the answers to these questions and much more. I'm looking forward to finding out all the town secret handshakes and hideouts in the near future.

Living as a Jew In Texas!!!

It's been a while since I last posted and some of you probably think I fell off the map. Truth be told I have sold my home and moved from Long Island, NY to a town (soon to be named) in Texas. As you can imagine this is a big step for me in more ways then you can imagine. I can happily tell you however, that so far it's lived up to it's expectations and more. My wife loves the school that are children are enrolled in and I'm looking forward to a slower paced and better quality of life . My kids have already made friends that live close by so we could not be more thrilled about it. People here are from all over but most interestingly enough there is a large percentage of former Monsey residents for seemingly no reason in particular, they gravitated here. Stay tuned for more...