[NEohioPAL]Hey, It's Noah issue 1

Sun Jun 17 20:14:02 PDT 2007

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This is a sample of my new email newsletter which was sent to you unsolicited, but was sent to you because you had at some time expressed interest in me, my music, my new recording, or some such thing, but that you will never be sent again - UNLESS - you want it sent to you, in which case it becomes solicited by the very simple act of you responding to this email and signing up for it.

Huh?

If you'd like to receive The Hey, It's Noah Newsletter in your inbox at irregular intervals, follow the instructions at the bottom of this newsletter

In it, you'll get news about my recordings, my performance calendar, special announcements, other exciting stuff in my life and career, and links to interesting websites, articles and blogs.

If you want all of this, delivered to you via your computer, at no cost, simply go to the bottom of this newsletter and follow the links.

If you choose to pass up this (always available by visiting my website at www.noahbudin.com) opportunity, just do nothing and delete this email.

Here's a sample of some things you might receive in this ezine:

The Website Is Getting a Makeover

Check out www.noahbudin.com. Same great content. Groovy new look.

New Ways to Get Noah's Music!

Metaphor Hallelujah Land

My music is now available for sale, as whole CDs and/or individual song digital downloads at these fine sites:

    * CD Baby
    * OySongs
    * And, as always, you can visit my online store. 

Performance News

I've just been booked to play with Sababa (http://www.sababamusic.com/sababa_001.htm) at the Austin Jewish Music Festival in May of 2008! More info forthcoming as the date gets closer.

Fond Memories of a Terrific Concert in Michigan

A huge thanks to Cantor Michael Smolash, Lillian White and the staff at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, MI for a wonderful coffeehouse-style concert experience! The whole band trekked up North and played to a packed house (300 plus people!) and a fantastic reception. We sang, we danced, we laughed, we cried and Cantor Smolash jammed with the band on a medley of Hebrew songs. A great time was had by all. For pictures of the audience taken from the stage click here.

On Songwriting

I've been writing some essays about songwriting and posting them to my Noah's Notes Blog. Here's a sample:

Wasted Words â€“ Part 1

Just because you can pour sugar into your car's gas line, doesn't mean you should.

And just because you can put lipstick on the dog, doesn't mean you should.

Just because you can put two words together that rhyme, doesn't mean you should. Likewise, just because you are able to put a new melody to existing words or text, doesn't mean you should do that either. (Which is why I don't. But we'll get into that in another essay. For now, we'll mostly stick to lyrics).

As a songwriter, I have a set of guidelines, in the form of questions, that I use when writing. We'll start with this one:

What do I want to say? I mean exactly, specifically. What is the message I want to convey to the listener? (and there is always a message). What do I want the listener to come away with?

That being said, a little ambiguity is okay (when it's done skillfully). That is, it's okay if the listener doesn't come away with your specific image in his or her head. If fact, the listener most likely won't. Like any art, music and lyrics are for the receiver to interpret. But, the important thing is for you, the writer, to know exactly what you want to express. Don't be vague. It's like subtext for an actor. An actor may invent lots of background information about his or her character that the audience will never know. But it's what makes the character whole and subtle and nuanced and layered and fully believable for the audience. So it should be with your song.

For full text of this article click here:

OK. Still not convinced? I didn't want to have to do this, but I guess I'll have pull out the big guns, so to speak.

The Big Guns

If you sign up to receive the ezine, I'll never show you this picture again.

To get on my emailing list just go to my web site (http://www.noahbudin.com/) and put your email address in the little box on the right. You'll get an email confirming that you really really really want to get my newsletter. So no early "April Fools" jokes on your friends. They will find out if you try to sign them up without telling them.

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<div id="wrap"><div id="header"><h1>Hey, It's Noah...<br /></h1></div>

</div><div id="wrap"><img src="http://www.noahbudin.com/graphics/front.jpg" alt="Header" title="Header" width="481" height="137" /> <hr /></div><div id="wrap"> </div><div id="wrap"> </div><div id="wrap"> </div><div id="wrap">This is a sample of my new email newsletter which 
was sent to you unsolicited, but was sent to you because you had at some time 
expressed interest in me, my music, my new recording, or some such thing, but 
that you will never be sent again - UNLESS - you want it sent to you, in which 
case it becomes solicited by the very simple act of you responding to this email 
and signing up for it. 
 
Huh? 
 
If you'd like to receive The Hey, It's Noah Newsletter in your inbox at irregular intervals, follow the instructions at the bottom of this newsletter
In it, you'll get news about my recordings, my performance 
calendar, special announcements, other exciting stuff in my life and career, and 
links to interesting websites, articles and blogs.
If you want all of this, delivered to you via your computer, 
at no cost, simply go to the bottom of this newsletter and follow the links.
If you choose to pass up this (always available by visiting 
my website at <a href="www.noahbudin.com" target="_blank" title="noahbudin.com">www.noahbudin.com)</a> opportunity, just do nothing and 
delete this email. 
Here's a sample of some things you might receive in this 
ezine:
The Website Is Getting a Makeover 

Check out <a href="www.noahbudin.com" target="_blank" title="noahbudin.com">www.noahbudin.com</a>. Same great content. Groovy new 
look.
New Ways to Get Noah's Music!
<img src="http://www.noahbudin.com/graphics/metaphor_cdcover_med.jpg" alt="Metaphor" title="Metaphor" width="54" height="55" /> <img src="http://www.noahbudin.com/graphics/hallelujah2.jpg" alt="Hallelujah Land" title="Hallelujah Land" width="56" height="55" />My music is now available for sale, as whole CDs and/or 
individual song digital downloads at these fine sites:
<ul><li><a href="http://cdbaby.com/cd/noahbudin" target="_blank" title="CD Baby">CD Baby</a>
</li><li><a href="http://www.oysongs.com/products/artist.cfm?Artist_ID=257" target="_blank" title="oysongs">OySongs</a>
</li><li>And, as always, you can visit <a href="http://www.noahbudin.com/eshop" target="_blank" title="Noah's E-Shop">my online store</a>. </li></ul>
Performance News
I've just been booked to play with Sababa (<a href="http://www.sababamusic.com/sababa_001.htm" target="_blank">http://www.sababamusic.com/sababa_001.htm</a>) at the Austin Jewish Music Festival in May of 2008! More info forthcoming as the date gets closer.
Fond Memories of a Terrific Concert in 
Michigan
A huge thanks to Cantor Michael Smolash, Lillian White and 
the staff at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, MI for a wonderful 
coffeehouse-style concert experience! <a href="http://www.noahbudin.com/promised.php" target="_blank" title="The Promised Band">The whole band</a> trekked up North 
and played to a packed house (300 plus people!) and a fantastic reception. We 
sang, we danced, we laughed, we cried and Cantor Smolash jammed with the band on 
a medley of Hebrew songs. A great time was had by all. For pictures of the 
audience taken from the stage click <a href="http://www.noahbudin.com/gallery" target="_blank" title="Audience Shots">here</a>.
On Songwriting
I've been writing 
some essays about songwriting and posting them to my <a href="http://noahbudinsongs.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="Noah's Notes blog">Noah's 
Notes Blog</a>. Here's a sample: 
Wasted Words â€“ Part 
1
Just because you can pour 
sugar into your car's gas line, doesn't mean you should.
And just because you can 
put lipstick on the dog, doesn't mean you should.
Just because you can put 
two words together that rhyme, doesn't mean you should. Likewise, just 
because you are able to put a new melody to existing words or text, doesn't mean 
you should do that either. (Which is why I don't. But we'll get into that in 
another essay. For now, we'll mostly stick to lyrics).
 As a songwriter, I have a set of 
guidelines, in the form of questions, that I use when writing. We'll start with 
this one:
 What do I want to say? I mean 
exactly, specifically. What is the message I want to convey to the listener? 
(and there is always a message). What do I want the listener to come away with? 

 That being said, a little 
ambiguity is okay (when it's done skillfully). That is, it's okay if the 
listener doesn't come away with your specific image in his or her head. If fact, 
the listener most likely won't. Like any art, music and lyrics are for the 
receiver to interpret. But, the important thing is for you, the writer, to know 
exactly what you want to express. Don't be vague. It's like subtext for an 
actor. An actor may invent lots of background information about his or her 
character that the audience will never know. But it's what makes the character 
whole and subtle and nuanced and layered and fully believable for the audience. 
So it should be with your song. 
For full text of this article click <a href="http://noahbudinsongs.blogspot.com/2007/04/on-songwriting-wasted-words-part-one.html" target="_blank" title="wasted words blog">here</a>: 

OK. Still not convinced? I didn't want to have to do this, 
but I guess I'll have pull out the big guns, so to speak.
<img src="http://www.noahbudin.com/gallery/albums/appearances/purim05.jpg" alt="The Big Guns" title="The Big Guns" width="153" height="204" /> 
 
If you sign up to receive the ezine, I'll never 
show you this picture again.
 
To get on my emailing list just go to my web site 
(<a href="http://www.noahbudin.com" target="_blank" title="noahbudin.com">http://www.noahbudin.com/)</a> and put your 
email address in the little box on the right. You'll get an email confirming 
that you really really really want to get my newsletter. So no early "April 
Fools" jokes on your friends. They will find out if you try to sign them up 
without telling them. </div><div id="wrap"> </div><div id="wrap"> </div>

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<h3>Contact Noah:</h3>
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