Every artist wants his album to be as perfect as can be, but sometimes he has to take a gamble. Is the song he’s deliberating over going to soar or flop? Is the intro going to become a classic or a sleeper? How do these entertainers know they’ve made the right choice?
Uri Davidi — “Let’s Add a Little Arabic”
My song “Mah Sheyesh Lo” was composed by Elie Schwab. I loved the song’s message that what you have is good for you. Eli Lishinsky, the arranger, decided to give the song a more Middle-Eastern feel. He wrote the intro, and added the interlude, a few bars of Arabic music. The sound was cool, but I thought it would be great to have some meaning there in Arabic too. I got a translation of “be happy with whatever you have” in Arabic, and that’s what you hear sung as an interlude.
(Originally featured in Mishpacha, Issue 729)
