Talk:Asaf Avidan

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 * Hello Wikipedia's editors,

With whom can i contact for the editing of this article - Asaf Avidan.

I write here on behalf of the personal management of the artist.

Please respond to this message ASAP.

I'm not trying to change the article since i know there are rules and i want it to be done according to the standard procedure of Wikipedia.

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--Yoni Kory (talk) 08:50, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
 * What needs to be changed? MJ94 (talk) 21:22, 18 September 2011 (UTC)


 * First of all, thanks for the quick reply. I really appreciate it.

Here is the content that ought to be in the article instead of the exists:

Asaf Avidan

Asaf Avidan (born 1980) is an Israeli singer-songwriter and musician, best known for his voice, often compared to Janis Joplin and Robert Plant. He is also the creative force and front-man of folk/rock band Asaf Avidan & the Mojos.

Biography & Early Career

Avidan was born in Jerusalem, Israel in 1980. His parents were diplomats for the Israeli Foreign Office, and he spent four years of his childhood in Jamaica. After the mandatory army service in Israel, Avidan studied animation at Jerusalem’s Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design. His final project short film, “Find Love Now”, won its category at the Haifa Film Festival that year. After his studies, Avidan moved to Tel Aviv and worked as an animator, until a breakup with his long-time girlfriend shook his world and made him move back to Jerusalem, quit his job and turn full time to his up-till-then hobby – music. Six songs about that breakup and subsequent heartache would constitute his debut EP, “Now That You’re Leaving”, which was released independently in 2006 to critical acclaim.

Asaf Avidan & the Mojos

In late 2006, while playing solo shows across Israel, Avidan put together a support cast of musicians who would become The Mojos (Ran Nir – Bass ,Yoni Sheleg – Drums, Roi Peled – Guitar, Hadas Kleinman – cello). The group played extensively in Israel, and also played a few New York shows, including MEANY Fest, where they advanced to the finals. In 2007 the band went into the recording studio together for the first time, and recorded “The Reckoning”. The album’s 15 tracks blended rock, folk and blues with Avidan’s lyrics about relationships and betrayal. By now the band had accumulated a huge live following in Israel and most record labels expressed interest. But Avidan decided to continue on the independent path, and founded (with his brother and manager, Roie Avidan) Telmavar Records, on which “The Reckoning” was released in March 2008. It reached Gold status in a year, platinum later, and would become the biggest selling independent record of all time in Israel. It was chosen as Album of the Year (2008) by various medias, including TimeOut Tel Aviv. “Weak”, the second single off the album, became a huge radio hit and its video was Video of the Year on Israel’s music channel. “Weak” would also be the title song of the film "L'Arbre" by Julie Bertuccelli, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, and the closing film at Cannes Film Festival 2010.

While several European labels put offers on the table, the band opted to embark on a self-funded summer tour in 2009, playing dozens of festivals and venues across Europe. By the end of that summer, Telmavar Records signed a licensing deal with Sony-Columbia in Europe, for "The Reckoning" and for the band's future second LP.

The Reckoning was released in parts of Europe in 2009, to generally good reviews. In France iTunes chart it would peek at #8.

"Poor boy/Lucky Man", the band's second album, was released in Israel on 9/9/09. The album's title song and main theme would revolve around a boy born with a hole instead of a heart. The album was originally released in two different names and covers, leaving it up to the audience to decide whether this figure was poor or lucky. It would reach Gold status in Israel in 5 months, and garner ecstatic reviews. It was released in parts of Europe in April 2011. Among others, it was album of the month at France's national FIP radio and the newspaper Liberacion, and Germany's Eclipsed magazine.

The band continued to tour non-stop from 2009 all through 2011 (mostly in Israel and Europe but also in the US, Canada, China and India), building up a devoted following and a reputation for a legendary live show. Amongst the hundreds of shows, they played at Brandenburg Bridge at The World Championship of Athletics in Berlin; at the closing event at Cannes Film Festival 2010, at China’s biggest May 1st festivals; at a tribute concert for The Who in Carnegie Hall, New York. They would play dozens of festivals across Europe (including: Solidays France, Latitude UK, Paleo Switzerland, Frequency Austria, Haldern Pop Germany) as well as countless radio and tv shows (including Taratata and One Shot Not in France, and two Rockpalast performances in Germany).

On November 30, 2010 the band released their 3rd album in Israel, "Through the Gale", a concept album telling the tale of a blind and stubborn voyage of a captain and his loyal crew in search of immortality, to the realms of the gods themselves, only to understand at the end that a voyage with no home, that a life without death, are meaningless.

Solo Career

In July 2011, following another summer tour that saw them sharing the stage with Robert Plant, Ben Harper and Lou Reed among others, Asaf Avidan & the Mojos announced that they are taking an indefinite creative break.

Avidan had continuously played solo and duo acoustic shows throughout the band's career, including "regular" venue shows as well as a TED Global Conference performance, supporting Bob Dylan, playing a tribute concert for The Who at Carnegie Hall and many radio and tv performances.

Avidan is set to continue touring and plans to go into the recording studio in the winter with a yet-unknown support cast of musicians.

Discography

2006 - Now That You're Leaving (Asaf Avidan, Telmavar Records) 2008 – The Reckoning (Asaf Avidan & the Mojos, Telmavar/Columbia) 2009 – Poor Boy / Lucky Man (Asaf Avidan & the Mojos, Telmavar/Columbia) 2010 – Through the Gale (Asaf Avidan & the Mojos, Telmavar Records)

External Links

Official website: http://www.asafavidanmusic.com

Myspace: http://myspace.com/findlovenow

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Asaf-Avidan/187967737922754

Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/user6288152

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/mymojolove

"Taratata" French TV performance: http://video.mytaratata.com/video/iLyROoaf8y-4.html

TEDxTLV performance: http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxTelAviv-Asaf-Avidan;search:TEDxTelAviv

"Ce Sor Ou Jamais" TV performance: http://culturebox.france3.fr/live_ce_soir_ou_jamais/34528/asaf-avidan-en-live-avec-left-behind#/live_ce_soir_ou_jamais/34528/asaf-avidan-en-live-avec-left-behind

Israel "Haproyect" video blog: http://haproyect.com/?p=478

NYC show review: http://www.melophobe.com/concert-reviews/asaf-avidan-hadas-kleinman-city-winery-new-york-ny/

The Reckoning album review, UK: http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=7216

Is there anything else required in order that the content will be inserted to the article?

Thank you very much,

--46.116.77.52 (talk) 17:48, 19 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi there,

I made some changes.,

If there is disagreement on the reliability of the information, I'd appreciate if someone could contact me here, on the talk page of the article or on the talk page on my page for further dealing with the changes i made. As you can see, I made an essential changes that includes a quality and reliable content directly from the personal management of the artist. I hope I'm not going encounter problems following the changes i made. I have no bad intentions. I decided to do the acute change hopefully someone would recognize it and contact me to proceed with making the changes so they would be constants. The media uses this page on a weekly basis, gets un-reliable information and use it for their articles. --Yoni Kory (talk) 19:24, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

File:Asaf-Avidan.jpg Nominated for speedy Deletion

 * I returned the previous image until approval is resolved in favor of the new image

--93.172.169.203 (talk) 11:43, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

the Belgian split and Asaf Avidan album charts
The Belgian split (Flanders vs Wallonia, Vl vs Wa) comes inconspicuously as a double Belgian column for Asaf's studio albums. If it does not make sense or if it's even impossible to present Belgium-wide total figures and if also the figures are important and impressive enough, then we probably have to bite the bullet of accepting subnational figures here, which certainly looks a little strange, I guess most readers and contributors agree.

But to make the issue a little easier to grasp, ie. to improve the column title legibility, it should say at least NL and FR instead of Vl and Wa, which presumably says only very little to the occasional reader. The respective references themselves read "www.ultratop.be/nl/…" and "www.ultratop.be/fr/…". So it's not me who invented using NL and FR for these Belgian subterritories. --johayek (talk) 23:35, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

Looks like this change didn't really find full acceptance. Instead of discussing the issue here a couple of hours ago an anonymous user simply re-introduced Vl and Wa, despite my explanations here. I reverted that change. Belgian separatism issues shouldn't really be fought here. I think I acknowledged the names of the Belgian regions here above, and put forward the objection, that NL and FR are easier to understand by a broader public. I hoped, and actually I do still hope, that's acceptable and not understood as an insult to Flemish or Walloon patriotism. "Vl" esp. is also not an English abbreviation. Maybe you want to replace it with "Fl" and discuss it here? --johayek (talk) 01:29, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Not really a beautiful table, but still maybe good for clarification. But OMG, why does the Asaf Avidan page get dragged into this Belgian issue? This is 2015, not the Dark Middle Ages – or am I wrong? --johayek (talk) 02:16, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

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 * Re the haproyect link: the original does not work, and the web.archive.org does not work either for me. "The video can't be played with your current setup."
 * The other adapted links work just fine. --johayek (talk) 09:26, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

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