New Jewish Music Download Site, oySongs.com, is Launched
oySongs.com, the world's central source for Jewish music, has been launched from Tulsa, OK. It was announced today by Joe Eglash, owner and developer of the all-inclusive Jewish music download site.
Eglash, formerly of the New York City organization, Transcontinental Music Publications/Union for Reform Judaism, said oySongs is the first progressive- Jewish music download site, offering music from all denominations of Judaism and from all over the world.
In addition to complete artist information, the unique music service has single-song or full-album audio downloads from the ever-expanding genres of Jewish music.
"Ultimately, online music sales will likely become the household standard for music purchasing," Eglash said. "We are investing in technology that will allow Jewish music fans the benefit of a one-stop music store where they can explore, discover, and even sample, different styles, artists, and catalogs in the recording and sheet music categories."
Through a substantial investment in Sibelius sheet music technology, oySongs also offers interactive Jewish sheet music, enabling a user to change the key of a song or to hear it played back, while reviewing the score on their screen.
"Just imagine the possibilities," Eglash pointed out. "The potential of whole new groups of people hearing an artist's music for the first time - or perhaps finding a song whose meaning in some small way changes that person's life - this technology can be wonderful."
Eglash says much of his inspiration for oySongs comes from his research into the distribution methods of the vibrant secular music scene. "I believe that the Jewish music being produced today is as good or better than it ever has been," Eglash says. "But it is almost underground. We can learn some good lessons from our contemporaries."
oySongs boasts a wide range of styles and genres, including Contemporary Jewish Music, Klezmer, Sephardic, Israeli, and more. Jewish music artists (who are often self-published) have embraced oySongs as a new way to distribute their music.
Source: oySongs.com
