Yesterday's Spirit

I've finally decided to put this out there. This has to be my most romantic song ever, originally wrote and performed as a marriage proposal to my beautiful wife on a mountain top in Greece, this song is everything I'm often afraid to be: sensitive, real, romantic and gentle.
 
The second time I played this song was at me and my wife's wedding night, after which I just knew I had to record it. 

I gathered some of my most talented friends in order to bring you this delicate beautiful studio version. I know you'll love it too. 

Credits: 
Composition, Writing, Lead Vocal, Piano, Keys - Assaf Gold
Production, Arrangement, Keys -  Alon Radai
Drums & Percussion - Nir Brener
Strings - Noam Haimovitz Weinschel
Mixing - Amit Shtriker
Mastering - Nadav Katz 

On point Music vid concivied, filmed and produced by "Digistage".
Actors in the Music Vid:
Shira Shacham Gold
Yael Hasson
Almog Spector Benedek

Will You Marry Me - Assaf Gold

Despair can come in all sorts of manners: it can disguise itself as a fake smile, excessive extravagance, lack of appetite or even hope loss. In any form - despair, with all its questions and consequences,  cannot be avoided regardless of who you are. Even if you are the happiest, most successful and luckiest people feel it. When it came to me, I set out in search of its meaning: Why exactly is all this happening to me?

This song was written at a time in my life when I felt that God or life or even people around me, had led me to a place I did not want to be. "Where And Why" - is about shattering the utopia clinging to the material world and losing the meaning and importance of this world while having to survive in this jungle called life. 

Production, Mixing & Mastering - Dj Yanivi.
Drums - Yuval Adam.
Bass and arrangement assistance - Eytan Arditi.
Guitar & Sound technician - Yuvi Gerstein.
Back Vocals - Lee Revivo.
Sound Technician - Omer Luz.
Writing, Composition, Arrangement, singing, Keyboards- Assaf Gold.

Where & Why

Life consists of many trials. As time goes by, we are illuded into feeling like we know everything. Consequently we no longer heed advice - when in fact our knowledge is limited to our own experiences, and we can't really prepare for life's surprises. We all know what it's like to be drunk with the illusion of power, only to have the world is close in on us, and have our goals become unattainable?
"All There Is To Know", is an autobiographical song attempting to bring into light feelings hidden in each of us. This song was written at a time when I was just plain stupid. I felt that no one had anything to teach me. Then life slapped me in the face, because I refused to listen to the wisdom of those around me. It's a song I wanna give to young people, saying "Don't be stupid."

Musical Credits:
Writing, Composition, Piano, Keys, Lead Vocal, B-Vocs – Assaf Gold
Arrangement, Electric Guitar – Eytan Arditi
Arrangement, Keys, Synths – Alon Radai    
Bass – Eyal Sharf
Drums – Nir Brener
Percussion – Yoni Efrati
Recording Technicians – Romy Benchabat, Tamar Kessler Malamud, Marom Gigi, Danny Gross.
Recorded at the Yoav Gera School of sound     
Mixing – Amit Shtriker 
Mastering – Nadav Katz 

Lyrics:
Life always seem to take you where you never thought you'd go,
It always comes and shakes you even when you'd thought you'd know: 
           
You'd know how to make it alone; you'd know how to bend without breaking,
You'd know how to carry it all on your own, you'd know how to have without taking.

And you learn and you grow, till' you think that you know,
All there is to know about life.
But you seem to forget that you always regret, 
Not listening to people's advice.

Time has passed You're done with school; you have nothing else to learn
But you've always been a fool, there's no better way to burn.
Then you catch the first scent your mistake, to take it in day after day,
'Till the moment you feel what is real and what's fake - it's already swept you away.

Failure after failure leads you back into yourself,
Stories and achievements just placed back upon your shelves,
But there's nowhere besides where you're headed,  
There's no other way you can shine,
They're so fucking high those skies, you can't reach them, 
But you know, you still have to try.

And you learn and you grow till' you think that you know
All there is to know about life.
But you seem to forget that you always regret, Not listening to people's advice.
But you seem to forget that you always regret, Not listening to people's advice.

All There Is To Know

״בחלומי״: חופש – זו הזכות הכי בסיסית וחשובה שאדם יכול לקבל בחיים שלו.  השיר הזה מדבר על חלום שנשמע כמו סיוט; תהום שלא ניתן לצאת ממנה, בה לא ניתן לראות את האור, בה אף אחד לא מצליח לעזור, וכל מה שהנפש רוצה זה להיות חופשיה.
אנחנו יכולים להרגיש כלואים בעבודה, או בשגרה, או כלואים באמת, כבולים מכדי לצאת לעולם הגדול או להגשים את עצמינו, לפרוח ולהצליח לצמוח, או אפילו רק למצוא את המקום השקט שלנו. 
אבל המסקנה היא שכל מה שאנו צריכים לפעמים זה לעזור לעצמנו, לפני שנוכל להיאחז "ביד" של מישהו אחר. בשביל אסף העזרה שהצליח למצוא בתוך עצמו ולהתמודד עם הקושי והמשבר, הייתה המוזיקה.
 השיר מהלך בין חלום לערות, בין החלומות שלי לחלומות של מישהו אחר. הוא מביע, בצורה אינטימית אבל חזקה וברורה, זעקה אישית לעזרה. הוא נכתב בתקופת המשבר הכי גדולה שידעתי בחיי, כשהרגשתי מאוד לבד בעולם. אני זוכר איך ממש יצאו לי דמעות על הפסנתר בעת הכתיבה. אני גם זוכר, שברגע שסיימתי לכתוב אותו, כבר הרגשתי יותר טוב, וידעתי שאצליח להתגבר.

מילים, לחן, שירה, פסנתר, קולות שניים - אסף גולד
פסנתר, קלידים, גיטרה אקוסטית, בס, הפקה ומיקס - אורי שלזינגר
מאסטרינג - נדב כץ
עיצוב קאבר - ליז בוכניק

מילים:

בחלומי אני, בתהום גדולה
ובתהום פתאום, קולי נשמע.
והוא קורא מתוך נפשי, מבקש להיות חופשי,
אני רוצה לצאת מכאן.

בחלום עולים קולות ילדות,
והקולות קוראים לי, בטעות.
והכל נשמע מוזר, ככה זיכרון נשבר
אני רוצה לצאת מכאן.

יד מושטת למרחק, אני נסחף אל תוך עצמי.
מבקש עזרה ללב נשחק, לא רק בחלומי.

בחלום מאיר לי אור קורן, 
וממולי עומד אדם זקן.
והוא מושיט לי יד רוכן, מחייך אומר לי: 
"בן, אני רוצה רק לצאת מכאן."

יד מושטת למרחק, אני נסחף אל תוך עצמי.
מבקש עזרה ללב נשחק, לא רק בחלומי.

מתעורר באותו מקום נעול, 
והשקט פה, הוא כה צלול.
מאחורי הסורגים, כוכבים בשלל סוגים,
אף אחד לא בא לתת לי יד.

בחלומי

This single is an Original Song by our band Golden Sheet with our former Drummer Yuval Tal. Recorded at Bardo Studios.

Assaf Gold- Writing, Composition, Keyborads, lead and backup vocals.
Lotan Halevi- Guitars and Back up Vocals
Matan Inbari- Bass Guitar and Back up Vocals
Yuval ShtubyTal- Drums and Back up Vocals
Arranged by the Entire band Of Golden Sheet.

Initial Mix Done By Ronen Hillel
Finishing Mix performed by DJ Yanivi
Mastering- Jordan Schultz studio

Lyrics:

Funky critters fly,
Up in my living room air,
My house stinks and it's dry,
Havn't seen daylight for days.

Have you seen my soul,
It's gasping for air,
Did my floating brain walk by? 
It's so confounded it stares..

Somewhere some baby cries,
Shouting demanding for service,
My eyes are dry as my house,
Barely scratching the surface.

Have you seen my soul,
It's gasping for air,
Did my floating brain walk by? 
It's so confounded it stares..

Funky critters fly,
Up in my living room air,
My house stinks and it's dry,
Havn't seen daylight for days.

Funky Critters

My New Song "For Most Of My Days" Is Finally Here. It is a beautiful ballad about the struggle between the outside world and my devotion to my art. There's also a crazy new video- Check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUSQXV0XpX8

Assaf Gold- Writing, Composition, Singing, Keys.
Eytan Ardity- Guitar, co-production.
Eyal Sharf- Bass
Nir Brener- Drums
Alon Radai- Co-production, synths.
Rercorded By Romy Benchabat
Mixed by Amit Shtriker
Mastered by Nadav Katz.

For Most Of My Days

a live solo session out of the project "Song On The Roof", Assaf Gold solo performing his original gospel masterpiece "moment of peace", alone with his piano, live at the Shtik factory.

Moment Of Peace- Live On The Rooftop

"Nevermind" was produced by the genius SHTUBY in the most coolest vibes possible, in the ambience of Electro chill music.

Nevermind- Assaf Gold

Excited to release my latest Pop production "Yesterday's Spirit"!!. 
The wind blows, carrying with it our thoughts and decisions and then passes on. This song is about stopping to think, and doubting whether the choices I made were right, while wondering if I could choose what I really wanted, and not that society wanted me to choose.
Yesterday I knew the path I wanted to walk in, "but today that's all gone"

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Lyrics, composition, Keys, Lead Vocal- Assaf Gold
Musical Production, BVocals, Keys, Synths Arrangements- Alon Radai
Mixed - The Shtik Factory (Amit Shtriker) https://www.facebook.com/theshtikfactory/
Drums- Jonathan Alter
Mastering- Nadav Katz 
https://www.facebook.com/nadavcuts/

Video Animation, Production & Design - Itai Freed.

For those of you interested in hearing the Hebrew version of the song - click here:

Lyrics:

Yesterday I was driven by spirit
But today that's all gone
Yesterday I was already feeling
That by the dawn
I'll know right from wrong

In my mind I was already traveling
But the path now divides
In my mind It was slowly unraveling
There there, the answer resides

I'll find
The place where
Ill want to stay
I'll try
To understand
What's my way
To Move forward
And keep standing tall
Till I hear the call

Till I know oh where
Can I catch some air
How to live without care

When I'd get the chance to choose
Between what's real and what's not
How I wish I could hold out my courage
To keep what I've got

I'll find
The place where
Ill want to stay
I'll try
To understand
What's my way
To Move forward
And keep standing tall
Till I hear the call
Till I know oh where
Can I catch some air
How to live without care…

Till I know oh where
Can I catch some air
How to live without care

Yesterday I was driven by spirit
But today that's all gone

A Talented, multi instumentalist young Singer songwriter, Here You can listen to Assaf Gold's original materials.

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