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	<title>Yovav (Jay) Meydad&#039;s Personal Blog &#187; Holiday Greetings</title>
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		<title>Snowflakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was an exciting day for Roy Zu-Arets and I. An album we&#8217;ve produced especially for the holiday season called &#8220;Snowflakes Piano Holiday Classics&#8221; was officially released. If you were looking for an original music album to treat yourself or give as a gift in the coming holidays just visit iTunes , Amazon or order [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><a class="snap_noshots" href="http://bit.ly/6EsZ79"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1389" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 4px;" title="Snowflakes piano holiday classics by Roy Zu-Arets Cover" src="http://www.meydad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/cover-1000x1000-300x300.png" alt="Snowflakes piano holiday classics by Roy Zu-Arets Cover" width="180" height="180" /></a>Yesterday was an exciting day for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Zu-Arets">Roy Zu-Arets</a> and I. An album we&#8217;ve produced especially for the holiday season called &#8220;Snowflakes Piano Holiday Classics&#8221; was officially released.</p>
<p>If you were looking for an original music album to treat yourself or give as a gift in the coming holidays just visit <a href="http://bit.ly/6EsZ79"><strong>iTunes</strong></a> , <a href="http://bit.ly/AMZN_Snowflakes"><strong>Amazon</strong></a> or order as a <a href="http://bit.ly/84wE9N"><strong>physical CD</strong></a>.</p>
<p>In &#8220;Snowflakes&#8221; Roy played in his unique style, renditions to seasonal classics such as Silent Night, Joy to the World, Jingle Bells and others. The result is a charming album that uniquely convey the serenity, joy and magic of the season.</p>
<p>You might ask yourself what do two Jewish guys have to do with Christmas songs? Well, we don&#8217;t. But when we first listened to the melodies without reading the lyrics, we actually heard a wide variety of music styles that show we are all coming from the same roots, including Israeli folk (O Little Town Of Bethlehem), Sephardic Romanca (The First Noel), a Classical composition written by the great (Jewish) composer Felix Mendelssohn (Hark The Herald Angels Sing), Blues &amp; Soul (O Christmas Tree). Plus, if you look closely at the snowflakes that are on the cover you will see that in the center of each one of them there is a Start of David. I noticed this only after Ken sent his final design, so I assume it was a sign from above that we are doing the right thing.</p>
<p>I know I am biased, but when Roy called me a few days after we finished recording all the tracks and said &#8220;I hardly listen to my complete albums after they are done but in this case I keep listening to the songs over and over&#8221;, I knew we created a very special product.</p>
<p>The beautiful artwork was designed by Ken Messenger who used to be on my team at at Snap and now runs his <a href="http://www.redtiki.com">design studio</a>. Highly recommended designer.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a version of Jingle Bells that we posted to our <a href="http://bit.ly/RoyMusic">YouTube channel</a>.</p>
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<p>Let it snow.</p>
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		<title>First Round Capital Rocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JayMeydad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This amusing new year&#8217;s greetings video made by First Round Capital and their long list of portfolio companies, located in so many places around the globe (it was nice for me to see the two Ramat Gan towers, and that London pub looks like a really cool spot). What is common to all of these [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This amusing new year&#8217;s greetings video made by First Round Capital and their long list of portfolio companies, located in so many places around the globe (it was nice for me to see the two Ramat Gan towers, and that London pub looks like a really cool spot).</p>
<p>What is common to all of these people who bust their asses trying make it big? They are happy!</p>
<p>So, if you fill miserable at what you currently do, think of making a change and starting (or joining) a start up. Who knows, by the end of 2009 you might be dancing next to <a href="http://www.waytooearly.com/">Howard</a>, <a href="http://redeye.firstround.com/">Josh</a>, <a href="http://permanentrecord.firstround.com/">Rob</a> and <a href="http://nothingtosay.firstround.com/">Chris</a>.</p>
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