{"id":12331,"date":"2021-07-23T16:02:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T14:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=12331"},"modified":"2021-07-23T16:02:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T14:02:51","slug":"helmut-meijer-follows-the-release-of-captivating-outobiography-with-equally-impressive-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/07\/23\/helmut-meijer-follows-the-release-of-captivating-outobiography-with-equally-impressive-single\/","title":{"rendered":"Helmut Meijer Follows The Release Of Captivating Outobiography With Equally Impressive Single"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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ust a few weeks ago, the award-winning South African music producer, composer, singer, songwriter, author and scholar and teacher of the Ancient Hebrew Language, Helmut Meijer<\/strong> released his first book \u2013 FRACTAL – A Tale of Three Interventions<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 and it was very well received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meijer<\/strong> originally signed the world-renowned music group, DNA Strings and has composed and produced many award-winning songs for local and international artists, but unfortunately, he was diagnosed with Coronary Artery Disease in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After undergoing three heart interventions over a period of four years, he felt compelled to tell his story of a \u2018broken heart\u2019 in book form. But actually, the motivation to write this book was twofold. On the one hand he wanted to share the story of his journey and discovery of pure eminence of the heart and on the other hand his personal unravelling of the Ancient Hebrew language during his last heart procedure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLike a good song, I believe a good story provides articulation for many people’s own stories,\u201d<\/em> explains Meijer. \u201cIn an obvious sense, the penning down of my story was therapeutic. But more so, I realise that the true beauty of an honest retelling of a broken story, can be of help to so many others.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And just as sincere and honest as his book, comes the release of Meijer<\/strong>\u2019s single, SINK<\/strong><\/em>, which was written, produced and mastered by the artist himself. The genre of the song is 80\u2019s and Synthpop (for which A-ha is probably the best known) and it was born during a particularly challenging time in Meijer<\/strong>\u2019s life. It was originally written and recorded in May 2019 but is only being released now as a result of Covid-19 and all its challenges. Meijer<\/strong> feels that in the current climate most people might feel like they are sinking, while others are watching without saying anything about it. With SINK<\/strong><\/em> he hopes to express how many people are feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo me, it was therapeutic to be able to express my feelings without combining it with a spiritual message. Just the raw emotion of admitting that I felt like I was sinking. There is also no time like the present to say it, because a lot of people are feeling exactly the same way,\u201d<\/em> says Meijer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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