{"id":22588,"date":"2020-08-11T15:07:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T15:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=22588"},"modified":"2020-11-12T16:31:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T16:31:01","slug":"music-bringing-comfort-to-a-broken-beirut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/music-bringing-comfort-to-a-broken-beirut\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Bringing Comfort to a Broken Beirut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The notoriously resilient Lebanese. Within a single lifetime, they have been victims of civil war, foreign invasion, foreign occupancy, militia war, the assassination of leaders, the slaughter of citizens based on religion, the kidnapping of our youth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> How about more recently?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Corruption, a failing banking system, inflation beyond belief, devaluation of the currency, battling COVID-19 with an inadequate health care system. But worst of all, an explosion in the heart of Beirut that left at least 200 people dead, 5,000 injured, and more than 250,000 homeless.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I rang my neighbor to ask if he and his family were ok, his response: \u201cWe lost one relative in the explosion. Hamdillah (thank God) it wasn\u2019t worse\u201d. This shook me. Why do we always feel obliged to be thankful &#8216;it wasn\u2019t worse&#8217;? I instead ache to see the day we are thankful because things finally got better.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet miraculously, although battered, broken, and exhausted, the spirit of the resilient Lebanese people always seems to seep through. Their homes have been destroyed but their talent survives. Family members have been lost but their spirit lives on. The possibility of a stable future for our youth is at risk yet many are determined to stay and rebuild.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As lovers of Beirut and music, we wanted to share the most heartwarming music moments from survivors of our beloved capital.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22643 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8716-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Music heals\" width=\"480\" height=\"271\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8716-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8716-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8716-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8716-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8716-630x355.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8716.jpg 1242w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 480px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 480\/271;\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Chadi Haddad<\/h2>\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-pjc1hojuxxg\" style=\"max-width:480px;\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:135\/76\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.296296%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore lazyload\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-pjc1hojuxxg\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/PJC1HOjUXXg?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"270.22222222222\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/PJC1HOjUXXg?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"480\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.roadiemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/music-bringing-comfort-to-a-broken-beirut\\\/#arve-youtube-pjc1hojuxxg\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/PJC1HOjUXXg?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\",\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.roadiemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Capture.jpg\",\"uploadDate\":\"2020-08-08T00:00:00+00:00\"}<\/script>\n\t\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese student Chadi Haddad went to the nearby Saint George hospital in Beirut. Amidst volunteers clearing up the rubble, he started playing the hospital\u2019s piano.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Krystine Bejjani<\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CDxtfiNnqKH\/?igshid=ct1cvouc6pa<\/p>\n<p>Only one week after falling victim to one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, Krystine Bejjani quickly found her way back to her drum set. As Michael Franti once said, &#8220;The harder they hit us, the louder we become, kind of like the skin on a drum&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>Talia Lahoud<\/h2>\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-rvnlwbjk3ku\" style=\"max-width:480px;\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:135\/76\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.296296%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore lazyload\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-rvnlwbjk3ku\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/rVnlWbJk3KU?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"270.22222222222\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/rVnlWbJk3KU?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"480\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.roadiemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/music-bringing-comfort-to-a-broken-beirut\\\/#arve-youtube-rvnlwbjk3ku\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/rVnlWbJk3KU?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\",\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.roadiemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Capture-1.jpg\",\"uploadDate\":\"2019-10-19T00:00:00+00:00\"}<\/script>\n\t\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talia Lahoud &#8211; only 17 but an extremely talented and popular musician dedicated a heartfelt tribute to our dear Beirut.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Grieving Grandma<\/h2>\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-mjnc4cqiub8\" style=\"max-width:480px;\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:135\/76\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.296296%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore lazyload\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-mjnc4cqiub8\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/mJnC4cqIub8?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"270.22222222222\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/mJnC4cqIub8?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"480\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.roadiemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/music-bringing-comfort-to-a-broken-beirut\\\/#arve-youtube-mjnc4cqiub8\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/mJnC4cqIub8?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\",\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.roadiemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Capture-2.jpg\",\"uploadDate\":\"2020-08-06T00:00:00+00:00\"}<\/script>\n\t\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps the most touching of all, a Grandmother plays piano in her home wrecked by the Beirut explosion. Many have likened this to the scene in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U41txhi2nfY\">Titanic\u00a0<\/a>where the band plays peacefully amongst the chaos of the sinking ship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Rose<\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CDmSfaip4Pd\/?igshid=1twxyu39m0r0w<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A long time resident in Beirut has her 1850\u2019s house destroyed. She was forced to leave and is now being taken care of by her nieces.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Elissa &#8211; Mawtini<\/h2>\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-jbl3echihz8\" style=\"max-width:480px;\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:135\/76\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.296296%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore lazyload\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-jbl3echihz8\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Jbl3EChIhZ8?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"270.22222222222\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Jbl3EChIhZ8?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"480\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.roadiemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/music-bringing-comfort-to-a-broken-beirut\\\/#arve-youtube-jbl3echihz8\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/Jbl3EChIhZ8?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\",\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.roadiemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Capture-4.jpg\",\"uploadDate\":\"2015-04-29T00:00:00+00:00\"}<\/script>\n\t\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of Lebanon\u2019s most famous artists, Elissa, released this song before the Beirut explosion. It was initially a tribute to all countries that have endured hardships. However, it is now relevant more than ever to her very own people, the resilient Lebanese.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Gus Farah<\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"Gus Farah - Beirut City by Gus Farah\" width=\"810\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" data-src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F872483248&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=810\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And finally, we had to give a mention to this moving tribute. It was recorded by the father of our very own Roadie Music colleague over 20 years ago. However sadly, the lyrics that mourn over beautiful Lebanon still ring true today.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/\">co-founders<\/a> being of Lebanese descent and a significant portion of our employees residing in Beirut itself, we are so grateful for the safety of everyone we know. Although the heartache of what has happened remains beyond comprehension.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even before the recent devastating event that took place on August 4, many Lebanese were already struggling to put food on the table. Many of these victims on top of everything else have now lost their homes as well. 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