The Future of My Online Presence: Changes Ahead

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I’ve decided it’s time to shutdown the website. Unfortunately I can’t afford it. It’s not only that, but with the delay on “Le Bella Liuto“, the war and dealing with depression.

The website is running for couple of years now with intention to support my YouTube channel and my engraving store. I’ve received couple of orders during these years. But the main source of orders are personal orders and I don’t see the point of paying extra.

The war also took a great toll with less options to ship out of Israel. I ship with Israel Post and there are much less shipments in and out, which makes it difficult. In some cases, it’s impossible to ship to certain counties.

Finally, yes, there’s also the depression. It’s getting harder to operate on multiply platform and maintain everything. With some days I can’t get out of bed I need to channel my energy to other things. The YouTube channel will stay open and maintained, with my regular two weeks cadence upload. Same goes to my Instagram channel.

Until March 26 2025 the site will stay open, but I’m not going to renew it. Thanks for all the followers and subscribes, and I’ll see you on other platforms. YouTube, Instagram, Threads, X. And finally, you can always listen to Renaissance Berries on Spotify and other platforms.

Omer Katzir – The Silent Troubadour.

Delay of ‘La Bella Liuto’: A Personal Update

Lute by James Marriage (2009) after Hans Burkholzer Fussen
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The plan was to release my next album, “La Bella Liuto” in 2025. But the war started and it’s a year now without any sign of stopping. My mental health has been deteriorating this year, I have more bad than good days which makes even playing harder. So after a lot of thinking I have decided to delay “La Bella Liuto” for now.

For now, I’ll keep releasing videos twice a month but I have to stop every other planned projects. I’ll keep playing as much as I can (It also helps my mental health). I’m not planning on deleting any recording I already have.

The hard part is to keep my mental health in check for now. I want to thank everyone who supports me in this difficult time. I really hope to release this project and others in the future but I have to take a step back.

“La Bella Liuto” is my second project after “Renaissance Berries“, it contain 30 musical pieces from the later Renaissance. Played on my lovely Burkholzer by James Marriage.

Sincerely yours,

Omer Katzir, The Silent Troubadour