During this holiday season, we all have so much to be grateful for. Like the song says “to make the most of this world that I live in, I’ll do the best with all the gifts I’ve been given”. With that, I want to wish each of you a happy and healthy holiday and a wonderful new year.

As far as music is concerned – I am pleased to present my latest project a Holiday Video to the song Tonight Tonight by the newest (and best) a cappella group out there – the Pella Singers. As you will see (and hear) I am featured on the video and I am sure you will all enjoy. The video was shown this week on the Today Show, and is a viral sensation. If you would like Pella to perform at your next simcha, event, or fundraiser – send me a message.

So with that – Chag Sameach to all.

DOV

I am thrilled to report that we have reached 33,000 views (and counting). Thanks to everyone who watched, loved, and shared the video.

Hu Yivarech was featured as part of the Yom Hazikaron programs at multiple yeshiva day Schools including Ramaz, JEC, and Moriah. Additionally, it was my privilage to perform live, with the talented students at SAR. Check out this video of the kids and I, and read the story of an actual soldier named DOV who inspired our performance.

Now for some new news. This Sunday, I will be performing LIVE at the Celebrate Israel Parade. First, a pre-parade performance at Jewish National Fund (JNF) at 10:30 am, and then a second Live performance on their float, at 12. Would love to see you all there!

To march with JNF or to participate in the pre-parade festivities, RSVP by Wednesday, June 1 to Shira Berenson at sberenson@jnf.org or 212-879-9305 ext. 501. For more information, visit JNF’s Website.

Click HERE to view the video!
To View exclusive behind the scenes pictures from the photo shoot click here
Enjoy!

thought I would send a quick note out from Israel! Its erev Shabbos, and I’m getting ready for a wonderful time in the holy land.

So many amazing things have been happening since my last post.

DOV: The Gift is officially available on ITUNES!!!!! Go to Itunes.com and type in Dov the Gift in the search.

The album reviews have been tremendous! Thanks so much for the calls, emails, facebook messages – with words of praise and encouragement. Continue to spread the word. DOV: The Gift would make a great Chanukah present! The album is selling well, but im still counting on all of you to help propell it to the next level.

Speaking of Chanukah, I am delighted to announce that I will be performing my hit single (on shabbos Chanukah), Hu Yivarech, at The Jewish Music Cafe, on Saturday December 4th @ 8:00 with my producer David Ross. The Cafe is located at 401 9th Street, Brooklyn NY 11215. Would love to see you all there!

Lastly, I am so excited to tell everyone about the amazing work I did here on my vacation in Israel. It will all be posted on the website soon, BUT that will have to wait till I get back…

Until then, All the best,

DOV

I am excited to announce that DOV: The Gift is now available in stores and online. And the lucky locations are….

If you dont see it in the store, ask the managers. I personally have visited 6 of the stores (and plan on checking out the rest shortly) and all the staff were friendly and helpful. If your local Judaica store is missing from this illustrious list, feel free to let them know they can order the album from Sameach Distribution.

And dont forget you can also order the songs online through my website. Just Click on the album icon!

Also, please check out our new revamped music section of the website – http://www.dovmusic.com/songs/ where you can read the lyrics and listen to clips of the 1st four songs on DOV: The Gift. More clips to come!!!

I am so pleased to announce my partnership with Sameach distribution. They have been such a pleasure to work with so far and I am honored to represent their brand and name in the highest quality of Jewish Music. A “distributor” is basically the people who bring my album to the masses. Thank you Benny Taubenfeld for taking a chance on contemporary Jewish-pop music. DOV: The Gift will be hitting stores any day now (if they haven’t already) – so be on the lookout.

When you have a chance- visit sameach’s website for other great Jewish music.

I will post a list of stores that the album will be in, so you can be the first to get one!

I hope everyone likes the CD artwork – which you can now view on my website (to the right of  this post.) I want to thank Michael Chiert for taking the photographs. As a result of this project, I discovered im pretty good at photoshop – so I did the Logo, design and layout myself.

Today, at around 1:00, my fist single – Shir Hama’alot made its radio debut to the thousands of listeners to Nachum Seigels afternoon show, hosted by Yossi Zweig. Thanks Yossi for sharing this “gift” with the world. Please check out Yossi’s awesome website to see yours truly featured as a new emerging artist.

Also a thank you to www.thecooljew.com for posting the info about the album.

All the best,

DOV

Also – I hope you are all enjoying my first Single (to the right of this post) – Shir Hama’alot. This is probably the most energetic and my only dance track on the whole album. It was written and produced by my amazing friend David Ross. The words talk about where help will come from, when we are in our times of need. Ezri me’im Hashem, oseh shamayim va’aretz” – My help is from Hashem, maker of heaven and earth.

I know I still owe video clips and pics of the parade, and I hope to have those up at the end of the weekend.

All the best,

DOV

Now for the behind the scenes juicy drama: When I got to the Parade, and glanced at my giant ride (awesome btw) I had no clue what was about to unfold. I put my cd with all the background music into the player…. and….. silence. My heart froze. The back-up cd i brought also didnt work. There I was, 5 minutes to showtime – and no music to sing along with. Thank G-d my brother found a store and bought a new diskman, and with seconds before we were about to roll, we had sound. What an experience it was. Thank you to eveyone who made my special debut happen.

I also had the good fortune of attending 2 fantastic concerts this week – Idan Raichel and Tizmoret.

First, I have gotta come up with a way to be a part of Idan Raichel’s show because WOW! Such passion and intensity from every musician. They have a drummer who plays a drum submerged in a basin of water – sounding like a waterfall. It was very cool.

I have to give a special shout-out to my talented friends in Team T, who rocked the house tonight. Great job guys. What a weird experience it was sitting in the audience as apposed to standing on the stage. Don’t worry, I was mouthing every word/note from my seat, 5th row, center. Looking forward to many more years of singing “Change in My Life” at the finale with you all.

All the best,

Dov

The title, which is also the name of the final tack on the CD, was chosen because as each of us knows, we must always be grateful for the things that truly matter in life. As my song states, “To make the most of this world that I live in, I’ll do the best with all the gifts I’ve been given. And I won’t make a list, of all the things I’m not. I’ll rise above what brings me down, with the gifts that I’ve got.”

It may still be a few weeks till we hit the stores, but that’s when the real fun begins and of course i will keep everyone updated on the progress. Looking forward to sharing this gift with my family, friends, and fans everywhere.