RAVIV

R A V I V/ The Untold Story Of Me Chaim Yitzak Bezalel Raviv (born July 21, 1979), better known as Raviv, is Israeli born Power Pop/Dance singer/songwriter/ I am the youngster of 12 (!) sisters and brothers (six brothers and sisters) and brought up as an orthodox child to a streaked Jewish family in Tiberias, located in the north of Israel. From infancy, I had known music will play a big role in my life, despite of my background. At age 10, I was "snatched" to be an active member of "Flowers of Jerusalem", Israel's national choir, but due to a dramatic voice transformation I went through, I was asked to leave the band just a year later, by the group's doctor. As a result of that, I started to secretly compose music and write lyrics, expressing my feelings. After the military service, at age 21, I have decided to leave Israel and to spend some time in NYC, a time I now refer to as "my second childhood". ("started from zero - got in touch with some of my heroes") I spent 3 years in NYC, singing at the smallest then biggest clubs and bars around, and got myself some kind of a name as a unique performer, but it wasn't just enough for me. At age 26, after arriving in Europe, my first official Single "Into My Life" (Logo Records/Self/SIAE) debuted in Italy on November 2006, and with all the support I got, "Into My Life" has charted The Italian Top20 on January 2007, peaking at number 6, and got the same success in some ther European countries. "Into My Life", a melodic Pop/Dance tune is currently being played on both national and local radio stations across Italy, Holland, Germany, Japan and the UK. Then I was featured on the cover of Clubbing Magazine, the special March issue 2007 distributed all over Europe speaking about music, lifestyle and my backround. These days, "Good Together", my second Single, is being released specially in Israel, my homeland. (ACUM/EMI Publishing) The worldwide release was scheduled for July 1st, 2007. "Good Together" is an uplifting Pop/Dance tune that makes you body want to groove and telling you that in LOVE, there's nothing you gotta prove.Raviv was asked to specially perform "Good Together" in a party singer Madonna organized this September for the Kabbalah centre in Tel Aviv and closed the main event with a Goodtogetherism style."Even though the world we live in can sometimes be chaotic to some extent, and I've had my own share of experience, life is so much better once we stick together, as cliché as it may sounds, I tend to believe it's just a matter of fact! " (Raviv for Jocks magazine Italy, May 2007)