Tony DLivahh

I am going to be BOLD!
HERE I AM ... And There You Are! :D
I have compiled simply the best of the best of my tunes,
put it on a cd called, THE HITS!
This is especially for those of you who have fanned me,
listened/streamed my songs but have not yet purchased any of my music.
For Indie Artists, it is imperative that they raise funds through their physical
music sales, or through merch, or through concerts and album sales.
Digital sales can be low if the fans only stream the music, and that's it.
We rely upon our fans to help support what we do, so we can continue to
provide great music, and also through "word-of-mouth" advertising.
Well, Today, and for a Limited Time, I'm making it very easy for folks to
obtain my music! All you gotta do is click this paypal link I'm providing below,
and send $1 ... YEP, that's right, ONE DOLLAR!!! Everybody can get hold of
one dollar, right? And follow through and include your address, so we know
where to ship! FREE SHIPPING!
This is a great album, great sounding songs, and it showcases the best of DLivahh.
So, without further ado, here is that link!
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HAPPY ORDERING!!!
TONY DLIVAHH

* I rarely write solely about myself ... but April 18 is my birthday, and I thought it apropo to write this piece to further define and describe just what "The Music of DLivahh" is all about. So, my goal is that if you are a friend or fan of Tony DLivahh and my music, then you will be informed and entertained.

Warning: I may actually get opinionated in this blog!*


Tony DLivahh: AN ORIGIN STORY


"Different but Good!" Tony DLivahh's music incorporates his signature guitar sounds, which are very "classic rock" like, and a flourish of keyboard/piano work throughout. The rhythms vary and the vocals are soaring. The lyrics are often intense . . . designed to convey messages about Life, love, God, comedy ... and even pain. The passion comes through with every song. The name "DLivahh" refers to being 'delivered' from darkness and other types of struggles one may endure in life.

Tony's musical influences are varied:

The Beatles, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull; and many prog rock bands, including Yes, ELO, Kansas, etc. Guitar players: Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour, Phil Keaggy, Terry Kath (old Chicago), Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Mark II), Carlos Santana, to name a few. Christian artists: Keith Green, Michael Omartian, Chuck Girard, Russ Taff and Dallas Holm.

Tony's musical influence runs deep, as does his spirit. After many years perfecting his craft, performing in many different types of venues, including years of leading praise/worship in churches, Tony has returned to his rock roots. Before moving to Phoenix, AZ, Tony spent quite a bit of time honing his "new sound" in Branson, MO ... where he met many performers, and indeed got to perform there as well. He has produced 8 studio albums, including some instrumental cds, all with a very strong prog rock influence . . . hence, the genre "Prog Spirit Rock", (expired link). Progressive Spiritual Rock.

The thrust of "The Music of DLivahh" is to hopefully "deliver" songs to the downtrodden, to those who have been throught life's struggles, tried & failed, but still willing to keep on going to find freedom from a mundane existence. Although the music ROCKS, the message is the same: Delivering folks from darkness and dreary lives, to a sense of possiblility of Freedom and Victory.

(From The Bio, ReverbNation).


I love music. I love creating it. But I especially love and enjoy performing the songs
that I've been given by inspiration from above. It has been said about me that when I perform, a gift or spirit of JOY is released amongst the audience ... and I think that's very cool as I have a lot of joy to share, a lot of joy to express.
Today, I'm sharing the story of the journey, my journey to becoming TONY DLIVAHH.

FROM WORSHIP LEADER TO ROCK STAR?

Usually in christian testimonies, you will see the exact opposite. You know, how this musician was big in a rock band, got saved and then quit the band and started to do original christian songs. Well, that's not me. Nothing wrong with any of that, it's just my story is a little bit different. I started out actually in 1974, when I wrote my 1st song for guitar, "Lord of My Life", a short little ditty. Later ca. 1984 I started writing original tunes about God & Life. All of that, along with the times I played a coffeehouse or "sang for my supper" was just training for what was to come. You see, the Spirit of God came to me one day and showed me that a certain personna I was trying to fit into, that wasn't really me. Now, I've seen that dynamic before ... where a guy who was pastoring and wearing 3-piece suits was told by God to grow his hair and beard out, buy a Harley and be the real self he was on the inside. Result: Biker Pastor. It was effective for him.
The Holy Spirit simply said to me, "I'm returning you to your 'rock roots'". And along with that I received some prophecies about affecting or influencing the music biz and such. What I do know, is that I was frustrated just being "behind the keyboard". Even though, at times I was leading worship with my guitar. There was moments of spontaneity and "songs of the Lord" coming forth, but I still, deep inside wasn't satisfied. I knew that I was called to more. "A high calling in music" doesn't only mean doing praise/worship and the like. It can be a minstrel who travels who touches many hearts who are out there in the crowds. And so, I wanted to be able to express my total creativity in writing and song-crafting in a genre that I loved: Prog Rock. It was about 2006 when I was developing the idea of DLIVAHH. It started when I was online, and I noticed that there were a lot of artists who had my last name, Prince. Well, I guess I wanted to try to avoid redundancy. What stage name would work for me, as a "one man band"?? I prayed. I thought hard. Then, I realized that I had some experience in "delivery", not just packages but also babies! AND I was an up-and-coming deliverance minister to boot.
So, through various tries and forms, I heard in my heart the name "D'Livahh"! Play on words! And the slogan "Music that Delivers" (dual meaning). Well, there you have it. And after some time, thanks to my good friend and radio genius Allen Cox, I was dubbed "Tony DLivahh". And it stuck. I like it.

FROM PROG ROCK TO DIVERSITY

As my 1st banner above depicts, I created a new musical genre called, "Prog Spirit Rock" (progressive spiritual rock). And the Lion has a dual meaning there, can you figure that out? It's a spiritual concept, from the Bible. Not to mention that Lions are BOLD.

So it's no mystery that I love rock music, and I had quite a vinyl collection growing up to prove that. And I also loved to go to as many rock concerts as I could. Even as a Believer, I tried to go to as many christian concerts and festivals as I could. Since my appreciation for music is quite broad (also dig me some jazz and some classical etc.), I desired to expand my musical "prowess" into some other genres. Like on "Behind The Mask", I experiment with Big Band style. But my goal is just to express each song with the musical style that fits each tune. It is not my goal to be a "utility player", just playing anything and everything. No, there is method to my madness. Then there are the instrumental albums ... working on one right now, as a matter of fact. Also put out a Christmas album, all public domain carols, with 3 originals attached. And I also have a "gospel archives" album that may sound like a bunch of demos, but I'm mastering it as well. Then, I have another surprise in the works, "Tony Delivers the Goods" (get it??). Yeah ... hope that one kicks some serious butt. I've done a bulk of my work in my private tiny home-studio, and I may not be world-class quality, but I'm working on that, trying to get better and better at what I do.

I don't know what your opinion is on christian music, but honestly I have listened to, and played a lot of it. I am thankful for the very great christian rock bands out there, throughout time. But when it comes to the daily fare on christian radio, and even in the praise/worship genre, I began to notice that a lot of it just sounds alike. I realize that everyone has their tastes and favorite bands and such, and radio stations have their formats. But it seemed, when I was starting The Music of DLivahh back in 2006, not many were shaking up the sounds, and being innovative. I could count them all on one hand, those that were. I think the music is just as important as the lyrical content. We should strive for excellence and play skillfully, and not be afraid to be creative and even "break the rules" occasionally. The song above hopes to achieve that goal. Lyrically, it's an allegory ... musically it tries to push the envelope and be "different but good".
Anyway, you can listen to it and enjoy it too.


*Here's an example of some of my "mad skills" on the electric guitar & keys*:

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MINISTRY OR WHAT?

I often do not refer to what I do as "ministry" ... believing that my music is an overflow of everything else that God has me doing in life, but I think that the music does "minister" to folks. It's different not being in a church=scene, where the responses may be delayed or at least not always readily seen. Now when I'm doing a concert, I love to watch the faces of the people and I try to connect to them while I'm doing my thing. Which brings me to content. I write songs about God, for sure, but also about Life and things in creation ... basically whatever is laid upon my heart to write about. And that could be some "activist" thing or some issue that needs to be dealt with. The Music of DLivahh is meant to be BOLD and go where no artist has gone before! So, I can't be afraid to tackle subjects that may be controversial or stuff others wouldn't touch. Remember, the goal is, no matter the genre of music, to reach people where they live PLUS give their ears something they haven't heard before, but something they are hungry and thirsty for.

I AM GRATEFUL

I'm thankful for the distance where I've come from, and all the experience in doing praise & worship, it's all good. It was enjoyable and fun and we had some great spiritual times. I wanted to make that clear, that I still believe that leading people into the presence of God, or at least helping them get there, is a worthy and honorable calling. But I'm also glad that The Lord let me branch out and expand and thrusted me into what I'm doing now. No regrets. I love what I'm doing and I hope to be able to keep doing it for a long, long time.

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Happy New Year's Greetings to all of my wonderful fans worldwide!
Don't have a lot of news to tell right now, just chillin' and sliding into
this new year, with lots of HOPE and good cheer and plenty to keep me busy!

I hope this finds all of you doing quite well ... and special THANKS to all of you
for helping me to maintain my Number One status with many of my tunes.
It means a lot.

I want to mention again that I still have my "best of" CD available for sale ...
and you really should go & check it out, and get a copy for yourself. Ten tunes,
the best of the best, the creme' de la creme, and you know what I mean.
So ... go to
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THANKS FOR LISTENING!

GREETINGS! All you great fans far & wide ... I am running a promotion for a "new" project, it is a "best of" compilation, some of my best #1 tunes from 3 albums ... it's called THE HITS!
(I will be giving the LINK below shortly).
This album is available NOW on my Bandcamp page, both as a download AND as a physical CD!
The prices are $9 and $10 respectively. DO YOU WANT TO BECOME MY SUPERFAN???
A superfan not only likes & listens to my music, but also purchases product from me, and tells their friends, spreading the news! And that's what I'm looking for during this promotion ... so more & more can have access to my music and discover The Music of DLivahh!

FUTURE NEWS. Right now, I'm working on creating some new videos for my youtube channel, and I'll let you know when those are done. Also many of you have asked, "Are you on iTunes??" Well, I only have one album up there (ROCK ON) but I intend to get all the rest up there eventually, after mastering those albums. I have had many technical issues to deal with, but hopefully 2017 will be a much more prosperous year for me!

AND NOW, for that LINK that I promised you ... ENJOY The Hits, from Tony DLivahh!!!
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How are all of you??
Just wanted to touch base with all of you great fans ...
sorry I haven't been sending out the news as much as usual,
been very very busy, and battling an illness for the past 7 months.

Got new music in the works, working on a video for YouTube, and got
a lotta mastering work to do, like on 6 albums! So, that explains that!

Please keep those letters coming in because I really really appreciate that
greatly. I hope to beef up my subscriber list to 2000, then I will have over 3000
fans WORLDWIDE, as far as I know, with some going uncounted. But all of you
are great, and I am thankful for each and everyone of you! Sending this in Love,
hoping you all have the best of Holidays!
PEACE & THANKS4LISTENING
TONY DLIVAHH

Hey greetings to all of you great DLivahh Fans! :D
I want to personally THANK YOU ALL for helping me
be Number ONE in the Rock charts, and several of my
songs have been in the #1 slot or hovering near there ...
Thank You so very much for your time and for Listening!

Just got notification that I have reached my limit (2000 subscribers)
with the type of account I have ... so, guess time to upgrade!
Got to get more fans, right?

Have a blessed rest of the week, and we'll talk to you on the flip!
TONY DLIVAHH

Greetings to all you wonderful people far & wide! Hope you're having a great summer
if that is your lot ... for US it has just been plain HOT!!! But I thought it would be good
to talk to you all again, it's been a while. Wish I could talk to each one of you individually,
but I'm not able to do that at this time. So, we have this great medium.
I just wanna bless you with a new song!!
It is from my "long-awaited instrumental release" ... the new cd SYMBIOSIS.
Well, it's almost done and almost "out there". If you're anything like me, you
like to have a foretaste of good things to come. So ... I bring you ... PROMISED LAND.
ENJOY.
CHEERS.
BLESSINGS.
UNTILL WE RIDE AGAIN.
Exclusively,
TONY DLIVAHH

Just a quick message to all you great fans!
Been really crazy-busy lately, and I apologize
for no newsletter last month! I have been dealing
with a severe gastro-intestinal problem, (expired link). I've been ILL
the past couple of months! Plus, on a positive note,
our Son, Nicholas Judah Prince graduated from high school
this past May! That was amazing and a milestone.
Other news: Putting the final touches on SYMBIOSIS so that
it can go on to mastering and DISTRIBUTION. I'll let you all
know when it is done DONE.
Lastly, I know this is short & sweet, but I want to wish you
all a great summer ... and if you live DOWN UNDER, then
enjoy your winter!
Peace & Blessings to you ALL!!
TONY DLIVAHH
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I realize I haven't written in a while ... sorry, just very busy trying to finish SYMBIOSIS. new inst. album!
But I wanna say a big THANK YOU to all of you great Fans for helping my song, NO WEAPON hit #1
in the USA, once again.
I appreciate all of you, and I like it here on N1M a lot, as my stats have greatly improved, and I get great
messages/fanmail from many of you, across the globe. And I'm trying to do my best to come up with
new tunes, so you keep playing them!
At this time, our family is facing a great need ... maybe you can swing by one of my sites, on Bandcamp
or ReverbNation, and look into downloading some of my tunes? That would be so awesome and would
help our cause immensely! Thanks for doing so. And May God Bless You ALL richly!!!
Peace!
TONY DLIVAHH

Greetings to all of my wonderful Fans WorldWide !!!
I am thanking you for all of your great support for listening
and promoting THE MUSIC OF DLIVAHH !!!
Because of YOU, and thanks to The Divine Power Above,
my tune NO WEAPON is NUMBER ONE in the whole
UNITED STATES!!! And that ain't just peanuts!
Again! And I see this as a great milestone and it warms
my heart because it tells me that folks like the song and
that, most importantly ARE LISTENING ... AND someone's
life is being enriched because of it. No doubt.
I am very grateful.
March is here, 2016 is marching on :D and I've got to
march on outta here cuz I'm busy!! Better to be that way, methinks!
Talk to ya'all later!!!
Blessings!!
TONY DLIVAHH

Greetings to All of my 1,771 Fans!
I just discovered Today that I'm Number One! LOL
#1 in the Charts that is! With the trance tune NO WEAPON,
Number One in the Nation! Wow! That is a first for me for that song!
("Behind The Mask" was number one at one time!)
And I have all of you to thank for this status!!!
And so it is true, you can really become #1 on
Number One Music!
http://www.numberonemusic.com/charts?song_id=311006&genre_id=66&geo=national&country_id=225&state_id=0&pos=1&songs_total=57&page=1&no_nag=1&utm_source=top

Things like this are a real "shot" or boost, and it helps keep
us artists going . . . and your fanmail helps our projects all seem worthwhile,
so keep dem "cards & letters coming" :D

Busy as usual. Hope this letter finds you all doing well ... here it is
already February. Hope you're not iced in somewhere and immobile ...
had some friends in Branson, MO who were snowed in for days. Ice
on their hills makes all travel very treacherous. Here's to a short winter
for all of you who have had to suffer the effects!

Untill we meet again ... see you around, and most of all,
THANKS FOR LISTENING!
TONY DLIVAHH

Greetings to all my loyal fans here at Number One Music!
How are you all doing? Things have been busy around here,
my house, even after the holidays! Sometimes I have to squeeze
time to do music, with all the "busyness" that comes with life and details,
shopping, "business" etc.!! Maybe you can all relate with that. You want
to do the most favorite thing you enjoy in life, you have to "find" the time!
Or "make the time"!! Well, that's what we do, because we want to enjoy life, RIGHT??

Gonna be uploading some new music soon, here and on SoundCloud once again ...
if you haven't gone there, you really should >>> I've got some amazing stuff to share, there!
And on my Bandcamp site, I'm revising mixes, and remastering some old stuff this year,
and get ready!! The release of SYMBIOSIS is very soon! THEN >>> hopefully I will be able
to see my "dream project" come to fruition: "Tony Delivers The Goods!" But I need your help!
I need my fans to LIKE my artist page at Facebook, play some tunes over at ReverbNation,
fan me there, and the rest of you (if you are so inclined & blessed), download/buy some of
my albums over at (expired link)! This will most certainly help me in my future projects . . .
that is how I make my living, and I hope to start doing shows again, after a long hiatus of not
doing any shows!

Thanks to all of you for the increase of my stats, plays and helping my best songs to place #1
and . . . right now I AM NUMBER SIX! Not bad . . . I may not be "Number One" in status, but
I feel I am always "Number One" with you all! And YOU all most certainly are Number One with me!!!

Cheers and Have a Great Year . . . 2016!!
TONY DLIVAHH
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