Screencap from David Archuleta’s latest vlog.
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Okay, Here Are a Few More…
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Jeremy Bose and St. Lola in the Fields
David tweeted this morning that he had a writing session with Jeremy Bose from St. Lola in the Fields:
More about St. Lola of the Fields:
According to lastfm:
In late 2007 Cindy (Morgan) Brouwer and Jeremy Bose, who have been writing together for nearly nine years, started work on their EP Little Breaks/Little Bends and began performing live as St. Lola when schedules allowed. Brouwer spends half the year in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, courtesy of her Canadian husband. The rest of the year she’s in Nashville where Bose plies his songwriting and producing trade year-round.
“For the first time in my life,” enthuses Bose, “I’m writing songs I really, really love and not giving them away.” Both writers appreciate the break St. Lola gives them from all the voices who weigh in on the creation of music industry songs. They love the freedom of being a song’s first and last word.
Of St. Lola’s birth, Brouwer explains, “For us radio wasn’t even a concern. Every time we got together to write it was like dessert. It didn’t feel like work at all.” Though Brouwer has also had a long career as a performing artist, including six globe-spanning tours, performing St. Lola’s songs provides a full circle: creating a song that has meaning for her and then personally presenting it to an audience and watching it become their song too as they connect with it.
Click below for their MySpace:
Jeremy Bose has a pretty cool “minimalist” website (click below). He has produced Joy Williams, by the way.
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Cindy Morgan
A little more about Cindy!
Cindy Morgan…musician, recording artist, Dove award winning songwriter, author, wife, and mother of two beautiful girls.
This native Tennessean, and once upon a small town girl early on caught the eye of the Nashville scene from the get go, and the attention of Word Records. Cindy has been honored by the Gospel Music Association with ten Dove awards, and a number of Billboard Music Video Award nominations. Of the many skills Cindy brings to bear upon the music community, her ability as a wordsmith could easily stand all by itself. Most of her friends consider her a writer’s writer. If you ask her, she came by it honestly, with a songwriting father for a muse, she remembers growing up, cutting her musical teeth on her daddy’s original songs. Combine her father with a mother, also a songwriter, who could sing and play the piano. Sometimes playing at local churches, tent revivals and sometimes at home for sheer enjoyment, and it’s as if God was preparing Cindy’s hand for the pen long before her mind could or would wrap around the adventure that music would bring to her life.
Cindy’s musical adventure has to date garnered 21 number one hits by venerated recording artists such as:
•Michael W. Smith’s Christmas single, “Christmas Day”
•Mandisa’s “He is With You”
•Phil Stacey’s single “Some Kind of Love”
•Brit Nicole’s “Set the World on Fire”
•Rachel Lampa’s “Blessed”
•Mark Shultz’s “Letters from War”
Her songs have also graced a wide range of projects, from mainstream CCM artists, to Gospel artists including Avalon, The Martins, Michael English, BeBe Winans, Sandi Patty, Jaci Velasquez, John Tesh, Natalie Grant, Nicole C. Mullen and many others.
Cindy’s heart has always been to reach people with her music both within the halls of the church and without. This deep desire to reach people has launched her songs beyond the boundaries of the Christian music genre. Her songs have been recorded by artists as varied as new country artist Chuck Wicks, Bluegrass artists The Issacs & the soulful India Arie.
Cindy’s latest awards include the Dove Award for 2008 Country Song of the Year “How You Live” recorded by Point of Grace, as well as the coveted 2008 Dove award for Songwriter of the Year. Her most recent Dove Award came in 2009 for Country Song of the Year “I Wish” also recorded by Point of Grace.
In light of recent tragic events in the country of Haiti, Cindy co-wrote with Michael W. Smith and David Mullen the multi-artist Haiti Relief song – “Come Together Now” Featuring a who’s who of artists from every genre, including Vince Gill, Lee Greenwood, Amy Grant, Melinda Doolittle, Toby Mac and many others. All proceeds from this song will go to designated charity/relief work through the American Red Cross and Samaritan’s Purse. Cindy is incredibly excited to be a part of something that is going to help so many people.
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Internet Buzzzzz
San Diego News Network (advises Idol contestant Aaron Kelly to cover a David Archuleta song):
Popdirt picks up David’s vlog:
Angry Ape on David’s vlog:
American Idol Buzz on David’s memoir (warning: David and Sanjaya are mentioned in the same sentence):
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Tweet Your Suggestion for a New Teen Choice Award
This reminder is from GG_doorsfan:
The Teen Choice Award Twitter account is asking you to tweet them suggestions for new categories.
How about a new category for “Choice Acoustic Performance” and get David a nomination for “Contigo En La Distancia?”
Suggestion for your tweet:
@TeenCAwards2010 New category “Choice Acoustic Performance” David Archuleta “Contigo En La Distancia” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZN7hBq7bBo
(If that’s too long, you can shorten the URL of the YouTube video with tinyurl.com)
For inspiration, let’s take a stroll down Teen Choice Awards Memory Lane…
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Music David Would Love, Possibly
Remember this fun little feature? Send us YouTube links to songs/artists that you are reasonably sure David has never heard but may possibly dig, and we’ll share your thoughts here!
Today’s pick: “Again and Again” by The Bird and the Bee, an indie pop/electronica duo from Los Angeles, California consisting of Inara George (the Bird) on vocals and Greg Kurstin (the Bee) who does the majority of the producing, engineering and mixing as well as providing all instrumentation.
This video is hilariously low-rent awful, but something about the sound and the repetition is kind of cool.
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