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David Wants To Meet Him, Dangit
Awwwww…I love Jennette. Jennette loves David. I love John. I love this pic from Jennette’s twitter.
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David Back Home!
*This picture is not new, haha. But awwwwwwwwwwwww!!! Daniel, Claudia, Amber, David, and Jazzy Archuleta.
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Samurai Cookoff May 27th
So next week David will be taking a break from frivolous things like touring and songwriting to serve as a Samurai Chef. Wow, check out all of the doctors. I hope they don’t talk David into changing his career path.
Believe it or not, we know someone who knows someone who bid on a David table and won it for $325. We are going to badger her for updates, pictures, and video. WOOT!
Click the graphic to go there! (Thanks for finding me the link, Becky.)
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That deserves a good cropping.
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Archurandomness: Wish My Yearbook Would Have Looked Like This!
This installment of Archurandomness comes from Maddie!
Hellooooooooooooo FOD!!!
Today I have a really archurandom story.
Yesterday we got our year books so I was looking through it. In the back there was a section from what happend in 2008. In the back they show TV shows and they showed American Idol DAVID.vs.DAVID!!!!!!! They show a picture of him from the Today show. I screamed when I saw it. Now around the picture, there are hearts 
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It’s Got A Beat And I Can Dance To It
In his latest update to his E-Book, David Archuleta’s vocal coach Dean Kaelin mentioned that there is a bit of a disconnect (my word, not his) between the type of songs Jive wants David to release on his second album and the material David wants to produce:
David is already working on songs for his second album and I am anxious to hear what this album will sound like. When he recently had a week off after his solo tour, we got to write a bit and David got to experiment with some of the ideas he has in his head and some of the sounds and beats he thinks would be good. There is a bit of a discussion going on however about the direction of this album. I think David would like to do something more acoustic, with some of the beats and sounds that he has heard in some other artists and things that he really likes, but the label seems to want him to do a more “dance groove” kind of cd. David can see the good of both approaches since at a concert the fast stuff goes over very well, but he still likes other sounds as well.
Many of you have emailed asking for examples of these two sounds, and wondering if they are compatible on the same album.
Acoustic = John Mayer, Sara Bareilles. “Organic” music with unadorned instrumentation such as acoustic guitar and piano. These don’t have to be ballads, by the way.
Rhythmic dance beat = Jesse McCartney, Chris Brown, Justin Timberlake. Music you can dance to with synthetic instrumentation; a re-mix style sound. Radio hits.
Can one album successfully encompass both styles? I think yes, if the music is all pulled together as a cohesive whole with a strong vocal signature.
And if the lyrics to the dance-type music are not empty and lame and inane. Yeah, the lyrics not being lame thing is important. Who out there can co-write with David a good dance track with meaningful, humble, innocent lyrics? Justin Timberlake could do it, but you’d have to keep a very close eye on him. Very close.
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A Thousand Miles
I’m pretty sure by this time Becky has posted every possible Manila video, but this is pretty. Thanks, Patrick Network.
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So Where Are They Now? Chikezie, Ramiele, and Michael Johns
David’s co-Idols became family to him during the show and the subsequent tour. He keeps in touch with most of them and supports their music careers as best as he can. So let’s find out whazzup with the Season 7 Top 10!
Today we’ll begin with Chikezie, Ramiele, and MJ!
Chikezie
Chikezie is rumored to be signed (or in the process of signing with) Universal Music Group, although he does not yet appear in their roster.
According to Chikezie’s official website:
Following his elimination from American Idol on March 26, 2008, Chikezie has made guest appearances on Live with Regis and Kelly, The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show, following a 3-month American Idol Concert tour. This year, he completed a four week “American Stars in Concert” Winter tour, with Diana DeGarmo, Kimberly Locke and David Hernandez, making appearances on the “CBS Morning Show” as well as local talk shows. Chikezie’s musical influences are Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, John Legend, Sam and Dave, “anyone that makes good music really.” He continues to perform and write. When he is performing, “it’s always with the intention of lifting people’s spirits and entertaining them.” Currently, Chikezie is in the studio recording his first album due this year and touring throughout the Midwest and East coast with Melinda Doolittle, Gina Glocksen and Phil Stacy, from AI Season 6, until May 1, 2009.
Ramiele Malubay
Ramiele is unsigned but has released three singles: More To Me, Here I Am, and Kaya, the latter of which was written in Tagalog by Ramiele. These songs are available for purchase on Simpletracks. She has launched an international singing career in the Philippines and has appeared on several major talk shows performing “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me.” Go, Rami!
Michael Johns
Official website: why can’t I find this?
On December 9, 2008, he released a song “Another Christmas.” Proceeds from the song were advertised as going to the Red Cross and MDA’s ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) division. Johns penned the song in 2006, when circumstances kept him from returning to his native Australia for Christmas.
Together with Rye Randa and Jeff Foxworth, he performs on the soundtrack for Shaun White’s documentary DVD Don’t Look Down. The soundtrack, which was produced by Johns, Randa and Foxworth, was released separately by Three Rings Project on January 20, 2009. It consists of 17 songs, 10 of which are vocal. Johns sings on all but one of these songs. He later secured a record deal with Downtown Records[18] with his debut single selling 5,000 copies.
His album, “Hold Back My Heart,” is due for release on June 23. He is signed with Downtown Records. He has released two singles: “Life Is Okay” with Brooke White and “Heart on My Sleeve,” which will appear on his album and charted at #27 on the Adult Contemporary Billboard chart.
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Zero Gravity Fan Video for David! We Need You!
It’s summer. My students are gone. Things are pretty dang quiet at my university in the summer. It’s a good time for a project.
Zero Gravity Karaoke Fan Video!
Let’s give David a superb send-off for his summer tour, one that will make him laugh out loud and realize how much his fans love him.
Make a video of yourself singing Zero Gravity. Grab some friends, your kids, or just get in front of the camera by yourself and show us what you’ve got.
Jump, jump, jump!
We will edit together a compilation video and we will make David smile!
Instructions:
- The format of your video clip MUST be one of the following: mpeg, mpg, mp4, mov, avi, wmv, 3gp
- Record yourself singing the entire song, but please understand that only 5-10 seconds will be used in the final video.
- Make sure that we can hear you! Use a microphone if possible. Videos with poor sound quality will not be used.
- Turn the lights on! Make sure that we can see you. Videos with poor lighting will not be used.
- Videos must be submitted by Monday, June 8th.
- Submit videos to zerogravityfodvideo@gmail.com.
- Use the following version of Zero Gravity! Click here to download the MP3. (Thanks, Jen B.!)
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