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Atlantic City

Manchester

David’s Vocal Range

This is waaaay cool. Look at that range. FUuuuh.

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From AceShowBiz:

David Archuleta is currently busy working on the follow-up to his eponymous debut album “David Archuleta”. He wrote on his blog, “Last week I got to work with Matt Squire and Victoria Horn, and this week I’ve been working with Daniel Bedingfield and Kina Grannis.”

In addition to giving the scoop on the album, David also shared what he did in the past few weeks during his studio break in Los Angeles. “I’ve gotten to spend time with my aunt! It’s been a lot of fun getting to spend time with her and let her be a part of all of the things I’ve been doing down here,” he stated. During the family time, he managed to take his aunt to one of Imogen Heap’s concerts.

Recording sessions for the album actually have been started since David was touring with Demi Lovato last summer. The record is crafted back-to-back with his first Christmas effort “Christmas From My Heart” which was released in October. The not-yet-titled effort, meanwhile, will not hit the market until next year.

In the meantime, David is scheduled to embark on a tour to promote the Christmas set beginning November 24. For the gig which will be wrapped on December 20, he will perform hit singles from his previous album and new materials from the holiday effort.

Kaleidoscope Update!

With every turn, the pieces of colored glass reflect on the glass in the tube, making perfectly symmetrical patterns. The patterns are constantly changing, yet familiar. It’s easy to forget that the beautiful shapes are made by pieces of broken glass.

Instead of being simply a child’s toy, a kaleidoscope can be symbolic, redemptive and hopeful.
This Thanksgiving, the kaleidoscope takes on a new meaning. “Kaleidoscope” is the name of the holiday variety special in which Olympic figure skaters and Grammy award-winning musical artists perform together to recognize women’s battle against cancer.

“Kaleidoscope” will come to the Verizon Center on Nov. 16, and will air on Fox on Thanksgiving Day.

Like a kaleidoscope, the show will present shifting images of cancer patients, caregivers and advocates. The idea is that the broken glass of their collective experiences will come together in an inspirational and unique show.

During “Kaleidoscope,” famed Olympic skaters Scott Hamilton, Dorothy Hamill, Kristi Yamaguchi and Nancy Kerrigan will skate as cancer survivor Olivia Newton-John, music producer David Foster and “American Idol” music artists David Archuleta and Katharine McPhee perform.

In addition to the joint musical and skating performances, “Kaleidoscope” will feature cancer survivors, doctors and representatives from national advocacy groups who will share varying perspectives on the effects of cancer. Read the rest of the article here.

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Hello to all! I’m sorry I haven’t made a blog for a while. I’ve been in the studio a lot doing writing and recording, and it’s been a lot of fun! Last week I got to work with Matt Squire and Victoria Horn, and this week I’ve been working with Daniel Bedingfield and Kina Grannis. They’re all really great and talented people! I can’t wait for you all to hear the songs that we’ve been working on heheh. But I’ve been loving the writing sessions!

While I’ve been working in LA, I’ve gotten to spend time with my aunt! It’s been a lot of fun getting to spend time with her and let her be a part of all of the things I’ve been doing down here. I haven’t gotten to spend this much time with her for years, so it’s always great to be with family and have good times. It’s been a hectic, busy week but we still manage to do some fun things here and there.

All right, so Monday while we were writing, Kina told me she was going to the Imogen Heap concert. I just about passed out! I have been wanting to see Imogen Heap for soooo long and she’s one of my favorite musicians! So I got tickets for me and my aunt and we got to go to Imogen’s show. It was AMAZING! it was fun to see how nervous Imogen was and she was just so genuine and quirky. And then her music and the way she loops cool sounds is incredible. I couldn’t get enough of it, and she kept going until midnight lol. I was exhausted but I was so happy to watch her. But anyway, you can never get enough of Imogen but you’ve probably had enough of my blabbing lol.

That’s all I have for right now! More writing today so I better head off. There are some fun things coming up this week that I’ll talk to you about next time! But until then I’ll talk to you later!

Song for the day: The Moment I Said It – Imogen Heap
This song really stood out to me when she performed it at the concert. SO good!

David knows it and tweeted this ….

Today is the year mark of when my first album was released! Crazy that it’s been a year already! Thanks you guys for all you’ve done!!

BYU Universe CFTH buzz

Twitpic was from David’s tweet:

@karenkid Haha! Wow that is so crazy! I wonder if any of my friends who go there so that! http://twitpic.com/p4xvtabout 4 hours ago from web

From Universe.Byu.com

David Archuleta: From Idol to Touring

By Tyler Weaver

- Wed, 11/11/2009 – 00:00

With the Christmas season fast approaching, David Archuleta took some time out of his schedule to talk to The Daily Universe about his newly released holiday album, “Christmas from the Heart,” his rise in the pop world and his upcoming tour, which kicks off in Salt Lake City later this month.

“It’s always fun to perform back at home in Utah and be able to give back to them, the people who have given me so much in my life,” Archuleta said. “I am the way I am because of everyone in Utah.”

During this tour, which is largely in support of his holiday album, he’ll be traveling across the country through Dec. 20. The recording of his release, which features one original song, “Memories of Christmas,” provided the opportunity for Archuleta to let listeners in on his personal beliefs.

“What I want to do with this album is share my testimony of this music and I hope that you can feel what I am trying to say in this and why it’s so important for me to sing about this,” Archuleta said. “You can always go more poppy and radio friendly with the music, and that’s easy to do and more appealing in the pop world I’m in right now, but I want to make sure it’s reverent and sacred.”

Growing up in a Latter-day Saint home, Archuleta’s faith is pronounced through the 13-song album.

“Christmas music is something that everyone relates to and has a connection to,” Archuleta said. “It’s my way of saying this is something really important to me and I really want to share it with people, about Christ and His birth.”

His tour will feature some of the pop hits that helped Archuleta rise out of his American Idol-bred stardom, but fans should expect a Christmas-laden set list.

“What I did with the album I want to do with the shows too and kind of lead people with that spirit of Christmas and the spirit of the music,” Archuleta said. “It’ll be fun.”

Considering all that has been handed to him over the last few years, Archuleta has received his fame graciously. The exposure received from Idol, he describes, was largely unexpected.

“When I went to [American Idol] audition I wasn’t expecting to be on tour and making albums a year later,” Archuleta said. “I was just thinking, ‘I guess I’ll go audition to see what it’s like.’ It’s crazy now, working on a third album; I never thought that would happen.”

Although he grew up performing and even appeared on several episodes of Star Search at age 12, Archuleta wasn’t always sure about his future as a musician.

“I seriously would always joke with my friends, ‘You guys are all going to be geniuses; you’re all so smart and I’ll be behind McDonald’s trying to sing for my food,’” he said.

Until his touring begins at the end of the month, Archuleta is spending time in Los Angeles writing for his forthcoming album. He described the process as more personal and self-involved in comparison to his first self-titled release.

“I feel like people will know me a little better,” Archuleta said. “It will be so cool to have songs that came from me and from my own experiences. I think that’s so cool being able to share that in my music.”

As Archuleta has become a successful pop artist worldwide, he continues to push forward and expand his fan-base with each album.

“It’s been a great experience for me because it’s kind of pushed me to go beyond what I thought were my limits,” Archuleta said. “It’s refreshing to know because sometimes you don’t believe in yourself as much. You don’t believe in your potential as much as other people do. It’s cool for me because I feel like, I guess the Lord definitely believed in me more than I did. That’s been the biggest lesson for me in all of this is trusting in Him. Because even though it’s like, ‘Well I don’t see how I can do that,’ I guess because I’ve been given this opportunity, I guess someone up there believes in me and someone up there trusts in me. The fact that that person can trust me, as powerful as He is, I guess I can do it. That in itself is motivating.”

CFTH Sales

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David Archuleta, Christmas From the Heart (8,000, +17 percent, 40,000/6,000 digital total)

Fox Utah Interview

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Watch the video on Fox Utah

Idol’s Archuleta Poised to Release New Christmas Album

LOS ANGELES – His debut album sold more than 900,000 copies and now David is back with “Christmas from the Heart.” “It’s always been something I’ve always loved to sing, say Archuleta. It’s been something that’s really special for me to sing about. There’s a real spirit to Christmas music.” Next, David is heading out on a cross country holiday tour, which he doesn’t hesitate to credit American Idol for making it all possible. “The show just helped me for what was to come. And now from the show American Idol to going on tour and having a Christmas album and just being able to have done all the things I’ve done this year has been really great,” he says.

Remember that special moment on November 11th 2008? The event that we had all been waiting for finally arrived and we had the precious item in our trembling hands – David’s debut pop album with his mega hit ‘Crush’. Remember how we eagerly awaited the videos and pictures of his album’s official launch at the Virgin megastore in New York? Well it’s exactly one year and 850,000 something sales units later. It’s been a wonderful year. Well done David!

Part I -Z100 Interview,

Part II – Bonus Tracks!

Part III - VARIOUS appearances : Today Show, TRL, Regis & Kelly, Virgin Megastore Signing