DA week that was in the life of David Archuleta

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Keeping up with the über-talented, awe-inspiring, world-travelling David Archuleta can be a full-time job. Even the most (D)avid fans among us don’t always have time to follow David. Here are some of last week’s top stories about the awesome David Archuleta.

Media Headlines

News, Reviews, and Interviews

David Archuleta’s “Elevator” on AOL Radio
from Jive Records
14 September 2010

Jive Records announced that “Elevator” will be the second single from David Archuleta’s sophomore album The Other Side Of Down. The album release is less than a month away (October 5). The latest official photo from the album’s photo shoot shows David in those famous boots balancing himself on a wooden beam. Is he practicing for the Olympics? Too bad I couldn’t find a larger version.

The Other Side of Down tracklist is:

1. The Other Side Of Down
2. Something ‘Bout Love
3. Elevator
4. Stomping The Roses
5. Who I Am
6. Falling Stars
7. Parachutes & Airplanes
8. Look Around
9. Good Place
10. Complain
11. Things Are Gonna Get Better
12. My Kind Of Perfect

Right now are you imagining the music video for “Elevator”?

AOL Review of “Elevator”
by Sara D. Anderson, AOL Radio Blog
14 September 2010

American Idol runner-up David Archuleta, graces us with ‘Elevator,’ yet another hot single from his upcoming album, ‘The Other Side of Down,’ out Oct. 5. Driven by an acoustic-laden guitar melody and catchy percussion, Archuleta sings of pursuing one’s dreams and accepting the journey — not always knowing the outcome: “It’s an endless ride / Sometimes it takes you up / Sometimes it tears you down inside / But it’s the butterflies / That keep you feeling so alive, so alive.”

The uptempo track was co-penned by Shelly Peiken, Archuleta, and his guitarist Mike Krompass. To hear ‘Elevator,’ which follows Archuleta’s lead-off single, ‘Something ‘Bout Love,’ head over to AOL Radio’s New Pop First station.

Singer/Songwriter Priscilla Renea Talks About Working With “Sweetest, Nicest” David Archuleta
from Neon Limelight
16 September 2010

Singer/songwriter Priscilla Renea has worked with a long list of musical artists, but when she began working with American Idol alum and Neon Limelight fav David Archuleta on his sophomore album, The Other Side Of Down, she noticed something special about the 19-year-old. “He’s one of the ones that kind of was like, even though he’s been through the whole American Idol thing and he had all this fame when he was 16 years old, he’s still the sweetest, nicest person,” she told NeonLimelight.com in a telephone interview.

David Archuleta: I’m A Dork
from Pop Dirt.com
16 September 2010

David Archuleta spoke with Popstar! magazine at the premiere of ‘Fred: The Movie’. The ‘American Idol’ season eight runner-up talked about being a fan of Fred, who is played by Lucas Cruikshank and having his new song ‘Elevator’ released to radio the prior day. “It’s a goofy, dorky song, but I’m just really happy to get to do music that’s more fun and I don’t want to be anything I’m not,” Archuleta explained. “I don’t want to pretend I’m this cool hunk or anything, I’m a dork. I just want to introduce people to David Archuleta, let them know it’s okay if they’re not the cool, cookie-cutter model of someone. You can be who you are and you don’t have to be the coolest person to be successful.”

You can try to listen to this PopStar Magazine vid on YouTube, but there is a lot of background chatter. 🙁

David’s World

Blogs, Tweets, Appearances

Blogs and Vlogs

See David LIVE in Ohio!
from DavidArchuleta.com
15 September 2010

Midwesterners! Want to see David perform live in Ohio? Well, he will be performing at the taping of Skate For the Heart at The Covelli Centre in Youngstown, Ohio on October 10th at 5 pm. For tickets, you can hit up ticketmaster.com or visit the Covelli Centre box office.

David Archuleta Previews New Album, Central Park
from DavidArchuleta.com
15 September 2010

Moving right along! In this week’s video, David previews two more tracks from “The Other Side of Down” while on a tour of Central Park in New York CIty. Check out the video right here, and get ready for October 5th! If you haven’t yet, make sure to pre-order “The Other Side of Down” from David’s Official Online Store now.

David talks about “Something ‘Bout Love” and “Stomping the Roses.”

David responds to his phone messages—Part 2
from DavidArchuleta.com
16 September 2010

As promised, here is part 2 of David Checking His Messages. We hope you loved part 1, and if you’d like to leave David a message, make sure to call his mobile hotline at 801-386-8196. Now, check out the video to see if he responded to your messages!

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Appearances – Recent & Future

Quick-glance Appearances Schedule:

September

• 1 September, in Nashville to tape the Christmas special, “Orla Fallon Celtic Christmas,” which will air on PBS in December.
• 5 September, singing a new song, “Things Are Gonna Get Better,” in the 10 PM PST hour of the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, Las Vegas
• 12 September, Delta Fair & Music Festival, 7:45 PM, Memphis, TN
• 24 September, WLAN FM97 Birthday Barndance, with Shontelle Layne
• 26 September, New Albany Classic Invitational Grand Prix & Family Day, New Albany, Ohio.
• 30 September, Up Close & Personal concert with Shontelle, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia. Get tickets while you still can! Net proceeds from the event will benefit Greater Roanoke Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

October

• 2 October, joins Natasha Bedingfield at the ArtPrize Concert Series, Rosa Parks Circle, Grand Rapids, MI
• 8 October, Mentors International 2010 Annual Gala, Salt Lake City, Utah.
• 10 October, Skate for the Heart, to be aired in January.
• 11 October, WDJQ (Q92) Stripped Down Concert Series

Source for some of the appearances info: ArchuletaFanScene.com

Chords of Strength, David Archuleta’s Best Selling Memoir

David has had several book-signing events in July. We’ll let you know when more dates are scheduled. If you don’t have a copy of Chords of Strength yet, buy today!
Amazon: $14.05 today
Penguin Books: Hardcover $22.95; eBook $10.99
Barnes & Noble: $16.52 online
Borders: Hardcover $22.95

DavidArchie on Twitter

Monday, 13 September

> Been in Memphis! Performed at the Delta Fair and got to ride some rides. Now going to Q107.5 for an interview.
> K92radio Join the fight against breast cancer! Tix for @DavidArchie and @Shontelle_Layne on sale Thursday at 7am. Net proceeds go to Susan G. Komen.
> @scpancake No way! That is so cool! [Reply to: Hey David.. SBL has been #1 in 19 Indonesian radio stations for a couple of weeks now. Go have a party!]
> I think I might watch a movie tonight.

Tuesday, 14 September

> > Help me support @CMNHospitals. RT this msg to give to kids in your community, then confirm your tweet RT2Give $5 http://rt2give.com/t/851

Wednesday, 15 September

> Thanks everybody for retweeting to donate to Children’s Miracle Network! Don’t forget to confirm your donation at http://rt2give.com/r/31!
> Everyone should go on at least one 30 min. run, jog or walk this week. It’s amazing how much it can freshen up your mind and body.
> So my new song “Elevator” is out on radio!! Really excited! You can also check out The Other Side of Down previews on Davidarchuleta.com

Thursday, 16 September

> Another day of shooting photos for a quick photoshoot.

Friday, 17 September

> Part 2 of my answers to your Mobile Fan Club messages are now up on DavidArchuleta.com if you want to check it out!

Saturday, 18 September

> Catching a little bit of Bruno Mars’ free show at the Grove in LA with some buds.
> I found a Filipino restaurant.

Follow David Archuleta on Twitter. He has nearly 471,000 followers, but who’s counting? —I am!!! During the past 21 weeks, David has averaged 5523 new followers each week. At this rate, David will have more than 542,000 followers by Christmastime.

Fandom

Blogs, Stories, Charities

Stories

The Lowe Family Orchestra with David Archuleta for his Christmas 2009 concert

The Family Lowe—Kendra (keys, violin, vocal), Korinne, Kami, Kara, Kayli (violin/penny whistle), Doug (conductor)—and some of Korinne’s violin students formed the string section for the Kansas City show.

Thanks to The Lowe Family
Length: 2.24 minutes

Radio Disney “Pick it or Kick it”
from Radio Disney

Radio Disney ran a “Pick It or Kick It” poll for “Elevator,” David’s newest single, and “Pick it” was chosen 94%.

Blogs

Vote for David Archuleta as J-14’s Iconic Tweeter
from: J-14 Magazine
10 September 2010

from DavidArchuleta.com: “J-14 magazine just announced their nominees for their first ever Teen Icon Awards and David is a nominee! He’s up to win “Iconic Tweeter” and “Iconic Fan Favorite” and he needs your help to win, so head over to the J-14 voting site and cast your vote now.”

from FanBlast: “David has been nominated as a J-14 iconic tweeter! You can vote at j14.com, and have one week to vote. Voting ends September 21st at 12 noon. Winners will be announced in the December issue of J-14 Magazine, which goes on sale November 1st.”

Did you miss last week’s Weekly Wrap? If you’ve fallen far behind, you should seriously search the Archhives! It’s not too late to reclaim your status as a David Archuleta fanatic fan!

DA Weekly Buzz about David Archuleta!

This is Music Beat. Exploring the music world into which David Archuleta is immersed. Featuring Music Biz, Buzz Board, the Way-Back Machine, and more. Enjoy!

Buzz Board

BeBot—Robot Synth for iPhone

from Brian Beam macworld.com App Guide
24 August 2010

Does David Archuleta have BeBot on his iPhone? Somebody, ask him quick. Looking into my crystal ball, I see David Archuleta and the well-dressed Mr. BeBot together onstage. You’ll see in the video below that Mr. BeBot almost has the ‘hunker-down’ down, but I think his vocals are mostly pantomimed. David could teach him a thing or two about vocal technique, while Mr. Bebot might show David how to dance like a robot.

Writes Brian Beam for MacWorld, “At first glance, the $2 BeBot simply presents a fun retro style robot character. As you run your fingertip along the screen of your iPhone or iPod touch, you can produce sound and make the robot dance and sing. This alone can entertain a three-year-old (or the three-year-old in you) for hours. What’s not so apparent, though, is that underneath it all, BeBot is a very powerful, four-voice synthesizer.”

Here’s a great video introduction.

Source: Rudess
Length: 9:59 minutes

Music Biz

Expedia announces 500 singing jobs

from Faircitynews.com
10 August 2010

This story from Expedia gives me an idea. Maybe I could hire David Archuleta to sing an a cappella “dot com” for DAHoneybees.com. That would certainly draw every last David Archuleta Arch Angel and DA Honeybee to this website and would no doubt crash my server. But it would be so worth it!

Springfield, MO—In a news conference held last week, Expedia Inc. announced it will expand its digital voice in Springfield by adding approximately 500 singing jobs. The company is looking to hire people to sing “dot com” in teams of two or more for every page visit to Expedia.com. “The online travel marketplace is flooded with competition. One way to differentiate our brand is to use live vocal singers to actually project ‘dot com’ after each page load to enhance our customer’s experience on our site, Expedia.com,” Cliff Trebble, Expedia Vice President of Global Vocal Strategy, said in an interview after the news conference.

…“The hiring process will take time. We may hire a few balladeers to start, then proceed to pick up yodelers and then songsters three to four months down the line. We have needs for baritones, sopranos, and tenors who are willing to sing at people browsing our website for 8-9 hours a day,” said Trebble.”

And the Music Beat goes on…but you may have missed MB last time.

Music Beat Buzz

Memphis music As a fan of David Archuleta, it doesn’t get any better than being able to see and hear him live. Last Sunday night I caught his acoustic set at the Delta Fair & Music Festival, an annual event in Memphis, Ten­nes­see. He was awesome, amazing—every superlative adjective you can think of!

Photo of this week is…!

The Memphis Limelight

This Photo of the Week is dear to my heart because I snapped it myself up close & personal. It’s not a perfect photo, but nothing beats having a photo of David in your own camera. It is kind of like hearing him on your cell phone. It’s not the best audio quality, but David Archuleta is on your phone!

• Photo credit: Honeybee 3cota

Did you miss the “Song of Strength” photo last week?

David Archuleta, a Photographer’s Dream