15 Monday Mar 2010
Posted in Fan art
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From Juan:
The Fist one, which is called “Somnium In Astrum” or “Dream In The Stars” is all about being inspired and following your dreams.
The second edit was inspired by David’s “In This Moment”. I remember the first time I heard David sing that song, chills were going down my spine. Hopefully I captured David in his moment. Enjoy!Juan M.
15 Monday Mar 2010
Posted in Behind The Scenes, Photo Album
Update:
@CarolinaGyrl00 on Twitter just asked David:
Have you had a hair cut yet or are you still letting it grow out?
and David replied:
so he wore this beanie (I guess). Or he didn’t know how to style his hair. 
<—– I’m right. aha
(I’m sorry, David, but I don’t like this beanie very much) 
15 Monday Mar 2010
Posted in Composers, David- an author, Press interviews
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A Memoir of Soul, “Chords Of Strength”, Cindy Morgan, David's memoir, Jamie Kenney, Jeremy Bowes, Jesse Frasure, Joy Williams, Nashville, Song and the Power of Perseverance
In all, David says he’s written about 20 songs so far for his next album, including a song called Nervous, a love song, and a ballad.
Music is a part of my life, it isn’t my life.
People have different views of life, and I try to respect that. I feel like music has a universal common ground, so I’ve just let the music do the speaking.
From USA Today:
Last week, David Archuleta returned to Nashville to write more songs for his next album. As he did during his last Music City visit in October, he worked with singer/songwriter Joy Williams, even staying at the house of Williams and her husband, Nate Yetton.
“Sometimes, people are like, ‘Nashville, it’s only the country and the ballads,’” David said Friday morning, while sitting at Williams’ breakfast table, eating a bowl of cereal and granola. “They are good at that kind of stuff, but they care about the music. Sometimes people forget that special thing and piece to music that is so important. People get lost in ‘We need the hit’ and ‘We need the hook.’ So much is missing from that that I enjoy about music.”
15 Monday Mar 2010
Posted in Press interviews
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Some people were, like, ‘Why didn’t he sing the first verse?’ You know what? The third verse is my favorite one. Not everybody focuses on what the song’s about — they just focus on those first words and obsess about ‘how bad it is.’ I’m a religious person. I felt like this song meant more than that, and I wasn’t going to let that distraction get in the way.
From USA Today :
I’ve always thought David Archuleta’s Imagine was one of the riskiest choices a contestant has made on American Idol.
There were so many ways that February 2008 performance could have backfired on David. Simon Cowell acknowledged as much afterward, telling David it was “very, very risky to do a John Lennon song — particularly that one.”
After all, Imagine is an iconic song with a simple melody and a message considered both sacred and profane by different groups of people. Beatles fans could have turned on him David for having the audacity to change the melody so much — or simply for being 17 and sing it. The judges might have thought it was too old — or too weighty — for him.
