Right now we’re looking ahead to the September 14 release of David Archuleta’s third album, “The Other Side of Down,” but sometimes you can’t look ahead without pausing to look back.

How time passes! Three years ago today a much younger David started one of his most influential life experiences. At age 16, David auditioned for the seventh season of “American Idol” at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California.

Since there’s no video of those auditions, here’s a flashback to David’s later auditions with the judges:

“Waiting on the World to Change” by John Mayer

Credit: RadiatedSpider

“Heaven” by Bryan Adams

Credit: ItBeStephx3

Based on these auditions, did you think that David would go far on the show?

The official site reported today that David Archuleta’s third album has a new release date.

We’d like you all to be the first to know that the release date for “The Other Side of Down” has changed. It will now be coming on October 5th. Like the last time we dealt with a date change, this one is definitely for the best. David would like to make sure he’s delivering the best possible album and he needs just a little more time to do it. So please get ready for the 5th, and if you pre-ordered the album, your order will stay in our system, it will just ship on October 5th. If you haven’t yet, make sure to pre-order “The Other Side of Down” in David’s official store.

Too bad it’s not sooner rather than later. However, now they’ll have extra time for perfection!

theofficialarchuleta:
“I talk too much, but just wanted to give an update on things and say thanks to you guys.”

David Archuleta’s “Something ‘Bout Love” is No.1 on FLY FM’s Top 10 @10 in Malaysia today (tonight over there). This is the 4th time “Something ‘Bout Love” has come out on top since July 12th. Thank you for the awesome news, @aisimchan. And THANK YOU, MALAYSIA!!

Source: FlyFM.com
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Announcing: Project “Can’t Sing – Plant a Tree”

Japanese Maple Tree

“The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago.

The second best time is now.”

from SharonG:

Hi Fan Scene Readers!!

So, I read “Chords of Strength” while riding the train from my hometown to NYC on June 1st and making my way to David’s booksiging at Border’s. His words “And remember, even when you can’t sing, you can always plant a tree….” (page 240) left quite an impression on me – I just couldn’t get them out of my mind!! I thought – what a totally cool and poignant way to end “Chords of Strength” (well, just before the musical appendix, anyway)…!! As David signed my second copy of his book at Border’s on June 2nd, I told him that when I got home, I planned to plant a tree and whether David realized it or not, I had just made a promise to him that I fully intended to keep!! Did I keep that promise, you might ask?? You bet I did!! I live in an apartment so planting a tree at the location of my apartment wasn’t going to work – so I began to think about where I might plant a tree and after careful consideration, I thought that it might be nice to plant it in a public place where many people might enjoy seeing it grow etc.etc.etc. I began to ask for suggestions which was an interesting process since I then explained why I wanted to plant a tree, but then I had an idea relative to the

David's Eagle Scout Project

possibility of planting a tree in the park in the village where I live (so that I could give something back to my community). I contacted the mayor and was asked to present my request before the monthly village board meeting where I proceeded to read from David’s book and talked about his tree planting Eagle Scout project (something that I’d read about when it originally took place back in 2008, but, as you know, an explanation of which also appears in CoS). After discussion about what kind of tree I wanted to plant took place, a vote was taken by the village trustees and I was granted permission to plant a tree.

The next day, I purchased a Japanese maple tree and a friend (with a truck, thank goodness) went with me after work that night in order to pick up “my little tree” (as I’ve since affectionately come to call it). I wasn’t sure when the tree would be planted as I was told to let village officials know when I’d purchased it and that we’d go from there…in the meantime, I watered “my little tree” just to make sure that it would continue to thrive under my watch. I ordered a little plaque with David’s words from CoS engraved on it to go along with the tree, as well, and finally – on July 22nd, the tree was planted in what is called the Yorkville Senior Citizens Park right here in Yorkville, NY – a place that children and adults truly enjoy(my thanks go out to Mayor Tony L., as well as, to the village trustees and to Larry F. (highway superintendent), John C. and Joe M. (village workers) for their support and assistance relative to this tree planting project)!!

A tree is an awesome thing, don’t you agree?? A tree can provide delicious apples, pears, oranges, cherries…I fondly remember visiting my grandmother when I was a child and picking cherries from the tree in her yard… A tree can provide beautiful flowers in the springtime – what could be “prettier in pink” than the sight of cherry blossoms in full bloom in our nations capital or the wondrous sight of the golden leaves of autumn that adorn trees everywhere at that time of the year. On a hot, sunny, summer day, trees can provide shade or a place from which to hang a swing or a hammock…and something special seems to happen when one wakes up on a winter morning to see the trees glistening and covered with snow – such a beautiful sight!! Yes, trees are a beautiful thing!! A wonderful Chinese proverb says “The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” Think about it…

I want to encourage all of you David fans out there to join me by planting a tree… plant a tree in your yard, in your grandma’s yard – it really doesn’t matter where you plant a tree – what matters is that you plant a tree (with permission, of course lol)!! Just remember – …can’t sing… plant a tree!! And, thank-you, David for inspiring me to plant “my little tree”!!! It’s something I’ll never forget!!

~Sharon G

**The last photo there is what Sharon’s tree will look like when all grown up

**** Have you been inspired to plant a tree ?? Send in your photo of your tree and we will post it on Fan Scene and tweet David about it! ~ AFD

We Can’t Get Enough

By Pamela Pike

Are we spoiled? David Archuleta often Twitters several times a day, Vlogs when we need the visual connection and Blogs when he feels we should be in the know, even Bubble Tweets from co-writers have kept us updated on his schedule. Oh! Let’s not forget those mobile voice messages that we fantasize are coming only to us and not for the thousands they are intended.

He asks our opinion on weather he should get his hair cut or grow it long. Mom was right about growing it long!

Recently less activity of all the above have been noticed by many fans. Maybe, we have reached that moment in time when David is just too busy to constantly update his fans every few hours. Hungry for information we imagine all sorts of reasons for the limited updates. We have been spoiled!

David Archuleta loves his fans and will always be grateful for our support and keep us informed of his activities, but there will be a time when less informal communications may occur.

The more he becomes involved with his writing, the business production of his career, the frequent traveling and daily meetings and interviews we may experience less of his personal time. Changes! They are in the making!

Already there is a noticeable change in David and much of that is the confidence he has acquired with experience and the natural process of growing up and maturing. His interviews express more of his thoughts and feelings he once felt was uncomfortable to discuss. He now takes control and makes his wishes and opinions known. He doesn’t want to be taken advantage of as he stated it not only affects him but also his family and many of the people around him.

The other day someone mentioned that when a part of his belt was showing from under a T-shirt somehow that was considered edgy. Perhaps it was, and is, but for me it’s a sign David is expressing a new attitude to accommodate his new songs, clothing and hair. Hair is not just a style, a cut, a shape…it’s an attitude! Your hair is a direct reflection of your attitude and feelings. For some his shoes in a new photo shoot stirred our interest and managed to raise eyebrows! Is there a new David emerging? Definitely, but also an opinion from a stylist to enhance his look for his new single and to prepare us for a more edgy look for his album cover is possible. Edgy, what exactly does that mean?

Does he want to push his emotions over that edge into something better? Most often, small changes offer the most rewarding feelings.

We have decided to join David on his journey to discover himself and experience life. It will be a rollercoaster ride so we need to be patient, understanding and keep our seatbelt on as it will be a loving and bumpy ride. But one well worth our time! As I stated once before David is worth waiting for!

Source: Associated Content

DBB is gifting 50 copies of the DELUXE CD + DVD album worth US$14.99 and 5 copies of the FAN EDITION album worth US$30.99 to fans world-wide who are unable to purchase the album themselves. We are calling for fans to gift and to apply to be gifted. All the details are found HERE

Also, there are about 25 fans from Asia and Latin America who would love to receive a copy of ‘Chords of Strength’. To see how to gift COS, visit http://davidbeyondborders.com/dbb_blog/gifting/cos-gifting/

We will be closing our COS Gifting program on July 29.