Thank you everyone who voted on the Tweeter poll for the Best David Archuleta Fan Site
– Fan Scene readers are the absolute best!

From Tweeter/Faxo:

Which website loves David the most? You decide now…
CONTEST IS CLOSED. THE WINNER IS archuletafanscene.com WITH 4530 VOTES

Also on Tweeter:

Best Celebrity Website — the “old” Official site came in second with 7001 votes
Best Fan Site – Angels For A Cause with 7092 votes
Best American Idol II – 4 days left with David in the lead

Thanks Steebin for sending this in!

Hmmmmmm, what is David Archuleta listening to?

Tell us what you think – he looks pretty happy

Here are three psychedelic David Archuleta art pieces from two very talented guys. The first one is by Rabid and the other two are by Juan M. Click each one to enlarge.

“Psychedelia” by Rabid

“In This Moment” by Juan M.

“Dream In The Stars” by Juan M.

by Brian Mansfield, Idol Chatter 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

By Larry Busacca, Getty Images

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.”

David and Williams brought a variety of other writers into last week’s collaborations, among them Cary Barlowe (co-writer of Lady Antebellum’s latest country hit, American Honey), Hillary Lindsey (Carrie Underwood’s Jesus, Take the Wheel), Danny Orton (Josh Gracin and Tim McGraw’s Telluride), Jenn Schott and Jamie Kenney.

“Jamie’s just such a sensitive person,” says the 19-year-old singer. “Even the melodies, and the way he plays the piano are so sensitive and emotional. When he was playing the piano part on the track, he paid so much attention to the way he played, how it emoted and what was trying to be said and felt in the song. I loved that. I’ve never seen anybody pay that much attention to those kinds of details, which I loved.”

On Tuesday, for instance, David, Williams, Kenney and Jesse Frasure wrote a song called Nervous. “It’s about going ahead and doing it, even if you’re scared,” David says. “The main thing is, ‘So what if I’m nervous?’ Sometimes you have to take those risks, and sometimes you’ll be nervous, but why should that be an excuse? Some things, you need to do that way. And sometimes those are the most fulfilling things in life.

Continue reading ‘David Archuleta Talks Nashville, New Songs and Memoir’

As reported a few days ago, David Archuleta is on the cover of Indonesia’s Kawanku magazine. We now have scans of the pages inside that magazine, thanks to Yan_Yyez who posted them on TwitPic. The last image is a scan from the December issue of Singapore’s August Man magazine.

We thought it would be nice for you to get to know a little more about us. So here are six David Archuleta-related questions and our answers. We invite you to read our responses and then share your own answers in the comments. Enjoy!

1. What are your top 2 favorite David “American Idol” performances?

AFD: “Shop Around” (can’t help going like this , “And So it Goes” (just the voice)
ArchiesAngel: “Another Day in Paradise,” “Imagine”
B in Wisconsin: “And So It Goes,” “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me”
Goldstar: “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me,” “Stand By Me”
Ivan: “Smoky Mountain Memories,” “In This Moment”
Kizzi: “Imagine,” “Love Me Tender”
Ozarko: “Imagine,” “Stand By Me”
Susan M.: “Shop Around,” “When You Believe”

2. What are your top 2 favorite debut album songs?

AFD: “Crush,” “Touch My Hand” -ha, first two songs of the album!
ArchiesAngel: “You Can,” “Crush”
B in Wisconsin: “You Can,” “To Be With You”
Goldstar: “Angels,” “To Be With You”
Ivan: “To Be With You,” “You Can”
Kizzi: “My Hands,” “Barriers”
Ozarko: “Crush,” “My Hands”
Susan M.: “Barriers,” “My Hands”

3. Which of David’s official song videos is your favorite: “Crush,” “A Little Too Not Over You,” or “Touch My Hand?”

AFD: I’m a little too not over – “Crush”
ArchiesAngel: “Crush”
B in Wisconsin: “Touch My Hand”
Goldstar: “Crush”
Ivan: “Touch My Hand”
Kizzi: “Crush”
Ozarko: “Crush”
Susan M.: “A Little Too Not Over You”

4. What are your top 2 favorite “Christmas From the Heart” songs?

AFD: “Riu Riu Chiu,” “Pat-a-Pan” , and I get to break the rules and add Melodies of Christmas
ArchiesAngel: “Melodies of Christmas,” “Pat-a-Pan”
B in Wisconsin: “What Child Is This?”, “Silent Night”
Goldstar: “O Holy Night,” “Angels We Have Heard On High”
Ivan: “Pat-a-Pan,” “Riu Riu Chiu”
Kizzi: “O Holy Night,” “Ave Maria”
Ozarko: “Ave Maria,” “O Holy Night”
Susan M.: “Silent Night,” “What Child Is This”

5. What are your 2 favorite non-album songs that David has performed?

AFD: “Contingo En La Distancia” (que lindo!), “Somebody Out There” (beautiful)
ArchiesAngel: “Fallin’,” “A Thousand Miles”
B in Wisconsin: “A Thousand Miles,” “Prayer of the Children”
Goldstar: “Zero Gravity,” “Heaven”
Ivan: “Crazy,” “Apologize”
Kizzi: “Somebody Out There,” “Contigo En La Distancia”
Ozarko: “Contigo En La Distancia,” “The Riddle”
Susan M.: “Zero Gravity,” “Somebody Out There”

In the AFS article “Betcha Can’t Pick Just One” by Kizzi on November 16, 2009, several David fan types are listed: Fan Girl/Boy, The Voice, The Forecaster, The Interpreter, The Spiritualist, The Giver/Doer, The Defender, The Reporter, The Parent, The What If-er, The Music Fan, and The Voter

6. Which ones are you? Choices are in no particular order.

AFD: Just a Music Fan (how many eyes are rolling at that one ?)
ArchiesAngel: Fan Girl, The Voice, Interpreter, Spiritualist, Giver/Doer, Defender, Reporter, Music Fan, Voter
B in Wisconsin: The Parent (Aunt really), Voice, What If-er (some)
Goldstar: Fan Girl, The Voice, Spiritualist, Forecaster, Giver/Doer, Reporter, Voter (No, I can’t pick just one; I have qualities of several!)
Ivan: Total Fan Boy
Kizzi: The Voice, Spiritualist, Interpreter, Fan Girl
Ozarko: The Reporter
Susan M.: Fan Girl, The Voice, Spiritualist, Giver/Doer, Voter

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UPDATE: YESTERDAY ON MY TIVO GUIDE IT HAD MAKING OF SOMOS LISTED FOR TODAY AT 4PM, NOW IT HAS “VECINOS” (COMICAL ADVENTURES OF APARTMENT DWELLERS ?) LA TIMES TV LISTING HAS IT FOR TODAY – IT APPEARS THERE HAS BEEN A SAME DAY CHANGE UP………..

UNIVISION LOS ANGELS 34 HAS SOMOS EL MUNDO LISTED NOW 3/21/10 – NEXT SUNDAY AT 2PM. ((unless they change again )) ******************************************************************************************

Watch Univision network TODAY THIS SUNDAY 3/14 at 4 pm for the behind the scenes of making SOMOS EL MUNDO

This is an hour long program – so there certainly has be some choice David Archuleta goodies in there – especially how smitten the Estefans are with the Archie!

This will also serve as a fundraiser for Hope to Haiti.

It’s Daylight Saving Time!

We “gain” an hour of daylight , but we lose an hour of David Archuleta’ing

Don’t forget to set your clocks forward 1 hour at 2 am Sunday morning — at least it is easier these days to change our time than in the dark ages

“I don’t mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I’ve saved all year.”
– Victor Borge

http://www.energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html

@DavidArchie

“…is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”

This is a quote from Mitch Albom’s “Tuesdays with Morrie.”  An emotionally stirring book  in which Morrie, who is terminally ill, discusses life, regrets, aging, love, and death with Mitch.  A MUST read if you haven’t read it already.

The full quote is:

So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they’re busy doing things they think are important. This is because they’re chasing the wrong things.

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

In the book, “Tuesdays With Morrie” according to Pink Monkey Book Notes:

Mitch recalls this quote, that Morrie had once told him, at the beginning of the novel when he was describing his job and his lifestyle.

Mitch was a very busy, career and success oriented sports reporter. He chased money, success, and materialistic things. He recalled that Morrie had once told him how so many people get caught leading a meaningless life; they become too involved in their job, money, and fall under the popular culture dictatorship.

Morrie feels that so many people are mislead thinking all of these things are important and they are too busy chasing these things that their life passes right by them. Morrie says that to create meaning in our life, we must love and show compassion for others.

See Mitch’s bio at http://mitchalbom.com/bio