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Fan Scene Top of the Page Featured Article – check below this post for updated David Archuleta news and information ~ AFD

~ by Houstonrufus

Regular visitors know that from time to time Fan Scene posts performances by musicians other than David Archuleta. I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to recently interview Advait Sarkar, a talented and passionate young musician living in England who also happens to be a fan of David and whose interpretations of several of David’s songs have been posted here at Fan Scene. The positive reaction to Advait’s performances convinced us that other fans might want to get to know more about Advait and his musical aspirations, as well as how David Archuleta influences and/or inspires him.

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1. Hello, Advait! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading about you and watching your performances. Thanks so much for agreeing to an interview. First, for those not familiar, where are you from? Where were you born and where do you currently live?

Ah, a tricky first question! I was born and brought up in Bangalore, a bustling metropolis in Southern India. However, I moved to England a year back for University, and visit my family in India over the holidays.

2. You’re currently in university, correct? Which one? What are you studying?

I’m at the University of Cambridge, studying Computer Science, Mathematics and Psychology, in that order of importance. Computer Science would be what you call a “Major” in the States. I’m a total geek.

3. In your bio at your official website (for those who haven’t visited, www.advaitsarkar.com), you say you began some formal training in music at age 5. Can you say a little bit more about that? You say it wasn’t the path for you, what do you mean?

My musical education was a bumpy road. I’ve had seven piano tutors on and off, never managed to keep a single one longer than a year. It’s like there’s some sort of curse. In retrospect, that has brought some richness into my music because they all transferred different tastes to me. One was a celebrated Jazz artist, another with degrees in Classical music, and one that liked Coldplay.

I was trained from 1996 until 2007, when a very unpleasant personal experience with the next teacher that I tried made me realize that the entire academic approach to music was built to infuse technical skill, and was more oriented towards classical and jazz. I steered away from all that and decided to continue my studies by myself. In the last three years since quitting formal training, my musicality has improved more than it did in the previous ten.

4. In your bio you mention Jordan Rudess and Rick Wakeman as primary musical inspirations. I suspect many of our readers are not familiar with them and their work. Can you tell us a little about them and how they’ve influenced you?

As a kid, I had a serious addiction to the new age musician “Yanni”. I didn’t listen to anything else. I still think he makes great music, but I’m nowhere near as obsessed with him as I used to be. Five years ago, I decided that I wanted to step out of my cocoon and take a dive into the universe of other music out there. In doing so, I discovered that the most talented keyboardists are found in the rock and metal scene, where they are more appreciated and given more to do than in the pop world.

I didn’t go long before I found Dream Theater. Jordan Rudess inspires me musically, because of his incredible technical skill, and I have learnt a lot from observing him play. As for Rick Wakeman, I really admire his pioneering work in the introduction of keyboards to serious music. Back when keyboards made horrible, screechy, plastic sounds, Wakeman was up there playing entire pieces with them. Some people laughed then. Now nearly every modern track has layers of keyboard playing. Nobody’s laughing now.

5. One can’t help but be impressed by your mastery of so many instruments. You are self-taught, correct? What instruments do you play? Do you plan to learn to play more?

Your usage of the word “mastery” greatly overstates my little ability with a few instruments, but thank you. Except for the piano, I am completely self-taught, and as you know, even the piano has been self-taught for a while. I play piano, keyboards, western and Indian flutes, saxophone, hand percussion, and my newly discovered instrument, the vocal cord. I would love to learn to play as many instruments as I can. The rarer and more exotic, the better. I was going to learn how to play the Vuvuzela but I’ve decided against it because people might throw stones at me.

6. Is keyboard/piano your favorite? I really enjoy your piano performances.

Thank you! The keyboard is definitely the instrument that I feel I am most adept at. But favourite? That’s a hard one. I don’t think I have a favourite instrument. I just pick whatever sounds good for the song/jam I’m doing.

7. Archiefandoc (AFD) has a great question: “I wanted to know about the process Advait goes through when he mixes two very different musical pieces into one. The item that I really enjoyed was how he combined Crush along with Canon Rock. When he heard Crush, did Pachabel’s Canon just pop into his head and he thought, oh, I can mix these? Or, was it a more active process of searching for something that would blend well with Crush?  I think this is just genius! He was 18 when he did this? Wow! It’s amazing, especially for someone who was basically ‘self taught.’” (My thanks to AFD for that great question!)

Thanks AFD, for your delightful question and high praise! Most of my medley ideas come while I’m playing one song, and suddenly I start playing the other, because my subconscious blends the riffs, chord progression, rhythm or melody, finding some minute similarity. In short – yes, it is usually an “Aha, I can do this!” moment, rather than an active search for possible matches. It’s vague and arbitrary, but it happens surprisingly often.

**AFD says you MUST listen to this**

David Archuleta’s Crush and Canon in D Medley

Continue reading Fan Scene’s interview with Advait Sarkar to hear his thoughts on David Archuleta and his music…

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New David Archuleta Single – Something ‘Bout Love

It’s been a while since we’ve heard and seen new material from David with the exception of his iCarley appearance last year, that is. Well, he’s back with an excellent love song for us all.

The song, titled Something ‘Bout Love is a clean, catchy summery pop/dance song about love. Everything that you need for that summer fling before returning to the daily grind.

In an industry where shock value is typically indicative of star power, David comes off as the underdog that steadily soars to the top. Good for David for staying clean and out of the spotlight. That’s one thing he did not learn from the big-name pop stars. It’s not often that you hear songs about love that aren’t so innocent. David’s lyrics are not only refreshing but inspirational and poetic. Most of all you can tell he sings from the heart and from experience. There is something ’bout love, and David nailed it in this tune.

Still, hearing this song makes one shake their head and wonder exactly how it was that he came in as the runner up in American Idol. That boy can sing! With some luck this song will soon dominate the airwaves.

Below is the official video for David’s Something ‘Bout Love. You can find the lyrics to it here.

Source: Gather.com

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I made this a couple of days ago and thought I’d post it here! I blended the pics together, played around with the coloring, and added a homemade texture. It’s 1280 x 800. Hope you like it! Just right click to save it

When Bop and Tiger Beat sat down with David Archuleta at Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day, they HAD to ask him what he notices first about a girl! Watch the video and see what he had to say!

 

SOURCE

David Archuleta’s Interview with Six Flags Radio
YouTube by Archiedorable


David Archuleta’s Zoo-A-Palooza Interview on Scene on 7
YouTube by Archiedorable

David Archuleta Finds His Voice
By Morgan Brennan

David Archuleta is 19 years old and already has a memoir. For a normal teenager, this might be absurd. For a Season 7 American Idol runner-up that has recorded three albums in less than two years after a pre-teen bout of vocal paralysis, it’s not quite so ridiculous.

Like many American Idol participants, Archuleta wants to build a career that lasts longer than the hiatus between Fox’s hit reality show’s seasons. So the teeny bop heart throb has gotten busy with a less audible mode of communication: the written word.

Archuleta released his book, Chords of Strength, earlier this summer. He also collaborated on lyrics for his upcoming album, Other Side of Down. For more on the pop singer’s budding career, watch the video interview here…

YouTube by Archiedorable

Source: Forbes.com

Challenge the Odds: An invitation to our teams – From PecanPie:

Hi Everyone,

Just a reminder that we have a double SU2C challenge: 1) Raise the most for our team by Sept 1st 11:59 PST 2) Perform at least one cancer preventing/detecing act by that same deadline. We are several thousand $ behind the 1st place team, but we have over 1,000 team members so we could make that up eassssy with just a few dollars apiece! Don’t forget Mammary Mondays and Testicular Tuesdays as your reminder for your monthly self exam. Let’s all STAND UP2 CANCER.

The challenge ends tomorrow at 11:59pm PST on Sept. 1, 2010.

Currently team “Crush Kid’s Cancer – David Archuleta’s Angels” is in third second place. Please give what you can. It is for an important cause. Click on the logo below to donate in David’s name:

Tune in September 10th at 8:00 pm ET/PT, 7:00 pm CT to watch Stand Up to Cancer on just about every network out there!

Source: standup2cancer.org

I know these pictures look familiar. But trust me, they are all actually different from the ones we have already posted. ~ Ozarko

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David Archuleta Holds Massive Tennis Racket

CUTIE David Archuleta held a HUGE tennis racket as he hit the red carpet for the 15th annual Music and Tennis Spectacular Set honoring Arthur Ashe at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center earlier today.

Hunky David, 19, recently launched his new book, Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song and the Power of Perseverance.

“I’m hoping that people will find things in common with me,” he recently told Utah’s Deseret News of the biography.

“I know I haven’t lived for the longest time, but I have learned things.”

Source: ShowBizSpy.com

From davidarchuleta.com

Helloo to everyone from Nashville. It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog, so I thought it’d be a good week to write one.

I’ve had a really great past couple of weeks! I’ve been on the first leg of a radio promo tour, and it’s been great visiting all the different radio stations and getting to perform again! I started in Greenville, South Carolina for B93.7′s Zoo-A-Palooza to help raise money for the local Greenville Zoo there. I then went to Louisville, Kentucky where I got to do a show for WDJX with other performers like We The Kings, Hot Chelle Rae, Iyaz, and Kris Allen as the host. It was really fun hanging with everyone there. We then made stops at 106.3 in Lexington, Q102 in Cincinnati, WNCI in Columbus, and Q102 in Philly. It’s fun getting to go to all of the different radio stations! We also went to PRO FM in Rhode Island, which is always great going over to see them! After that we went to Sixflags New England for a show with KC 101 where Auburn, Boys Like Girls, Flo Rida, and Bruno Mars performed at too. I must admit that I’m a pretty big fan of Bruno Mars’s stuff. He has an awesome voice. I’m sure you guys know his new song Just the Way You Are, but if you haven’t then you should really check it out.

After all the radio promo, it was time to go to New York for Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day where Shontelle, Allstar Weekend, Demi Lovato, and Jonas Brothers also performed. It was really fun. It was cool meeting Allstar Weekend and hanging with them, and then seeing Shontelle and Demi again. I didn’t really get to say much to the Jonas Brothers, but I did catch a bit of their soundcheck. It was cool getting to sing “Something ‘Bout Love” for the first time live.. period.. lol, then also first time live on TV both acoustically on Good Day NY and then with the energy of the band on AAKD. Hope you guys have been enjoying the performances! It’s also been fun getting to introduce another new song from the album called “Elevator” that I first sang in Greenville. It’s one of my favorite songs on the album and I feel is a good representation of what else you’ll be getting from the album . More of the David vibe haha.

So… we’ve been getting things wrapped up with the album The Other Side of Down!! It’s been pretty crazy trying to get everything finalized but we’re pretty much finished and have done all we can under the amount of time that there was to work with haha. I’m really excited! We’re a little over a month away from it coming out October 5th, and I’m already starting to feel the anxious and the jitters. I really hope all the work this last year pays off though for all of you! Anyway I am going to end for today, and talk to you guys later!

Songs for the day: Just the Way You Are – Bruno Mars

Misty – Ella Fitzgerald

This song has really been growing on me lately for some reason. Ella is incredible.

Photography by Ryan Welch / WelchImages.net

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Vote every day, as often as you can!

Katheryn’s excellent suggestions to help maximize David’s lead:
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1) Email trusted friends and family members with the link to the poll and ask them to vote. 2) If you have a laptop, you may be able to get in additional votes depending on your IP address at different locales. 3) If you are in a computer store with WiFi, sneak in a vote or two! (I did that recently at Frys!) 4) Public libraries. 5) Workplace computers — only if you are allowed! 6) Tweet vote requests, and include the link. 7) Ask for votes in the comment section of David’s videos on YouTube. 8.) Vote from phones with web access.