Monday, December 1, 2014

Celebration of Christ



                                                                      
                                                                     
 

On November 28 & 29, 2014 David Archuleta headlined the “Celebration of Christ” an Interfaith Concert at the Capitol Theater in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Producer/Director Vic Deauvono and presented by Foundation 4Life.  Their theme this year was “Believe” to celebrate this Christmas season with respect and honor to all faiths and people. 

It was outstanding, one of the most inspirational joyful, lively, spirited holiday season musical events I’ve attended in years.  A great mix of songs with the incredible David Archuleta who makes you really feels the songs he sings.  It was a very sophisticated and inspired concert, a true testament to the faith and love each performer has for their beliefs. I truly feel blessed to have attended.

What a beautiful way to spend an evening.  This was a performance that glowed from within.  We’ve come to expect great music from David Archuleta and he did not disappoint especially with his first number The First Noel.

David Archuleta’s Glorious with One Voice Children’s Choir, Masa Fukuda director was beautifully sung with passion and Do You Hear What I Hear Rainstorm with Kevin Olusola on Cello was magnificent with David’s vocals and Taryn Elkins on piano, it was a haunting piece of musical art.

David saved his finest vocal on “Silent Night” which was vocal perfection, controlled, powerful and stunning.  He was able to silence the entire venue through the song and it garnered yet another standing ovation.

A favorite moment was “Believe” featuring David Archuleta with David Glen Hutch, Kevin Olusola, One Voice Children’s Choir, Masa Fukuda, director. Also performing was the Calvary Baptist Choir, Pastor France A. David, Salt Lake City Mass Choir, Timothy Drisdom, director.

David ended with “Believe” which showcased his trademark range and vocal prowess.  He gave me goose bumps listening to his version of this beautiful song. He has a voice of an angel.

The night was a sparkling collection of gems…..Choirs, Dancers, Musicians, Vocal soloists, Aerial Artists and diligent dedicated music directors, arrangers and choreographers.

Each song and performance reminded the audience of the true meaning of Christmas and causes you to experience the warm feeling associated with the holidays the birth and life of our Savior Jesus Christ.

It was a Glorious evening!

 

Monday, September 29, 2014

David Archuleta is Glorious


                                                                   
 

Music can give us moments of elation, joy, melancholy, good vibrations and above everything a state of equilibrium that allows us to face life with optimism and a sense of confidence.

Glorious sung by David Archuleta and written by Stephanie Maybe from the new movie Meet the Mormons is a motivational song about discovering what your heart has to say and where you belong.

This song is highly inspirational and raises our spirits and pushes us to a new flight for our aims and purpose.  With his vocals David in his element elevated “Glorious” to another level with music born of dreams.  You can hear his true heart of worship in every note he sings.

This song has a beautiful melody.  The lyrics are poetic and there is such a serenity; in the song that you want to repeat it. The orchestration has a nice balance of lush instrumentation and straightforward pop. This song inspires you to fly away and achieve your goals.  It starts rather subdued and then reaches its crescendo.  A song capable of making us better human beings, this song takes your breath away.

Listening to the right kind of music can do wonders for the soul, uplift you and empower you.  There have been many times David Archuleta is able to reach that deep innermost part of our heart and tears will roll down our cheeks for the pure joy and passion in his voice.  David always emphasizes on the key words with emotion.

David can perform any style of music and sing it with a message and purpose, and make it his own.  Words can’t express how happy I am hearing David sing once again.  God is good!

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

David Archuleta's Anniversary of Crush Video

    Happy Sixth Anniversary!                                                                                                 
 
 
 
The lyrics to Crush explore the old question of true love and whether it is reciprocated, questioning if his feelings are real or not.
 
The song managed to "crush" the competition upon release. It rose to the top of the American charts and received positive reviews from the music press. Crush is an age appropriate mid-tempo pop song showcasing his vocal styling with lovely harmonies and great falsetto effects.

 The lyrics are sweet and innocent and concentrate on the common teen emotions which suit him perfectly to keep his young spirit evident. Crush mixes R&B beats with pop lyrics and sounds hip and contemporary

 His voice captures the same doubt and hope your heart has when it beats each time you think of someone that takes your breath away.  This song is very catchy and has enough speed and variety for both young and old.

 Crush’s initial sales were strong enough to push the song to a #2 debut on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on iTunes and #16 on Amazon.com after one week release.

 VIDEO

 Crush video was released on September 16, 2008, on iTunes and was directed by Declan Whitebloom.  

 The video innocently portrays David on an outing with friends trying to get the attention of a girl on whom he apparently has a crush.  Several teens are together swimming at a lake, the guys get out, and David stays behind to help her out of the water. The teens are also shown in the cabin playing games and David is shown playing the guitar.  Other scenes show them by a campfire and at the end, David goes out on the deck of the cabin and the girl follows him, showing that she shares his feelings.

 Crush never gets old and you can get star struck listening to David’s fantastic voice and fall head over-heels in love.  He takes you back to those bygone days of school girl crushes while you unconsciously hum along to the music and lyrics.

 With lines like “Why do I keep running from the truth, all I ever think about is you, You got me hypnotized, so mesmerized” it’s hard not to feel for David as he cries, “I know this crush ain’t goin’ away,” and neither has ours!

 

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Live LDS Youth Chat with David Archuleta

                        


Live Youth Chat with David Archuleta tonight!  Don't miss out!  #LDAfacetoface lds.org/youth/activities

Check it out and learn what David's mission was all about and his advice to other young men and women contemplating a mission.  He has also mentioned he will be singing and that is always worth hearing. 

Question will be accepted via twitter!  Enjoy!


                                                                            





                                                               

Monday, May 19, 2014

David Archuleta - Working On New Music


                                                 
 

Pop music began in the 1950 but as early as the l920’s.  Pop music has been the most listened music of this generation.  However creating pop music isn’t easy and one first needs to choose a moment in one’s life that is easily relatable to many others, plus finding the right lyrics and notes become difficult to accomplish.

Songs publisher’s years ago were in charge of the music industry along with records labels.  Music publishers and records labels serve very different functions.  Publishers work with songwriters and song demos, the raw material of the music business.  They deal primarily with the acquisition and promotion of songs.  Record labels work with recording artists and their finished products and are responsible for their promotion and marketing of master recordings.

With inexpensive and professional sounding production equipment artists can get their music to listeners without a label.  Has pop culture forgotten David Archuleta? I think not, his songs have a wonderful purity of emotion comforting in their tenderness. But is David reinventing himself?

It raises the eyebrows of some fans; is Spanish/Latin music in his future? Let’s hope so as he has already announced a Spanish song that has been completed.  Could his next album be a combination of Spanish/English with some gospel or will pop still be his mainstream choice?

Will he focus on making his next album more personal, create music that communicates to other people and also fulfills him artistically.  He has matured as a person and artist and hopefully his songs will still be about feelings and issues he really cares about; those emotions and situations that are meaningful that he has experienced.

David has immense potential and talent with one of the best voices in the world a true touch of magic.  He is a consummate musician that takes his craft seriously.  He touches so many people on so many levels.

Having lots of collaboration with different artists such as Brogan Kelby, Stephanie Mabey and Dustin Christensen keeps an artist fresh and its good for artists to step out of their comfort zone.

His voice during many of the Chile performances seems to have had a great inflection and expressiveness. His is the voice that spoke to me from the beginning and speaks to me even more powerfully today.

It’s time for him to lay claim to his remarkable musical gift………………God certainly blessed our world when he gave us David Archuleta.

His music has been many fans best friend through good times and bad, and whenever a song of his comes on the troubles of everyday life never seems that bad.  His music is poetry that speaks on an individual basis.

David has enjoyed a pretty phenomenal success so far and his career is an object lesson in breaking through in the competitive music business.  His songwriting is one thing, but I believe David is clearly combining this with a keen business sense and a highly focused approach to recording.  He may fully be involved in the management of his finances and marketing his own career.

David may choose to wear a number of different hats.  David did say he’s back but different!

Monday, April 14, 2014

TDAMS - CAN WE JUST SAY



                                           CAN WE JUST SAY

                                                                   


…HOW MUCH DAVID ARCHULETA FANS ROCK?!
Because of YOU we will be awarding 2 deserving
students a scholarship worth $1,800 each!! 
Over 5 years of scholarships the
total amount  given is $19,600!!!!
It is ALL because of YOU and we cannot say THANKS enough.
 
will be awarded in a ceremony later this Spring. 
When we have information on the
recipients we will post it on our website
and let you know that it’s there.
 
"No person was ever honored for what he received.
Honor has been the reward for what he gave." 
----Calvin Coolidge
 
WE honor YOU and your giving heart.
 
 
THE BAG GIVEAWAY INFORMATION:
We have a WINNER!!
HOWEVER, a number of emails have
been sent to the winner with no response. 
 
If you entered, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL.
If we do not hear back we will have to draw a new winner.
 
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

TDAMS - Today Is Our Last Day


                    Today Is Our Last Day


                                                                              
 
This is literally your LAST CHANCE to be a part of
for 2014!!
 
We will be giving 2 scholarships to 2 deserving students. 
The amount of those scholarships will be determined by YOU.
 
Once again THANK YOU for all you have done to make this possible. 
This is our 5th year.  So far 8 students have benefited
by receiving $16,000 worth of scholarships. 
How much more will we be able to add in our 5th year?
 
Be a part of it if you can.
 
This video was created for our 2012 campaign.
It still holds true today.
 


 
Our campaign ends today - April 9th.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

TDAMS - $10 Tuesday




                $10 Tuesday - What?!




 
 
 
Our $5 Fridays have been so popular we decided to up our game
on the day before our campaign for 2014 ends.
 
Any chance you can do without that extra latte this week? 
If so, please head on over to our website for
 
Also, if you want to be in on the FREE BAG GIVEAWAY,
please send your name to this email address:


 

Monday, April 7, 2014

TDAMS - Three Days Left


Only 3 Days Left




The 2014 campaign will end Wednesday for


The DAVID ARCHULETA MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP!!
 
 
 
As David fans we all know that this quote
speaks to the person David is. 
The David Archuleta Music Scholarship
was created 5 years ago with the purpose
of honoring the person David is
and to give back in a unique way
to his alma mater, Murray High School.
 
In the past few weeks you have seen us post
messages from fans who have participated
and supported and even a fan who
has benefited from a music scholarship. 
We are nearing the end of YOUR opportunity
to be a part of this year’s scholarship.
 
Be a part of it if you can.
 
Our campaign ends on Wednesday - April 9th.
Please visit us to learn more:
 
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Friday, April 4, 2014

TDAMS - TGIF It's $5 Friday Again




TGIFF
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Thank Goodness It's $5 Friday AGAIN!!! 
There are only a few short days left to be a part of
THE DAVID ARCHULETA MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP
for this year as our campaign for 2014 ends April 9th.
 
As you heard from a great David fan on Monday
a music scholarship really does make a
meaningful impact on a life.
 
Here’s what a David fan from Canada had to say:
 
"I do believe there is a commonality of humans
to give even a little bit, which actually means
alot.....it really is in our nature to be good
loving people, we just have to
tap to that beauty of who we really are."
 
Head over to our website and see the
8 lives this scholarship has impacted SO FAR.
YOU can help to impact even more lives.
 
Donate if you can here:
 
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

David Archuleta's Back - 2014

by Pamela Pike

                                                            


Words cannot even begin to describe how much I adore David Archuleta.    I’m beyond elated that he is home from his mission.  Congratulations on a job well done!
Even after two years of sacrifice devoted to God and others he continues to use his gifts of music and passion to serve his community and will continue throughout his life.  This is his calling.

He recognizes that he’s a role model to many young people, and he takes that responsibility seriously.
He advocates being healthy, strong, confident and true to yourself.  It’s all about sharing; he shows the very best of the human spirit and helps to show that putting others before you makes a better world.  He seeks to enrich the lives of others and provide inspiration to move us to action. 

He was born with a song inside him that gives you an intoxicating and overwhelming feeling of joy knowing he has touched you in a positive way. His music deeply moves our souls.
Sometimes you need to serve to be served and until that is fulfilled succeeding and growing can be difficult.

He creates moments of ponder “I needed to do something that’s not about me.  I need to do something that’s nothing about me.”
It’s about Jesus and his Glory! God has built something into David so he can make a difference ad serve others.  He was given an inherent tool to be used to serve God.  He has given him “heart” the gift of passion to touch others and share the joy of the Gospel.

Always know that you have touched us with you “heart” and our journey together continues no matter where it takes us.

 

TDAMS - Hurry 1 Week Left!





ONLY 1 WEEK LEFT!!
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Time is short if you would like to be a part
of the 2014 campaign for
THE DAVID ARCHULETA MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP!!
 
We’ve said it before but want to share again
that our purpose is all about giving back to the
High School that was a part of David’s life. 
We want to do this in a way that
honors David who always shows the
heart he has for music and the heart he has for people.
 
Be a part of it if you can.
 
Our campaign ends one week from today - April 9th.
Please visit us to learn more:
 
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