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OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM IVORY MUSIC
RE: DAVID ARCHULETA “FOREVERMORE” ALBUM RELEASE DATE

March 15, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

DAVID ARCHULETA “FOREVERMORE” ALBUM RELEASE DATE

Due to misinformation posted on some online ordering websites and some unforeseen circumstances, Ivory Music & Video, is issuing the following statement:

The exact release date for David Archuleta’s “Forevermore” album under IVORY Music & Video, Inc. has yet to be determined. The album is in post-production and will proceed with manufacturing shortly, assuring a release in March 2012.

Ivory Music & Video would like to reiterate that the OPM album will be exclusively distributed in the Philippines. You may pre-order the album only from music stores in the Philippines for Php430.00. (Consult with www.xe.com/ucc for local currency conversions.)

Astroplus / Astrovision: http://www.facebook.com/Astroplus1
Odyssey Music & Video: http://www.facebook.com/Odysseylive.Net

You can get David Archuleta’s songs online and the single “Forevermore” via http://mymusicstore.com.ph/ under Ivory Music & Video. To download David Archuleta’s music on your mobile phones, text ARCHULETA to 3456. Standard rates apply.

For further official announcements/news regarding the album, please check Ivory Music & Video’s facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/ivorymusicandvideophilippines

got this Official Press Release from Ivory Music & Video..

I really love this part:

“The album pays tribute to not only OPM (Original Pilipino Music) but also to his countless fans who have been loyal throughout his career. The album is a gift & labor of love to his devoted fans…….David wants his fans to know, that he loves and appreciates them wherever he may go, FOREVERMORE.”

Transcription:

DAVID ARCHULETA FOREVERMORE

Ivory Music & Video is proud to release David Archuleta’s last album before his intended 2-year break from the business to embark on an important spiritual mission.

DAVID ARCHULETA…FOREVERMORE, is a collection of all original Filipino classic love songs written in English and composed by some of the Philippines’ renowned songwriters like Ogie Alcasid, Louie Ocampo, Jay Durias, Jimmy Antiporda, Cecil Azarcon, among others. The collection showcases some of the best love songs, the country has produced. The songs will definitely invoke feelings of love and hope in every listener.

“Forevermore” and “Hold On” (both by Side A), “You Are My Song” (Martin Nievera) “I’ll Never Go” (Nexxus), “Tell Me” (Joey Albert), “Reaching Out” (Gary Valenciano), and “Rainbow” (South Border)” are some of the songs included in the album. The album pays tribute to not only OPM (Original Pilipino Music) but also to his countless fans who have been loyal throughout his career. The album is a gift and labor of love to his devoted fans. David wants his fans to know, that he loves and appreciates them wherever he may go, Forevermore.

“I wouldn’t say that I sound better than the original singers because the singers here are so amazing. But I would hope that I could pay tribute to them with this album,” David said at the press conference for the album.

To show gratitude for David’s contribution to OPM, Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-Aawit president Ogie Alcasid handed David a plaque of appreciation for recording an OPM album.

As an added treat to David’s fans, the album will also include “Nandito Ako”, from the TV5 mini-series of the same name.

The David Archuleta story began on Dec. 28, 1990, the day David was born to Jeff and Lupe Archuleta in North Miami, Florida. His father was a jazz musician who was always playing the trumpet around the house. His mother was a singer who performed locally with her three sisters in a group known as the Mayorga Sisters. David always enjoyed music, but wasn’t particularly fond of his dad’s jazz trumpet playing, covering his ears “because it was so loud.”

But then came one of those pivotal moments, when David was six years old and watched a videotape with his younger brother as his family was relocating from Florida to Utah. It was the 10th anniversary concert of the stage musical “Les Miserables” and David became captivated with the music, playing the tape over and over, memorizing each song, complete with cockney accents. Then he discovered and fell in love with other musicals like “Evita” and “Into the Woods.” He also listened to his mother’s Selena and Gloria Estefan albums, but he didn’t pay attention to radio much and wasn’t really aware of pop music, until he watched the first season of “American Idol.”

The rest, as they say, is history.

AstroPlus is offering local and international shipping. You can pre-order “Forevermore” online now – sign up for a free Multiply.com account, and order your copy of “Forevermore” at AstroVision.Multiply.com!

Forevermore will be available in music stores nationwide March 2012. You can get David Archuleta’s songs online via mymusicstore.com.ph under Ivory Music & Video. To download David Archuleta’s music on your mobile phones, text ARCHULETA to 3456.

For more updates, add us on facebook, http://www.facebook.com/ivorymusicandvideophilippines or visit http://davidarchuleta.com

Nandito Ako ng TV5, trending ang magandang kuwento worldwide

Walang palya sa pagiging Twitter trending topic every night ang Nandito Ako mula nang magbukas ang mini-seryeng ito ng TV5 noong isang linggo. Nakamamanghang hindi lang sa Pilipinas nagtre-trend ang Nandito Ako kundi sa iba’t-ibang parte ng mundo. Bukod sa Pilipinas, trending ito worldwide at pati na din sa mga bansang tulad ng Malaysia, Vietnam at sa iba’t-ibang states sa Amerika.

Dala nga ito ng kasikatan ng American Idol singing sensation na si David Archuleta na bida sa mini-serye, katambal ang homegrown primetime princesses ng TV5 na sina Jasmine Curtis Smith at Eula Caballero. Pero ayon na din sa mga tweets ng mga sumusubaybay sa Nandito Ako, hooked na sila sa magandang kuwento ng mini-serye at puring-puri nila ang acting ng cast pati na din ang magagandang eksena na sumailalim sa masusing direksyon ni direk Mac Alejandre.

Marami din ang nakaka-relate sa pinagdadaanan ng tatlong ina ng mga bida. Ang ina ni Anya (Jasmine Curtis Smith) na si Theresa (Gelli de Belen) ay handang gawin ang lahat para sa mga anak. May mga pagkakataon man na nasasaktan niya ang anak, hindi matatawaran ang laki ng isinakripisyo niya sa buhay. Isa siyang hospitality girl na ibinenta maging ang kaniyang dignidad maitaguyod lamang ang mga anak na mag-isa niyang pinalaki.

Ang ina naman ni Holly (Eula Caballero) na si Margaret (Aiko Melendez) ay mistulang sagabal sa kaligayahan ng kaniyang anak. Pero sa likod ng kaniyang paghihigpit ay ang matinding pagmamahal nya sa anak at ang kaniyang lihim na takot na mawala ito sa kaniyang buhay.

Si Cara (Giselle Toengi) naman ang dahilan kung bakit nasa bansa ang sikat na international singer na si Josh Bradley (David Archuleta). Dahil sa isang sunog sa hotel kung saan nawalay siya sa kaniyang anak, namuhay si Cara sa malagim na alaala ng trahedya. Sa pagpunta sa bansa ni Josh, sa kabila ng kaniyang kasikatan, hangad niyang buuin ang kaniyang pagkatao at hanapin ang kaniyang ina.

Subaybayan ang madamdaming kuwentong ito ng tatlong inang may kani-kaniyang hinagpis sa buhay at ang kanilang tatlong anak na hangad na mas makilala ang kanilang mga sarili. Sila ang mga karakter na minamahal ng libo-libong manonood mula sa iba’t-ibang sulok ng mundo na nakaabang sa bawat eksena ng Nandito Ako gabi-gabi.

Mapapanood ang Nandito Ako mula Lunes hanggang Biyernes ng gabi pagkatapos ng Wil Time Bigtime sa TV5.

Source: TV5

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Translation from our dearest Jack Ryan from TDC:

TV5′s Nandito Ako, the beautiful story trends worldwide

Nandito Ako has been a consistent worldwide trending topic every night, ever since the mini-series premiered last week. It is amazing that the trending not only happened in the Philippines but in different parts of the world. Aside from the Philippines, it trended worldwide and in individual countries such as Malaysia, Vietnam and various parts of the US
This is due to the popularity of AI singimng sensation David Archuleta, the lead character of the mini-series, along with TV5′s homegrown primitime pricesses, Jasmine Curtis Smith and Eula Cabalero. But according to the tweets of Nandito Ako followers, they are hooked on the beautiful story of the mini series and they are all praises on the acting of the whole casr, including the great scenes which went throug the meticulous direction of Mac Alejandre.
A lot of people can relate to the experiences of the 3 main charcaters. The mother of Anya (Jasmine Curtis Smih) is Theresa (Gelli de Belen) is the kind of mom who will do anything for her kids. There may be instances when she mau hurt her kids, but you cannot discount the great sacrifice she went through inlife for them. She had to endure being a hospitality girl in order to support her kids on her own.
Holly’s (Eula Caballero) mom is Margaret (Aiko Melendez) appears to be a stumbling block to her daughtr’s happiness. But behind all her strictness is a great love for her daughter and her deep secret fear of losing her.
Cara (Gissele Toengi) is the reason why Josh Bradley (David Archuleta), the popular international singer is back in town. Cara lived her life with the tragic memory of a hotel fire that separated her from his son. Josh returns to the country to become whole by finding his mom.
Follow the riveting story of these 3 mothers who each has her own personal grief and their respective kids who each struggles to find their self-worth. These are the characters who have come to be loved by viewers all over the world, viewers who anticipate every scene of the mini-series every night.

You can watch Nandito Ako, nightly, Mondays till Fridays, after Wil Time Big Time on TV5.

by Lorma Balangue (@Lorms)

It is the first weekend since David left the Philippines. It has also been a week since Nandito Ako aired. What abetter way to spend the weekend than to go out and promote David’s show!

A week ago, I dropped by TV5′s office to pick up hundreds of posters and flyers for Archuleta Philippines to use to help promote the show. As early as Sunday last week, Naree started distributing them to members of Archuleta Philippines to distribute to potential viewers.

Nandito Ako posters

Nandito Ako flyers

Archuleta Philippines also embarked on a Promotional Power Campaign for Nandito Ako and created materials in addition to the posters and flyers that others can download and print themselves for the promotion (design c/o Kricket and Ferj).

Archuleta Philippines promo materials

And Archuleta Philippines even made the campaign more exciting by releasing this announcement to die-hard, hard core promoters of Nandito Ako:

If you feel like you’ve already been doing your best to promote Nandito Ako, then this is probably good news for you. A reward may be on its way!

AP, in coordination w TV5, is giving away special archustuffs, and A SPECIAL GRAND PRIZE for winners to our “NANDITO AKO TODO PROMOTE!” contest. Watch out for our post on this later today, and you may just win something from JOSH BRADLEY himself. *Wink*. (Hint: When you do all of the above suggestions for promotions, make sure you document it – take a video or picture. Who knows, you may be our lucky winner!) Be sure to follow us @archuletaphils @kricket_rc234!

If you haven’t done your part yet, then better get your fangirl mode on and power campaign for David!

So, here I am documenting my weekend of non-stop, shameless promotion of Nandito Ako. It was so much fun seeing the reaction of the people I’ve talked and how many of them wanted more copies once they saw who was on the show.

1) Posters outside tricycles (a motorcyle with a sidecar, often used as mode of transportation in the Philippines for short distances) – I got these tricycle drivers to help me put up the posters at the back of their tricycles. They even asked me for more posters that they can share with their buddies.

Tricycle in Agoo

Tricycle in Aringay

2) Flyers inside Tricycles

Flyer in Trike1

Flyer inside Trike2

Had Mr Trike Driver distribute the flyers

3) Posters in Shops

At a computer shop

At Ice Cream Haus

3) At bus stops

4) In buses

On our way to Sand Fernando, La Union and Baguio, JackRyan and I had the bus conductor put up posters inside the bus near the entrance/exit.

In provincial buses

5) In events – Panagbenga Festival (Flower Festival) in Baguio

Knowing how hundreds of thousands of people, local and international visitors, flock Baguio during its annual Flower Festival (also known as Panagbenga) , JackRyan and I went up to Baguio to share in the festivities and spread the word about Nandito Ako. We targeted those who were taking pictures with TV5′s float and they were excited about the show when they found out David Archuleta is on it. Some even asked for multiple bookmarks as keepsakes.

Gave away AP’s Nandito Ako bookmarks by TV5′s float

Explaining Nandito Ako to potential viewers

“I wanna watch Nandito Ako!”

Getting friendly with Panagbenga visitors

We also targeted the ice cream vendors since they move around a lot and people can easily spot the posters when they buy from them.

Nestle Ice Cream vendor

Selecta Ice Cream Vendor

6) And even at home

My welcome to our visitors LOL

It was a tiring yet productive weekend. Hopefully, everyone we talked to will start tuning in to Nandito Ako this Monday. They’re in for a treat – David Archuleta in bunny suit!

More to come… Peace!

Thanks TV5!

Source: Lorms.Wordpress.com

LOL!

Isn’t he adorable? )

SALAMAT DAVID ARCHULETA

After an emotional vlog, and a roflcopter-inducing Vangie session, there were no other words to say but THANK YOU to David. So, we tried and gave it a shot.

(Can we do it? Can we make it trend?)

Of course, the entire archuarmy was more than ready, and so Salamat David Archuleta trended up to #4 worldwide and in the US, and til #6 in the Phils. Not bad, not bad at all for a spontaneous need to express our feelings as a fanbase! Awesome job, guys! Gotta love how we have all gotten closer as a fanbase, huh?

Latin America Loves David Archuleta trended earlier today too, and David saw it! Cool beans!

WHATWHEREWHAT?

Now, come Feb 20, Monday, the pilot episode for NANDITO AKO is going to air, and what better way to build buzz and hype it up than to make it trend! So here are the deets:

WHEN: February 20, Monday. We begin around 7 or 8PM Manila Time
WHAT: Top priority would be “Nandito Ako“, but we can also try and trend “Josh Bradley” and “We Love David Archuleta“.

TRENDING TIPS!

I remember that the Asian Archies got “Happy21stDavidArchie” to trend 6 minutes into the target time. For “Salamat David Archuleta”, it took a few bunch of Asian fans (who were still awake) and the rest of the world, about 25 minutes before it trended.

But with this Monday’s NA premiere on the line, we cannot afford for it not to trend, so let’s try and do our best to make it happen, quickly and with longevity, too. We don’t want it to trend for 30 minutes and drop when the episode is actually already on. Sooo, here’s a really good tip, if you don’t already know it.

1. Create 2 or 3 extra accounts. Note that I said extra, not fake. You can make fan accounts of your favorite ship, for instance. Maybe TeamDangie (David/Vangie lol) or NinjaDavid, the possibilities are endless! (Don’t look at me! Mine were really handy for local radio station polls, lol)

2. USE TWEETDECK.

With tweetdeck, you can just click all the tabs (accounts), and all the tweets you make gets sent at the same time. That’s 4 Nandito Ako’s in 1 second. Right? With this, you fingers won’t feel too strained typing in a hurry, or re-typing all the words to trend. Also, you can create a column/search feed which you can use to track tweets, RT them, and just add the phrase to trend. Trending is gonna be a breeeeze!

Give it a try, it’s available for Windows and Mac, even iOS devices.

Let’s do this, guys! <3

New Vlog!

Most of you have seen this and it seems we’re not ready for this yet. “Last”. Sad. Surely, it is not the last but it is--for now. David will come back. I am sure of this. For now, however, let us watch and listen to what David has to say to all his fans here and around the world…

I’ll leave the Vangie video to you, fellow AP peeps. This is the EMO space. Sooo, take it away, Vangie!

Heh. Oh, David. We will surely miss you. Truly, your projects here are not only for the Filipinos but for everyone. Every David Archuleta fan out there.

Salamat, David! ♥

David Archuleta does better than repeat history. He improves on it.

When Mexican superstar Thalia conquered the Philippines in 1997 not with the cross but the telenovela, she did it with Marimar. Through this, she freed the Pinoy soap opera from the drag of Mara Clara into the abbreviated teleserye with a global attitude — the mini-serye, which is a TV5 innovation — of Nandito Ako. She eventually recorded a cover version of “Nandito Ako,” the heart-tugging song about presenting one’s love for a carefree person, Ogie Alcasid’s 1989 debut single turned into a smash hit that earned him Song of the Year award from a local radio station.

When TV5 Television and Creative Services head Percy Intalan hit upon the idea of making American Idol Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta star in a drama series that uses his extraordinary singing prowess and the global popularity that it spawned him, they hit upon a formula that may have a evolutionary effect not only for Philippine television, but local entertainment in general.

They did it with the mini-series Nandito Ako, which is piloting on Monday, Feb. 20, after Wil Time Bigtime. Yes, the title is based on the same song that Ogie originated and that Thalia covered in 1997. Thalia had an evolutionary effect on local television entertainment. Besides updating the soap opera to western standards, she turned a local showbiz phenomenon big enough to stage a blockbuster concert at the Araneta Coliseum where she sang “Nandito Ako.” The recording of the soulful cover version was in David’s priority to-do list in his three-week stay here.

This is the first time in Philippine television history that an international star like David is cast in a Filipino primetime series. Only in TV5!

David is Thalia reborn in the age of the viral explosion and social networking!

Nandito Ako tells the story of young love, where David plays the role of Josh Bradley, a Filipino-American international singer who returns to the Philippines to search for the missing pieces of his true identity. Jasmine Curtis Smith is Anya, a boyish and carefree lass, while Eula Caballero is her best friend. But love has its twists and turns and they’ll soon uncover realities that will change their hearts and minds. Will Josh fall for Anya instead?

As evidenced by the rave reception on the series’ characters both online (frequently landing on Twitter Philippines trending topics) and offline (high crowd attendance in mall shows) directed by channel switcher Mac Alejandre, Nandito Ako is poised to be TV5’s top-rating show. With pre-program Wil Time Bigtime being cut off if it goes overtime, the development of nationwide regular and steady audience for Nandito Ako due to David’s built-in demand is assured.

TV is a young people’s medium. To be truly viable, TV5 must be able to grab a huge chunk of the below-30 audience share. It must develop a stable of young talents that this target will follow. With his Thalia appeal and talent, David will be the initial surefire move to do this. He is expected to top the Mexican superstar’s accomplishments with his viral savvy, which is no match to her pager power. This early, David’s global fan base is demanding to see their idol’s first acting work.

It might as well be the second big effective step after Willie Revillame to make TV5 a mass-oriented, world-class network. With its planned local (inauguration of its state-of-the art digital studio in Mandaluyong City with its improved reach and aggressive programming strategy) and global expansion (Wil Time Bigtime is set to go on a worldwide promo swing) this year, David will set the standard for the success of future TV5 shows. David might as well start the trend of alien headliners in local small and big screen projects.

Who’s the next superstar on the block? Mario Maurer? Nothing has been heard of his ABS-CBN project after it was played up in the media. He should have preempted David but when you’re not number one, one tends to want to shake off the second place more intensely. But then again it’s difficult to find another David and Pinoy trait of singing genius, humility, natural charm, ability to learn and adapt, flashing a smile at every instance. Any Korean superstar will not come close. Certainly not Mario, who is no more than a pretty boy to many.

Source: The Daily Tribune

There are two sides in every story

THE RAWKSTAR!

THE MATINEE IDOL!

There may be two sides of every story but this story has only one ending. Fans a-flailing! LOL. Kari you seriously want to kill us. Hahaha. And you too David,  by being Josh the way you are.  *pun intended* hahaha

Source: @kariontour

“I’m missing Philippines…sad”

We miss you too, David

In Singapore for a few days. Sorry the sound isn’t very good and it’s a little blurry and short. I just wanted to get a video by the water and show you guys that we were here haha.