Press Democrat: Von David’s Mission bis zum Tagesablauf auf Tour.

So, will Archuleta, who turns 19 next month, ever do that?

Here is his explanation:

“A Mission? You know, I wasn’t kind of expecting this to happen. I was 16 and it (his music career) started early in a way.

“Seeing all the things that have happened and the stories I heard. It wasn’t like I was preaching or stuff when I was singing on the show (American Idol) …but with Imagine (the song), people would come up and say how it affected them.

“Every single letter I got during the show …they would say how they felt something and wanted to thank me.

“They felt something in my music and that is a big part of my belief. It was good to feel like people were feeling the same thing I was and to share that with people. Just to see how powerful of a tool music can be.

“I feel like the Lord surprises you. Like, ‘Hey I need you here and will you commit to being the best with the talent I have given you and the opportunity I have given you.

“I owe so much to Him and I give it back to Him cause He’s given me so much. Whatever way I can serve Him is what I want to do. It’s just figuring out the best way to do that. It all plays a big part of my life.

“It’s not exactly a mission, but it’s a way of doing missionary work.

“It is amazing to see how much of an example you can be for other people. People will pay attention to the example you set. It always amazes me. It’s very cool to see that. That has been one of the coolest things of this whole experience.”

So, will he be doing any church work during his brief stay in Stanta Rosa?

Does he ever do the “instant replay” thing?

Will he check out his performance at the Wells Fargo Center tonight on video tape on Monday?

Maybe, but probably not…

“Yes, I critique myself,” Archuleta told Idol Chatter. “You are your own worst critic. I think I’m a little hard on myself.

“Sometimes I can’t stand to look at my concerts. I don’t like to look at myself. I just think it’s so weird looking at yourself and listening to yourself.

Idol Chatter did ask Archuleta what a normal concert day was for him.
Here is his response:

“I usually do interviews in the morning and then check out the place where we are going to perform. But that depends on how long it is to drive from the other (previous) city. (He was in Bakersfield Saturday night).

“Sometimes you get there in late morning, sometimes around noonish. We go and you will have a sound track and then sometime a ‘Meet & Greet.’ You try to eat something in between those things.

“It gets to be a routine. Then you go on stage, perform and do the show and after that go back and pack and put everything back on the bus and drive to the next city.

“It’s a routine thing. You usually don’t get to see much of anything.”

Thought came to mind – what is it like to be a recording artist and that happens to you? More specifically, what if it were your song playing on the radio? Would you sing along to yourself?

Idol Chatter asked that question to David Archuleta…

Here is his response:

“Oh, my gosh, I would change the station,” he answered laughing. “It would be the the weirdest thing. I am used to hearing other people.

Here’s his explanation of the Tour as he told Idol Chatter a couple of weeks ago:

“The Tour kind of went hand-in-hand with the Christmas album I recorded. A Christmas album is something that I always wanted to do. Christmas music … that’s like one of the biggest times of the year for me to really be singing.

“It’s been my favorite music to sing cause I have been singing it every year since I was a little kid. And now to be able to put those songs on an album with orchestral arrangements is a really neat thing to do.

“It’s a great to be able to share that with other people and it’s just meaningful for me to be able to do that, to mix those songs that I recorded with a tour.”