A QUICK NOTE TO THE MODS: This posting isn't a breach of privacy, as the entries of this blog was meant for his fans and audiences. This is not his Xanga posts, which would be a breach of his privacy, but his myspace, intended for his fans. Just thought I'd double clarify that.



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Tuesday, April 04, 2006
DAVID NEWS : April 4, 2006
So, I finished the album artwork for my debut album, "Analog Heart". I'm putting it in the mail tomorrow afternoon, and so I should have them in hand, ready to roll by next month.
I can say with certainty that the album will be on sale through CDBaby.com, as well as on iTunes beginning next month, so for those of you who won't be seeing me in person, but want your fix o' the Dave, Be on the look out for that. Also, I am trying to get a website up, so that this myspace page will merely be a supplementary site. Anyone want to do that for me?
Hope everything is great we're you're at. I am extremely proud of this album. I've never worked so hard on anything before in my life, and hopefully it shows. I look forward to getting out and playing some shows for all of you, in hopes that you'll love it, run and tell your friends, and bring them the next time.
Thank you all for your support over the last 10 years, whether it was just on here, or through Axium or MWK. Let's keep this thing moving forward, shall we?

~David






Sunday, April 23, 2006
Alright kiddos...CD RELEASE INFO!!!
First off, for the sake of saying so, the OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE will be May 2nd. With that said, I will be selling the CD, by hand, starting on Thursday night, April 27th, @ the Hurricane, which is also AXIUM's last show. So everyone come out, and check it out. Also, if you want to buy one off of me, in person, during the day on the 28th-1st, e-mail me in here and let me know.
Secondly, I will be revamping the Myspace page throughout the week, and hope to have some links to where you can by the album online through CDBaby.com and iTunes by May 2nd.
Lastly, I will be on Homegrown Buzz in Kansas City, MO, tonight from 7-9 PM, playing some songs from the album, as well as a sneak peek at a new MWK song that will be on the new album. So, if you're in the KC area, listen in. 96.5 FM is the place to be.
See you guys soon. Thank you all for your support.

~David





Saturday, May 27, 2006
SHOW CANCELLATION! The Art Bar in Dallas, TX
Sorry guys. A few things fell out of place, so I had to bow out of the Dallas show. However, it will be rescheduled, so if you were planning on coming out, keep an eye out for the rescheduled date soon.
Thanks everyone,
David





Monday, June 05, 2006
DAVIDCOOKMUSIC.NET is up and running!
Go Check It Out....
Seriously, why are you still here, reading this? GO!!!!

~David





Friday, July 07, 2006
iTunes and their recent addition of the Dave...
You can now buy "Analog Heart" on iTunes! Go there as soon as humanly possible and snag it before they (never) run out!
Also, wanting to procure a head count for the July 19th show at The Hive? Who's comin' with me, man?

~David



Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Just your garden-variety, everyday update...
So...I started doing some pre-production on some new songs tonight. Got one completely mapped out. The working title is "A Daily AntheM" (yes, the letter capitalization has some importance. ) Lots o' work to be done, but given that a new song from the David Cook camp hasn't been unveiled since the album release, I figured it to be relatively important. Important enough to let you in on, anyway....
hope all is well with you and yours.
~David




Friday, September 22, 2006
A little new merch for ya's...
Just got the T-shirts in. I'll post a mock up picture of them here in a few, but know that they're in, and according to Cosmopolitan Magazine, "these shirts are the newest fad sweeping the nation." I swear...

~David





Thursday, November 02, 2006
Market Pub Thursday nights...
For those who didn't know, I am now playing acoustically at Market Pub EVERY Thursday from 9:30pm to 12:30pm, in the shopping plaza on the northeast corner of 51st and Memorial in Tulsa, OK. My buddy, Andy Skib, is with me. Everyone should come out. Great drink specials... oh, yeah, which remind me, it is 21 and up.
~David




Monday, December 11, 2006
New Material... just for you...
I'm in the studio right now beginning production on a new David Cook album. I know, I know...I've barely given "Analog Heart" time to breathe... This new album will take a while. The first three songs I'm tracking are called "A Daily AntheM", "Chandelier", and "The Downfall". I'm very excited about the new stuff, so you may be able to hear one or two of these new songs at a live show...hint, hint.

Take care, monkeys.

~David




Saturday, January 06, 2007
"Analog Heart" Number 4 on the Top 7 Of '06!
Head on over to http://www.myspace.com/musicequalslifesite and check the sweet review that Eric Nagle and musiceaulslife.com gave the album. It's a huge honor and I can't wait to get the next album out so I can top this one.
As always, you can pick up the album by going to CDBaby.com or by purchasing it on iTunes.
Thanks for all the support and Take Care
D







Thursday, May 10, 2007
Nominations for the Tulsa URBY's!!!
Head on over to www.urbantulsa.com and nominate for the Urby's. And while you're at it, you can nominate David Cook (that's me, by the way...) for whatever awards you see fit.
Thanks ahead of time for everyone who votes... Love you monkeys.
~D





Monday, May 14, 2007
PRE-PRODUCTION BEGINS AGAIN...
... for the next David Cook album. Be prepared for a proverial aural onslaught.






Wednesday, June 13, 2007
URBAN TULSA run off ballots: Indie Album of the Year
Help if you want to:
Head on over to this URL:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Oqzl...OiT7guBJw_3d_3d
OR go to www.urbantulsa.com, and click on the ABOT awards web banner.
"Analog Heart" is up for album of the year, and your vote could help it win.
Thanks for all the support. I'll let everyone know the result.

~D





Wednesday, July 18, 2007
And The URBY's go to...
Well, a lot of people, actually...
But, "Analog Heart" did take home Indie Album of The Year!
Thanks to everyone who voted. I really appreciate it. You guys are awesome.
~David






Thursday, August 30, 2007
New Album Updates
So we're all but done with pre-production. New songs are coming together sexy-like. We're going in to do drums on September 8th and 9th on ten songs. They are as follows:
DISCLAIMER: These are all working titles and they are in no particular order. Also, any one of these songs may not make the album
A Daily AntheM
Precious Decline
Chandelier
The Downfall
Only If...
Better Late Than Never
We're Only Honest When We're Sleeping
Elizabeth
Never To Return
By The Fire, Gently Burning

I'm also toying with the idea of a live track version of one of the songs from "Analog Heart". We'll see how functional that idea is.

Lastly, I'm contemplating naming the album 'Optimistic To A Fault". Good idea? Bad idea? I want your input.

Later, taters.
~D






Monday, November 19, 2007
Album update... november 07
Current mood: creative
Here's the skinny...
the drum tracking is done. Aaron Baker has done a masterful job. This album is going to have a different vibe than the last, and a lot of that is due, in part, to Aaron.
Right now, there are ten songs. I'm crossing my fingers for an eleventh, but time will tell.
the tracks, right now, in now particular order, are:
A Daily AntheM
Chandeliers (Monty's pining for 'Scandeliers')
The Downfall
Debutante
Elizabeth
Better Never Than Late
We're Only Honest When We're Sleeping
Eta Carinae
A Dirty Shame
Precious Decline

The album title is still up in the air. "Optimistic To A Fault" has been joined by "Remember This". thoughts, questions, concerns?
Right now, we're looking at a March release, but nothing's set in stone. could be earlier or later.
other than that, I hope everyone enjoys their holidays. take care and see you soon.

~D

Currently reading :
This Book Will Save Your Life
By A. M. Homes
Release date: By 20 April, 2006









Note:

- No text has been altered from the original posts
- Dates have been bolded and each individual entry quote wrapped. Scratch that, due to formatting issues, they had to be individually removed. Enjoy anyway!
- The links David posted no longer work, I know, I tried.
- This is not a fake post. These entries were made by one David Roland Cook.



Scribed by James_Padfoot.

David Cook, you f***ing freak! I LOVE you! If this is really his it just proves he was a normal 20 something musician.

Lol, it really is him, I swear. I know right, I was so ecstatic to see him just throw his words around while still maintaining his word nerdyness.

Boy how his life has changed in just a few years.

okay i have a question... he auditioned for AI in August of 2007 right? and he was working on an album at the same time?

just want some clarity, trying to figure out the timeline and such.

warning: don't believe everything you read on the internet...

sorry to bust your bubbles ladies but a little precaution might do you good.

Ya know what? I really wish I could have met him before Idol. I think we would have been friends.. oh well, he's IT now..

huh?

these are his blogs. i managed to read some of them before his personal myspace page was redirected to the now official myspace page.

i don't understand your comment, i'm sorry.

thanks so much posting these excerpts from his pre-idol blog.... it makes me really wish for the power of time travel.... oh to be in Tulsa, in 2006. I would've been a huge fan... sigh...

*sigh* The talk of his unreleased album makes me all wistfully curious. I hope those songs get to see the light of day.

I don't know why, but that is so AWESOME! Which reminds me, I need a new catchphrase. I might have to borrow that one or create something similar. *thinks*

His second album was just about done with production when he auditioned for AI. It has never been released. Maybe we can hope some of it will make it's way to his new CD or even be released on it's own sometime.

That's really him. It's just like the way he speaks. The thought process is the same. And the details in the posts all coincide with the timeline of his life. Let's just be happy that all of his hard work paid off. Am just so happy for him and his success.

hopefully it will be. he worked so hard on it.

i just found it really... like such a wonderful blessing. i mean there he was, on the verge of releasing his second indie record and he got through to hollywood and he chose to join the show instead and look at him now. it almost seems like fate.

Awesome, thanks. I agree Rhoda had I met him befor idol (well and lived in the same town or even state for that matter) he would have been someone I could have been friends with and his music is definitely something I would have gone out to see on every chance I got.

me too. he just seems like this really outgoing, nice guy who you can't help but be friends with you know?

I wish i could listen to that album!!!!
I so want to!

I liked how he gave an explanation on why he named his album Analog Heart. He wears his heart on his sleeve awww. I wish the media would ask him more about his pre Idol days and influences instead of some of the silly questions they ask him. They really need to focus more on his music and how he is an artist...not the "are you surpised you won?" foolish crap.

thats cool to read thru that stuff. and yes, i agree, very much shows hes a 20 something normal everyday dude.

Thanks so much for posting this
I can just picture there working hard on his album
It's good to be reminded how real this perfect being is
This guy has a way with words and I love the way he uses every on of them

I really hope he releases his 2nd album sometime
The names of his songs sound really cool
He keeps saying he wants to release an album with substance...i think this pre-idol album may have what it takes simply because it is pure and not restrained in any way
But of course I haven't heard any of its tracks so who am I to talk

me too, someone had posted them here weeks ago and i got a chance to read through some of it. they were back up there for a few hours on thursday after the finale on the page that got redirected to his new official page.



Agreed, I'd like to know more about his creative process. There were comments on the old blog where his fans and friends voted on the title of Analog Heart and it won unanimously over the alternate title. I think it's cute how he accepted input.
However, I understand that he needs to focus on the future, unknown as it is.



yes, he's mentioned in interview that he had a second solo album (after analog heart) in the works and had a working song list posted on the aforementioned blog. He said it was a bit frustrating not knowing when he could release it. I'd LOVE to hear it...the original one...raw and uncut...not touched by the new label. So here I sit...patiently waiting for you, David.

I managed to hear one. It's bloody awesome! I don't know what it's called or where to find it anymore, but I fell in love with it the first time I heard it. The problem was, it got immediately pulled. There is one that you can hear though, called Optimistic to a Fault (title name) that you can look for on Youtube. It's the one he does for Okla Travel Net. It was recorded in July/August, just about when he got on Idol. We haven't hear anything in that nature since, and in the future, it'll be Idol-pressed.

Dear Heaven is frickin' sweet...check it @ 2:13
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XguAv66SbG8

DC is such a dork, huh?! OMG, i laugh when i read those. But i'm agree with u Rhoda, i wish i heard him b4... i'm not good predicting ppl, though.

Thanks for sharing the blog archive! Wow... wish I'd known about him back then.

Thanks sooo much for posting! i was googling this mournfully earlier on Aww... this just makes him seem even more genuine!
I don't know why but seeing him saying anyhoos makes me inexplicably happy
Agree that i wish i'd discovered his talent sooner! What a lovable chap. Your monkeys love you tooooo david~

I can't help but wonder what's going to happen to that album...it seems like it's been finished for a while now, and obviously waiting in the wings (if, of course, the idol thing fell through..) - I wonder if he'd try to get some of those tracks on his post-idol album?

Thank you so much for sharing DC's music journey before AI. I love everything about this man. I really hope his 2nd solo album will be released because talent like that must be shared. Thanks, I really enjoy reading his blogs because it helped me to understand him better as a young man with a huge passion and how talented he is.

Thanks for posting these. It's cool to read about his pre-idol musical life. It does confirm that he was happy and content with his musical path such that he wasn't really into the whole AI thing until he got convinced into doing it.

I wish that we get to hear some of these songs on his upcoming record. For that matter, I'd love for this whole thing to become his new record because Analog Heart was quite good for me.

That is such an awesome post. Thanks for that! It's so nice to see a glimpse of what his pre-idol life was like. I would love to hear the new album...

I have one question though..what are his xanga posts and where might those be found?

Since it looks like that info shouldn't be posted here, and i respect that privacy, if you can email me the info at joykb1124@yahoo.com. I would greatly appreciate it.

He definitely has a way with words...lol


awesome, thanks so much for posting this

You guys may have seen these on another thread, but if not, check it out. Pre-idol DC vids, freakin' fantastic!



http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wh2YOkpbLnQ&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4F8LJU5EgSY&feature=related

Thanks for sharing those. What a fun glimpse into David's pre-idol life and world. I would love to hear some of the stuff that he was working on as well, prior to idol. I do hope a couple perhaps make it onto the new album (or future ones, for that matter)

I loved that explanation as well. So it seems to me that DC really is a romantic soul...

As to the redundant questions, I am sure that AI and it's affiliates, have MAJOR pull and are really trying to focus the public's attention towards selling the tour and the single (which is what will launch DC more into the main stream, oh those unfortunate people who haven't really researched what an incredible human being this man is) Oh but they WILL know soon enough, we just have to be patient.

I suspect that AI knows that David's album(s) would probably overtake anything any of the other contestant's tries as well as overshadow the tour. It's all about the money sometimes (okay all the time ) I think that as his true fans, we should support his single and give him the launch this way, because we know, his music is going to "blow-the-@#$%-up"! I am already seeing him taking "best new artist" at next year's Grammy's, and then of course "best male vocal performance" the next. OOO OOO I know, "record of the year"! (that's more like it)

Jessica

I only wish I had found his music sooner. I KNOW I would have been a huge fan way before Idol. His solo stuff is amazing, Axium and MWK are awesome bands too and I'm SO psyched about a new album coming out, whenever that may be. You can tell he just loves his work and works so hard for it. This was awesome, thanks for posting. I feel like I just got to know him a little better lol!

Wow. Reading those was so interesting. Makes me remember the days of going to my former boyfriend's band's shows back in high school. Just trying to get as many people to come and support you.

And now, he has all of us. We won't let you down, Cookie!

Really wish we'd get to hear those unreleased songs...

*pout*

His cleverness and remarks remind me of a local band near me I love and their comments on their myspace page. They are quite the clever ones as well. I so enjoy how intelligent the writing is and shows such wicked wit. You can clearly read the excitement he is having in the process of making that CD.

I agree with an above comment of wishing we had known about his page and his music sooner. There are so many struggling indie artists out there trying to get their foot in the door. I am thrilled that David is getting his chance to have his music listened to by millions. How cool is that?!!

Jeannine

Thanks for providing some backstory.

I went to DC's myspace page last week and requested to be added as a friend. I read the comments from all of his friends in Tulsa.

The next day when I was added, I went back to his myspace and it'd been taken over by AI or whoever. None of the old friends or comments were on it. It felt kinda, I don't know, eerie. Like he's been assimilated into the Borg collective, otherwise known as the American corporate music machine.

So that's why I'm glad you were able to salvage his blogs and post them here. I believe they are his words. While they don't really shed any new light on DC, they do demonstrate that who he appears to be *now* is who he was *then*.

It's exciting to read the enthusiasm in his 'voice' as he sets about doing what he loves, riding the wave as far as it will carry him. With no idea that he is about to overtaken by a ginormous tsunami of life-changing magnitude.

I truly hope he is given the creative autonomy to make a record of substance that he wants, and with some (all?) of his older material that I am quickly growing to love.

I didnt realize that David Cook could be so 'ghetto' quotin P-diddy and ish, thats freaking awesome!!! And the thing about the lottery being a douch nozzle...I almost peed laughing...I use that word ever too much when something is lamer than the lame is lame.

I was talking to a freind eariler today and he said that he kinda remebers Axuim, hes a BIG indy music freak. He was going to check some of his old stuff he has on his comp and get back to me...

from mid west to west coast, thats pretty big!

holla!!




I agree, his pre AI stuff is wonderful, I listen to that more than the idol stuff

his sense of humor really comes through a lot in these - love them! I was able to read them a bit a week or two ago but I'm glad someone saved them so I could get a better look

hey, me too. i mean, who doesn't?

but i really thank to james padfoot for posting those "AMAZING-WORDY" david cook's blog.
you're AWESOME! i'll wait for another


>>wordnerd#2004<<

Love reading that stuff. Just makes me love DC more. He is so ridiculously normal - even now. We can tell, either that, or I am deluded.

Luv Magz

You're welcome, daytripper. It became pretty obvious that quite a few people missed out on a chance to read it before TPTB took over his site. Glad to share.

And Dee, haha, yes, his choice of words had me rofling all over the place. Douche nozzle has never popped up in my vocab, but it made me laugh. It was so random.

wow james, thanks a lot for posting this..
he's truly role model for me and he deserves everything he get!

he got a +5 in my book for the use of "douche nozzle"....hysterical haha

thanks so much for posting these. it was so nice to read.. and gain some insight into our cookie...

Padfoot I love you! I know you are asleep now across the sea, but thank you so much! I think I am going to have to put these in a word doc or something to save for posterity! Can you believe he says that IF he sells 2000 albums he might post a freeby! IF! What a trip! I suppose you have seen this, it's about the only old thing I could find: http://www.purevolume.com/davidcookmo Love ya

I agree with all of you! It would be sweet if we knew him long before AI, he is such a great man, and he would be a fantastic lifelong friend, it's no wonder he treasure his friends.

Anyhow someone said that he's like became a Borg (cyborg) after this AI thingy, and I might have to agree with that, somehow reading his blogs made me closer to him, like I knew him on a personal level - bec now it's like business business business. The personal touch is not getting through anymore - although I love the vid where he's thanking all of the fans for support.. aww.. so wearing his heart on his sleeve!

Nonetheless, I'm so happy for him and I'm expecting great things for this man! I am already 26 and haven't done anything half as great as what he did! really, what a catch! urgh! I can actually go on for hours! hahah




Shae

He is amazing. He says the craziest, funniest things, I just wanna eat him uppppp! A couple of those blogs consist of my favorite quotes...

Coolest thing EVER!!!! Loving this....I laughed so hard:) LOVE this Man....