Having a mentor is one of the best things (aside from having a fairy godmother, of course) that could ever happen to an artist that’s just starting out. Charice was very lucky that David Foster agreed on taking her under his wing after Oprah contacted him. And now, Charice is all grown-up and ready to fly out of the nest.
David Foster with a young Charice
Shocking at first, the news that said Charice will no longer be under David Foster’s guidance actually makes sense when you think about it.
It’s been more than three years since Charice made her debut on the international stage at the 2008 David Foster and Friends concert in Las Vegas, and its time for her to fully shine on her own.
In a phone interview with Inquirer Philippines, David Foster revealed that this year’s David Foster and Friends concert series in the United States and Asia, will be the last ones where Charice will be a guest. He said that Charice is aiming to win over a younger crowd, which is not his forte. So it’s indeed a wise decision for her to work with different producers that know music for the modern youth.
David Foster did great in shaping the early parts of Charice’s music career. Because of him, she was able to meet and sing with her music idols like Josh Groban and Ne-Yo. Plus, the demanding Foster compositions, like Celine Dion’s many songs, helped strengthen Charice’s singing and breathing skills.
The end of Charice-David performances might have also been due to Foster’s transfer to another recording company. This July 2011, it was announced that David Foster will take over the Verve label of Universal Music.
Previously, it was Foster who was heading the Reprise/143 label of Warner Music (which is also the label of Charice). He will now focus his efforts in shifting Verve from Jazz to Adult Contemporary.
Charice will most likely stay with Warner Music, as they’re doing great in building-up her fan base. But it’s not impossible for Charice to work again with David Foster when she’s old enough to shift out of pop and into adult contemporary (which she’s already great in, based on her singing competition background in the Philippines).
So for those Chasters telling themselves that there’s still a DFF concert with Charice next year, you better buy tickets to any of her upcoming concerts in Las Vegas or Asia, as that could be the last David-Charice performance you’ll see for quite a while.
Charice Emerges From David Foster's Guidance
This piece of news might make some people sad at first, since David Foster was indeed a big part of the Chaster experience, but don’t be. Just think of this as a natural progression for Charice’s career. She can still sing big Whitney and Celine ballads, just without David on the piano. Plus, her new songs are fun to listen to and are all so current, but they still showcase Charice’s powerful voice like what Foster’s songs also do.
By Sofia Carrera, charicemania.com
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The above recent news report 9/6/11 by Balitang America is yet another made-up concoction by ABS-CBN to throw a monkey wrench in the life of Charice’s career. It was not enough to accept her mentor and godfather’s explanation that it was time for Charice to win over her peers and for her to work with different producers that know music for the modern youth. This is not DF’s forte and he added that Charice was also ready to do her “solo” worldwide tours. This simple, clear and concise account was not reported or acceptable by the conflict hungry ABS-CBN and so they surreptitiously broadcasted this into a “tale of manufactured intriguing dilemma”. Moreover, the voting was craftily structured to create doubt in the poll numbers. Ah yes…..it’s clearly apparent, and no denying that this TV station is the biggest CRAB in the Philippines
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She is fearless, not afraid to face any challenges put infront of her. She is a survivor which she learned during the very early part of life.
I’m a little sad that she and DF are parting ways, but on the other hand, I’m not worrying at all because I have total confidence on her that she’ll be ok.
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From age 7 Charice started her singing in Phil and at age 15 her international career in the States. Now she is 19 years young and been doing this thing for 12 long years, showing tons of accomplishments in last 4 years.
I think that whatever show business knowledge she has in PI is probably multiplied thousand of times by now. The YouTube sensation got a lot of attention and that means that she is a tech savvy as well. She is young yet very matured in her ways. She has worked with the best in the movies and music field and learned a lot from them. Like a daughter to DF (the enemy of good), he took her aside and taught and shape her thinking on many things necessary to the business and many invaluable lessons in life.
If Charice is a pilot, she has flown thousands of miles already. She knows how to navigate the international music industry. She is now her own woman. She knows what to do. And has friends to call for when she need advice. Lots of movies and million album sold would be a reality for her. She is that great!!//
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Now she follows a “roadmap” drawn by herself with input from DF, Oprah, her management team and her family. The next 5 years will be exciting as well as challenging for Charice.
One thing is certain, she has a movie and a album coming out in 2012 that will fuel her fans appetite of her music and her movie. With Asian american now mainstream in the American pysche and with Charice the toast of Asia right now, I think that America will fall head over heels for Charice too. Peace.
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FOR GOOD
I’ve heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don’t know if I believe that’s true
But I know I’m who I am today
Because I knew you
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good
It well may be
That we may never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You’ll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend…
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
i have been changed for good….
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When a parent finally sets their child free to be on their own, it does not mean that it will be as per se like that,…….that they would never see each other again. How farfetched can this be? Once a child graduates from college and earns a degree, then the child is more than prepared to stand on its own and earn its way to a successful career. Of course, less the child’s foundations are not in order. In Charice’s case she has graduated Summa Cum Laude.
Occassionally and from time to time though the child maybe living apart now away from the parents, definitely the child will come back and visit, rebond and socialize as much as possible. These are meaningful reunions universally practiced.
Charice would always be back to have reunions with DF. Oprah more than often calls back charice to guest on her show and attend social gatherings under her name. Josh Groban, Michael Buble and a host of other DF graduates from time to time graces DF & Friends.
So I would’nt even consider being sentimental or melancholy about this news. Definitely Charice is a DF family member and with that being said, DF would always remember Charice and to invite her in every psossibel opportunity to grace his events.
Lastly, wasn’t it DF and Oprah who introduced Charice to every possible bigwigs in the USA music industry and beyond? Was’nt it they who had Charice acquaint and learn from the masters themselves? An example is Natalie Cole and Peter Cetera during the latest DF & Friends tour. What motre further experience and learning can you get from such hardened pros like Natalie and Peter?
Charice by now is more than capable.
This time around though, Charice is now outside DF’s wings. That is the only difference I see. This is a te4stament of how confident DF and Oprah is about the trajectory of Charice’s success.
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thanks,
your fellow chaster
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