Potential break-up song becomes actual break-up song

[koganbot]

A+A consorting with execs from non-Disney firm:


HUGE NEWS AND WEBSITE INFO! | 02.19.2010
Hey guys…so we know it's been quiet in the 78violet camp but we want to first off thank you for sticking with us. We have some big news and wanted to make sure you hear it first.

Now that it's official, we can tell you we're no longer a part of Hollywood Records. What does that mean exactly??? Now we have the freedom to take 78violet in the direction we want. We're writing and recording new music and are really excited on what's next.

So…what is next? As for the album we recorded for Hollywood, honestly, we don't foresee it ever being released. But…we are continuing to write and record new songs that we hope you'll love as much as we do.

We're going to be taking the Aly & AJ website down in the meantime which means the current message board will be removed and the accounts you created on the site will be put on hold. Yes…major bummer. But we'll have a new message board and a new temporary site up in a few days that will serve as our main communication with you for the time being.

As always, you can get a hold of us on Twitter or Facebook.

We love you and are excited to share the new 78violet with you. Xoxo.

A+A

We've been talking about this over on justfanoe's lj, though we can talk about it here as well.

In other ex–Hollywood Records news, Hilary Duff announced her engagement to a professional hockey player.

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[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

They need to watch themselves with Warner Bros., of course, judging from Ashley Tisdale's non-starter career. And I've heard that Foghorn Leghorn is basically WB's Jeff Zucker.

Oddly, Vanessa Hudgens isn't listed on Hollywood's roster at their main site, even though she put out two albums with them (both OK-not-great).

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Also missing from the main page are Hilary Duff, Raven-Symone, and Corbin Bleu.

[koganbot]

Raven-Symoné also left Hollywood in '08; is now with Universal Motown Republic, according to Wikipedia. By the way, if you've never heard it, "Backflip," the Scott Storch–Kara Dioguardi single she did in '04, is terrific, Storch pulling faux mid-Easternisms into tight, clipped funk guitar, and he and/or DioGuardi creating a chorus that feels like a genuine release:



Today is Corbin Bleu's 21st birthday. He's currently playing Usnavi in the Broadway musical "In The Heights." For his record label Wiki has "Hollywood Records (2006-2009)," which indicates to me that he split or was dropped. (His second album had tanked.) He was in a CW (not Disney!) series "The Beautiful Life" that got canceled last September after only a couple episodes aired (though Wiki says that five of the episodes are available on YouTube). So my guess is he's not particularly tied to Disney anymore.

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Wow, I clearly have not been paying attention to Disney/Hollywood at all for two years. Which doesn't surprise me. (I mentioned these people because their still listed on the internal/non-Flash Hollywood Recs page, along with Indigo Girls and a few other odds 'n' ends.)

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

they're. Bleah.

[koganbot]

Just because they're schmoozing with top Warners execs doesn't mean they've put their ink on the line yet.