American Idol’s Hollie Cavanagh Set to Record Album in Los Angeles

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American Idol 11 alum, Hollie Cavanagh spent the holidays in her hometown, Liverpool, England, where she recently told the Liverpool Echo that she plans to move to Los Angeles to record an album.

Hollie explains how she got on the path to recording her first album. “I contacted Nathan Porter who worked on the show at the time and asked if there was anybody he knew that I could write with.”

“It’s all about finding the right song,” the singer explains, “I’m working on writing my own songs and I’m trying to put my own stamp on it.”

Hollie, who has been living with her family in McKinney, Texas for the past 10 years reveals why she plans to move west, “There’s not a lot to do where I am.” she says, “But in LA there are labels and writers I can work with so I’m excited about moving.”

On what kind of album she’ll make, Hollie tells the Echo, “It’s going to be a pop album but I’ve always loved Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera and Whitney Houston and those big diva ballad songs. Those ballads don’t sell as much as they did when they made them so I want to do pop songs. But there will still be ballads on there as well.”

She hopes a record label will pick up the album when it is finished in 2013.

Via the Liverpool Echo

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  • http://twitter.com/raya4 raya

    While that is true and I understand where you are going with it as I don’t think Hollie has come close to her potential as yet either, that isn’t entirely unique to Hollie in terms of Idol.  I’m pretty sure there have been several past idols, or at the very least a few others, who have had just as little experience as Hollie pre-Idol.  For one example, see Jason Castro, who also came in 4th back during S7.  He had been a drummer for years, but had only started singing a couple of years at most before idol.  The thing about Idol is it’s never going to be a level playing field like that.  You’re going to have an inexperienced Hollie against someone like Jessica who has been at it since she was a tiny tot.  You’re going to have a Jason up against someone like Archuleta, who like Jessica, had been at it since he was tiny.

  • Anny_nanny

    Phillip began to sing in the two years before audition to AI, no one will ever remember it.

  • http://twitter.com/redsoxfan4815 Bryant

    He was still a musician though and knew the ins and out of the business, as most have. She also had zero musical background in her family, she started from square one. I’m sure Hollie isn’t the sole person like this, but the incline of her improvement has exceeded most, if not all, in my opinion, and I don’t see any reason to believe that it won’t continue.

  • http://twitter.com/raya4 raya

    I like Hollie so I’m certainly not trying to take away from her accomplishments, but I don’t see much difference between her arc and previous idols with little to no experience.  Yes, Jason was a drummer in a band as a teenager.  But he didn’t sing.  At all.  He only started teaching himself to sing (and play guitar) in college, where he was on an engineering scholarship.  Philip isn’t exactly known for being a great vocalist, but he had limited vocal experience pre-Idol. 

  • http://twitter.com/IkeMendes Henrique Mendes

    I hear ya! I sometimes wonder about that too. But I think they do get a good chunk out of the idol tour. It’s a good amount to stay in LA for a few months and work on the album

  • http://twitter.com/IkeMendes Henrique Mendes

    I remember reading that each idol usually gets around 100k for the whole tour. Don’t know How true this is.

  • Kitwana

    If Megan Joy and Anoop Desai can raise $15,000 and $12,000 respectively from Kickstarter, Hollie should have no problem doing the same or more. I’m surprised more Idols without a label (Major or Indie) don’t go down the Kickstarter route. Idol has the most rabid fans out there. A YouTube plea for funds could raise some quick funds, especially right after the Idol season. If 1000 fans donate $20, that’s $20,000. My point is, DON’T USE YOUR OWN MONEY. Save the tour money, whatever the amount, for rent and food. Anoop’s first CD, All is Fair, sold 900 copies. There are no stats available for the Kickstarter funded CDs of Anoop or Megan Joy. Let the fans take the loss. They can afford it.

  • http://twitter.com/raya4 raya

     EVP has said she plans to do a kickstarter at some point.

  • Tommyo2000

    Good that she is going to LA, seems like the best place to be for most of them of the post Idol … I was not really a Hollie fan, but I respected her run and what she had to endure to get to #4 … but it seems to me she would be better served going to NY and taking acting lessons.  With her name recognition and voice she could probalby make a nice living on B’way …

  • julesb2183

    Hope the plans come through to Hollie – such a beautiful voice.

  • http://twitter.com/Stooch101 Stooch

    Good for Hollie, she was my favorite this year, which is weird because I don’t generally get into the style of artist Hollie is.  I think it’s her pure and powerful vocals which is something that draws me to many of my favorites.  I also really liked her “Little Trooper” attitude that kept her plugging away throughout the show.  I agree with many she is inexperienced but I hope she can make a living out of it till she get’s it figured out, which in my opinion will take a few years.  I will definitely buy her album, because I do have a soft spot for the girl and at this point I’m almost ready to support anyone who can actually sing live and not be a product of auto-tune Ha Ha 

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/XDQP2Y46M5B3OHOKALDDGDHQCM Leandro

    That guy, Nathan Porter, seems to be a handymans for Idol doing sorta shady job once in a while. LMAO

  • EmmaCT

    She mentioned on Twitter that she was taking acting lessons. I think she has tons of personality, a wicked sense of humor and an ease on camera when it’s a smaller group and just the camera. Her learning curve on AI was how to perform in front of a large live audience (something most of her fellow contestants had conquered); it both endeared her as we watched her try to work it out week after week – but probably polarized some viewers as we rarely get to watch someone actually “growing” on AI any more. I hope she looks at more than just “singing” – she’s charming. 

  • http://twitter.com/Miztig Miz

    I wish Hollie the best. I hope she has some friends out here that she can share a place with who will look out for her. I like her and think she’s tremendously talented. I can see her getting into acting along with singing.

  • Anny_nanny
  • Happyhexer

    Hollie has an incredible vocal instrument, and I certainly hope that she is able to put out an album.  I’d line up to buy it!  But she will have her work cut out for her.  Someone on another thread referred to Jimmy Iovine as Phillip Phillip’s Colonel Tom Parker.  Frankly, Hollie needs her own Col. Parker.  Much as I love Hollie, her hasn’t impressed me with her musical savvy.  The music industry is brutal.  Hollie needs a musical vision, or to have someone in her corner that has a musical vision that will work for her.  Good luck, Hollie!

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