Pia Toscano – Demo of “Front Line” (AUDIO)

By On 02/11/2012 · 30 Comments · In American Idol, Pia Toscano


Pia Toscano’s been writing and recording demos since being signed to 19 Recordings/Interscope. Check out a demo of a song she cowrote called “Front Line” after the jump.

Check out Pia’s demo of “Front Line” which she cowrote with Steven Olsen and Anders Grahn here. To listen, scroll down to where it says “Available versions of this track” and click Play next to Full Demo. The other Play link won’t work. The song is a rangy and catchy midtempo pop tune with a slight urban feel in the verses.

An Ole newsletter confirms Pia cut the demo herself:

Interscope recording artist Pia Toscano (American Idol) co-wrote the song “Front Line” with ole/Roots Three writer Steven Lee Olsen and Anders Grahn from Roasting House Publishing in Sweden, for which she cut a demo during the camp. Toscano was one of three major label artists participating in the camp along with Christina Milian and SRC/Universal Motown recording artist Aubrey O’Day, a former member of the girl group Danity Kane and currently seen on Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump.”

Roasting House Music (a Swedish company with a publishing division) also features a picture and this blurb about the writing session:

This week Anders Grahn attended the olé pop/urban writing camp at the world famous Westlake Studios in Los Angeles. A great selection of top writers and artists connected for 5 days of intense songwriting together with visits from A&Rs of US top labels. In the photo is Anders Grahn together with artist Pia Toscano (Interscope/19) and cowriter Steven Lee Olsen and olé creative Chad and Julie after a great session.

Do you think “Front Line” has hit potential?

 
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  • http://twitter.com/HaleysShindig HaleysShindig

    Gotta say I love that 100x more than “This Time” Interscope seems to know what they’re doing with these girls because that sounded very, very current. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=579290324 Michael Bishop

    While “This Time” took some time to grow on me (I did by the single), this one popped right away.  This is leaps and bounds ahead of her last effort.  Promising.

  • http://twitter.com/blkeener Brittany Keener

    worlds better than ‘This Time’

  • jdanton2

    I signed up for the site at the link and my registration is being reviewed. Is there another way to hear this?

  • rocklet1

    yeah i don’t see the link either..

  • sagi

    enter front line in the search bar, scroll down to the title (second one, there are 2 listed) click on the title and bottom right hit play.

  • windmills

    Sorry about the confusion, I just edited the post to say:

    To listen, scroll down to where it says “Available versions of this track” and click Play next to Full Demo.

  • jdanton2

    Thanks but they still have to approve my registration to be able to hear it .

  • Anonymous

    Yeah, it won’t let me play it either. 

  • Anonymous

    It’s better than This Time, but IMO – this is terrible.  UGH.  Not to mention that the whole female empowerment angle they’re working for Pia is just laughable. She’s just not commanding enough a presence [not voice - PRESENCE] to sell it.  How is she going to tour?  I just don’t see it.  Just do not. 

  • Anonymous

    waiting for them to approve my registration (lalalalala) :)

  • Valentin432

    The theme and overall production reminds me a little of Battlefield (Jordin Sparks track).

    ETA: Following Sagi instructions, I didn’t need to wait for registration.

  • http://twitter.com/HaleysShindig HaleysShindig

    Pia just tweeted: 
    Hey all.. I know some of u may have heard a rough and not produced demo of my song Front Line that was NOT supposed to be released and…
    Is now taken taken care of… However, I appreciate all the positive feedback it’s getting.. Wait until you hear it now.. Stay tuned ;)

  • Anonymous

    I’m seeing on twitter the demo got pulled from the site?

  • Anonymous

    I only see one available version and that´s not from  Pia´s song….

  • jdanton2

    Hopefully i will get to hear it eventually.

  • jdanton2

    I figured out how to hear songs now without having to sign in and there is a song with that title and it is not Pia .

  • http://twitter.com/PhillyMike123 Michael

    Anywhere where we can hear the song??? 

  • stargazed

    Sucks to try and find a song.  Now I don’t care.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UITYTUSGL7IK7WLFFDXXRYP7GA Falfor

    Cannot get to it either.

  • Lovesyesha

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfBafMFl8xE

    Here it is! Pretty darn good IMO!

  • Anonymous

    Cool song.  It’s more current than This Time.  Even though it’s a demo, Pia’s voice sounds great. 

  • http://twitter.com/BrianCopp Brian Copp

    OMG! I can’t believe I used to be such a huge fan. Absolutely atrocious.

  • Anonymous

    Oh no…I don’t like it at all.

  • stargazed

    That hurt my ears.

  • Anonymous

    Pia sounds great but…lol at the lyrics! Jordin’s Battlefield is a better written song.

  • Anonymous

    Not overly impressed. Better than “This Time”, but to me, it’s like a lesser version of “Battlefield”. Strangely, I thought Pia sounded really good in her lower register but a little screetchy when she was going for the high notes. Which I wouldn’t have thought would be the case.

  • Anonymous

    let us remember that it is a leaked demo….nobody ever said it was going to be released.

    That said, she sounds very good – but like with “This Time”, the lyrics are bad and the production is overdone.  

  • Anonymous

    It is more sassy than This Time, but now she really have to sell the song.
    I don’t really like all the high notes though, and she can oversing this.
    And yes, I know that she can hit the high notes, but just a little bit at a time, I guess.

  • Tera2

    Looks like the demo link is gone.  But from reading the comments people seem to think its similar to Jordin’s “Battlefield”, and I love that song written by Ryan Tedder.  Pia worked with Swedish song writers on this and the Swedes are good with pop music.  Sounds Pia’s song will have pop with soul vibe which is mainstream and that’s a good thing.  I look forward to hearing it.  I had a few favorite contestants this past season but Pia was my top favorite.