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"Unfabulous" CD sure feels fab to Milwaukee duo
Actress/singer Emma Roberts is Julia's niece.  
By Bobby Tanzilo RSS Feed Twitter Feed
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Published Sept. 28, 2005 at 5:29 a.m.
Tags: emma roberts, eric roberts, daniel holter, burst, hilary duff, unfabulous, mike standal

"Unfabulous and More," the debut CD from Emma Roberts -- the 14-year-old daughter of actor Eric Roberts -- star of the Nickelodeon TV show "Unfabulous," arrived in shops on Tuesday and its release had some in Milwaukee celebrating.

That's because "I Wanna Be," one of the 10 tracks on the CD, was written by Daniel Holter and Mike Standal of the Burst Collective. In addition the team did some of the production and programming for the track at its downtown Tosa studio.

"It's by far our biggest break yet," Holter enthuses and that's saying something as the state-of-the-art Burst studio and its numerous local projects (by the likes of Pipitone, Julie Moffitt, John McCarty, Eggshell and others) have been funded by Burst's success as a writer and producer of music licensed to TV, radio, advertising and film.

So, how did it come about?

"We had been developing songs for Hilary Duff through a mutual connection," Holter explains, "and then an opportunity came up through Taxi, the independent A&R company, so we submitted the song for that. We didn't hear anything for months. Then this past January (we got a call from Marshall Altman, A&R (guy) at Sony/Columbia, saying they wanted to record the song for Emma's debut.

"The CD has been done for a while, and we've had to stay quiet about it since, as they say, 'it ain't on the record until it's in shrinkwrap.'"

Fans of the "Unfabulous" show will be familiar with many of the songs on the new CD as they have been peformed in the show by Roberts' character Addie Singer.

In its promotion for the new disc, Columbia Records refers to "I Wanna Be" as Roberts' "new hit." But Holter isn't sure it's hit-bound, although he's certainly hoping.

"But they've been billing 'I Wanna Be' as just that since they released it as her first single almost a month ago. I know it's being used to promote her show on Nickelodeon this fall."

He says that Columbia is using its marketing power to help push the tune.

"The video is also included on a DVD/special packaging at WalMarts with the new 'NOW' music compilation, and they are doing something with Limited Too stores; some sort of packaging just for them. There's been a lot of projects like that being started up ... it's been interesting to see the whole big-label-marketing-machine get rolling."

So, how does it feel to know you can walk into nearly any music shop in America and buy your song?

"We're headed out today to buy a few, and it's pretty exciting," says Holter. "I mean, it's a 14-year-old teen pop star, which is a bit different than maybe I'd have dreamed when I was 18 or 20, but I'm thrilled to have a career as a songwriter and producer no matter what the genre.

"And you know what? It's been great to see my kids get excited over something I've done. Let's face it, some of the music I do is just going to have to wait to be heard by them until they are a bit older. It's been cool to have a song coming out by a star that their friends know about. And they've been singing 'I Wanna Be' for over a year now. I wonder what they'll think the first time they hear it on Disney Radio or something."

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Posted by OMCreader on Sept. 29, 2005 at 2:06 p.m. (report)

eaglescout said: james in london, emma will never read this.

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Posted by OMCreader on Sept. 29, 2005 at 6:23 a.m. (report)

james in london said: im really impressed by wht you represent emma i wish you the best of luck my friend who is from your area explained to me that their is abig response to your music ive also listened to your music its great .you must be well excited by this .your dad im a great fan mr eric roberts . make sure you guys keep in touch and wish u all the best. i do a bit of music in england, im part of the management team in london for a group called choongfamily these boys are blowing up right now in england many reviews say they are probably the best hip hop group in the united kingdom.check details of the group www.choongfmily.com see their newsletter on website our record label is www.gridlockaz.com. i have sent on your details to the kids around your age in london they love it .make sure u keep intouch keep me updated on your progress .we will be keeping u updated aswell.

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Posted by OMCreader on Sept. 28, 2005 at 10:12 p.m. (report)

liddlelady23 said: GOOD FOR YOU GUYS!!!!!!

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Posted by OMCreader on Sept. 28, 2005 at 7:39 p.m. (report)

Unfab said: Unfabulous indeed. Pride. Not.

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