Make sure to pick multiple copies of Lee’s album ‘Live It Up’! Help support Lee buy more than one album!

Yeah, Lee DeWyze’s post-” American Idol ” single and tour were greeted with a collective cultural yawn and the reigning “Idol” looked destined for the Taylor Hicks House of Low-Level Stardom.

But DeWyze is a scrapper and “Live It Up” ( RCA ) shows it. He crafted the best post-”Idol” debut since Carrie Underwood by playing to his strengths and knowing where he could fit into the pop landscape. The grand, piano-driven ” Brooklyn Bridge ” and catchy ” Earth Stood Still” cast him as an earnest John Mayer . The lovely ballad “Beautiful Like You” is like a fired-up version of The Fray . The title track is part laid-back Jack Johnson, part playful Jason Mraz.

His only misstep turns out to be the first single, “Sweet Serendipity” – an upbeat but bland cousin to Kris Allen / The Script ‘s overstuffed “Live Like We’re Dying” that feels more like a record label ploy than an artistic choice. They’d be better off letting Lee be Lee.

GRADE: B+

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Lee DeWyze’s first single, “Sweet Serendipity,” has broken into the Top 40, according to USA Today. “Sweet Serendipity” is number 37 on the Hot AC chart.

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Reminder: Lee Will be on the Today Show around 8:30am tomorrow! Tune in to see him perform!

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Get a pair of passes to be part of this exclusive event. See a special MYstage performance by American Idol winner Lee Dewyze in the Ed Hardy Studio in Burbank on Tuesday, November 23 at 4pm.

It is an amazing experience to be this up-close and personal. Courtesy of RCA Records.

Winner and guest must arrive to the MYfm Studios in Burbank no later than 3:30pm on Tuesday, November 23. Winner’s name will be on a Guest List. Prize is non-transferable. Enter Here

Lee DeWyze checks in from the shoot of his “Sweet Serendipity” music video. Are you guys getting excited for Live It Up?

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Fans were treated to a very special performance from Lee DeWyze at the P.C. Richard & Son Theater last night! Lee put on a very powerful performance and debuted brand-new songs off his new album, Live It Up. I went behind the scenes with the Sony Bloggie Touch camera/camcorder to show you the entire production from the start!

Fans were lined up outside 32 Avenue of the Americas from before I got there. Lee mentioned during his performance how touched he was to see the fans standing outside so early; by the time he had arrived at the theater four hours before the show, even more fans had shown up. Here are some shots of the crowd gathering outside before check-in: read more here

Visit Lee’s Facebook page to hear 60 second previews of every song on his new album, Live It Up!

Live It Up featuring Lee’s latest hit single, “Sweet Serendipity,” is available in stores and online on November 16th!

Visit Lee’s music store and pre-order your copy of Live It Up (Deluxe Edition) featuring an instant download of the title track, “Live It Up,” and the exclusive bonus track “Only Dreaming” today for as little as $9.99!

TV Reminder, Lee will be on Jay Leno Tonight. Check your local listings!

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If you pre-order Lee DeWyze’s ‘Live It Up’ today, you get an exclusive download of the title track. Go Purchase it here!

When “American Idol” champ Lee DeWyze releases his new album “Live It Up” on November 16, a good many people are going to realize just how deep of a connection the singer / songwriter has to his hometown of Chicago.

So did all of these references to the city is music come out of some deliberate attempt to showcase his adoration? Lee explaisn to Beatweek Magazine that it actually came more out of an inherent love that just so happened to bleed through his words:

“The Chicago references were not planned necessarily. It was more like I was writing about it and that’s where these things happened. Sometimes it’s easier to get an understanding of a song when put in that setting.

“All the songs are written from a very honest place. It’s me. Like in ‘Dear Isabel,’ the Lake Michigan reference, or in ‘Me And My Jealousy,’ ‘Chicago in the winter.’ If you’ve ever lived in Chicago, anyone who has, they know what a winter in Chicago is like. To be going through a tough time here in the winter would be just be all the more worse.”

Lee’s current single “Sweet Serendipity” is currently working its way up the radio charts — though its references to Chicago are minimal, the song still has an approach that residents of that city can relate to along with everyone else.

With upcoming appearances on shows like Live! With Regis & Kelly and The Today Show, Lee DeWyze needs a band. And last season’s American Idol winner is in rehearsals this week with the four musicians who’ll join him there.

“We have a really good chemistry,” says Lee, who’ll release his Live It Up album Nov. 16. “They’re all into the music. They all love the music we’re doing, and that makes things even better for me.”

The group includes keyboardist Lincoln Cleary, who accompanied Lee at Chicago’s Arlington Park concert in September.

“I was really glad that we got to keep him and work with him,” Lee says. “He’s unbelievable. He can play anything.”

Chris Wrate, who has previously backed Filipino singer Charice, is the band’s guitarist.
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Lee is scheduled to do his Walmart Studio Performance this Thursday. According to Walmart’s Soundcheck twitter, the interview and performance will be up in a few weeks:

Thx for all the @LeeDeWyze q’s! Stay tuned … his performance and interview will be up in a few weeks.

Support Lee and purchase ‘Sweet Serendipity’ on Itunes!

Album Track Listing:

1. Live It Up (Written by: Lee DeWyze, Toby Gad, Lindy Robbins, Produced by Toby Gad)

2. Sweet Serendipity (Written by: Lee DeWyze, David Glass, Jordan Lawhead, Produced by David Glass)

3. It’s Gotta Be Love (Written by: Lee DeWyze, Espen Lind, Amund Bjorklund, Claude Kelly, Produced by Espionage for 45th and 3rd Music LLC)

4. Dear Isabelle (Written by: Lee DeWyze, Toby Gad, Lindy Robbins, Produced by Toby Gad)

5. Beautiful Like You (Written by: Thomas Salter, Andy Stochansky, Produced by Chris “Rockwell” DeStefano)

6. Stay Here (Written by: Lee DeWyze, Espen Lind, Amund Bjorklund, Claude Kelly, Produced by Espionage for 45th and 3rd Music LLC)

7. Me And My Jealousy (Written by: Lee DeWyze, John Shanks, Zac Maloy, Produced by John Shanks)

8. Brooklyn Bridge (Written by: Lee DeWyze, Toby Gad, Lindy Robbins, Produced by Toby Gad)

9. Weightless (Written by: Lee DeWyze, John Shanks, Zac Maloy, Produced by John Shanks)

10. Earth Stood Still (Written by: Lee DeWyze, Toby Gad, Lindy Robbins, Produced by Toby Gad)

11. A Song About Love (Written by: Lee DeWyze, David Hodges, Michael Busbee, Produced by David Hodges)

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