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ALYSON STONER!

Alyson Stoner, who is known for her various roles from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody to Phineas and Ferb, will be making her first appearance on BuzzWorthy Radio!

Growing up in Ohio, Stoner studied ballet, tap and jazz dance at the O'Connell Dance Studio. She also modeled at the Margaret O'Brien modeling studio. Fans will also remember her for appearing as one of the backup dancers in not one, but THREE Missy Elliot videos, including, "Work It" and "Gossip Folks."

Stoner has just finished filming "Step Up: 3-D" which is set to hit theaters later this year. Also, she will also be seen in "Camp Rock 2" as Caitlyn Gellar, an aspiring music producer.

With reception being so strong and critics wanting to see Stoner in her own lead role, she will be releasing her debut single "Flying Forward," on April 20, 2010.

To find out more information on Alyson Stoner, visit her official website at http://www.alysonstoner.com

Duration:: 32m
Broadcast on:: 20 Apr 2010
Audio Format:: other

So what's up, this is Kevin Rudolph, you're listening to BuzzworthyRadio.net. Check out my single "Let It Rock" and check out my album in the city and stores now. Hey everybody, welcome back to BuzzworthyRadio.com. On the bell daily is 2 p.m. Eastern, 11 a.m. Pacific Time, here, right now, on your computer, on through your speakers, through your telephones, what have you, how are you listening to the shows, it's great, you know, long as you're here, you can just see all of us over here. This is our second show of the day. We had one at 10.30 this morning with Dr. Rob, hello, this is me messing up on live radio people. It happens, it's just like you try to say a name and then it just goes, it just comes right out. There you go, Dr. Rob H, there we go, I got it right, I told you, I'm going to practice how to say last thing, Rob, was joining us this morning, he joined us this morning and we talked about the health score system, but right now, let me introduce you, I've never really done an intro before, so I'm going to do an intro for her right now. She danced her way into our hearts as the girl in not one, not two, but three, Missy Elliott videos. She starred as Max, had a recurring role on the Disney Channel original series, The Sweet Life of Zach and Koei. She's also been featured in the Camp Rock musical on Disney Channel and is also going to be featured in Camp Rock 2, but she can also right now be heard as the voice of Isabella. What you do in is the catchphrase that she coined on Disney Channel's original cartoon series, Vinnieus and Ferb, I don't think Stoner is with us right now. How are you? Hello, I'm doing well, how are you? I'm good, how did I do, how did I do with that? That was amazing. I'm very impressed, you just delivered by an entire resume in less than a minute. I tried, I was like, let me take out, let me get an intro for her and let me throw in her, Isabella, catch rate while I'm at it. Let me see if I can work with that in there and I guess I did, I guess I did. I need to practice, you're going to take my job from me. I'm actually recording this in Ferb later today, so thanks for the inspiration. I don't think I can wind up taking your job, you know, I don't think anybody can do what you're doing but you, come on, do it before I get into my questions, you got to do it, you got to do it, go ahead, there it is, there it is, there it is, I love it, I love it. Thank you. So you got a single that is actually being, was actually released today, actually. Yes, yes, it's called Flying Forward, available on iTunes, you got to check it out. All right, is there a special meaning behind the song? Yeah, I wrote Flying Forward as I was taking the first steps out of the difficult season personally and I made the decision that I would have faith and hope for my future and I couldn't continue walking in defeat and depression so, Flying Forward is sort of about proclaiming victory over a trial or a challenger facing and I think everyone in the world can relate in some way, you know? Yeah, absolutely, well I can relate to it absolutely, I mean, just by how you're describing it, it pretty much just summed up my high school experience in less than 30 seconds. Well, there you go, so you can overcome and this song will help encourage you. I think so, you know, I mean, it again, it doesn't speak to just like one person who doesn't speak to like two people, it speaks to like hundreds and knock thousands, hundreds and thousands of people with the meaning of that song, because everybody's been there. If they haven't been there, they're going through it right now and just don't think that you're just, that's pretty much it, this is where you are right now, this is going to be it for you for the rest of your life, there is going to be something that's going to come your way that is going to overcome those obstacles in your life, I mean, I can pretty much do it with this show right now, I never thought I would have this, but something just came and here it is and, you know, so I like that, I like the meaning of that song, that's great. Well, thank you, yes, I felt that it could reach my audience and actually the message kind of spans over every demographic, so that's why we chose to have it as the first single, and then my next songs that I'll be releasing have usually a more specific storyline, but I want everything to be authentic, I want it to have integrity and passion and soul, and I really want to reach the heart of those who listen, you know, if you're lost or you're hurting or you're confused, I want to call you into a place of truth and understanding and hope, you know, music's really powerful and I want to use it wisely. Absolutely, you know, everybody, you can't say everybody doesn't listen to music because everybody in some way is shape formed, listen to music on a daily basis, even if it's an elevator. Even if it's an elevator, an elevator music too, and you know, somehow in some way you hear it, you relate to music, I think people relate more to music than they do through any other format in media, so I think that's the perfect way to reach out to everybody, so that's pretty good. Do you actually write all of your own songs or do you write some and then some writers would just come in and they write some or early songs basically from you? Yes, to maintain creative freedom, I decided to write and record my first tracks independently with a single producer. I think it's easy to get wrapped up in being a successful top 40 artist, but I'd rather be significant than successful, so I do write everything. You can hear when someone is singing that what they wrote and when they did not write it. You know, it's pretty evident. I want my whole artistry to rest on authenticity, so I want people to hear my heart and my message and what I have to say, otherwise I'm singing someone else's song and I might as well not even be doing it. Absolutely. It is not you, then it's what is it worth to you, kind of thing. And then I'm forced to uphold some kind of image forever more, you know, it's about, you know, like in some people do that with their labels and other people have creative freedom, and they're with their labels. So just to begin with, I want to share who I am and where I stand, and then if a label comes into the game later, and, you know, I co-write with someone, as long as I get to still be myself, we'll be good, we'll be set. Absolutely. You know, what everything that you're doing, you're writing songs, recording songs, recording the voice for the Bella, right now Disney is going to be Erin Kent Rock, too, later on this year, you know, you're going to be in the Step Up 3D movie. Yes. How do you find time to have an outside -- I don't know if I can answer that because I don't really know how yet -- I'm sort of consumed with my work, but I have a great support system, and I do have friends who are involved in this same career as well as friends who are outside of the business. So I have that balance there. I finished school when I was 14, so I haven't had that standard classroom environment, which is, I guess, a little disappointing for my mom who, you know, wanted to see me graduate and stuff. And I love what I'm doing. I mean, I'm living my dream every day, so I don't feel like I'm missing anything. I'm very thankful for the opportunities that I have, and, you know, I do -- I make sure that I get my rest every night. I take care of myself. My health is -- you know, if I'm not taking care of my health, then I'm ineffective everywhere else. So I kind of use the analogy of when a plane is going down, you have to make sure you secure your own mask before helping others. So I have to make sure that I'm taken care of, you know, my basic needs, but I'm not being selfish, and then the rest of it, I'm, you know, I'm able to do with, I guess, some diligence and some effectiveness. So I don't know. It's busy. My life is really busy, but I love it. I was built for this. And you look, if this is something you love to do, then why stop it? You know what I mean? Go for it all the way, kind of thing. Yeah. My mom was an executive meeting planner, so she knows how to schedule, like, for instance, today we had seven things on the schedule, including interviews, vocal lessons, a doctor's appointment, and recording Phineas and Burb, and I forget what else. Oh, I'm writing a new song. Just that. So, you know, you find time and you have to have a mom who's super mom, and I do -- who knows how to schedule everything, so I'm thankful. We have a great team going on here. That's good. I mean, at least everything is keeping it into perspective. And if you pretty much just answered my next question, like, this was something you wanted to do ever since you were a little child, you know, or was it something you fell into randomly and kind of the thing. The irony of the situation is I started dancing when I was three, and I came up to act in LA when I was about seven, but it was always just a hobby. My parents never forced me into anything, which is great. That's why I think I have the same passion I did in the beginning, and it's even growing more and more every day. But I didn't think this was going to be my career. I didn't grow up wanting to be a superstar. I didn't even know what a superstar was. I was watching TV maybe once a week, and the rest of the time I was outside playing with my friends. So I love what I'm doing now, and I do want to make a career out of it, but it's sort of like God just had bigger plans for me. And when I came out here, he was like, "Oh, hey, here's what you're actually going to be doing." And I was like, "Oh, hey. That's awesome. Let's do it." Absolutely. Do you still get referred to as girl in the Missy LA videos, by the way, I have to ask. You know it all the time, except it's more specifically the little white girl in pigtails. If that was anything, yeah, that's what they say. Oh, man. Yeah. I wasn't bad at this trick. I wasn't bad at this trick. I wasn't bad at this trick. I was descriptive about it. Yeah. But you got to know, I mean, I wore pigtails in every video, and after when I shot movies, they would put me in pigtails just for their recognition, I don't know. After I did, like, five years' worth of pigtail work, I decided I'm going to start protesting every time a director puts me in pigtails, and I did, and I finally got away from it. Could you imagine? I would be like, "45 wearing pigtails, be awful." That is funny. That is funny, because I remember your first appearance on a sweet, like, exactly, Cody. You were in the pigtails. They made the reference of the Missy LA videos in pigtails, obviously. Because the next, the second season, your hair was down. I know. We're growing and improving here in progress. I didn't even think of it that way until you said it. I was like, "Great." Everything she did was in pigtails until the second season of Zack and Cody, and I'm like, "Hmm. There it is." Yep. There it is. Oh, my goodness. Oh. I envied you, though, because you were doing those videos, but that's the only issue. You were the one I favorite ours, and to see you doing those things. I mean, you were like, "How old when you did those videos," and you were able to dance like that. Thank you. How long? I worked with Missy, I guess, when I was eight years old. She was very, very gracious, and thankfully, we weren't familiar with her music. We didn't understand the entire content issue, but she was really gracious. She only played the clean areas of the song when I was performing, and my family in Ohio was a little shocked at first, because the video was sort of ambitious, I will say, when it pushed the envelope in a few ways creatively, but that's Missy for you, and she's such a warm-hearted person, like so gentle, spirited, and kind, and loving, so it was truly a great, a great experience for me. Absolutely, and there's another thing also that we didn't mention, and we're now talking about dancing. You actually teach. I do. Yes, I teach every Friday with my friend Lindsay, and we post the videos online so that people all over the world can watch and learn the routines, but she's been teaching since she was 10 years old, and I started assisting when she turned, like, 16, and I was about 12. So we're kind of the tag team duo, and we love it. It's a great, a safe environment for kids to come and learn how to dance, you know, every Friday night. It's kind of like a social night, but we just like providing that environment for them. It's really fun. Absolutely. And if I was on the West Coast, I would watch, I would watch it, I would watch it, or attempt to learn with the rest of you guys. I don't know. I think I'm a pretty good dancer. I don't want to, uh, to my own horn or anything, but, you know. You're not. You're not. Wow. You're a couple too. No. He's dancing. And then when you come out to L.A., we'll have to go, uh, I don't know, dancing in the street or something. Yeah. We could be on the next season, dancing with the sun, right? Yeah. We could be here. We could be here. Would you like to do that? Uh, well, I actually, I spoke with them, um, in my managers about being a potential, uh, contestant, but I don't think I would like watching a show where an already professional dancer is participating as someone who doesn't know how to dance. I think that would really bother me on sort of not doing it because of that. Although I'm really not trained in any of the areas that they require. I don't know how to do the foxtrot. I don't know how to do ballroom, but, uh, I don't know. I guess I would be considered the celebrity, which then I'm not really a celebrity. So I don't know. I'm kind of. You're not really a celebrity, please. What? Now. Who's being humble? Let's be honest. Come on now. Who is now being humble? Who is now being humble? Let me, let me, let me clarify, everybody. Out of the storm, not a celebrity is like me saying right now that I'm not a celebrity. I could seriously sit here and say that out of the storm, not being a celebrity is like me saying that I don't like to eat. And everybody knows in this area that's been on my show that all of my friends, they see me eat. But I can go whole hog. I can shout out, look, I can finish a whole pizza in less than a half an hour. Wow. Wow. Not it. I can finish a whole pizza in half an hour and then eat another pizza as dessert. Wow. That's how I could eat. And I'm only 165 pounds, six foot. Have you seen the beautiful show called Jamie Oliver in the food revolution? Do you know what he would say about you eating pizza like that? No, no, right? Yes. That's right. That is too funny. But come on, seriously, you are a celebrity in every way, shape, or form. I mean, especially with critics saying that you can take on a lead role of your own instead of having a supporting role. Wow. Really? Seriously. Where did you read that? I don't know, but when I see you're encouraging, it just kind of reiterates the fact that I am doing something that I have potential in. I guess that's nice. No, that's true. I mean, seriously. I mean, you even have the chops to do it, why don't you do it kind of a thing? Well, yeah, and I'm thankful. Like I was gifted in this area for a reason, so I want to do my best to utilize it and use the platform that comes with it to, you know, positively affect other people. So I'm excited. I'm very thankful. I'm happy. I'm happy, happy, happy. Again. Again. Yeah. Yeah. Now, as I mentioned at the beginning, you are in Camp Rock 2, alongside Demi Lovato, and the Jonas Brothers. Yes. You did the first one. Mm-hmm. That was your first time working with Demi and the Joe, and the Joe Bros? Yes, it was. I actually did not know who the Jonas's were until a few weeks before we started shooting. Sorry, boys, but they're the sweetest, most genuine guys, and Demi is like talent and a half. Like, you can't restrict her voice. It's just so powerful, and it just speaks to millions and millions of people who hear they're so affected by her music, and at the time, she wasn't as well known as she is now, obviously. So, I'm really thankful that the movie kind of catapulted her to where she is, and the whole process for Camp Rock was really fun. It was my first movie to combine singing, dancing, and acting, and me actually participating in the singing and music part of it. So, I didn't get the record for the first movie, but the second one, Camp Rock 2, I'm actually on four of the songs. So it's nice. It's a change for me, and I get to dance more, so that comes out this summer, and we're very excited. So, I'm looking forward to it. Any backstage secrets that happened during the filming of this movie, like a little comical goof-up blooper, something that we can't see, but you can tell us. Well, I can tell you that Nick and I are sort of the athletes of the group. So, this isn't comical, but I got to, you know, play ball with him. And, you know, throw Frisbee's and just kind of play every sport. He's so athletic and so talented, and then Demi, her aunt, was going to lunch and a bee flew in her mouth and stung the roof of her mouth. So that's comical, but, again, it's weird. And then what's another story? Oh, yes. We have one more. We had to do three weeks of night shoots, so the weather was about 30 degrees, and we were in summer clothes, and one of our co-stars was sick, and she had to, it started raining and she had to perform her entire song, like, down glass steps, like without slipping. So, the whole shoot was actually very challenging this time around, but we loved it. It was a great way for us to grow closer to each other because we were sort of forced to. You know, it's nighttime. You can't call your friends at lunch, so you bond with who you're with, and it was really great. We loved it. We loved it so much closer because of it. Absolutely. Absolutely. You just said you were like the athletic group of the bunch. That must mean you do well in the Disney Channel all-stars, same as they do every summer then, right? Oh, the DC Games. The DC Games. I hope that was fun, but ooh, that was where I lived. I was so in my element because I've grown up playing just about every sport, so not to say like I was, you know, the all-American athlete, but I enjoy them all, so I have that hunger to win. I'm very competitive, and just to be able to participate in that, it was great. I was on the team with Demi, and I remember her like pulling out her makeup contact and fixing her makeup while I was trying to win the game, like night and day. Demi's getting lost, and I'm trying to beat all these guys single-handedly. Awesome. That is funny. She's beautifying herself up. Yeah. She's beautifying herself up, and you're out there just, you know, just, "Hey, look at me. I'm right now I'm competing against everybody else here. Why am I not putting on the lip gloss and everything?" Right. Exactly. I know, and I remember people, like we were given the opportunity to maybe put on, you know, makeup, get our hair done before we're on camera, obviously, but when I met with the makeup and in the wardrobe people, I was just like, "Can you keep it simple? It's going to get really dirty. I'm going to have dirt all over, and bruises. Just don't even worry about it." So they kept it super sweet, super simple, and I remember walking out, and all of the other girls were beautiful. They were fully glowing, and it looked like they had bronzer, like tanned skin all of a sudden, and I'm like, "Uh, I thought we were here to play sports." So I put the spot in and out, but I was totally into it. Like, I'm from Ohio, like, you don't worry about what you look like when you're on the court. You go out there to win. You know? That's exactly right. You just grabbed me up here because I now have a completely different view of this whole thing now with the TV. Yeah. Seriously. So did the summer here tonight start airing news again. I'm seriously going to look online television and go, "Hmm, now which one of these girls they're so much time in the makeup room." Right. Who is actually here to play the game? Allison. Right. I'm done. Okay. Exactly. Unfortunately, we're not going to be doing any more of the DC games, but they have, I guess, ideas for another type of thing. So you won't get to see us battling to win, but, you know, you can watch KF Rock too. That'll be on the Disney Channel and step up 3D. There are battles in that, but they're just dancing. They're still really dancing. They're dancing. Super cool in 3D, I must say. Right. Nice. Nice. Nice. I did see step up one. I did not see the second step up. I actually did not either until I knew I was doing the third. So I forgive you. Here for you. Yeah. So now that means I have to go to the second one in order to watch the third one, I guess. Right. But it actually is, it's really good. It's like watching one full-length music video, and the director has a great eye down to, like, a total visionary. And I know he has this huge following on YouTube with his LXD dance crew. A lot of the people are in step up 3D, I'm going to say, practically all of them. And just, like, filming in 3D and having such a talented director, like, when you see the third one, oh, I can't wait for it. It comes out August 6th. I don't get to dance much in it, but the other dancing, I really, I can't put it into words. It's amazing. Like, people are so gifted and talented on that set. You just, you feel so honored to be in the presence of them when you're there. Like, that's how amazing they are. Now, who, who is in this, uh, in the 3D movie? Who, who's going to be starting off to do a long time? Well, I, in, in my storyline, I play, um, the best friend of Moose, who's the main character of the second one, so you will have to see the second to understand that. Um, and then the two, the other storyline going on simultaneously is, uh, two completely new characters, so two completely new actors, um, Charnie Vincent is from, uh, Australia, and I think she's on a soap opera there, so she hasn't really gained, um, popularity in the US yet, but she's going to make her splash in August, and I, I know she's going to do awesome. And then, um, Rick, uh, Malambri is the lead guy, and, you know, he's one of those poster dudes, he's just beautiful, and he has a great personality, and so, those are the two leads, and then the dancers are like all of the most well-known, so you think you can dance dancers and people who have competed in national competitions, we're talking the best of the best, and they're all in one movie. We had 250 dancers, the most, uh, yeah. It's the record for, for dancing, for dance movies, so it's fun. Wow. That's killer. I, I don't know, I would be very intimidated if I was around 250 dancers like that, dancing around me. I wouldn't have known what to do with myself. It, it is intimidating, because I don't get to train much, and these people dance hours and hours every day, so it was a good challenge for me, I had to get back into it and really push myself, and I had to step up, and step up, henceforth the name of the movie. Exactly. Have to get that plug in there. Yeah, you have to, it's still, it's, it's just, wow, I don't know how you muster it, but, uh, that's just me, right. You have the, you have the chops, that's why you are the actor, the dancer, the singer, I'm just a radio host, interviewing people. And I couldn't interview people, particularly to save my life, so I commend you and I think you're great. And you've made this very, very enjoyable for me. Some of the other interviews are really hard to do, so thank you for being you. I, look, if there's no other way to be but yourself, if you try to be something you're not, if you try to be something you're not, then that's, that's, that's totally the, it's not comfortable. Yeah. It's not comfortable for yourself, you're a guest, you're a listener. So I advise all those other listeners who aspire to be a host, who are a host, be yourself in everything that you're doing. You don't even have to be a host to be yourself, just whatever you're doing, be yourself. If you are an Allison Stoner, if you are an Ashley Tisdale, if you are a Joe Bro, if you are Oprah, Ethan, I don't even go high, I'll, I'll say Oprah, no matter what, you are, be yourself. That's it. Yeah. Pretty much what it is. And, and each person is kind of gifted uniquely for what their purpose is. So if you're trying to walk in someone else's shoes, they're never going to fit. You have to walk in your own and that's going to be your niche. That's where you fit and that's where it's, you're going to shine the brightest. So just, you know, keep doing what you do and that's what, you know, I aim to do with my music. I always want people to think that when they're listening to me, they're getting a deeper look into who I am as opposed to putting on a facade and holding some kind of image and, you know, being some kind of idol or icon. I want people to know who I am so they feel comfortable telling me who they are. And I think that kind of opens the door of communication for music. So that's, you nailed it. Everything you said, that's what I want for my music and for every area of my life. Absolutely. Make sure you guys go to iTunes, download her premiere single, slash four. Today. No, flying forward. Flying forward. Flying forward. Why do I have flash forward in my description for some reason? It's like sitting there in my description right there. I'm going to have to fix that. But yes, flying forward on iTunes, where else can they find you besides TV? Is there any other way they can connect with you online? Yes. I have a Facebook account. It's Facebook.com/AliceAndSoner and mystace.com/AliceAndSoner. And then my YouTube is YouTube.com/TheRealAliceAndSoner. And then my official website is just AliceAndSoner.com. And then I have no Twitter, but I do have a say now number. You can call in and it goes straight to my phone. And you can leave a message and I can call you back and talk to you. And that number is 1419-329-4780, or you can go on saynow.com and find the number. So that's how they can stay in touch. Absolutely. So we heard it here first. She has no Twitter. So all of Alice andSoner, they're on Twitter, they're not her. Nope. They are not. So please do not believe them. Please, please, please, please stay if no one talks to you. You heard it from her, her own mouth. Alice andSoner has no Twitter. And there's like 10 of them. I'm not kidding. There's about 10 of them on there that has Alice andSoner andSoner and has over 14,000 followers on it. I'm just like, hmm. Oh no. Well, hopefully 14,000 people are listening right now and they all go tell each other and realize that they're believing the wrong one and then they'll delete it. We'll rectify that. We'll make sure that gets rectified. But I appreciate you spending the last 30 minutes of us on this show with great having you here. Love to have you back on midnight. Thank you. Well, thank you. Thank you. Maybe for my next single. Hey. Absolutely. I would love that. All right. Well, thank you very much. Have a good rest of the day. You too. Thank you very much. All right. Doctor's room. Bye. Bye. Alice andSoner everybody, wonderful, wonderful, girl, love having her on here for the past few minutes. I'm going to thank you guys so much for tuning in to our second show of the day. 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