Disney’s “Lemonade Mouth 2″ In Development

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From DCOM Lemonade Mouth

Here is some super exciting news! Disney has announced that it is currently developing a sequel to the popular Disney Channel Original Movie “Lemonade Mouth.” Actor Blake Michael, from “Lemonade Mouth” posted the following to his Twitter account to share the news with his fans:

JUST ANNOUNCED: A SEQUEL to #LemonadeMouth is OFFICIALLY IN DEVELOPMENT!! Retweet.. Spread the big news!!!

Did you watch the original “Lemonade Mouth” movie? Are you glad it’s getting a sequel?

Lemonade Mouth: Disney's Pre-Fab Band Hits it Big

Posted by Shirley Brady on April 27, 2011 12:30 PM

Three years ago, Disney Channel was called "the greatest teen-star incubator since the NBA stopped drafting high schoolers."

But with Miley Cyrus moving on to Lindsay Lohan-land, the High School Musical stars now college-age, the Jonas Brothers morphing into the Jonas Men, and (most recently) Demi Lovato quitting, Disney Channel needs new stars.

Luckily, a Disney original movie about a fake band appears to have spawned the real deal.

Lemonade Mouth, a Disney Channel comic movie about a band of the same name, debuted on April 15th. Last week, its soundtrack reached #4 on Apple's iTunes album sales chart.

Today, when Nielsen SoundScan publishes its weekly album-sales ranking, the Wall Street Journal projects that "the top five is likely to include the Foo Fighters, British vocalist Adele and Lemonade Mouth—a band that doesn't exist, except in a made-for-TV movie." (Good call: Lemonade Mouth indeed debuted at #4.)

The movie is slated to run three more times before being released on DVD on May 24th. Disney executives are monitoring Lemonade Mouth's progress closely to see if it indeed has another tweentastic, money-printing franchise on its hands. It appears they do. As WSJ reports:

If Lemonade Mouth maintains its current interest level among its preteen audience, company executives say, it could spawn a miniature industry of sequels, perhaps even a big-screen adaptation, more albums by cast members and perhaps even a concert tour.


"We always say the audience will tell us how far we can go," said Gary Marsh, Disney Channel's chief creative officer. "We're probably two to three weeks away from knowing the staying power."


Some fans are unwilling to wait. Last week an online petition began circulating, demanding that Disney let them see the group in the flesh. "If you are a fan of Lemonade Mouth and wish Disney will make a tour, please sign this petition!"

The movie's stars, meanwhile, aren't waiting for the whims of fate to decide their future.

Hayley Kiyoko, a young actress who plays one of the Lemonade Mouth band members, and some of her co-stars staged a flash mob at the Apple store in The Grove in LA before the movie debuted. They performed one of the movie's signature tunes (Determinate) before being shut down by store security, and posting the video (at top) on her YouTube channel.

The Praise You-like stunt's clip went viral after Ashton Kutcher tweeted it to his 6.6 million followers:

Even with the help of the Mouse, today's young Disney stars not only need to have an abundance of talent. They need social marketing and digital savvy — and the moxie, it seems, to "determinate," as the song goes.

Walt Disney Records' Lemonade Mouth Soundtrack Debuts in the Top 5 on the Billboard 200

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BURBANK, Calif., April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Walt Disney Records' soundtrack to the hit Disney Channel Original Movie "Lemonade Mouth" debuts at #4 on the Billboard 200 Chart after scanning over 69,000 units in its second week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Released on April 12, the album debuted in the Top 20 on the Billboard 200 and fast tracked its way to No. 1 on the iTunes Soundtrack chart and was No. 4 on the Album Overall chart. The album also ranked No. 1 on Billboard's Soundtrack and Children's Music charts. Moreover, hit songs "Somebody," "Determinate" and "Don't Ya Wish U Were Us" rank in the Radio Disney Top 30.

Due to popular demand, Disney Channel programmers have increased the airings of "Lemonade Mouth" as follows: Thursday, April 28 (8:00 p.m.); Saturday, May 7 at 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. (with the cast doing a live chat on DisneyChannel.com, 7:00 p.m., ET); Friday, May 20 (with never before seen scenes added, and a "pop-up" style feature "What's What?"); and Sunday, May 29 (8:00 p.m.).

"Lemonade Mouth" stars Bridgit Mendler (of Disney Channel's "Good Luck Charlie"), Adam Hicks (Disney XD's "Zeke and Luther"), Hayley Kiyoko ("Wizards of Waverly Place"), Naomi Scott (Disney Channel UK's "Life Bites" and "Terra Nova"), Blake Michael, Nick Roux ("The Suite Life on Deck"), Chris Brochu ("Soul Surfer"), Tisha Campbell-Martin ("My Wife and Kids") and Christopher McDonald ("Boardwalk Empire").

Based on the book Lemonade Mouth by Mark Peter Hughes, the script was written by April Blair, directed by award-winning Patricia Riggen ("La Misma Luna" aka "Under the Same Moon"), executive-produced by Debra Martin Chase ("The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," Disney Channel's "The Cheetah Girls" movies), co-produced by Gaylyn Fraiche ("Just Wright," "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2") and choreographed by Chris Scott ("So You Think You Can Dance").

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Cast of Disney's "Lemonade Mouth" starts flash mob at Apple store

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by Dana Franklin
Apr 26th 2011 at 3:30PM

It was another quiet afternoon at the Apple retail store at The Grove in Los Angeles, CA -- or as quiet as an Apple store can be on a busy day -- when all of a sudden, a flash mob began singing and dancing the song "Determinate" from the Disney Channel production Lemonade Mouth over Easter weekend.

Chris Brochu and Hayley Kiyoko, two of the film's stars, organized the surprise appearance with about 15 of their friends and captured their entire performance on video. The choreographed song and dance number drew a mix of befuddled and delighted looks from shoppers and ended when three unfortunate Apple employees were inclined to politely escort the mob out of the store.

This weekend's flash mob by the cast members of Lemonade Mouth is one of the latest in-store performances by Apple shoppers captured on video and published to the video-sharing website YouTube. With its chain of well-lighted retail locations filled with internet-connected Macs, Apple often draws aspiring and professional actors, singers and dancers to its stores. ifoAppleStore, the blog for all things Apple retail, offers a look at some of the many in-store videos shoppers have published over the last few years, including a mashup of iJustine clips, lip-syncing children, a performance by a teen singer known as "tr3vor" and more.

Lemonade Mouth is a musical film produced for the Disney Channel that follows five high school students who meet in detention and form a band to help them each overcome their shared and individual obstacles. The made-for-television movie premiered on April 15, 2011.

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Official Disney Press Release For LEMONADE MOUTH

PATRICIA RIGGEN SET TO DIRECT “LEMONADE MOUTH,”
A MUSIC-DRIVEN DISNEY CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE

Award-winning film director Patricia Riggen, who directed the critically acclaimed “La Misma Luna” (aka “Under the Same Moon”) and this week presents her short film, “Revolución” at Critics’ Week in Cannes, will direct the music-driven “Lemonade Mouth,” a Disney Channel Original Movie.

The “Lemonade Mouth” script was written by April Blair based on the popular novel by Mark Peter Hughes. Executive-produced by Debra Martin Chase (“Just Wright,” “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,” Disney Channel’s “The Cheetah Girls” movies), it will begin production in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in July.
In making the announcement, Ms. Martin Chase said: “Having Patricia at the helm of this movie is a dream come true for me and a testament to the climate Disney Channel creates for a flow of new ideas, interesting talent, creative risk-taking and willingness to explore new areas — all essential for our business.”

A native of Guadalajara, Ms. Riggen worked as a newspaper journalist in Mexico, then as a photographer, before moving to New York City to attend Columbia University’s Masters Film program, where she pursued her interests in screenwriting, producing and directing. Her first documentary was 2002′s “La Milpa,” followed by 2004′s “Family Portrait,” which won the Short Filmmaking Award at Sundance and the Best Documentary Award at the Aspen Film Festival.

Riggen’s “La Misma Luna” premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and was quickly acquired for worldwide distribution by Fox Searchlight and The Weinstein Company. It was released theatrically as “Under the Same Moon” in March 2008, setting records for a Spanish language film opening in the U.S. It is the third-highest grossing Mexican film of all time in the U.S. and the fifth in its own country.

Casting is underway for “Lemonade Mouth,” a script about five teens from different walks of life who meet in detention and go on to form the greatest high school garage band ever. The ensemble features Olivia on vocals, Stella on electric guitar, Wen on keyboards, Charlie on percussion and Mohini on bass guitar, and their wide-ranging music, from pop to rock and hip hop to soul, ultimately brings them together as friends and inspires their classmates to speak up and be heard.

The over 80 titles in the Disney Channel Original Movie franchise are the ratings success stories around the world. In the U.S., across all basic cable, the DCOM franchise has produced basic cable’s #1 movie with Kids 6-11 and/or Tweens from 2002-09 (“Cadet Kelly,” “The Cheetah Girls,” “Halloweentown High,” “Twitches,” “The Cheetah Girls 2,” “High School Musical 2,” “Camp Rock” and “Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie,” respectively).

Bridgit Mendler Bio

BRIDGIT MENDLER
"Olivia White"

Bridgit Mendler stars as Olivia White, the introspective lead singer and songwriter of Lemonade Mouth who recounts the story of how the band came together, in the Disney Channel Original Movie "Lemonade Mouth."

Mendler also stars as Teddy Duncan, a typical teenage girl who's enlisted to help care for her baby sister in the hit Disney Channel comedy series, "Good Luck Charlie." Other credits include a recurring role as Justin Russo's vampire girlfriend, Juliet Van Heusen, on Disney Channel's Emmy Award-winning series "Wizards of Waverly Place," a guest-starring role on the hit series "JONAS" -- where she sang opposite Nick Jonas -- and the 20th Century Fox film "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel."

Within a few weeks of deciding to pursue acting, Mendler landed a guest starring role on ABC's long-running daytime drama "General Hospital," and later had roles in "Alice Upside Down," "The Clique" and ABC Family's "Labor Pains."

Mendler wrote and recorded the song "This is my Paradise" for "Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2," and recorded "How to Believe" for "Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue," both released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.

She first caught the acting bug at age eight while attending local acting camps in the San Francisco Bay area. Her early experience led to local roles in both dramatic and musical theatre, and Mendler eventually became the youngest performer in the San Francisco Fringe Festival. Soon she was dabbling in voice acting, which led to roles in the animated feature film "The Legend of Buddha" and the video game based on the comic book series "Bone."

Born December 18, 1992 in Washington, DC, Mendler is currently enrolled in an online high school through The Education Program for Gifted Youth at Stanford University, and in her spare time enjoys reading, cooking and songwriting.

Adam Hicks Bio

ADAM HICKS
"Wen Gifford"

Adam Hicks stars as Wen Gifford, the stalwart Lemonade Mouth keyboardist who discovers the importance of family in the Disney Channel Original Movie "Lemonade Mouth." Hicks has songwriting credits on three of the "Lemonade Mouth" music tracks and is the first Disney Channel/Disney XD star to write lyrics for a performance-based song on a Disney Channel Original Movie. He also stars as Luther Waffles, a lovable but absentminded teenager whose only objective is to become a world-famous skateboarder, in the Disney XD comedy series "Zeke and Luther."

Hicks first knew he wanted to act after seeing the movie "Home Alone" at the age of five, and developed his craft in local theater productions. On the silver screen he landed the leading role in "Down and Derby" and "The Twelve Dogs of Christmas." He earned a Young Artists Award for Best Young Ensemble in a Feature Film for his role as Joe Guire, the school bully, in "How to Eat Fried Worms." He also co-starred in Disney's remake of "The Shaggy Dog," starring Tim Allen.

In 2010 Hicks guest starred as the posturing neighbor in "JONAS L.A." Among his other television credits are ABC's "That Was Then," "The Funkenhousers" and "Titus."

He has performed and collaborated on three Disney XD music videos, "Happy Universal Holidays," the hip hop spin on the classic song, "In the Summertime," and the remake of the MC Hammer hit, "U Can't Touch This."

Hicks enjoys playing the drums, skateboarding, hip hop dancing and writing and performing his own rap songs. He is also a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Born November 28, 1992, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Hicks currently resides in Torrance, California with his parents, brother and their two dogs and three cats.

Hayley Kiyoko Bio

HAYLEY KIYOKO
"Stella Yamada"

Hayley Kiyoko stars as Stella Yamada, the confident leader and electric guitarist of Lemonade Mouth who isn't afraid to stand up and be heard, in the Disney Channel Original Movie "Lemonade Mouth."

Kiyoko’s other credits include a recurring role as Alex Russo's unruly wizard friend, Stevie, on Disney Channel's Emmy Award-winning series "Wizards of Waverly Place." She also starred as Velma in the Cartoon Network movies "Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins" and "Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster."

Kiyoko plays the drums and guitar and is part of the pop band The Stunners, which was the opening act for the 2010 Justin Bieber's My World Tour.

Education has always been a priority for Kiyoko: In high school she served as Student Council President and Vice President. She also founded The Agoura High Step Team which continues on at her high school. Upon graduation, she was accepted into the prestigious Clive Davis School of Recorded Music at New York University.

In her free time, Kiyoko enjoys writing songs and vintage clothes shopping. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her family.

Naomi Scott Bio

NAOMI SCOTT
"Mohini (Mo) Banjaree"

Naomi Scott stars as Mohini (Mo) Banjaree, the Lemonade Mouth bass guitarist who grapples with meeting her parents’ high expectations to be the perfect Indian teen, in the Disney Channel Original Movie "Lemonade Mouth."

Scott starred in Disney Channel UK's series "Life Bites" as Megan, the sweet best friend. "Lemonade Mouth" is her first Disney Channel Original Movie and her first project produced in the United States. She auditioned for the role via video conference from London. She also stars in the upcoming Steven Spielberg-produced television drama, "Terra Nova."

Scott began her career honing her singing skills with the Bridge Church Youth Band, and performed regularly in school musical and drama productions. Her big break came when she sang at a performance attended by British pop singer Kelle Bryan from the all-girl band Eternal, which quickly signed her as a client.

Scott has performed a solo jazz performance in London's prestigious Royal Festival Hall and has worked with top British songwriters and producers Xenomania.

A humanitarian at heart, Scott has regularly participated in mission and outreach work. She has traveled several times to Slovakia to teach English in secondary schools and perform with her youth band. In her free time she enjoys songwriting, singing, dancing and playing piano.

Scott comes from a multi-cultural background with an Indian mother from Uganda and a British father. She was born May 6, 1993 in London, where she currently resides with her parents and older brother.

Blake Michael Bio

BLAKE MICHAEL
"Charlie Delgado"

Blake Michael stars as Charlie Delgado, the dreamy Lemonade Mouth percussionist who wants to escape living in the shadow of his older brother's achievements, in the Disney Channel Original Movie "Lemonade Mouth." For the role of Charlie, Michael learned to play the drums and now counts it as one of his hobbies.

Michael landed the role after attending an open casting call conducted by Disney Channel. His television credits include a guest starring role on ABC's "October Road." He is also known for his work as the host of the Cartoon Network series "Fried Dynamite," and his guest starring role on the animated series "Out of Jimmy's Head."

Michael is a proficient magician and a previous top national swimmer who continues to swim year-round with a team. He enjoys riding motocross bikes and graphic design.

Born July 31, 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, Michael currently resides there with his parents, older brother and his dog.

Nick Roux Bio

NICK ROUX
"Scott Picket"

Nick Roux stars as Scott Picket, Mo's charming athletic boyfriend and lead guitarist of the popular band Mudslide Crush, in the Disney Channel Original Movie "Lemonade Mouth."

Roux’s television credits include a guest starring role on Disney Channel's hit series "The Suite Life on Deck." He also just completed the ABC Family pilot "Jane By Design."

An avid sportsman, Roux enjoys everything from snowboarding to surfing. In high school he was a four-year varsity golfer and CIF Champion.

Born in Long Beach, California on December 13, 1990, Roux currently resides in Rancho Margarita, California, with his parents, younger sister and their three rescue dogs.

Chris Brochu Bio

CHRIS BROCHU
"Ray Beech"

Chris Brochu stars as Ray Beech, the self-assured lead singer of the popular band Mudslide Crush in the Disney Channel Original Movie "Lemonade Mouth."

Brochu will star alongside Dennis Quaid and Helen Hunt in the upcoming movie "Soul Surfer," the true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton. Other credits include guest starring roles on "The Mentalist," "Hannah Montana" and "Zoey 101."

In addition to writing and singing his own music, Brochu enjoys playing the guitar and piano. His other interests include hiking and rock climbing, surfing and any other outdoor adventure sport he can participate in.

Born in Nashville, Tennessee on June 25, 1989, Brochu currently resides in Los Angeles with his parents, younger sister and brother, Doug Brochu, who stars in the hit Disney Channel series "Sonny With A Chance."

Tisha Campbell-Martin Bio

TISHA CAMPBELL-MARTIN
"Miss Reznick"

Tisha Campbell-Martin stars as Miss Reznick, a music teacher who encourages five students in detention to pursue their passion for music in the Disney Channel Original Movie "Lemonade Mouth."

Campbell-Martin's career spans acting, directing, producing and writing. She is best known for her role opposite Damon Wayans on the ABC hit series "My Wife and Kids," which continues to run in syndication and earned her an NAACP Image Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. She also directed an episode of the series. Other television credits include "Martin," "Rita Rocks," "Everybody Hates Chris," "Getting Personal," "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," "A Different World," "Blossom," "Roc," "Links," "The Sweetest Gift" and "All of Us."

At the age of 16 Campbell-Martin made her film debut in the cult classic "Little Shop of Horrors," opposite Rick Moranis and Steve Martin. She also starred in "School Daze," "House Party" (I, II, III), "Another 48 Hrs.," "Homeward Bound," Boomerang" and "Sprung." On stage she starred in the Debbie Allen/James Ingram production of "Bayou Legend."

Campbell-Martin co-wrote the movie "The Seat Filler" with husband, actor Duane Martin ("All of Us"), and produced the film short "A Luv Tale," which garnered numerous awards, including the Audience Choice Award at the Black Hollywood Film Festival.

Raised in Newark, New Jersey, Campbell-Martin is the daughter of two singers who nurtured her love for music. She entered her first talent contest at the age of five and won first prize -- a car!

An avid philanthropist, Campbell-Martin is currently developing a project to benefit her alma-mater, Newark Arts High School, which will help provide desperately needed supplies to the inner-city school and keep its music program intact.

Currently, she is working on the upcoming "Paul Reiser Show," and she is the national spokeswoman for Yoplait yogurt, encouraging healthy active lifestyles for African-American women.

Campbell-Martin resides in Los Angeles with her husband and their two sons.

Lemonade Mouth 2 Press Release

This is the press release announcing the Lemonade Mouth 2 DCOM, as well as a DCOM about Disney Channel's Shake It Up television series;

DISNEY CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIES “LEMONADE MOUTH 2″ AND “SHAKE IT UP” IN DEVELOPMENT

Disney Channel announced at Licensing International Expo 2011 that Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) “Lemonade Mouth 2,” the sequel to the hugely popular movie, is currently in development, along with a DCOM based on the hit buddy comedy series “Shake It Up.”

The music-filled kid, tween and family movie “Lemonade Mouth” is a dynamic story in which music intersects with themes of communication, personal development and empowerment. Central to the core storyline are five teenagers who are profoundly changed when a music teacher motivates them to throw “what-ifs” out the window, pursue their true passion, form a band and, ultimately, seize the opportunity to express their unique selves – despite lack of support from the school administration. After premiering in April as the year-to-date’s No. 1 cable movie in Total Viewers and No. 1 television movie with Tweens 9-14, in its 16th telecast, ”Lemonade Mouth” is still going strong, again ranking No. 1 for the day among Kids 6-14 and Tweens 9-14.”

“Lemonade Mouth 2″ will reunite fans with Olivia, Wen, Stella, Mohini and Charlie, and feature all-new music.

The hit buddy comedy series set in the world of a tween dance show, “Shake It Up, Chicago!,” has generated development plans for a DCOM debut. The comedy series features two high-spirited characters, best friends CeCe Jones and Raquel “Rocky” Blue, whose dreams of becoming professional dancers are realized when they become background dancers on the most popular teen dance show, “Shake it Up, Chicago!,” a gig they land thanks to their longtime and well-connected friend, Deuce. Between learning a wide range of new dance styles, navigating the backstage antics at the show (especially with their rivals Tinka and Gunther) and their newfound social status at school, the girls experience new and fun adventures, some that test their friendship.

“Shake It Up” is TV’s No. 1 series with Kids 6-11 (1.8 million/7.3 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (1.6 million/6.7 rating), and through its first 17 original airings, is pacing as the No. 1 cable series of all time with Tweens 9-14, 2011 to date. [Source: NTI, 12/27/10-6/12/11, US ratings, based on trackage data with minimum 6 telecasts.]

Disney Channel has presented more than 80 movie titles in its DCOM franchise since 1997. From the first movie, “Under Wraps,” to 2007′s record-breaking “High School Musical 2″ and “Camp Rock,” the DCOM franchise has connected with the millions and millions of kids and tweens who watch them every night. In the U.S., across all basic cable, DCOMs dominate the ratings, having produced basic cable’s
No. 1 original movie telecast among tweens for nine consecutive years and the No. 1 movie in Total Viewers for four consecutive years, an indication of strong co-viewing by kids, parents and families.

The highly anticipated DCOM “Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension,” based on hit animated TV series “Phineas and Ferb,” is set to premiere FRIDAY, AUGUST 5 on Disney Channel, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 on Disney XD and also on the ABC Television Network (date TBD).

Lemonade Mouth – DVD Review

For the record, I do not agree with this review at all. - Lydon

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May 25, 2011 4:50 pm
by Nick Allen

DVD Review Lemonade Mouth

Directed by: Patricia Riggen
Cast: Bridgit Mendler, Adam Hicks, Hayley Kiyoko, Naomi Scott, Blake Michael, Christopher McDonald
Running Time: 1 hr 53 mins
Rating: NR
Due Out: May 24, 2011

PLOT: A group of high schoolers start up a rock band after they’re sent to detention in the music room.

WHO’S IT FOR? If High School Musical was trying to sell the concept of high school to kids in elementary school, then Lemonade Mouth is aimed at middle schoolers. Boys and girls that are actually in high school won’t dig this one (or at least, they shouldn’t).


MOVIE:

Thankfully, Disney hasn’t dished out another form of the singing dollhouse that defines the sparkly and squeaky-clean High School Musical franchise. Lemonade Mouth gets its designer jeans a little dirty, as it plays with a fuller and larger list of characters, and even the most “Disney Princess”-like of characters (Mendler) isn’t given a definitive lead treatment. The word “revolution” is tossed around a couple of times, and the story even makes a small statement about supporting small businesses over large corporate sponsors. At one point, someone even says the words “Bon Jovi.” Could Disney finally be opening its mouse ears to the cries of teenagers who have left Camp Rock and the Jonas Brothers in hopes of messages that might be more honest? No, not really.

This “revolution” of Lemonade Mouth is most directly comparable to when Kelly Clarkson moved on from From Justin to Kelly bubble gum to “Since U Been Gone” angsty guitar-driven pop rock. For example, a slightly sweet little tune like “More Than A Band” might be “written” by the rebellious girl of the group, Stella, but it sounds like a leftover from the High School Musical songbook. (Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens could easily be imagined singing it). The band starts with a piano rock sound, then moves to pop rock as spiced up by rap, and ultimately lands in some current “Top 40″ territory that maybe the likes of Katy Perry have left unmarked. Everyone can dance, sing, play an instrument, though we hardly see them actual sit down and practise.

Despite the newer focus on students being able to play instruments, musicianship itself is not a respected concept. Songs that are not performed on stage are “written” in the moment in which they are played, and the labour-heavy concept of learning to play an instrument and subsequently practising it are completely undermined by Lemonade Mouth’s mission to sell music entirely as an image. Cheap electric guitars of the world, prepare to be bought, and then abandoned. As I whined about in my rant on last month’s Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure, a sort of freakish Barbie doll epilogue to the High School Musical saga, musicianship is still formed into an accessory with Lemonade Mouth, and success with such efforts is made to be guaranteed. This is aggravating to any human being that’s both been to high school, and is also aware of the frustrating realities when it comes to comprehending music. Don’t forget, those songs are really written by forty-year-old men.

However “alternative” Lemonade Mouth might be as compared to High School Musical, its presentation of the world is still extremely guarded. At times the fantastical elements can be sprinkled too heavily. Leave it to Disney to make a rock revolution appear much too sweet.

MOVIE SCORE: 5/10

DVD EXTRAS

Rock-Along
Exclusive Scene/Alternative Ending
Digital Copy of Lemonade Mouth

Instruments Used By Lemonade Mouth Part 6

American Standard Stratocaster® (Left Handed)

Stella Yamada's main guitar is an American Standard Stratocaster®, Left Handed, Maple Fingerboard, 3-Color Sunburst with the tremolo bar removed.

From the website:


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