Talk:David Foster

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This page appears to require cleanup; it contains subjective statements such as "Like Paris Hilton, the two sons have questionable talent but are good looking."

I have Best Of Me 1985, River Of Love, A Touch Of China, And The Best Of Me 2002. If Anyone knows how to make the pages ill give the track lists. I just copyd this talk link thing and changed the name, no clue how to do it. Lunar Eclipz (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 05:55, 29 September 2008 (UTC).


 * Recently David Foster worked with The Corrs on their album Forgiven, Not Forgotten? That album was released in 1995. I would say that's an error. Also, I'm particularly interested in finding a catalogue of his works, and this information is nowhere to be found. - Mindbender 03:46, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

I find this line to be incomprehensible- "In 1992, he struck Ben Vereen with a car while Vereen was walking along the Pacific Coast Highway. It was ruled unintentional, although hundreds of thank-you notes poured in for months following the incident." Thank-you notes? If this is accurate it requires elaboration. -Rob 60.42.35.153 01:02, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

I second the above comment, that paragraph needs further elaboration/removal. - Charles

Fansite
The tone of this article reads like that found on a fansite. It is full of trivia, NPOV or OR statements, and generally unreferenced. It also doesn't conform to style guidelines. I moved the biographical information out of the lead into a subsection. The discussion of his marriages and children needs to be more explicit, it is currently indecipherable. The page is not in bad shape but needs the attention of an experienced editor to get appropriate tone, style, and citations. Madcoverboy 06:31, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Article Grammer/Style
I know this article needs work and that there's room for improvement as far as 'tactical' article writing is concerned. I've done much of the editing and appriciate whoever put info about David's personal life in the separate section 'Personal', b/c I wouldn't have known how to do it myself. Understand and bear in mind that this website isn't very user-friendly when it comes to posting various things, expecially in the 'disussion' area of each article. I'm sorry if the posted info isn't up to your uppity-duppity, hoity-toity, formal, proper, professional standards. I would do a better job, but I just don't have time. I'm very articulate, but somehow, I can't seem to get this article to be, either.

Mind you, I'm new to this Wikipedia thing and don't come around here as often b/c the mods have been really snotty [not to mention unprofessional] towards me. Moreover, I just don't have time to stay up here [and waste time] fooling around all day long; I've got better things to do. So if anyone thinks they can edit the article to more 'tactical, professional grammatical' standards, then help yourself; knock yourself out and feel free to assess [and revise] it to measure up to the Wikipedia article guidelines. By the way, the information I got for the article come strictly from various articles [and interviews] I've collected on David Foster over the past few years.

I also want to add that as a big fan of David Foster, I wouldn't dare deliberately post any information about him that is false, misleading, offensive, defametory, or libelous. The only reason I came around here to start with is to find out basic info about either famous, well-known, or just people I know of, like their birth names, middle names, dates of birth, birthplace, parents' names, history, etc. I didn't know that various strangers could tamper with the various articles from time to time until sometime later, when I'd stuck around here long enough [which was a BIG mistake, to say the least].

Wikieuphoria 05:56, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

I find it ironic that this section should begin with a misspelling of the word "grammar."

Changes
I went ahead and made a few changes. I am not an experienced editor nor do I know much about Foster. I removed extraneous trivia such as "On the track, Montag's fiancée Spencer Pratt was featured rapping." Biased statements were altered or removed to recognize NPOV.

The following paragraph was removed:


 * From an early age, it was apparent that he would make his mark in the music industry and he began taking piano lessons at the age of 5. As a keyboardist, he established himself in the early 1970s as a sought-after session musician.

His early childhood needs more information to include his introduction to the piano. I suppose it could be stuck elsewhere in the article, but risks sounding trivial.

I decided to keep this, but slapped on the end of another paragraph. I am now doubting this decision and am thinking about axing the sentence:


 * He is a cousin of race car driver Billy Foster.

There are still some issues with the article, but as it is Christmas, I don't want to spend anymore time at the computer.

MangyMaestro (talk) 20:03, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

It should be added that Foster has recently taken 11-year-old Jackie Evancho "under his wing" as it were.

69.149.165.219 (talk) 20:05, 17 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Eight years later, I want to call attention to this comment. Foster is referenced 24 times in Evancho's Wikipedia article (evenly split between the text and the references). He obviously has been important to her career, and she is obviously a non-trivial performer. Yet she appears nowhere on the list of artists he's worked with, and the extremely successful (in terms of rebroadcasts and money raised) PBS special they did together is not on his list of TV performances.  I'd fix this myself but I'm concerned I'd miss something, put something the wrong place, or not do the references correctly.  Or maybe she's been omitted on purpose for some valid reason, in which case I'd do all that work only to have it deleted.  But if anyone is still in charge of this article, I'd say you are missing out.  For some of us (myself included) his work with Evancho is the only reason we've ever heard of him. Seems like she should be included. Gms3591 (talk) 11:09, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Removal of incorrect info...
''I've found conflicting information on this page. On the page Wildflower_(Skylark_song), the song is credited to Doug Edwards and Dave Richardson, as it is also on the page Skylark_(Canadian_band). However, on this page, David Foster is credited for writing the song. I'm not an experienced editor, and not sure where to look for official confirmation of who actually wrote the song. I think it may be a simple misunderstanding, since there were two "Daves" in the band.'' Resinguy (talk) 00:29, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Foster co-wrote the song "Sweet Dreams" with Jon Anderson from the second Yes album Time and a Word released in 1970. Actually, a differnet David Foster worked with Yes, so I removed this sentence. 172.129.128.20 (talk) 03:53, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

"He also produced Houston's record breaking single 'I Will Always Love You', the best selling single worldwide with sales over 11 million." I removed this because a) of course he also produced it, he produced the album it's on, and b) it's not the best selling single worldwide (it's #8) and it doesn't have sales over 11 million (though it does have sales over 10 million). Brainmouse (talk) 13:05, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

article states foster is a singer. i just watched an interview with him in which he was introduced as a composer and singer, and he corrected the reporter and said his is not a singer. so i have edited `singer'. http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/video/3808964445001--Newtonsghost (talk) 01:12, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

Any relation?
Having only just heard of David Foster for the first time, I'm wondering if he's any relation to the 19th Century hit songwriter Stephen Foster. The odds are against it, I know, but musical talent does often run in families, so the possibility exists. -- CWesling (talk) 01:52, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I know another of his cousins, Hamar, who's a prof at U.Vic....their family is descended from an early colonial-era settler in the Shawnigan Lake area of Vancouver Island, who was one of the founders of Shawnigan Lake School; I dropped by to see if David was also an alumnus of that school but there's nothing on this page about his personal bio, which there should be (parents, high school etc.).  It may be that the Dixie Fosters and the BC Fosters are related, but if so distantly; the BC Fosters were imports from the British Isles; which doesn't mean there weren't relations in Dixie, however.....Skookum1 (talk) 18:05, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

John Stevens Not Noteworthy Enough
I have removed the sentence about John Stevens' debut album Red as it was overtly and shamelessly self-promoting, and most likely was added by the obscure singer himself. This type of unscrupulous advertising of oneself in an article is not permissible if Wikipedia aspires as a community to be a scholarly and respectable source of information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.48.51.127 (talk) 19:22, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Well it could have been there because the kid was on Idol. It was probably put there by an Idol fan. Ducold (talk) 10:24, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Work as musician
It should be noted that Foster worked as a session musician (not producer) for artists like George Harrison, Tommy Bolin, Neil Sedaka, Donovan, Rod Stewart and others —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.164.57.137 (talk) 22:21, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

humanitarian work In 2008 David Foster performed a concert called "HITMAN, DAVID FOSTER AND FRIENDS" in Las Vegas, Nevada, inviting artists like Kenny G, Andrea Boccelli, Katherine McPhee, Peter Cetera, Celine Dion, Brian Mcnight among others, and part of the proceeds from this concert went to support various humanitarian causes, especially African children, certainly a very laudable and generous efforts--200.66.106.59 (talk) 04:31, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

personal life
You say he has 5 kids, but don't list the name of the 5th, who I think was with the 3rd wife. She should be added in. Davids's first daugther is Allison and she is not from his first wife

Also, you say Linda filed for divorce, but Foster's autobiography claims that he divorced her after reading comments about her after the reality TV show. This needs to be checked. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skysong263 (talk • contribs) 05:05, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

B class and up
I'm promoting this article to C class, though it's almost certainly B or higher. I just haven't followed the checklist personally. These are the variables that can be added to each wikiproject statement above, as they are reached, which can then result in promotion to B class. Again, it might already be worth B class or above, but it apparently just hasn't been checked.

B-Class checklist 1. It is suitably referenced, and all major points are appropriately cited. 2. It reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain major omissions or inaccuracies. 3. It has a defined structure, including a lead section and one or more sections of content. 4. It is free from major grammatical errors. 5. It contains appropriate supporting materials, such as an infobox, images, or diagrams. <!-- 6. It is written from a neutral point of view.
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