The brooding Stefano Langone signs w/Hollywood Records

[Miguel]

Stefano Langone has signed with Hollywood Records, making him the seventh finalist from American Idol's 10th season to score a major-label record deal.

"It feels great, man, it feels great," the native of Bellevue, Wash., said Wednesday.

Langone, who finished seventh on the past Idol season, has been in the studio for about a month, working with songwriting and production teams including Rock Mafia and the Jackie Boyz. "Right now, I've got nine or 10 songs that could potentially be a part of the album, but we're always working for the best sound, the best songs," he says. "We've really just started."

Langone says his music will be pop/R&B with an eye toward the Latin market. "We're looking at some songs we maybe can write half-Spanish/half-English. Right now, we don't have any that are in Spanish, but we are looking at that and seeing where we can go with it."

...Langone, 22, says he began getting interest from record labels as soon as he was eliminated. "I stayed in LA because I was getting looks from producers," he says. "I did a lot of slow jams when I was on the show, but I sang countless songs for a lot of producers, and they knew what I could do."

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/...ord-deal/1

"half-Spanish/half-English"

Karen Rodriguez anyone?


"I did a lot of slow jams when I was on the show, but..."

I'm picturing his animated jerky motions when performing on fast forward.