VFactory

VFactory is a new band just starting up and catching the attention of many. The popular celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton has posted a few blogs about Jared Murillo, who is part of the band and was on High School Musical.

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I was contacted through Alex Murillo, Jared Murillo's father to photograph the concert.

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I had a good time getting to know these guys before and after the show.

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These little girls here were enjoying themselves with VIP passes to the show for a birthday party.

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The band members got hooked up with free clothing by Nappi based in Salt Lake.

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The guys gave me a tour of their bus.

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Their website, VFactoryonline.com gave a little more information on how this group started ...

The group began to coalesce in September 2006 when Tommy Page — a Warner Bros. Records’ vice president of A&R who worked with High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale on her debut album — accompanied Tisdale to rehearsals for the first HSM tour. “I watched Ashley perform with a group of teen dancers who were cast by director Kenny Ortega,” Page says. “Ashley and I were both knocked out by Jared Murillo who seemed to own the stage. I thought, ‘Wow, if I could find four other guys who could sing and move like that, we could form an amazing group.’” (Page knows a little something about pop groups, having spent ten years as an artist. He scored a No. 1 hit with “I’ll Be Your Everything” in 1990 and toured with chart-topping pop phenomenon New Kids on the Block for four years.) “For me,” Page says, “Jared was the template that set the bar.”

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One of the opening acts was 4Real.

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I enjoyed the show and look forward to seeing the group gain popularity as the new boy band.