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Update #7: Music video up! Please support us by re-posting!!

Posted on September 6, 2011

The preliminary edit of the music video is up on youtube now!  Please help us boost the signal by reposting to FB and twitter and blogs if you happen to know people who might feel like giving us a nod.  THANK YOU for your support!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL-IhuYw5wM

Update #6: Epilogue

Posted on September 4, 2011

Just in case you wanted to know..

We raised a total of $1971 (including donations from PayPal), of which kickstarter took a little over $157 for transaction fees.  My expenses including postage for mailing the posters so far have been $1356 and change.

What, you ask, did I do with the excess money?  Did I pocket it?  It occurred to me..  Did I save it for gas money for my tour Sept 16-18?  This also occurred to me.

What I'm actually doing is giving $500 to a dear friend and long time Psyche Corp. supporter who needed it for unexpected medical expenses.  He's helped me an enormous amount in my music work over the years and I'm not saying who he is in case he wants to stay anonymous here.

Maybe next time I do fundraising I will keep some of the net excess for future Psyche Corp. business, but this time someone else really needed it, and I have never in the past been able to afford to pay him for any of the work he's done to help me.  This time, I could.  And that's thanks to you guys.

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      Cavan Bailey on September 4, 2011

      Awesome, that's so great to hear. I'm planning on becoming an MD in the future, so anytime someone gets to feel better, it puts a smile on my face. Good luck to your friend!

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      Matthew Urgo on September 4, 2011

      An admirable use of excess funds.

Update #5: As promised, sort of, for the $100+ donation

Posted on August 13, 2011

Footage of a date with an inanimate object.  Considering that I'm a little concerned about the music, and yet the comedic value is very much tied TO the music, I am only going to leave this on the internet for maybe a month.  So if you wanted to see video of me being embarrassing, this is the time.

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      HolzmanTweed on August 14, 2011

      I've got my copy downloaded...

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      Adam Smith on August 14, 2011

      lol! I've downloaded this for prosperity ;).

Update #4: In case of glitching

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Update #3: shipping

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Your name will be listed in the credits as a backer and I will send you a thank you email. Also, when we arrange the premiere screening party for the music video, you will receive a password and link info to watch our party and screening from afar via live streaming at UStream. Granted, there appears to be a 5-second lag time between events occurring and when they show up on the Ustream channel, and I'll be using my laptop's built-in webcam, but dude this could be fun. If you are buying one of the pricier packages but still want the Ustream link and password, send a message to me via kickstarter to that effect or email psychecorporation@gmail.com and let me know which backer you are!

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Your name will be listed in the credits as a backer and I will email you a thank you phone picture of whatever is going on at the time I find out about your donation. I'll try to make these amusing.

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Your name in the credits, mp3 downloads of 10 released Psyche Corp. songs of your choice, and I will do 2 extra pushups in my workouts for one week (I work out 3 times a week and normally do 15 pushups per workout. So if 50 of you back me in the same week, that means I do 300 total extra pushups that week.). If I'm super ripped by the end of this music video, it's all your fault. I will also send you a thank you email, you slave driver.

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Your name in the credits, a thank you email, mp3s of 20 released Psyche Corp. songs, and a digital download of "Oh" (the mp3) as soon as I get it mastered or by the end of September 2011, whichever comes first. This means you're getting it before the 4th album is even finished or released.

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[added 6-23-11 but retroactively applicable] The first 40 people who donate $25 or more will also receive a limited edition 9x11 Psyche Corporation poster. Considering there has never been a Psyche Corp. poster available, this is historic! See preview and more info here: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=7700580&id=88268006715 The limit is set at less than 40 because several people have already donated more than $25 and are entitled to posters.

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Same stuff as for $20, but you will also get an exclusive behind-the-scenes photo of the film set etc. emailed to you, and a digital download of the 4th album as soon as it's finished.

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Same stuff as for $30, but you get to demand 2 pushups and/or a phone pic as well, and I will mail you a signed copy of the "Oh" music video on DVD when we finish it.

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Same stuff as for $50, and I will send you a copy of the original screenplay draft for "Oh", as well as a bonus mystery song from my Retired and Unborn songs box (these have never been on a released album). I will also burn a bunch of my favorite live Psyche Corp. shows to DVD or CD for you and mail it to you.

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Same stuff as for $60, plus I will make and send you a lightbulb flower like the one featured on the left side of the Psyche Corp. press page: http://psychecorporation.com/press/

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Same stuff as for $70, but you'll be listed as a co-producer in the credits instead of just a backer. You'll get mentioned on the Psyche Corp. FB page in a post, and I will feature you in the Behind-the-Scenes video (which will go on youtube) for the "Oh" music video. This will probably be done either by making up a complimentary skit about you or talking about you in complimentary fashion. If you want to play a bigger role, I can call you up or talk on videochat.

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Same as for $80, and I will also name an inanimate object after you and take it on a date. You may demand footage of this to be posted on the Psyche Corporation vlog at youtube.com/psychecorpvlog

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Same as for $100, and I will come to your house/venue etc to give a private concert (though I will need you to cover transportation and lodging if applicable). You can pick the setlist if you like! If you're in NYC near public transit, no travel/lodging coverage needed.

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I don't think anyone's actually going to donate this amount. But if you prove me wrong, you get the same stuff as for $250 AND I will list you in the credits for the 4th album, because I will be writing something (an odd little poem perhaps?) in the liner notes inspired by you, your name, whatever you want to tell me about yourself. Also, you have the option of being listed as a Bakker in the music video credits instead of as a backer or co-producer. It just shows how special you are that I'm willing to put typos in my credits for you. Also, if you are able to take care of your own transportation/lodging, I will take you on an exploring adventure through some of the cool places I know about, and talk your ear off for an afternoon or so.

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Drawing much of its aesthetic from steampunk fashions and the neo-vintage movement, Psyche Corporation seeks to combine art, fashion, dance, and science within the framework of a technomythological world of life-extension and virtual reality servers full of wonderful nightmares. Psyche Corp. specializes in an unique genre often described as dark victorian fairytale science fiction. The band itself is named after a dream manufacture group from the future where widespread neural implants have allowed people to jack their nerve endings directly into the internet and download dreams. As a performance group, Psyche Corporation has at various times incorporated robot exhibitions, steel origami cranes, contortion, corsets, flashlights, and old radios. The music spans genres; a recent song has mixed tribal singing with classical piano while embedding poliovirus DNA into its percussion.

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