Portraits are finally here. I've contacted most of you already and sent you a snapshot. Well done Casey! I'll be sending these out on Monday. Thanks again for everyone's help.

Sorry for the delay folks! CDs and DVDs are going in the mail. Portraits have also been done, I just need to grab them from Mark. Hope you're well and had a great holiday!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Thanks again for your generosity. You're all a part of this one. Mark and Casey are really proud of their song and video. They even recorded another song. It's called "Always Say Goodbye" and is now available on iTunes! If your reward is one of the CDs you'll be getting this track in the mail soon. For all of the others we're working on those rewards in the next week or so and hope to have them shipped soon. For now, enjoy the video for "I Had a Bird" at the Catastrophic Neon Rainbow site:

http://www.CatastrophicNeonRainbow.com

Thanks again and we hope to hear from all of you soon,

Mark, Casey and Keith

itunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-bird/id379103281

youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch...

Thanks again for helping make this video a reality. I think you're all going to enjoy it very much. Mark and Casey are finishing up another song in the studio that will be the "B Side". We're also going to make the mp3s available for download at Insound.com

Here's a photo Brian Wrightson took on the set:

Casey and Mark did a great job on the Catastrophic Neon Rainbow video shoot!

We set up on Friday and shot the video all day Saturday. We had a blast and the shots look pretty amazing!

We managed to transform Mark's studio into a glittery dream world and back. We couldn't have done it without you guys.

Some preliminary credits:

Keith Hopkin - Director
My second music video with more to come!
www.artworknotavailable.com

Russ Heller - Director of Photography
Russ took his superb technical photography skills onto the set and rocked it hard. Speaking of rocks, check out his super clean jewelry photography at www.russhellerphoto.com

Mike DeSutter - Artistic Director
Mike and I collaborate on a lot of projects. He always comes through. www.royalscourge.com

Kevin Fitzgerald - Gaffer
I hired Kevin to light our set and he did that and more. With ten years of experience in the field he was an invaluable asset to the day and we couldn't have done it without him. www.kwfitzgerald.com

YOU!
We couldn't have done this without you. After the video is edited, DVDs and CDs will be made and some lucky backers will be getting some fantastic portraits by Casey.

Just got a shipment of Electroluminescent wire (aka "EL Wire") from Ellumiglow.com for the glowing rainbows. I discovered this stuff last weekend at a party and thought it would be a perfect addition to the video. It's pretty amazing stuff. It's like normal flexible wiring but it grows bright like neon. And thanks to YOU guys, we got our own!

And thanks to the Kickstarter staff for adding us to their "Recommended" page!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/by/recommended

Wow! Thanks so much to everyone who contributed! We hit our goal already! Amazing!!! Of course we're not gonna stop accepting pledges. At the end of the day we'll be feeding everyone who helps out on the shoot and buying some last minute items. I just received a package of silver confetti and it's already all over the place. Thanks again and we can't wait to shoot this!

Thanks so much to anyone who has contributed on the first day already! Mark and Casey are super excited!

And we got an awesome writeup at examiner.com:
Teen-songwriter prodigy needs you to Kickstarter her art
Have a listen to the whole track here. Who needs myspace anyway?