Just about ready to put this project to bed.

The status on the video: released July 4.
The status of album: Basically done. I plan on a September release.
The Status of rewards, I want to mail everything next Tuesday.

Thank You all!

I am trying to get more lead time on the CD release. So I am going to postpone the CD release party.

However, I am going to get all your rewards to you by that original date.

Mark

I hope to have an edit of the video by this weekend. I still don't have the final mix of Stick Boy done yet. I'll have it done soon.

I'm going to try to make a little video showing me making the shirts. It's been fun, doing this whole part of the larger project. Although it took me much longer to complete than I originally thought.

As it turns out, when you are small, you certainly have the ability to make changes on short notice and you can be very agile in that way. But being minimally funded more than offsets that advantage. I have been getting great rates at the studio, and my musician friends have pitched in to help for free, but at that point you have to work around their schedule. This is not a complaint, by any means. I could not have made the album or the video without everyone who helped. It is much more a statement of the situation for anyone else who might be thinking about doing a project like this. Yes it is possible to make it fast, but how fast might depend entirely on how much liquid cash you have to keep the schedule progressing.

I'll get a nice "white label package" together for the DVD. The T-shirts will be hand decorated. The CD Release party will be scheduled soon.

Here are a couple more production stills.

All I need to do is reiterate for you all not to share the video as soon as you get it. It will take several weeks to get the CD on iTunes. So please wait for me to officially release it before you start sharing it. I want to have the iTunes link ready before I release the video. After that of course feel free to share it.

Mark
Groove Duke

Sorry. I didn't mean to leave you folks out of the loop. Things are starting to come together. I have stills from the video. The first edit should be done by next week. I start the last couple days of mixing on my album next week. So, things are really happening.

Here are a couple of production stills. I still don't want to give too much away. So these may not mean too much.

Mark
GD

Most of the footage is shot and editing is scheduled for March 3. Unfortunately I've decided that I want to do one more mix of Stick Boy. I can't get into the studio until March 8, so we'll have to work out those little details.

Other details of this adventure are coming together. But I'll let you all know that later.

Thanks again

Mark

That's all I can say. If I'm lucky I may have a production still for you later.

I'm trying to keep this under wraps.

Everyone who makes a video hopes it goes viral and for the right reasons. But if the song goes viral and I don't yet have the album up on iTunes and Amazon, I miss a HUGE chance: I could make $20 or $30 dollars.

Just trying to be realistic.

Seriously though, I'm gonna let the people to whom I promised copies have a pre-screening, but I'll have to trust you not to email it to friends or show it to anyone until I tell you. Who knows what it will do. If I get 300 views on youtube, I'll be happy.

I won't be starting another project until these two are done, but it will be cool and necessary and will hopefully build on the framework these two projects have established.

Mark
Groove Duke

I talked to Jesse ewles today and he has some awesome ideas. No production schedule yet. Nothing finalized. I'm working out the money transfer and business details.

Wish I could make it sound sexier. But that part comes later, when you see the video.

It's exciting.