New Music Artists - Funding - Appearance

NEW MUSIC ARTISTS

We are very excited to announce two new artists offering their songs for consideration to the Bipolar soundtrack. The first artist is Kyler England and her song "No More Sad Songs". With Los Angeles as a home base, Kyler is touring extensively across the US, playing more than a hundred shows each year from 2003-2006, and has shared the stage with Sting, Melissa Etheridge, Gavin DeGraw and Annie Lennox among many others. Those in the know in the independent music world are well acquainted with Kyler's tremendous talent, and know it's only a matter of time before she bursts onto the mainstream scene. Kyler won 1st Place in the 2004 Unisong International Songwriting Contest, 1st Place in the 2004 Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Contest, was winner of the 2002 North Carolina Songwriters Competition, and her studio record "A Flower Grows In Stone" won "Best Alternative Rock CD of 2004" in the Indie Acoustic Project's Best CDs of 2004. "No More Sad Songs" from her latest EP The Green Room Sessions was featured in a two-minute montage at the end of Guiding Light's episode on Tuesday 10/31/06. It was a beautiful and emotional union of the song with the story and picture. Asheville Citizen Times says, "Kyler England writes and sings of live wires and brushfires, things that are fast to ignite and faster still to burn out. Rife with complex melodies and emotional honesty, her songs crackle to life with her sultry, magnetic delivery." And Performing Songwriter Magazine recently said: "A Flower Grows in Stone' contains 14 compassionate and introspective songs, all performed with confidence and intimacy." You can find Kyler's touring schedule, biography, and 4 new songs plus a live unplugged video at www.kylerengland.com and www.myspace.com/kylerengland. I am really excited to have Kyler's song considered for the soundtrack. She is an incredibly talented, humble, and very kind person. (Matthew Nichols)

The second artist is Kelly Buchanan and her song "I'm Okay". While marching her energetic rock shows across the country, touring on her own and and supporting artists including Martha Wainwright and former Soul Coughing frontman Mike Doughty, Kelly has earned an army of fans that ultimately financed the making of Bastard Daughter. "Kelly Buchanan's voice is the bulldozer rampaging down the center aisle of the health food store," writes Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield. "It's simple: get out of the way or get run over." Indeed, this audacious singer-guitarist, a product of the fertile Boston rock scene who now lives in New York, has a tendency to lure you to the X on the sidewalk with a bright melody and a perfect hook before dropping a piano on your head. And when it happens, it's the most welcome collision you've ever experienced. The Boston Globe says, "Kelly Buchanan is just what we need: A homegrown singer-songwriter of the hell-hath-no-fury-like-a-woman-scorned school…. Be careful not to get too close, though—these lyrics could rip you to shreds." In exchange for CDs of demos, autographed advance copies of the finished record, liner note thank-yous and other goodies, fans donated to the making of the album from before the start of recording all the way through mixing, mastering and manufacturing. It's an innovative strategy and one that demonstrates how Kelly Buchanan touches lives and inspires loyalty from her listeners. You can find Kelly's touring schedule, biography, and songs at www.kellybuchanan.com and www.myspace.com/kellybuchanan. I am also very excited to have Kelly's song considered for the soundtrack. She too is an incredibly talented, humble, and very kind person. (Matthew Nichols)

FUNDING

(Matthew Nichols) Funding for the film continues and we have some very good prospects on the horizon. Too early to tell who is going to commit and support the project just yet, but in early talks with several parties - the interest is definately there. This has grown into something much more than just a film. It has become a project that many people are rallying behind whether interested in film, part of the mental health community, or knowing someone who has the illness. I set a pretty lofty goal to have all of the funds by the end of December...but absolutely believe it's possible, and will do everything humanly - possible to make it come to fruition. Stay tuned...

APPEARANCES

Matthew Nichols will appear this Saturday, November 11 - 10:30 a.m. at
Fireside Books, 1331 West Paradise Drive - West Bend, WI 53035.