Christmas Launch Day Discounts & New iPhone App!

Dear Noizemakers,

Christmas Day 2010 is the day I’ve been working my whole life to create — the day the reality for Dr. Noize matches the dreams in my head. Twelve Amazing New Productions launch on 12/25: An album, a book, a 3D animated video, a new single (have a listen), an online game, a learning curriculum, a new T-shirt line, an online TV series, a new clothing accessory, an expanded national tour, a destination website to bring them all together, and…

A Doctor Noize iPhone App. Less than an hour ago, the first Doctor Noize iPhone/iPad app went live on the iTunes store. I guarantee you’ll be amazed and amused by it. Get the app. Play the app. Rate the app. Share the app. And realize this: The production quality and creativity of the app reflects the same level of passion that infuses all our Christmas Day releases.

To thank you supporters from the Bare Bones Mom & Pop Years, this newz is only being shared with the Noizeletter list until January 3rd. No media outreach. Until then, all of this is yours alone. But you may forward this email to any of your friends and we’ll give them the same discounts. About that…

Visit this Special Pre-Order Page by January 2nd to get our new creations at substantial discounts. Pre-orders will ship and prices will rise on January 3rd. Also available are 99 Signed & Numbered Collector’s Editions — the first 99 made of each physical product. Dream Cortex and Doctor Noize Inc. have made a substantial long-term commitment to Doctor Noize. Years of story arcs and production development are already in motion. This is only the beginning.

We rarely feel: ‘If I had more time and money, I would do it exactly the same way with the same team.’ The talents of dozens of musicians, animators and programmers have given me this wonderful gift this season. I’m extremely grateful to all of you Noizemakers for helping me arrive at this moment, and I invite you to be the first to explore the new Doctor Noize world. Details on all Christmas releases are below.

Yer buddy for life,
Doctor Noize

THE TWELVE THINGZ OF CHRISTMAS
On Christmas Day 2010, Doctor Noize Inc. will release…

New Destination Website. Visit doctornoize.com for the holidays and explore the new, expanded world of The International Band Of Misunderstood Geniuses. Games. Videoz. Noize Radio. Learning Adventures. Interactive online character animations. A Forum where you can write to the new Doctor Noize characters and they’ll write back. A new look. And this is just version 2.0…

Bananas! iPhone App. We’re completely bananas over our debut Dr. Noize iPhone app, Bananas! It’s beautiful. It’s fun. It’s addictive. It’s a joyful game where you must protect the band’s bananas, and it’s packed with 20 minutes of brand new music. It soaks you in various musical genres and inspires you to go online to learn a lot more for free. Choose your Dr. Noize character to play and go bananas.

Banana Video. Our first 3D animated Dr. Noize video is (what else?) Banana. It debuts an extended version of Banana and oozes the energy and affection for the Dr. Noize characters felt by the animation team at Dream Cortex. Writing an animation screenplay was an amazing experience; working with a talented team dedicated to the joy of music, characterization, story and humor was even more so.

Our Shiny New Single, “I’m With The Band.” 2 1/2 minutes of pure positive energy. Vivaciously performed with the musicianship you’ve come to expect from a Dr. Noize release. “Let your creativity just take the keys and drive…” The new Dr. Noize Theme Song features all the main characters featured on this year’s album release and 2011’s Return Of Phineas McBoof. On that note…

The Ballad Of Phineas McBoof (2nd Edition). The new CD includes our new single, an extended version of Banana, and audiophile improvements to every track, like the amazing new upright bass and New Orleans style acoustic drums on The Monster Dance. That’s right — we’ve improved a track that was already named an iTunes Essential Recording. Just wait ’til you hear Bottomus’ new intro jams…

The Ballad Of Phineas McBoof (2nd Edition). Must be seen to be believed. You won’t find a more rambunctiously beautiful book in your collection. Every page bursts with colorful personality re-imagined by dozens of animators at Dream Cortex. Overseen with great care by yours truly and Doctor Noize Animation Director Yan Miu in an innovative 3D/2D animation combination.

Learning Adventures. A dream of this award-winning former teacher realized. Six new Dr. Noize songs. Thousands of dollars and hours. Dozens of musicians and engineers. All to create an album-length recording and accompanying written curriculum that introduces parents, teachers and kids to the fundamentals of music. Hosted by the Dr. Noize characters, and… Completely free online to all.

Noize TV. We debut our free monthly online Noize TV series with an episode about creating the music for the new productions. Join your host Dr. Noize and his saner sidekick Noizemaker #1 (Weldon Dodd) as we take you on learning adventures inside the the creative, musical, visual, and intellectual pursuits of the band. For kids to watch independently or families and classes to watch together.

Brand New Character T-Shirtz. Colorful and witty statements of character and flair designed for Dr. Noize by Yan Miu and his team of merry illustrators at Dream Cortex. Every shirt proclaims “I’m With The Band” on the back. Each shirt also proclaims a funny phrase to match your personal style on the front. Choose your character on 12/25.

Online Games. We launch our first online game, Meet The Band, on 12/25. It’s free. It’s beautiful. It’s challenging and addictive. It has its own Dr. Noize soundtrack made exclusively for the game. And it’s just the beginning. Many more — and more extensive — music, creativity and mind-challenging games are already in development for our expanding games section at the new doctornoize.com.

Phineas McBoof Guitar Pick Necklaces. Our re-imagined Phineas wears a lively orange guitar pick necklace that announces to the world: I’m in a band, but I dance to my own music. I’ll be wearing one at the new Showz too. In fact, we like ’em so much, we decided to personalize ’em with Phineas’ image and sell ’em. It’s an affordable and hip way to join the band. But mostly — they’re just cool.

New National Tour. Actually, the new tour doesn’t launch until March. I will mostly attend to heartfelt and joyful promotion of our new integrated line until then, including correspondence with Noizemakers who honor me with an email or Forum post. I’ll be performing in over 25 of the funnestest US metros plus Hong Kong each year. And… wait ’til you hear and see the enhancements to the Showz.

I look forward to reconnecting with you all at the Showz and online this year. Happy holidays!