Michael J Downey's Blog

Hey there. I gotta say, I'm really excited about the "america" video we're shooting in August, partly because it involves YOU! Last month, when we were planning this video, I went to the director, my management, and publicist and told them how tired I was of bands sending out these massive blasts to thousands of people on MySpace screaming "Listen to my new song!" "Watch my new video!"... me, me, me!  I went to them and said I want to do something for the people that support us, and bring them into the process.

So, since this video calls for shots from all over America, we came up with the Submit-Your-Video Contest, and are asking YOU, for the next 3 weeks, to send us a link to your video - Could be anything – family vacations, your backyard, city skylines, political/war video, Christmas morning…anything. And if we use it, I'll send you a check for $50! (and you get to see your clip in a cool music video). For details, CLICK HERE.

Oh, yah, and just for entering, you'll get a free "america" ringtone. Why? because it's all about you, you, you...

Thanks for being a part of this! The video will be released on August 31st, and the album 'america' will be in stores and online September 4th. -------------------------------------------------------

UPDATE: 08/19/07 - THANK YOU ALL for submitting your awesome video footage from all over America! We received hundreds, of submissions and have finally gone through all of them and notified the winners, and are now editing the "america" music video! The world premiere of "america" will be on Friday, August 31st, on Google Video at 6pm (PST). Michael will be online live to answer your comments and questions and to say HELLO AMERICA!