Please comtinue to spread the word so those who did not see your links from before can see the video and hopefully share it among their friends as well!

In addition to Healing Newtown and The Sandy Hook School Support Fund, the donate page on shinyheadmusic.com now gives a choice to select Supporting Newtown Teachers as your charity to support in order to download "20 Beautiful Children."  Please see the web pages for each charity to make you

Thank you, thank you, thank you. 

4 hours after "20 Beautiful Children" was released, donations reported to shinyheadmusic.com total over $100.  Thank you to all who have chosen to give, and please continue to share and encourage friends to do the same.  Promotion on Facebook is taking off, with entries to each of the 5 major Detroit news television channels, as well as both National Public Radio stations.  Follow the links below to "like" and comment on the video link I posted, encouraging coverage of the story.  If we can get the news outlets to take notice, we can spread the word even further.  

Today, the video and download-to-donate song "20 Beautiful Children" becomes available.  I am proud of the result, and hope that together we can make a difference.  I am grateful to all the volunteer musicians, singers, video and audio producers who put this project together - there is no way I could have accomplished this alone. You will find instructions on how to make your donation and download the audio track here.   Please share this video and encourage people to follow Shinyhead Music on Facebook and donate at shinyheadmusic.com

Here are the names of the people who helped with this project.  Thank you all. 

“20 Beautiful Children”
by Dave Martin

Performed by
Dave Martin, Guitars and Vocals
Jason Cassell, Drums
Godfrey Porter, Bass
Doug Scott, Piano

Soloists 
Saachi Mittal
Lacey Remisosky
Noah Holsclaw
Tristan Cosgrove
Alexa Cosgrove
Brooke Shearer
Ju Ju Palmer
Emily Ascensio
Angel Kennedy
Lexi Nadolski
Mia Martin

Chorus
Sophia Abbott
Allison Balan
Sydney Balan
Olivia Begian
Madeline Boler
Anna Busse
Emily Carlin
Francesca Catella
Sophia Catella
Michael Cunningham
Xander Fleming
Jessica Golema
Hannah Gripp
Caelan Hunt
Stephanie Liakos
Alexandria Maniak
Nina Nelson
Jeanette Palmer
Josie Palmer
Elizabeth Rutkowski
Abigail Socull
Taylor Yaeger
Zack Yaeger
Ben Zilka

Recorded at Winding Road Studios
Produced by Steve Sholtes
windingroadrec.com

Video Produced by
Bryan Buchan 
bailiwickmedia.com

Videographers
Kevin Carter
Bryan Buchan

Special thanks to
Mary Zaleski
Debbie Jackson
Dr. Noel Jackson
Downriver Youth Performing Arts Center
dypac.com
Rev. Phillip Reed
Grosse Ile Presbyterian Church
gipc.org

For the victims, heroes and beautiful children of Sandy Hook Elementary

Today, I have been in contact via email and telephone with several charitable organizations in the Newtown, CT area.  I am working to finalize partnership between our project and charitable group(s) I will designate to receive donations generated by downloads of the song.  The video is close to completion, and we are excited to let everyone hear and see what we've made!  

Monday will be the day.  I'll post any news this weekend, but keep your ears and eyes open for a Monday release, then get ready to share and encourage your friends to do the same as they greet the new year.

Thanks to everyone who's "Like'd" Shinyhead Music on Facebook and shared news on this project with your contacts.  Your faith and support in this project has really been inspirational to me.

-Dave

From the Recording Session December 22 at the DYPAC Trenton Theater. 

With Steve Sholtes, at Winding Road Recording in Wyandotte.  Amazing facility, and a generous master of the dark arts of recording.  

I just finished editing all the kids solos and the choir for the end of the song. So far, my emotions have been at bay when performing or listening, with a few exceptions. Listening to these extraordinary young people sing was very emotional. Thanks to all who performed yesterday!