Matt & Ginny Mooney got a call from The Today Show several weeks ago saying they wanted to do a segment with them.  They were able to show 99 BALLOONS, talk to the Mooneys about life after Eliot, and were able to introduce Hazel to the world (She is so cute and hilarious in the clip).  Once again, we are reminded how privileged we were to get to tell Eliot’s story in the form of a short film.  99 BALLOONS remains our most watched video on the internet… Igniter’s website,  YouTube, and Tangle show a combined 4 million views.

If you didn’t get a chance to see them on The Today Show last week, CLICK HERE and be inspired by the Mooneys.

We almost have our 7 songs completed for the next volume of Igniter Tracks, which will include easySLIDES. The list of songs to be included on this volume are:

(1) Happy Day
(2) Glory to God, Forever by Steve Fee (this song has yet to be released)
(3) Beautiful One
(4) How Deep the Father’s Love
(5) Here I Am to Worship
(6) Majesty
(7) Jesus Saves

This volume should be ready by late July as it will be featured at the Echo Conference 2009.

Thanks for your feedback!  We have revised our Happy Day Track and easySLIDES to reflect the correct lyrics.

If you bought them after June 3rd, you have the correct ones.  If you purchased either product before, we have sent you an email with a link to the revised files.  Please make sure to let us know if you did not receive the corrected version.

In an effort to add easySLIDES to our first fourteen tracks, they are now available for “May The Few.”  Click here to see the new product.  More easySLIDES to come!

We have also posted a tutorial to help you utilize easySLIDES and make your worship experience more flexible.

Most of the conference we seem to go to these days are more COLLIDE Magazine or WorshipHouse Media focused… It was fun and refreshing to come as Igniter to a conference again… we haven’t done that in a while… We did so many conferences back in the day where we only had one or two products to sell…now, we have a lot more.

You may recall one of our interns from last summer… click here for a reminder.  That’s right, Ashton Lloyd is now a part of the RT Creative Group team and we are thrilled to have her.  She did a great job last summer as an intern and now we get her full time.  She is a graphic designer and will work on many many projects… if I listed them, she’d become overwhelmed and leave on her first week.  She brought some great looking lamps up to the office today to decorate her area and she also brought a big candle (see image)… We already have candle burning guidelines in place due to the over-powering smell it emits (we want her to burn it for 15 minutes every morning so our offices smell good… but not much longer so as to take away the oxygen).

We love Ashton… Welcome to the team.

We are excited to have two individuals joining us this summer.  Presenting…. our interns (crash symbol sound)

First up is graphic designer, Aina.  A recent ACU graduate, Aina will be helping Igniter in all kinds of ways… We hope to benefit from her design skills and also help train her in some of those areas. She is originally from Madagascar which is just as cool and interesting to me as it is to my kids.

Also with us, fresh out of Savannah College of Art and Design is Matthew. Matthew is a motion designer and loves After Effects and many kinds of animation and compositing.  We’re excited to have his help this summer.  He is originally from Charleston, SC which is just as cool and interesting to me as it is to my kids… okay, my kids don’t care, but I still do.

Interns, Welcome.

We had Flower Back from Igniter Backs Plus 05 used (among other imagery) at one of Beth Moore’s conferences.  I had the opportunity to meet Beth Moore many years ago… She’s the sweetest lady and an amazing speaker/teacher.  Thanks Stephen Proctor for sending the photo.

We have just finished and released the Igniter Track for HAPPY DAY.  This song has a lot of energy and I love the updated Tim Hughes version of an old classic.  I love the simple truth in this song and is a favorite at my church.

We also have released easySLIDES for HAPPY DAY.  We think these will actually be more popular than the click track because of how flexible they are.

Quick links:

CLICK TRACK version
easySLIDE version

ECHO conference is offering a great deal of only $209/person for the next 24 hours only! REGISTER NOW, click here!

What is ECHO?

A conference for church leaders that love using media, technology, and the internet to be more effective in sharing God’s story.

Why you should go

• To discover new forms of media
• To be inspired to use media in new ways
• To learn how to create original forms of media
• To move beyond what’s been done and dream about what’s next
• To turn ideas into a reality that impacts others for Christ

For more information, go to the website, www.echoconference.com.