Happy December! Are you all ready for Christmas? We are super excited, and already consuming a TON of Christmas music! ;)

TREASURE SEEKERS:
We are still cracking away at the sound design for Treasure Seekers. We are more than halfway done, and getting very excited for you all to hear it! To wet your whistle, check out the promo we released.

MUSIC:
This month, we will be releasing our first ever music video! We are beyond excited! We have put a lot of work and effort into it, and we hope you enjoy it! It is Christmas themed and will include some drone footage as well. Be looking for it on December 14th, 2016.
Also, we plan to release a piano solo of one of my (Sarah Grace's) favorite Christmas songs.
In November, we released a cover of More of You, and, in honor of our parent's 28th anniversary, we covered Still the One by Shania Twain. If you haven't already, check it out!

OUR FAVORITE THINGS | A CHATCAST:
This month we released a two part episode of our favorite Christmas media! It was so much fun for us to put together, and if you haven't already, you should check them out! We shared some of our favorite Christmas music, books, audio dramas, and movies. Christmas Extravaganza Pt. 1 and Part 2. 
We decided to take December off, as the next episode would release the week after Christmas. So enjoy our Christmas two-parter, and we will talk with you again in January 2016! 

We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and enjoy spending time with friends and loved ones! God bless!

Blessings,
Sarah Grace
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Ichthus Family Productions
Sound designer\producer

Happy November! 

TREASURE SEEKERS:
We are hard at work on this! We have been set back a bit in the past two months or so, but we are making a ton of progress now! I am about a third of the way done with the sound design, and it is going very well! This afternoon, in order to record the perfect sound effect, I climbed a tree . . . one-handed. Wouldn't really recommend it. I had my recorder (my amazing, uber-expensive Zoom H5) in my left hand, and climbed the tree with my right, recording the sound of someone climbing a tree. Despite it being a bit windy, they turned out pretty well and will fit perfectly into the scene I need them for. 
Also, in case you missed it, we released the trailer and cover art for Treasure Seekers! Check it out on the "Treasure Seekers" tab under the "Productions" tab on our menu bar. The cover art was a lot of fun to do; I painted it with the help of 4 people over my shoulder, directing me. It was really a group project. ;)

MUSIC:
We FINALLY jumped back into the music production world with the release of More of You and Still the One.  Both were a ton of fun to do, and we are pretty pleased with the way they turned out! Check them out on our Music page. We are going to be working on a pretty epic Christmas music video for our next song, so we might be into the new year before we get back to regular programming. 

OUR FAVORITE THINGS | A CHATCAST:
In October, we released Episode 10 of Our Favorite Things, about our top 5 favorite musicals. We had a ton of fun in that episode, be sure to check it out if you haven't! We are not sure yet what we are going to talk about this month. What would YOU like us to talk about for the next episode?  Books, movies, music or audio dramas? Let us know! 

Well, I think that is all for this month! Thanks for all your support, and God bless!

Blessings,
Sarah Grace
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Ichthus Family Productions
Sound designer\producer

We dedicate this song in honor of two of the most amazing, and most influential people in our life. Our parents, Brian and Michelle. 

Today they celebrate their 28th wedding anniversary. Their steadfast love for each other, and each of their 9 children and 3 grandchildren is an inspiration to many. We love you both so much. Thank you for your love, support, and faith. You are the best parents any person could ask for!

We decided to cover one of their favorite songs, Still the One by Shania Twain. The lyrics to this song pretty much sums up their relationship.

What did you think of our cover?
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Blessings,
The Ichthus Team

This is a song that is very near to our hearts, and that we have been wanting to do for a while now. We hope you enjoy it!

Stay tuned to our website, late this week or early next week we are going to be releasing a song in honor of two very important people in our life. It is going to be awesome!  Thanks for listening! Leave a comment and let us know what you thought of this song!

Blessings,
Sarah Grace
Ichthus Family Productions

Today we took the names of all the entrants into our Anniversary Giveaway, wrote them on a piece of paper, put them in a hat, and drew one out. The winner is . . .

Congratulations Faith! We have emailed you and will be shipping your prize to you shortly!

Thank you to all the other entrants for entering and helping get the word out about IFP! You guys are awesome!

If you haven't checked it out yet, we released the trailer for Treasure Seekers! You can hear it here and here

​Stay tuned for later this week when we finally jump back into the music production world with the release of a new song we have been working on! It is pretty sweet!

God bless and thanks again!

The Team at Ichthus Family Productions

Stay tuned to the bottom of this post to hear the official trailer forTreasure Seekers, as well as see the cover artwork!

This studio started with a dream. A small one albeit, that grew even beyond our own expectations. After our audio drama listening expanded quite a bit in 2014, I had the desire for voice acting. I was thinking how to get started and had the idea that it would be fun if we could produce something small. So I went into our library and pulled the smallest book off the shelf. Sarah, Plain and Tall. To these novices, we were like, “oh no problem, we’ll figure this out and have it posted in few months.” I laugh now at how naïve we were.

 Our desire for perfection pushed us to really learn and excel at what we were doing. Our little project taught us so much. We learned audio production from the ground up. Sarah Grace, who is our producer\audio engineer, continues to strive and learn more and more as time goes on. Instead of using stock sound effects, we recorded most of the sound effects ourselves. And the music was composed in house as well.

Speaking of music, it has always been a passion of our family’s, with singers, pianists, and a guitar player among the siblings, we have played/sang in some capacity for many years always with the desire to record music. Now, with Ichthus we have that ability, and it has become a huge part of what we do here.

All that little history to say that we are so excited that our one-year anniversary has rolled around! We have really been working on this for longer, but Ichthus was officially launched on October 30th, World Audio Drama day in 2015. We have accomplished so much in one year, from releasing our first audio drama and an audio drama skit to starting a second feature length production, as well as releasing 22 songs, starting a podcast, and participating in other projects from the Audio Drama Alliance andPorchlight Family Media.

In honor of this, we have put together a giveaway with the purpose of spreading the word about what we do here. We included some of our top picks for audio drama as well as a physical copy of Sarah, Plain and Tall, and a CD of 7 of our favorite songs. Pleasecheck it out if you haven’t already and enter! You have one more day with the opportunity to win some awesome “prizeage”!

Stay tuned for the announcement of the winner on Monday, Oct. 31st at 3:00 p.m. EST.
Thank you all for sticking with us and watching us grow!

Blessings,
Victoria

And now . . . dun dun DUN! The official trailer for IFP's newest audio drama, Treasure Seekers!

And here if the official artwork for this audio drama.

So what do you guys think? Are you excited for the release of Treasure Seekers? Let us know in the comments below!

Thank you so much to all our followers for sticking with us on this incredible journey! God bless you guys!

Blessings,
The Team at Ichthus Family Productions

On October 30, 2015, Ichthus Family Productions was launched. We are so excited to be celebrating our one year anniversary! It seems crazy to think that we have been doing this for one year already! Time flies! In honor of the day, we decided to do an epic giveaway! Here's the details:

We are giving away one 2 CD copy of In Freedom's Cause, produced by Heirloom Audio, one physical copy of Down Gilead Lane season 1 produced by Keys for Kids Ministries, one physical copy of Candle in the Window by Lamplighter Theatre, AND our very own Sarah, Plain and Tall on CD, as well as 7 of our favorite songs produced by IFP on CD. 

To enter, all you need to do is leave a comment on this post, subscribe to our website via email, and share our website and this giveaway with 3 friends. Super easy, and that gets you three entries into the giveaway, no strings attached. But if you want more entries, you can:

-Follow us on SoundCloud,
-Follow Our Favorite Things | A ChatCast via email
-Share this giveaway and our website on at least one social media platform
-Share this giveaway and our website on your blog, website or newsletter

​See down below to tally your entries.

​Even if you already own some of these items, you can still enter! It is always nice to have another copy on hand to loan to friends or give away.

We will be announcing the winner on Monday, October 31.
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That's it! And on October 30, we are going to be releasing the cover art and the audio trailer for our next audio drama,Treasure Seekers, as well as a post about IFP in the past year. Check back then!

Over a year ago, Victoria wrote a script entitled  Howard and Jackson: Case File #001, originally to be produced by Porchlight Family Media. When both PFM and IFP joined the Audio Drama Alliance (ADA) in the end of 2015, this production was moved to ADA to be produced. At long last, it is released! We are so excited to share with you 

 Hello everyone!

Seems like it's been awhile, even though it has only been a month. September seemed to drag on, yet fly by all at once! 

Here's what we got planned for this month:

TREASURE SEEKERS:
We are still working hard on this! We are still planning on heading up to a local bike trail to record some Foley for certain scenes. We will be sure to take a ton of pictures to share with you all!
​We are full steam ahead on this for the next 3 months! In October, we plan to release a trailer\promo, and the official cover art. So stay tuned for that!

MUSIC:
Yet again, we still haven't been able to work on any music, but trust us, it is still our goal to do so! Unfortunately, before we were able to do anything, most of us came down with colds, and are still recovering. So here in October, we will try again to make that happen! We did release a piano solo, which you can check out here.

OUR FAVORITE THINGS | A CHATCAST
​In September, we released TWO episode of Our Favorite Things! An episode featuring our 4 top four indie artists, plus a bonus episode with a "get to know the hosts" Q&A for International Podcast Day! Those were both a ton of fun to do, and if you haven't already, go check them out!

OTHER:
If you haven't already, the poll we mentioned last month is still open, and we would love to hear your thoughts! We would love it if you would head on over and fill it out. It will only take a couple minutes of time. You can find it here.

I think that's about it! Are you guys excited for Treasure Seekers? What is a song you would like us to do a cover of? Thanks for your support of IFP! God bless!

Blessings,
Sarah Grace
Sound designer\producer
Ichthus Family Productions

Hello everyone!
 
Happy first day of Fall! I am so happy for the cooler weather, gorgeous trees and of course, apples!
 
On this first day of Fall, I hope you enjoy this piece, called The Acceleration of Time. I just seemed appropriate for the first day of Fall.

This piece is beyond fun to play. The original sheet music is from David Nevue’s new album called “Winding Down”. All his pieces are so beautiful, and this one was no exception. I had a lot of fun arranging it, and changing it up. I hope you enjoy it was much as I enjoyed arranging and playing it.

​Also, a quick note: September 30 is International Podcast Day. So, in addition to the regular episode of Our Favorite Things | A ChatCast, (released September 28) we are also going to release a bonus episode on Sept. 30! It is going to be a fun episode! Stayed tuned! Sign up for email updates so you don’t miss it!

Thanks so much for your support of IFP! God bless you guys! Leave a comment and let us know what you thought of this song!
 
Blessings,
Sarah Grace
Ichthus Family Productions