Tag: SMG

Aaaaah, almost forgot, NEW VLOG! :) check it outttttt yo:

As you guys will see the DVD will ship on the 11th of November. So, on that day, your DVD will make it's way to you, in whichever shipment method you chose :) The DVD is being replicated and shipped from the USA (as are the hoodies and shirts) so the Americans will probably have their copy before I have mine.. grrrr :)

Like I said, working harder than I EVER have, it's definitely hard times. Handling the production on a project this big has teally taken its toll on me, but I'm hanging in there :) The comments and messages keep me going. I know that sounds seriously corny :) but NOTHING motivates me more than reading some comments on YT or reading the messages you guys send and post on the Forum. Lately I've also definitely needed motivation, the weeks of work and sleep deprivation is something I haven't experienced before.

That said, this journey is unbelievable. While I'm busy editing the documentary, I keep realising how insane this whole story has been :) It makes me MONSTER nervous to think I'm telling my life story, and putting it on a DVD for the world to see.. this isn't a made-up story, it isn't fiction, or a made-up and fake Hollywood story. It's my life, as it exists, and the thought of possibly SO many people getting a peek into that.. it only hit me a while ago :) You guys aren't strangers, I've come a VERY long way with some of you, which puts it in a different light. But I'm a pretty personal guy, and definitely equally nervous as I am excited for the release date :)

Back to work for me, going for a braai at Jason's house later on (a braai is the manly version of a Barbeque..) so looking super forward to that.

Hope you guys dug the VLOG :) I found it INCREDIBLY uncomfortable, makes me cringe just to think about it, haha.

And keep well, speak to you soon!
SO stoked to record a new YouTube series after the DVD has been launched.. finishing one of those productions will be absolute CHILD's play after this monster project :)

Much love!
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PS. ABIG UP to Michelle at Veaudry for a viciously awesome haircut!

Been drumming latetly? I have.. ooohhhh yes :) You might see some footage of that in a while, set to a nice white background ;)

I'd also like to update you guys a little to what's been going on behind the scenes. I've started to work with SMG here in South Africa, GREATTTT guys, they'll be helping out with some graphics and design work, aswell as with the distribution of the DVD. Needless to say, this is unbelievably cool; because it means anybody who would like to get the DVD will now have a chance to do so. Because of the way WAY unique nature of this whole story and the way I have managed to stay so independent, and the way YOUR support has played such an ENORMOUS role in me having the opportunities I have today. I'm still the exact same dufuss that dropped the stick in the Awakening video and that smiled cheekily at the camera in Umbrella :) Niklas, the web developer, is a drummer.. that is how we met. Richard Barker in the UK that hosted the first site and still helps me with uploading my videos.. also a drummer. My lawyer (still cant BELIEVE I have a lawyer, haha!).. also a drummer. Jason from SMG.. also a drummer :) So the coolest about anything is that these people are my friends, before ANYTHING else. I love that, this goes so much with the way YOU guys have supported this South African guy for reasons I still cant figure out.. and makes me appreciate it still that much more. The DVD project is still totally independent and nothing has changed. I'm stoked. oooooh I am WAY stoked.

Anyways, on that note.. SMG helped with the new design of the website, which will be launched soon, and Niklas is doing the development thereof. Aaaaaah it looks unbefrigginlievable! *SO* crazy to see my name on something that awesome. Once you see it you will realise what I mean.. it looks CRAZY cool, while still having so much character and being so true to my personality; WAY overwhelming stuff! It has like a ton of new and exciting features, haha WISHHHH I could tell you guys :) One thing I feel I can mention is a new Forum section, very much in the vein of a lot of other drumming websites, where I’ll be suuuuper active; gonna be SO kickass to be able to chat with you guys and get suggestions and get tips from drummers all over the world in one spot.

The new custom kit from UDRUM, the Cobus Potgieter LDS Signature series, is totally done and getting shipped to me within the next few days :) The custom kit from Jobeky (SDG Signature Series) is also totally done and getting shipped to me early next week. I think you can imagine how stoked I am. Seriously, there exists a very real chance that my head might explode. I. can. NOT. WAIT :) going to be soooooooo sick! My full cymbal line from TRX Cymbals arrived a while back, so when the DVD launches I can not friggin waittttt to play on all of this kickass new gear and show you guys every little new thing, haha.. STOKED! On the sideline of all of this; I am also recording a new album for my church band, sooooo much fun. Did the drums for it last week, had an absolute blast. Will hook you guys up with some samples if I got some songs slightly mixed.

Also still editing the White Series through all of this, I always forget how much work it is editing a whole series of drumming videos! :) just a little longer before those launch, tonnnn of work left. Aaaah almost forgot, i'm also on Twitter :) check it out at http://twitter.com/cobuspotgieter and follow me on there if you like; will definitely be posting at least once a day on there.

I think that's it for now.. my head hurts :) The coolest thing is, that at the end of typing all this.. I still can not BELIEVE it's all happening to me.. Unbelievably crazy. I'm SO grateful for the support, for YOU reading this; it's hard not to sound corny.. but if it wasn't for you guys and the unbelievable support then none of this would ever have happened. Thank you.

Keep well you guys, thanks for reading. I'm gonna wolf down a snackwitch and get back to editing, booya! :)

Keep well, Much love.
Laus Deo Semper,
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