Tag: white series

The White Series release is going smoothly, have NEVER had a response to ANY of my videos as the Kelly Clarkson video caused! :) HUGE! I'm struggling to keep up with the comments and emails caused by the new releases, but it's WAY too much fun to be able to complain.

Other than the new releases, things are coming along switfly for the DVD. We're shooting in a while, and I feel a strange combination of excitement and stress. my personal rehearsals start on Monday.. helllooooo blisters! :) Can't WAIT though, I haven't had the chance to really PRACTICE since I graduated from school in 2004.. so it's been a long time. I mean I've never stopped playing, but PRACTICE is something entirely different. One thing I am VERY much hoping to get down before the recording starts is the heel-toe technique. ALMOST got the stamina going :) Honestly though, the fact that I'm still learning SO much every day, is something that will make the instructional part of the DVD something VERY different than what you guys have seen before. I dont see it as a teacher-to-student thing, in my head it's very much a student-to-student vibe. Which I LOVE. stoked.

I also have to mention, some of the songs you guys have submitted to the cobuspotgieter/band page are AWESOME, like very very VERY good :) I already know of a few songs that will definitely make it onto the DVD, sooo stoked that you guys took to this so passionately aswell. I'll make some the chosen songs public on the forum sometime within the next week or two, so you guys can see who will be featuring on the DVD :) Also, some of you have been submitting songs, but because the upload didn't finish, I can't download and listen to them. I think some of you might be thrown off by the fact that there is no progress bar. Just browse to the song, select it, and choose upload; then wait until it has been uploaded. To be safe, I would just leave the window open for quite a while. Cause it's WAY frustrating to see your songs there but not being able to listen to them.

Also don’t forget to check the up for grabs section as SMG will be releasing something for your iPhone (if you have one)in this next week

Anyways, It seems I have started ranting.. will cut this one short, and how about seeing you guys

in the forums?

Once again.. "thank you" doesn't quite cut it. I know I have the habit of becoming all soppy and corny way too often, but it's so friggin awesome to have everybody be a part of this epic journey; I'm WAY excited to see where it leads us all.

Speak to you guys soon,
Much love.
LDS.
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BIG NEWS! the White Series is set for release later this week along with the new website (which, i might have mentioned, is INCREDIBLY awesome) so i am beyoooond stoked to hear what you guys have to say about the new series and website! i've also managed to keep the set-list secret (except for some tips on the photo''s and a few random song titles i might have posted on Twitter..) so i''m definitely pretty surprised about that; i always love divulging too much info.. haha :)

anyways, i''m not going to type another mini-novel blog post on the count of having TONNNNNS of work left to do on the White Series :) i hope you guys will excuse me, back to work.

honestly.. going to wolf down some pizza first, then work. booya.

keep it real, yo!

hope you guys have an awesome week, much love.

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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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