Hello!!!
The last week was the CD launch/production! It was definitely one of the highlights of my whole year! So much work was put into it, and the result was insanely awesome!
Celebrating Generation: (left to right) Josh on electric guitar, Frikkie on electric guitar, Sebastian on snare drum, me on acoustic (I'm kinda hidden, but I'm there...), Marike on background vocals, Rachel on background vocals, Armand on drum kit, Callyn Leigh on lead vocals, WP on the bass, Dooitze on keys, Herman on keys, Obi on keys. This was a really fun song to do live! Callyn Leigh rocked it!! Everyone was clapping along and smiling all was well with the world.
Before the big night, we put in a lot of work behind the scenes to make everything run smoothly and create an "Unshakable Kingdom" vibe.
The giant letters were made out of cardboard boxes, paper-mached, and painted white. I paper-mached the U and the H! We were going to make a "Kingdom" too, but ran out of materials. It all worked out in the end, though, because "Unshakable" was huge and it fit the whole stage.
Our posters were all sponsored! We hung them up all over town wherever we could, and still had some left over. We also had a bunch of papers to decorate the room with; you can probably guess which side of the billboard I decorated. (the left side. the right is a bit too... uniform)
The street sign polls were made with pvc pipe, spray painted with silver spray paint! The signs themselves are cardboard with paper glued on top. We're fancy. The "urban eats" sign refers to the coffee shop that catered for us. They had amazing brownies.
The backdrop was made with 16 giant panels of sheet cardboard. Each panel was cut, painted, and hung up individually! Needless to say, it was much faster to take down than to put up.
Sarah did my makeup and hair for the night. This is me right before the show...
...And after! So much work went into it, but it went by so fast!
For more pictures of the launch: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.954096681273630.1073741922.158045144212125&type=1
The documentary of the project is on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTfmPJo-GTM&feature=share
And, as always, you can stay updated on what we're doing at VGY on the VGY Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/victorygapyear
In other news:
- This week, I went on a surf trip down the garden route! It was a blast! I do a post on that soon. Hopefully.
- Next week, we go to East London and do our Unshakable Kingdom production there! Yay!
Until next time,
Nad
