We will be releasing a webisode every week while we’re in studio – 15 Feb to 15 March 2013. Have a look at the Fourth Webisode, after three weeks in the studio, the album list has been finalized and we’ve begun recording the final tracks.
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We will be releasing a webisode every week while we’re in studio – 15 Feb to 15 March 2013. Have a look at the Third Webisode, after two weeks in the studio, the songs are coming together and we were able to finalise a final track list.
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We will be releasing a webisode every week while we’re in studio – 15 Feb to 15 March 2013. Have a look at the Second Webisode, Week 1 in the studio, having never played or written together in person – we had a huge amount of fun and wrote some awesome tunes.
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We will be releasing a webisode every week while we’re in studio – 15 Feb to 15 March 2013. Have a look at the First Webisode below, it was absolutely epic to meet my band mates for the first time, and so begins a project that has all the potential to be absolutely amazing.
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Hi everyone, a quick update on what’s been happening as we approach our time in studio. I am incredibly happy to announce that Steve Klassen, a good friend of mine, has accepted the role of engineer/producer for the YTBP. Steve and I met while I was in Canada during the second half of last year. …
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Ostensibly one of the first projects to use YouTube for band member auditions, this landmark band project will begin recording its debut full length album on 15 February this year. Band leader Cobus Potgieter says followers and supporters of the project are “incredibly curious to see how it all will come together.” Potgieter, who received…
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Cobus media release 4 January 2013 Popular YouTube drummer Cobus Potgieter, who has amassed over 126 million views since his first video in 2006 on the social networking video channel, is to form a band with four other YouTube musicians and record a full length album in February. Auditions solicited, received exclusively through YouTube Band…
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I’m just going to type this out so I can see how rad it looks: Evan, Bear, BJ, Justin, and Cobus. Yup. RAD. It’s been such a long journey, and we’re still in the thick of it all.. but it feels amazing to introduce you to my band mates! We’re just sorting out some other…
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BACK IN AFRICA! And let me tell you, it is WARM. Wowzer. I flew back home to South Africa after getting my visa processed in Ottawa, and it’s been amazing being back. Most of my time has been spent getting all the details sorted out for YTBP, getting the key players in place, setting dates,…
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Hi there! Cobus here, and I just want to let you know about two very important things: Firstly, I have officially announced the second member and bassist of my YouTube band project! Bear Rose (the guitarist, who I announced last week) and I are super amped to introduce you to the newest member of the…
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