Verity's Blog

The making of 'Swimming Upstream'

I had a great time being involved in this photographic exploration of the artistic journey. Check it out...

Swimming Upstream - making of from kathalijne van zutphen on Vimeo.

Reaching for another dream...

Last Tuesday 16th Nov we made our way through to Selwyn Shandels Indigi studios in Seapoint to spend the day with Anle who I have written a song 'My Favourite Things' for. It has been a very slow project in coming together, as I first met Anle and her mum Annie back in January and somehow the year has run away from us. A few months back Selwyn and I laid down the track and sent it through to Anle to learn and on Tuesday she got to experience being a recording artist for the first time in her life!

She arrived dressed all in pink and very nervous about being in a studio. We had to make sure that we kept things really simple and not too intimidating for her, and she and I sat in the studio together pulling faces and making silly noises to get her relaxed. Selwyn was a legend as always - opening his heart and studio to the project with amazing generosity, while my boyfriend Mike was there as the 'cameraman' and captured the day on film which he is now tirelessly editing just like he did with Song for Julie last year.

Once again this has been a humbling opportunity to give back as a songwriter and play a small part in making this young girl reach for a dream while she battles with a devastating illness (Ataxia Telangeicstasia). To meet her mother and get a small insight into their family and the boundless love they give to Anle has been inspiring and I cant wait to give her very own music video very soon!

 

 

Art Of Living Festival

Looking forward to HELLO-AFRICA playing a 45 min set at the Art Of Living Festival on Sat 20 Nov! We will kick off just after 12.30pm and will be sharing lots of our new songs on the day.

For more info, please visit www.artofliving.org.za/festival