{"id":10475,"date":"2020-08-07T14:14:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T12:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=10475"},"modified":"2020-08-07T14:14:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T12:14:47","slug":"nathan-smith-releases-music-video-for-heres-to-the-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2020\/08\/07\/nathan-smith-releases-music-video-for-heres-to-the-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Smith Releases Music Video For “Here\u2019s to The Now”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cPlan your best for tomorrow, but live for today and enjoy what you have, because tomorrow will take care of itself.\u201d \u2013 Nathan Smith<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Renowned guitarist, singer and songwriter Nathan Smith\u2019s brand-new album of original works, Here\u2019s to the Now, was released in July this year and fellow artists and musicians like Bobby van Jaarsveld, Riana Nel, Francois van Coke, Ricus Nel and many others describes it as a masterpiece!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first two singles taken from this album and released to radio stations nationwide simultaneously during June, DECISIONS and CLOSER had and incredible reception!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The title track, HERE\u2019S TO THE NOW, is about being so distracted by what we need to do or still want to achieve, or a situation, that we totally miss the good we have in our lives at the very moment. \u201cIn my case, it was missing great moments with my wife, Jackie. Being there, but not present, not enjoying, or missing the opportunity of the small things in life, which are actually in fact the big things in life and saying sorry about that and that I will live one day at a time, so HERE\u2019S TO THE NOW!\u201d, says Nathan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Willem Viljoen from SASC was the director of photography and directed the music video and it was produced by Zap High Speed Studios www.facebook.com\/ZAPhighspeed<\/a> and TA Group Media www.tagroup.co.za<\/a> The band performances was shot at Foghound studios in Midrand www.facebook.com\/foghoundstudios<\/a> and was recorded in only 5 hours. A lot of the performance footage was shot using a Talos Motion Control Rig (a robot arm with a camera which runs on a track) with a 9m x 3m LED screen as a backdrop. The home video type footage was shot on the lovely Western Breeze game farm in Limpopo www.facebook.com\/thewesternbreeze<\/a> with 3 hours of footage compacted into the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe concept was to capture everyday home type moments and of my wife, along with me performing the song, stating that I am now aware of my mistakes and I see it clearly now, what really matters and the good I have right now\u201d, Nathan concludes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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