{"id":16877,"date":"2022-09-06T16:02:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T14:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=16877"},"modified":"2022-09-06T16:02:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T14:02:32","slug":"christiaan-baartmans-new-single-dis-jy-celebrates-true-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2022\/09\/06\/christiaan-baartmans-new-single-dis-jy-celebrates-true-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Christiaan Baartman\u2019s New Single, &#8220;Dis Jy&#8221;, Celebrates True Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Christaan-Baartman-Dis-Jy-Sngle-Cover.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Christaan-Baartman-Dis-Jy-Sngle-Cover.jpg?resize=450%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Christaan-Baartman-Dis-Jy-Sngle-Cover.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Christaan-Baartman-Dis-Jy-Sngle-Cover.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Christaan-Baartman-Dis-Jy-Sngle-Cover.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Christaan-Baartman-Dis-Jy-Sngle-Cover.jpg?resize=120%2C120&amp;ssl=1 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>(Image courtesy: <em>Christiaan Baartman<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>If you are lucky enough to meet the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, it calls for a celebration. And that is exactly what singer-songwriter, <strong>Christiaan Baartman<\/strong>, aims to achieve with his latest single.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>DIS JY<\/strong><\/em> is a folk pop song, written and produced by the artist himself, about the moment you realize that you have found true love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>I recently fell in love with a special lady and the emotions I was experiencing inspired the song. Unfortunately, it did not work out, but the feelings still linger,\u201d<\/em> he shares. <em>\u201cBeing in love is a gift that should be pursued and treasured for as long as possible.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The upcoming music video was created to capture the joy of being in love and features a band of well-known musicians playing on stage at a party, while the rest of the guests are dancing and having a good time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>Sometimes you just want to have fun with your friends and enjoy the music and that was the idea with this video,\u201d<\/em> he explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This catchy song is the singer\u2019s fourteenth release in three years and follows in the footsteps of chart toppers like <em>As Hy Vir Jou Nog Lief Was<\/em> , <em>Net \u2019n Bietjie<\/em> , <u><em>Stof<\/em> <\/u>, <em>\u2019n Vriend Soos Jy<\/em> (a duet with Mack Rapapali), <em>My Vrou<\/em> and <em>Die Beste Deel<\/em> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The singer-songwriter is currently working with Mack on his latest single, is helping out with a film project and is in talks with George Parker about a gospel album. In addition to his work in studio, he is also studying psychology and plans on releasing more music later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is also one of the contestants in the kykNET breakfast show, <em>Ontbytsake<\/em> \u2019s songwriting competition and is excited to see what happens next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christiaan has been involved in the music industry for around two decades and released his first album in 2008 at the age of nineteen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years, he has had many highlights in his career, including winning several music awards; producing a children\u2019s album with Leon Jonkman; progressing to the final rounds of <em>Idols SA<\/em> in 2006; opening for Smokie in 2012; performing at Huisgenoot Skouspel in 2007 and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He enjoys being back on stage and feels privileged to be able to perform again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>DIS JY<\/strong><\/em> is a beautiful song that showcases his abilities as a musician, producer and songwriter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>The song is different from the norm. It has an organic, fun and energetic approach, but no synthetic instruments were used to create it,\u201d<\/em> he concludes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is now available on all digital platforms. <strong>Download it here<\/strong>:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/distrokid.com\/hyperfollow\/christiaanbaartman\/dis-jy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>distrokid.com\/hyperfollow\/christiaanbaartman\/dis-jy<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are lucky enough to meet the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, it calls for a celebration. And that is exactly what singer-songwriter, Christiaan Baartman, aims to achieve with his latest single. DIS JY is a folk pop song, written and produced by the artist himself, about the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2022\/09\/06\/christiaan-baartmans-new-single-dis-jy-celebrates-true-love\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Christiaan Baartman\u2019s New Single, &#8220;Dis Jy&#8221;, Celebrates True Love<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}