Severed Fifth

One of the things that has been awesome as the Severed Fifth train keeps on chugging along around the world, is how people are using the music and their skills in different ways. In particular, we have seen a lot of videos hitting the net, some live videos, some tuition videos, and some other fun videos. Here are some of the latest…

Live Videos

First up, thanks to Wayna Marsala for putting together an awesome video of a live performance of Fallout when Severed Fifth played MADHOUSE in San Francisco a few weeks ago:

Next, thanks to John Ryus for videoing our live performance of Machines Of War on Saturday night at Chris’s Club in Vallejo

Fun Stuff

My father in law, Vance Smith, is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. Vance works in real-estate and his company J. Rockcliff made a rather amusing video of a bunch of their team making a music video. Of course, Vance was representing Severed Fifth!

Street Team regular torontomario (author of most of the Severed Fifth Wallpapers) has been sharing his skills and using the Severed Fifth eagle as the source of this. Check out his Inkscape tuition video:

Next, check out Mountain Trail, a video of him playing Guild Wars, by Street Team regular Che:

Finally, it is always awesome to see Severed Fifth music in videos. Check out Drill Down on this Mudfest 2011 video:

Remember, folks, part of the reason why we are working to change the music industry to help create a culture in which it is awesome to take any music and share it in videos or elsewhere. \m/

Spreading the word in Toronto and beyond

Torontomario has been in the Severed Fifth community a long time. He has contributed many wallpapers, fliers and is the primary artist for the Fanzine. Just today he has posted some of his design at a local business, a most excellent way to spread the word. You can check out the fliers and the other artwork of torontomario at his homepage here.

Blixems, another contributor from the awesome UAE Street Team community, has created great Severed Fifth artwork. This includes chain mail art, metallic looking fliers, and a multi-coloured eagle crest. Not to mention rumours of a Severed Fifth art competition in the works. The artwork itself is quite excellent and I am pleased to present it here. You can also find the artwork at Blixems page on Flickr.

Feel free to participate in the fun and share your artwork on the forums thread here: http://www.severedfifth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=210&p=1118

SF Chain Mail

SF Chainmail 2

Blue Flames

Metal

Invert Lightning

Neil Oosthuizen is becoming a bit of a legend in the Severed Fifth community. Not only did he start the United Arab Emirates Street Team, and already starting postering Severed Fifth over there, but he has been out on another awesome Street Team mission.

Over to Neil….

Just some feedback on what I was up too the past week…

It all started out rocking on Monday and Tuesday when I prepared some flyers and CD’s to hand out at the Ubuntu Installfest that was occurring on Wednesday in Dubai, and also to hand out to a band playing at 49ers night club in Abu Dhabi…


Severed Fifth UAE Street Team poster as wallpaper by nlstzhn-flickr, on Flickr


Severed Fifth Discs by nlstzhn-flickr, on Flickr


Severed Fifth Flyers and handouts by nlstzhn-flickr, on Flickr


Wife being creative with Severed Fifth by nlstzhn-flickr, on Flickr


Severed Fifth Pirating by nlstzhn-flickr, on Flickr


Severed Fifth Pirating by nlstzhn-flickr, on Flickr

Unfortunalty I got some bad news that I was not going to be able to hand out flyers and CD’s at the installfest (very conservitive establishment), I however was so busy the whole day I wouldn’t have even had time to be honest.
(Just for interest sakes here is a link to some photo’s of the Installfest http://www.meetup.com/EmiratesLoCo/photos/1287630/)

Very very late that night the wife and I finally made it too the 49ers club to enjoy the local band there (they are known as “the Philippino Band” by the Hotel… very creative :/) and I made up a little package with CD’s and flyers to give to the band… which was confiscated at the door of the club (but I did however manage to give the band a ticket so they could get it at the door) Wasn’t able to chat with the band as access to the back is strictly denied and in the club the music was too loud… such a different culture way of life here… So know I hope to here from them and hope they get the word out

Just for the kicks I uploaded this photo’s of the first time we where at the club (I didn’t get anything to do with Severed Fifth to take photo’s off Wednesday night)…


49ers Band by nlstzhn-flickr, on Flickr


49ers Band by nlstzhn-flickr, on Flickr


Air guitar by nlstzhn-flickr, on Flickr


The UAE Team my be small… but we will do what it takes to spread the word and help change the scene!


Rock on \m/
Neil

Want to be a part of the Severed Fifth Street Team? Click here to find out more!

Street Team contributor Chris C. (itnet7) has created a Facebook Cause about the Severed Fifth Recording Campaign.

The goal of the campaign is to raise enough money to comfortably cover the studio costs to record the new album. You can find out more or make a donation at: http://www.severedfifth.com/pay/ Facebook users are encouraged to join to help support the cause.

1. Joining the cause requires a Facebook account. First simply go to: http://www.causes.com/causes/585595
2. Click the button labeled join.
3. And then share the cause with others on Facebook. Thanks for your support! \m/

It is awesome to see so much going on in the Street Team community. I just wanted to highlight some work that Virgil “vbrummond” Brummond has done to put together an introduction video for the Pennsylvanian Street Team:

Be sure to join the Pennsylvania Street Team on Facebook!

It is this kind of awesome work that is fueling the global Severed Fifth Street Team each day. Keep us updated with your work too!

Every Wednesday at 12pm Pacific / 3pm Eastern / 8pm UTC/UK / 9pm Europe I host a live Severed Fifth videocast in which I provide updates about the band, the recording, the Severed Fifth Street Teams, how people are spreading the word and more.

On Wednesday I did one of these shows and discussed:

• The Severed Fifth Recording Campaign Final Stretch and showed the video.
• The new album, the recording and future plans.
• Street Team work that is going on.
• Played a few videos of rehearsals and the 2010 recap.
• Played some music from the demo.
• Other updates and news.

See the video below:

Facebook has become a hugely popular site, and with so many of us using it and it providing devilishly simple tools for keeping in touch, it is a really useful tool for keeping your Street Team together, getting more members involved, and communicating.

I recently set up the Bay Area Street Team and decided to use a Facebook Group as the place where we communicate. I chose to use a Facebook Group for a few reasons:

• Everyone in the team who has expressed interest in joining the Street Team (mainly folks who have been to our shows) are using Facebook.
• It provides simple tools for people to join and communicate with other Street Team members.
• Having conversations is really easy – you just post and everyone sees it. This is great for organizing Street Team events such as going out and putting posters up, giving CDs out, and other fun.

As such, I just wanted to recommend this as a useful tool for our growing Street Teams to use.

Getting Your Street Team Facebook Group Set Up

Here is how you set it up:

1. Go to http://www.facebook.com/groups/ and click the Create Group button.
2. Enter a name for the group – I recommend you call it the Severed Fifth Street Team (e.g. I called mine Bay Area Severed Fifth Street Team).
3. You can also invite people to join. Don’t just spam people, but do invite people who have expressed an interest in joining.
4. Finally, be sure to add your team to the list of Severed Fifth Street Teams and add your Facebook Group there as your website.

Simple as that! I hope this helps you get your awesome Severed Fifth Street Teams up and running!

\m/

Neil Oosthuizen, a South African living the UAE is off to a great start for his Street Team.

Neil has previously been noted for being the creator of awesome SF ring tones, is now creating fliers to distribute in his local area. He also has bigger plans in the works, planning to spread the word further at an Ubuntu installfest he will be attending. You can find a link to the flier image below:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59930315@N03/5473619703/

Some Severed Fifth fliers in action!

Anyone from the UAE interested in helping Neil, please join the forums and introduce yourself, and we would be glad to help you out! \m/

http://www.severedfifth.com/forum/

Thanks to the hard work of Street Team, I am proud to announce the third release of the Severed Fifth Fanzine!

Download Here: http://audio.lugradio.org/severedfifth/fanzine/severedfifth-fanzine-3.pdf

This edition of the Fanzine includes:

• Updates on the new recording of the first album!
• News about the Severed Fifth Local Street Teams
• Behind The Song: Politicold

A special thanks to Torontomario for his great artwork, Brandon Felton from the PA Street Team  for his ideas, and Jono for his great support as always! \m/