Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Unofficial She Don't Music Video... from Germany?

It isn't everyday you wake up and a music video is completed for your band.


This becomes especially true if it were to happen without your knowing. A month ago a fan posted a music video for "She Don't" on our Facebook wall.

I saw it and I said.. “We didn’t make a music video for this song? Suhweet!”

Curious by the image of the girl on the thumbnail, I pressed play, sat back and tried to deduct how this came to be. The quote under the video says "Ooooh Miri don't care everything! D". "You and her both Miri!," I blurted aggressively towards my computer monitor. Then I asked myself, who is this girl? Where is she from? Do I know a Miri? So... there I sat with my confusion quickly being outweighed by this flattery. Sure.. WE didn't do this video.. WE didn’t approve this… BUT… Who gives a shit?

I decided that I should reach out to her and thank her for making this video. So I did just that. Miri replied the next day and explained that she found Model Stranger on the Steam Engine Blog. She shared her excitement for our record and told me how her and her friends listen to it all the time. It took me a second to comprehend that a teenager from Germany and her friends were listening to something we recorded in Chicago.






I mean sure, we have fans but they are fans that we have made mostly from touring.. and we have never toured Germany. This video installment made by a sweet German teenager made my day.. and then I forgot about it... and then I remembered it.. forgot about it again and now I am blogging about it... because its awesome how the internet continues connecting us to new fans. It is awesome to live in a world where people can interpret your music on their You Tube Pages. A simple mention from Reverbnation on Twitter and a feature on The Steam Engine Blog... and suddenly we have fans from around the world.

Very special thanks to Miri for sharing our music on her You Tube page and a million thanks to the Steam Engine Blogspot for continuing to support us and spread the word. Also to Reverbnation for showcasing our FB page last week. So appreciative!

Without people sharing content on the internet this would be a completely different story now wouldn't it?