Video Set has played a number of gigs already this year. Where have you been playing, and can you describe the show?
This year we have performed at Oxford Art Factory supporting Gordi and at Brighton Up Bar supporting Achoo! Bless You. We regularly perform at open mic nights and backyard gigs and fundraisers. We always try to fit new songs into our set-list to keep things fresh but we continue to play songs from our first EP, often re-working them to give them a new sound.
How does the music inspire the videos? Do the videos inspire the music?
The music definitely inspires the videos. Usually we draw on a theme or idea expressed in the song and then gather footage that aligns with or emphasises that theme. Sometimes we use vintage footage we find on the internet, for example, Julia [bandmate Julia Jacklin] used assembly line factory footage from the industrial revolution for her song “Assembly Line”. The videos don’t tend to inspire the music so much; we are first and foremost songwriters and the video is created to embellish the song.
Could you say something about the crowd funding campaign you are launching this month?
We are launching the campaign on March 5 and it will run for 30 days. We are asking for $4,500 to help us to fund the production of our second EP. The money will also help to fund a video clip for our single release. We recorded our debut EP at home in the Blue Mountains on a very tight budget and we were really proud of the results. However, this time we would like to produce something of higher quality that our listeners will appreciate and feel proud to have supported. We will be working with some really talented producers, engineers and musicians and we are looking forward to getting into the studio again.
What recordings have you recently made with Video Set? Where did you record? With whom?
The last recording we did as Video Set was for our debut video clip, “Blood”. We recorded it at Defwolf Studios in Alexandria with Ryan Brennan who engineered, mixed and mastered the track.
Is there a date for the EP release? A goal? Any other comments or stories to share?
We are aiming to have the EP released in June and we will be touring in early July. We are hoping to do shows in the Blue Mountains, Sydney and Melbourne. We are also hoping to gain a few support slots for some of our favourite American artists, as we are travelling there in November this year.
You can find our campaign on kickstarter.com under “Video Set EP” from March 5. We will also be doing a house show in Sydney to promote the campaign; like us on Facebook at facebook.com/videosetmusic for updates.
