music
Ses Snare
What started as a jam session between friends, namely Mel Botes and Mathys Roets, culminated in a CD and DVD a year later by six guys playing and singing the songs they love.
The rest of 'Ses Snare' are Blackie Swart, Thean Kotze, Leon Ecroignard and Wouter van de Venter. Since making their debut at the Centurion Theatre last July, the group 'Ses Snare' has played to sold out houses at the Klein Karoo Arts Festival, Innibos Festival in Nelspruit, Volksblad Festival in Bloemfontein, Cultivaria Festival in Paarl, as well as Aardklop Festival in Potchefstroom.
They have also played in centra on the platteland such as Polokwane, Rustenburg, Tzaneen etc. All the members have solo careers as musicians, arrangers or studio producers. 'Ses Snare' is at their best in theatres – in a controlled environment – they are not interested in playing all the free stages at festivals.
The music they play is for a market that is fed-up with all the candy floss music they are fed each day – what they do comes over as honest, true, no frills and hugely enjoyable. 'Ses Snare' will perform at all the bigger festivals again next year, starting with a new program at the KKNK in April next year.