new gear may get betty donelly on the road

hello,

yesterday was a great day for me..i went to the music store and purchased a set of an electro-acoustic guitar and matching cute little amplifier..

it was a special promotion and the price was 199 €...well i got a softcase and some other stuff that he threw in for a total of 240 €..

since i don't have a car traveling with my gear always was an obstacle to me but now that obstacle has just been removed..

i can easily travel with the amp and softcase...

with my schecter ultracure guitar it would be impossible to perform without a car because then i'd have to carry my fender deluxe plus amp which is way out of my muscle range

upcoming shows

hello again,

betty donelly really kicks off the year by surprising friends and enemies alike!...

with no band, no car and not even a driver's license i dared to apply for an audition for two shows in brussels near the end of june...the audition will take place in may and if i have to i'll just take my acoustic guitar and take the bus to get there! in this show, which consists of several acts i am allowed to only play two songs or 15 minutes

also coming up in may is an open mike concert, also in brussels where i will get to play my full repertoire, which is about ten songs by now...i know i know, i do have more songs recorded but some of them i forgot how to play and i can't find the right chords and stuff anymore!

next i will be applying for a gig in the city of leuven, belgium in the depot where there's also an open mike every month....i will be allowed to play three songs...

i hope by then i will have found someone with a car to take care of the transport otherwise i will be forced to perform with my acoustic guitar (no jacks).....oh well...by that time i better buy some light gauge strings because now it hurts so much to play that guitar and it's not good for the overall quality of my playing, even with medium gauge strings

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betty donelly

Betty Donelly joins the International Songwriting Competition!

Betty Donelly joins the International Songwriting Competition!

One week after celebrating my fourthiest birthday with some close friends of mine it was time to start thinking about the International Songwriting Competition.
The deadline was 15 october (on a sunday), but the post office closed its doors on friday 12 october at 5 PM.
On Monday I had a friend musician come over to give me some tips and tricks for the recordings and to help with the selection of the songs. Eventually we settled on three songs which had to be recorded in three days (tuesday, wednessday and thursday), leaving friday to do some final mixing (that's what i thought), burn the songs onto cd and get it posted before 5 PM friday...Eventually the envelope was stamped at 3 PM!

Two of the songs had minor changes compared to the original versions and one song (in this moment) was lacking a bassline altogether. The first two days I was on schedule and had recorded epyphites and the godly machine, but on thursday i still had to invent the bassline to 'in this moment' and was quite running out of time...You see, I had to invent it then practice the bassline and record it error-free...You surely can imagine that I was getting a bit nervous as the day went by and as I had to stop playing at 10 PM so to not disturb the neighbours. It seemed like I was getting nowhere but in the end I managed just fine and considering the deadline (which by the way is now extended until somwhere in november), i can say that i am quite pleased with the result...Sure, it still sounds amateurish but hey, i did it didn't I?...

I posted the songs on my betarecords page .

I presented the songs to ISC in the following order:
1. in this moment (NEW SONG RELEASE)
2. epyhites alt. version
3. the godly machine alt. version

I would very much appreciate any comments you might have...so don't be shy, post your reply!

All the best

Betty