After all these years of maintaining my blog on the Blogger platform, i just made a wise decision and migrated this entire blog over to the Wordpress.org platform, and i made sure to use my own domain name
I strongly believe Wordpress.org offers so much more in the shape of themes and plugins, and it's totally free ..
Intending on keeping this old Blogger blog, i might not maintain and update it for a while ...
If only for the sake of good old nostalgia, i'll keep all the old post on here as well but the entire blog might serve some other purpose or project in the future ...
So here's the new link to The Official Betty Donelly Blog
That's it .. hope to see you soon on the new Blog
Lights out here at the old Blog!
Betty Donelly
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
Betty Donelly has a side project: simple music world
Hello everyone!
here some news about Betty Donelly and her latest project, called simple music world!
What is it all about and why did Betty silently disappear for so long in the backdrop?
Well, to be frank, i was quite disappointed and thrown aback after i had released my first real debut album Nightmares of Love. Its physical CD version, available in
The Betty Donelly Official Store,
and accessible through
The Betty Donelly Official website,
as well as its near simultaneous digital releases on several online retail stores such as
AMAZON
iTunes
and last but not least, the very interesting store ...
MAVARU ...
where YOU get to pick your own price for the entire album!
It's been months now since the release of Nightmares of Love and it all that time i had one person purchase the download version of my album!
So it shouldn't come as a surprise that after all my promotional efforts not only with the intent of merely selling the album, but also just trying to spread my music and get it out there, that i became increasingly disappointed as it seemed that all my efforts were in vain!
This became obvious and was reflected in my score and charts positions that strongly went downhill.
I just can't put my finger on what is going wrong here.
Is it that people are still afraid of buying stuff online? ... or is the economic downterm affecting people's purchasing habits to such an extent that even the purchase of a single MP3 song just becomes too much? ... i don't know!
I think i did everything according to THE BOOK and information of trusted sources that taught me how to proceed, because after all, i am not such a good salesperson after all so it seems.
But that got me thinking, after all i perform every activity with regard to my small music operation myself, from the music creation process to promoting and every other aspect involved, all with no advertising budgets and mostly using free resources, with that exception that i just pay for my domain names and webhosting.
So, while i slowly was alienated from my own small music operation, suddenly in November 2010, i came up with a suitable name for being what i am, i.e. a one musician band.
After i had come up with this term, i searched for it in google and found no matching results. I was onto something here! .. So i can proudly say that i coined the term 'one musician band' and that it should not be confused with a one-man-band, a term used to describe someone who plays different instruments all at the same time.
So now i had identified myself as a one musician band, a songwriter/musician running a music operation on their own, literally meaning run by one person who assumes all responsibilities and performs all and every single activity and needed actions from music creation, recording, mixing and mastering their own music, over self-publishing their music (online), to performing every aspect related to marketing and promoting themselves and their ‘fully operational (online) one musician band music operation’ all on their own.
Having witnessed first hand all the difficulties that come with running such a one musician band operation online, (because i don't have quite the expertise to talk about a one musician band operation run offline, as i don't have the means of transportation to go gigging in the 'real' world), and after having attended a LIVE webinar presented by Mr. Brendon Burchard from Experts Academy, who instantly became my hero, i entered some kind of dreamy visionary state in which i envisoned myself setting up a new project aimed at helping out people such as myself, being one musician bands.
So, i immediately found a suitable name for my new project and secured the domain name and took a hosting plan to go with it.
simple music world was born!
Now, less than a month after its birth, i have decided to write a book, that will hopefully become a must read for all aspiring and actual one musician bands out there.
So, now you know how i turned my feelings of disappointment for not being able to sell my music around in a project to help people in the same situation i find myself in.
Of course, having nothing to show for when it comes to earning decent money from my music puts some restrictions on the contents of my book and project as a whole as i can't just go about telling people how to earn a living from music as i cannot even do so myself!
But i hope nevertheless to become an authority in my field with great content of value in the non profit side of running a one musician band operation.
How to set it up, in a very hands on practical fashion, using the exact websites and music communities that i use.
And take it or leave it ... but having a worldwide all genre chart position of approx. #32,000 (today 18 November 2010) is something not everyone can brag about.
And i've been steadily going downhill coming from #19,000 by not promoting my stuff during a time period of a couple of months.
And when i put my heart and soul into it again i can really soar to higher regions believe me.
So, if you are a one musician band (aspiring or actual) or would jjust like to see what i have been up to lately just visit the simple music world Blog website below:
simple music world Blog website
and i would so much appreciate your comments on there!
because for now, .. the website's not yet been around for a whole month yet ... the only comments i get are more of the surreal kind coming from people i guess more interested in putting their backlinks on my blog pointing to their fake rolex watches and stuff like that. Sometimes it's giving me the creeps!
So really i would actually enjoy some true meaningful comments on there, even if you don't agree with my sometimes harsh words about my take on the downfall of our planet in peril.
But if you are somewhat interested in achieving higher performance levels in any of your actions or activities, as a musician, or even as a manager or whatnot, you will be pleasantly surprised by my posts series about The Performance Issue, ... of which i now already posted three rather long posts which carefully analyses The Issue of Performance, which to me is the most important aspect in the life of a one musician band.
So, that's it for today...
Oh yes, i've just released a 2009 song called silvershine on
http://www.reverbnation.com/bettydonelly
that was previously only available on my Myspace profile so now i hope this song will help me regain precious score points and higher charts positions!
here some news about Betty Donelly and her latest project, called simple music world!
What is it all about and why did Betty silently disappear for so long in the backdrop?
Well, to be frank, i was quite disappointed and thrown aback after i had released my first real debut album Nightmares of Love. Its physical CD version, available in
The Betty Donelly Official Store,
and accessible through
The Betty Donelly Official website,
as well as its near simultaneous digital releases on several online retail stores such as
AMAZON
iTunes
and last but not least, the very interesting store ...
MAVARU ...
where YOU get to pick your own price for the entire album!
It's been months now since the release of Nightmares of Love and it all that time i had one person purchase the download version of my album!
So it shouldn't come as a surprise that after all my promotional efforts not only with the intent of merely selling the album, but also just trying to spread my music and get it out there, that i became increasingly disappointed as it seemed that all my efforts were in vain!
This became obvious and was reflected in my score and charts positions that strongly went downhill.
I just can't put my finger on what is going wrong here.
Is it that people are still afraid of buying stuff online? ... or is the economic downterm affecting people's purchasing habits to such an extent that even the purchase of a single MP3 song just becomes too much? ... i don't know!
I think i did everything according to THE BOOK and information of trusted sources that taught me how to proceed, because after all, i am not such a good salesperson after all so it seems.
But that got me thinking, after all i perform every activity with regard to my small music operation myself, from the music creation process to promoting and every other aspect involved, all with no advertising budgets and mostly using free resources, with that exception that i just pay for my domain names and webhosting.
So, while i slowly was alienated from my own small music operation, suddenly in November 2010, i came up with a suitable name for being what i am, i.e. a one musician band.
After i had come up with this term, i searched for it in google and found no matching results. I was onto something here! .. So i can proudly say that i coined the term 'one musician band' and that it should not be confused with a one-man-band, a term used to describe someone who plays different instruments all at the same time.
So now i had identified myself as a one musician band, a songwriter/musician running a music operation on their own, literally meaning run by one person who assumes all responsibilities and performs all and every single activity and needed actions from music creation, recording, mixing and mastering their own music, over self-publishing their music (online), to performing every aspect related to marketing and promoting themselves and their ‘fully operational (online) one musician band music operation’ all on their own.
Having witnessed first hand all the difficulties that come with running such a one musician band operation online, (because i don't have quite the expertise to talk about a one musician band operation run offline, as i don't have the means of transportation to go gigging in the 'real' world), and after having attended a LIVE webinar presented by Mr. Brendon Burchard from Experts Academy, who instantly became my hero, i entered some kind of dreamy visionary state in which i envisoned myself setting up a new project aimed at helping out people such as myself, being one musician bands.
So, i immediately found a suitable name for my new project and secured the domain name and took a hosting plan to go with it.
simple music world was born!
Now, less than a month after its birth, i have decided to write a book, that will hopefully become a must read for all aspiring and actual one musician bands out there.
So, now you know how i turned my feelings of disappointment for not being able to sell my music around in a project to help people in the same situation i find myself in.
Of course, having nothing to show for when it comes to earning decent money from my music puts some restrictions on the contents of my book and project as a whole as i can't just go about telling people how to earn a living from music as i cannot even do so myself!
But i hope nevertheless to become an authority in my field with great content of value in the non profit side of running a one musician band operation.
How to set it up, in a very hands on practical fashion, using the exact websites and music communities that i use.
And take it or leave it ... but having a worldwide all genre chart position of approx. #32,000 (today 18 November 2010) is something not everyone can brag about.
And i've been steadily going downhill coming from #19,000 by not promoting my stuff during a time period of a couple of months.
And when i put my heart and soul into it again i can really soar to higher regions believe me.
So, if you are a one musician band (aspiring or actual) or would jjust like to see what i have been up to lately just visit the simple music world Blog website below:
simple music world Blog website
and i would so much appreciate your comments on there!
because for now, .. the website's not yet been around for a whole month yet ... the only comments i get are more of the surreal kind coming from people i guess more interested in putting their backlinks on my blog pointing to their fake rolex watches and stuff like that. Sometimes it's giving me the creeps!
So really i would actually enjoy some true meaningful comments on there, even if you don't agree with my sometimes harsh words about my take on the downfall of our planet in peril.
But if you are somewhat interested in achieving higher performance levels in any of your actions or activities, as a musician, or even as a manager or whatnot, you will be pleasantly surprised by my posts series about The Performance Issue, ... of which i now already posted three rather long posts which carefully analyses The Issue of Performance, which to me is the most important aspect in the life of a one musician band.
So, that's it for today...
Oh yes, i've just released a 2009 song called silvershine on
http://www.reverbnation.com/bettydonelly
that was previously only available on my Myspace profile so now i hope this song will help me regain precious score points and higher charts positions!
Saturday, October 02, 2010
Betty Donelly - october 2010 news
hello friends
after my spiritual adventure i guessed i needed some time off away from all musical activities ..
this was also due to the fact that i had just released my debut album 'nightmares of love', available as a physical CD in the Official Betty Donelly Store , and as download in all main well known outlets such as iTunes, eMusic, Spotify and a buncha others which i cannot recall right now ..
oh yes, noteworthy is the fact that i got an invite from Amazon Central to try out their Beta version of their new Amazon Central artists stores thing ...
and also noteworthy ... is another invitation i got from the nice folks over at music downloads retailer Mavaru where i had the opportunity to list my album before the actual store opened up for all artists ... so at the start it was by invitation only and the best thing about Mavaru is that you get to pick your own price for the entire album download as of $1
here's the link : www.mavaru.com/bettydonelly
it had been 5 or 6 years now since 2004, whith the recordings of two songs, my untouchable friend, and the void, which marked the start of Betty Donelly's solo endeavours, that i had been working nearly day and night, at least the first years to get a decent online presence ... and learning stuff about internet marketing and such .. but after all these years, i can hardly say my littlle business is thriving ...
i mean ... i tried all the usual stuff from SEO to social bookmarking, social networking, blogging etc ... but i hardly seem to be getting any results ...
so i think it was july when i cracked and decided to take some months off from all musical activities ...
here's what i ended up doing instead .. at first i thought i'd amuse myself just chatting on this international chatsite which clearly stated it was a website for individuals as well as businesses ..
so even though i considered myself on a break ... i got this clever idea .. i have this medium sized banner of myself whith my logo, my slogan, my photo and my website URL ...so i taped the banner to this big cardboard box i just happened to have lying round from buying a digital drum set ... (more on this later) .. i also registered a permanent room which i would consider to be my business room .. ! .. lol ...
well i placed the banner box right behind me and let the webcam do its work even when i was asleep so the banner with my URL would be always visble ... well .. it lasted some two weeks when i got a message from a site operator urging me to do away with the banner because my website URL was pointing to a commercial store! .. oh man ... now i had been looking at my stats (my Revebrnation stats and in particular the charts positions as well as my official website hits and while it lasted i had some incredible results ..) .. my RN worldwide all genre chart positions went from some 30,000 to around 19,000 ... i had stumbled upon the very best method of getting traffic in quite some time ... without doing much and even while i was asleep ...
i still can't understand why the chat website admins and owners say their website is for business while you can't even point your cam on a piece of vinyl mentioning your website ...
so that triggered me, after like two months of my musical break ... to start working on my music again ....
at first i started playing 10 minutes here and there, quickly being discouraged by my deteriorated musical skills .. my singing and playing has seriously suffered from doing nothing during two months or so ...
but i managed to release two physical CD singles ... to the dance (a four track single) and a two track ultrarare single edition of the void/my untouchable friend .. both are real physical CD's and they are only available in the Official Betty Donelly Store in the stores section of www.bettydonelly.pro
currently i am starting to feel comfortable playing music again and as i told you i've purchased a digital drum set (you know it looks like real drums only they are rubber pads but although it can be programmed i opted for some gear that can be played with real wooden drum sticks because i know nothing about MIDI .. MIDI is like that programmable music and beats which takes eons to learn if you're very puter savvy and all lol ... i must say i took the conscious decision years ago never to get involved in MIDI and programmable stuff related to music ... it's just not my cuppa tea ! ...
so i will start by re-releasing some songs but with drum parts and i have already been working on the drums of my untouchable friend ... which is a simple pop song ... and as it happens it's my first ever Betty Donelly solo release (2004) ...
after my spiritual adventure i guessed i needed some time off away from all musical activities ..
this was also due to the fact that i had just released my debut album 'nightmares of love', available as a physical CD in the Official Betty Donelly Store , and as download in all main well known outlets such as iTunes, eMusic, Spotify and a buncha others which i cannot recall right now ..
oh yes, noteworthy is the fact that i got an invite from Amazon Central to try out their Beta version of their new Amazon Central artists stores thing ...
and also noteworthy ... is another invitation i got from the nice folks over at music downloads retailer Mavaru where i had the opportunity to list my album before the actual store opened up for all artists ... so at the start it was by invitation only and the best thing about Mavaru is that you get to pick your own price for the entire album download as of $1
here's the link : www.mavaru.com/bettydonelly
it had been 5 or 6 years now since 2004, whith the recordings of two songs, my untouchable friend, and the void, which marked the start of Betty Donelly's solo endeavours, that i had been working nearly day and night, at least the first years to get a decent online presence ... and learning stuff about internet marketing and such .. but after all these years, i can hardly say my littlle business is thriving ...
i mean ... i tried all the usual stuff from SEO to social bookmarking, social networking, blogging etc ... but i hardly seem to be getting any results ...
so i think it was july when i cracked and decided to take some months off from all musical activities ...
here's what i ended up doing instead .. at first i thought i'd amuse myself just chatting on this international chatsite which clearly stated it was a website for individuals as well as businesses ..
so even though i considered myself on a break ... i got this clever idea .. i have this medium sized banner of myself whith my logo, my slogan, my photo and my website URL ...so i taped the banner to this big cardboard box i just happened to have lying round from buying a digital drum set ... (more on this later) .. i also registered a permanent room which i would consider to be my business room .. ! .. lol ...
well i placed the banner box right behind me and let the webcam do its work even when i was asleep so the banner with my URL would be always visble ... well .. it lasted some two weeks when i got a message from a site operator urging me to do away with the banner because my website URL was pointing to a commercial store! .. oh man ... now i had been looking at my stats (my Revebrnation stats and in particular the charts positions as well as my official website hits and while it lasted i had some incredible results ..) .. my RN worldwide all genre chart positions went from some 30,000 to around 19,000 ... i had stumbled upon the very best method of getting traffic in quite some time ... without doing much and even while i was asleep ...
i still can't understand why the chat website admins and owners say their website is for business while you can't even point your cam on a piece of vinyl mentioning your website ...
so that triggered me, after like two months of my musical break ... to start working on my music again ....
at first i started playing 10 minutes here and there, quickly being discouraged by my deteriorated musical skills .. my singing and playing has seriously suffered from doing nothing during two months or so ...
but i managed to release two physical CD singles ... to the dance (a four track single) and a two track ultrarare single edition of the void/my untouchable friend .. both are real physical CD's and they are only available in the Official Betty Donelly Store in the stores section of www.bettydonelly.pro
currently i am starting to feel comfortable playing music again and as i told you i've purchased a digital drum set (you know it looks like real drums only they are rubber pads but although it can be programmed i opted for some gear that can be played with real wooden drum sticks because i know nothing about MIDI .. MIDI is like that programmable music and beats which takes eons to learn if you're very puter savvy and all lol ... i must say i took the conscious decision years ago never to get involved in MIDI and programmable stuff related to music ... it's just not my cuppa tea ! ...
so i will start by re-releasing some songs but with drum parts and i have already been working on the drums of my untouchable friend ... which is a simple pop song ... and as it happens it's my first ever Betty Donelly solo release (2004) ...
Saturday, April 17, 2010
new album Nightmares of Love out now in Betty Donelly STORE!
hello again!
i have the pleasure to announce my debut album is ready to roll of the online shelves !
the title of the masterpiece is 'nightmares of love', which will undoubtedly trigger your inner self which is invited by the Muses themselves to partake in a large emotional and even otherwordly journey, not only into my soul but perhaps even your own!
it's a 12 track album, currently available only in my online store
and one could say it's kind of my best of .. songwriting efforts ...
so here you have it ...
official Betty Donelly STORE
i'd say, get the album and support my preparations to start a non profit project, which could be helpful to myself and other musicians and music related folks...!
i would be eternally greatful!
oh yes you will find that in my store there's a wonderful women's TEE with my logo on the front and a cool photo of me on the backside ...
please allow some time to prepare other items in the said store! hehe
so this is it
have a look right here:
official Betty Donelly STORE
i have the pleasure to announce my debut album is ready to roll of the online shelves !
the title of the masterpiece is 'nightmares of love', which will undoubtedly trigger your inner self which is invited by the Muses themselves to partake in a large emotional and even otherwordly journey, not only into my soul but perhaps even your own!
it's a 12 track album, currently available only in my online store
and one could say it's kind of my best of .. songwriting efforts ...
so here you have it ...
official Betty Donelly STORE
i'd say, get the album and support my preparations to start a non profit project, which could be helpful to myself and other musicians and music related folks...!
i would be eternally greatful!
oh yes you will find that in my store there's a wonderful women's TEE with my logo on the front and a cool photo of me on the backside ...
please allow some time to prepare other items in the said store! hehe
so this is it
have a look right here:
official Betty Donelly STORE
Friday, April 16, 2010
a new Betty Donelly is emerging
hello dear friend
it sure has been an awful long time that i posted something on my blog ...
the reason for this may be that i vowed last year to take more actions in the offline world and not so much bother about my chart ranks!
it was surely a big shame that while i neglected my online activities more and more, i got less and less messages and comments from friends ... i should and really will reconnect with those fine people out there ... especially on http://www.myspace.com/bettydonelly where i have most friends ...
in the offline world my connection skills are still poor and weak and as i work always from home and at the cultural center where i dance i don't have much time or energy left to go out there at night and into the world !
so i still find myself alone and most disturbingly, without band ...
my gender situation must play an important role in that i don't attract musicians maybe because they are afraid to be connected with someone who stands out of normality as much as i do ...
oh yes , last saturday we did a great dance performance in the context of a festival, ... our show was great, i had to open the dance, dancing to my own recorded music ... there were two other dancers, including my choreographer who had taken on the role as dancer ..
the two other songs where mine as well and i got to play them live, which was good!
i must say i had magic moments with Myriam, until she started using her cell phone and something broke inside of me and we drifted away from each other the rest of the night ...
her contract is over now ...but maybe she will return in some months from now, to start dancing with us..
i was heart broken when i got home and had loud crying spells which continued the following day ..
i know the reason i cried is that that magic between Myriam and i was gone in that moment but the fact i had started taking hormone gel and anti-testosterone pills has a big influence on my crying like a child but not only that ...
sometimes i just get such uncontrollable laughter kicks that you would think i'd gone mad or so hehe ...!
yes i have only started taking the mones at the beginning of the month of march, but there's already a big difference ...like my pants that i feel are already starting to get difficulties wrapping them around my butt!
well ... that's it for now !
i was letting myself go a bit on the worldwide interweb but i am slowly entering the zone again ...
feel free to comment and friends of my blog, ...i know you are out there so...
don't be shy!
post me a reply!
Light and Love
Betty Donelly
it sure has been an awful long time that i posted something on my blog ...
the reason for this may be that i vowed last year to take more actions in the offline world and not so much bother about my chart ranks!
it was surely a big shame that while i neglected my online activities more and more, i got less and less messages and comments from friends ... i should and really will reconnect with those fine people out there ... especially on http://www.myspace.com/bettydonelly where i have most friends ...
in the offline world my connection skills are still poor and weak and as i work always from home and at the cultural center where i dance i don't have much time or energy left to go out there at night and into the world !
so i still find myself alone and most disturbingly, without band ...
my gender situation must play an important role in that i don't attract musicians maybe because they are afraid to be connected with someone who stands out of normality as much as i do ...
oh yes , last saturday we did a great dance performance in the context of a festival, ... our show was great, i had to open the dance, dancing to my own recorded music ... there were two other dancers, including my choreographer who had taken on the role as dancer ..
the two other songs where mine as well and i got to play them live, which was good!
i must say i had magic moments with Myriam, until she started using her cell phone and something broke inside of me and we drifted away from each other the rest of the night ...
her contract is over now ...but maybe she will return in some months from now, to start dancing with us..
i was heart broken when i got home and had loud crying spells which continued the following day ..
i know the reason i cried is that that magic between Myriam and i was gone in that moment but the fact i had started taking hormone gel and anti-testosterone pills has a big influence on my crying like a child but not only that ...
sometimes i just get such uncontrollable laughter kicks that you would think i'd gone mad or so hehe ...!
yes i have only started taking the mones at the beginning of the month of march, but there's already a big difference ...like my pants that i feel are already starting to get difficulties wrapping them around my butt!
well ... that's it for now !
i was letting myself go a bit on the worldwide interweb but i am slowly entering the zone again ...
feel free to comment and friends of my blog, ...i know you are out there so...
don't be shy!
post me a reply!
Light and Love
Betty Donelly
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
new recordings
hello dear friends
just the other day i was sent a nice tweet inviting me to use this very cool promotional twitter app for musicians and bands
i took on the occasion to upload some previously unreleased tracks along with some other ones which are already in circulation
so, the recordings are new, DEMO versions of EPYPHITES and SKYE BOAT SONG and the other ones is my latest online single GIVE ME MY LOVE and previous released track IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH ..
do enjoy !
Betty Donelly
if you want to listen to these songs you better turn off all other audio on this blog (including the TV station ... did you know that the sound from my TV channel is the sound of the earth, captured by ultra short radio frequencies!) before choosing which player to start. thanks for understanding!
your friend
Betty Donelly
just the other day i was sent a nice tweet inviting me to use this very cool promotional twitter app for musicians and bands
i took on the occasion to upload some previously unreleased tracks along with some other ones which are already in circulation
so, the recordings are new, DEMO versions of EPYPHITES and SKYE BOAT SONG and the other ones is my latest online single GIVE ME MY LOVE and previous released track IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH ..
do enjoy !
Betty Donelly
if you want to listen to these songs you better turn off all other audio on this blog (including the TV station ... did you know that the sound from my TV channel is the sound of the earth, captured by ultra short radio frequencies!) before choosing which player to start. thanks for understanding!
your friend
Betty Donelly
Friday, October 09, 2009
dancing into the night (and day)
hello dear reader
during a week long period from thursday october the 1st until (yes ..my birthday!).. wednesday 7th we performed six times with our dance group ...
i will have pictures of it later and a film i think as well ..
but here's the story ...
in march 2008 i was approached by Jeroen, our choreographer and i was the only person in the project then for quite a while ...
of course, since i had no formal background in dancing he started giving me workshops to learn the basics of contemporary dance
soon he was learning me some choreography for the piece but then i convinced him to start working with me improvising on totally different music genres as the music that was meant for the performances ...
so, i would improvise like 20 minutes or so on industrial music or new age or even some more mainstream oriented music while he would take notes of the good bits so i am very pleased to see that a lot of what i did on my own was integrated into the dance performances ...
later he asked me if he could use some songs of mine and if i could play them live during the performances ... and so i did!
so the whole week was very hectic with six performances .. on saturday Jeroen even had to come pick me up because i was having a video shot for one of my songs, and do the dance ...
that was a very exhausting and stressful day because we were all in a hurry the whole day long ... worst of all, i forgot the dance costume vest at the video studio and when the vest finally arrived (it was sent over by taxi)i just put it on on time to open the show! ..
it was a fantastic week, and i learned that dancing (performing) nearly every day is very exhausting but very rewarding!
The dance performnaces came to an end for now .. but we'll surely do more of the same spectacle next year!
watch out for the video and photos that will be posted i think on http://www.myspace.com/bettydonelly
during a week long period from thursday october the 1st until (yes ..my birthday!).. wednesday 7th we performed six times with our dance group ...
i will have pictures of it later and a film i think as well ..
but here's the story ...
in march 2008 i was approached by Jeroen, our choreographer and i was the only person in the project then for quite a while ...
of course, since i had no formal background in dancing he started giving me workshops to learn the basics of contemporary dance
soon he was learning me some choreography for the piece but then i convinced him to start working with me improvising on totally different music genres as the music that was meant for the performances ...
so, i would improvise like 20 minutes or so on industrial music or new age or even some more mainstream oriented music while he would take notes of the good bits so i am very pleased to see that a lot of what i did on my own was integrated into the dance performances ...
later he asked me if he could use some songs of mine and if i could play them live during the performances ... and so i did!
so the whole week was very hectic with six performances .. on saturday Jeroen even had to come pick me up because i was having a video shot for one of my songs, and do the dance ...
that was a very exhausting and stressful day because we were all in a hurry the whole day long ... worst of all, i forgot the dance costume vest at the video studio and when the vest finally arrived (it was sent over by taxi)i just put it on on time to open the show! ..
it was a fantastic week, and i learned that dancing (performing) nearly every day is very exhausting but very rewarding!
The dance performnaces came to an end for now .. but we'll surely do more of the same spectacle next year!
watch out for the video and photos that will be posted i think on http://www.myspace.com/bettydonelly
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Betty Donelly TV
hello
and welcome to Betty Donelly TV !
enjoy your stay ... i will perform my music on here on a regular basis so stay tuned ..!
and welcome to Betty Donelly TV !
enjoy your stay ... i will perform my music on here on a regular basis so stay tuned ..!
TIP JAR! ... no worries! ... totally PAYPAL friendly !
Saturday, December 20, 2008
NEW betty donelly release !!
hello folks...
betty donelly is back in the trenches with "skye boat song", a betty donelly productions remake of the old celtic song
words were written by Robert Louis Stevenson in the nineteen hundreds...the words that i use anyway...because there's plenty of versions going round ...just look up the song in youtube and you'll find all about it...if you're interested of course...
and i've even made an easy video, you'll see...!
here's my player....just hit the play button on my nose...
it'll start playing..
enjoy
betty donelly
betty donelly is back in the trenches with "skye boat song", a betty donelly productions remake of the old celtic song
words were written by Robert Louis Stevenson in the nineteen hundreds...the words that i use anyway...because there's plenty of versions going round ...just look up the song in youtube and you'll find all about it...if you're interested of course...
and i've even made an easy video, you'll see...!
here's my player....just hit the play button on my nose...
it'll start playing..
enjoy
betty donelly
Friday, August 08, 2008
new betty donelly fan exclusive available for reverbation fans only
hello and a very good day to you
since i have been neglecting my music playing lately in favour of online activities, including a whole new homepage...in fact, this blog is now integrated into my new betty donelly HOME,
so be sure to check it out...
as well as a new reverbnation fan exclusive release produced on 7 august 2008, with another recording technique which allows me to sing and play simultaneously ...if you want to listen to this secial rehearsal session version of 'in the begin' you'd better become a betty donelly fan through reverbnation
you can easily sign up to the mailing list but a better option is to register with reverbnation so you can have access to thousand of bands from allover the place...
that way you can become a fan through reverbnation which has better options like pm'ing me through the website's messaging facility
just go for it..
betty donelly
since i have been neglecting my music playing lately in favour of online activities, including a whole new homepage...in fact, this blog is now integrated into my new betty donelly HOME,
so be sure to check it out...
as well as a new reverbnation fan exclusive release produced on 7 august 2008, with another recording technique which allows me to sing and play simultaneously ...if you want to listen to this secial rehearsal session version of 'in the begin' you'd better become a betty donelly fan through reverbnation
you can easily sign up to the mailing list but a better option is to register with reverbnation so you can have access to thousand of bands from allover the place...
that way you can become a fan through reverbnation which has better options like pm'ing me through the website's messaging facility
just go for it..
betty donelly
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