hi there,
i didn't make it to the finals of the international songwriting competition..
does that mean my music is crap? worhtless and should i give up?..betty doesn't think so...i do think it's time to rethink my songwriting capabilities, learn to write better songs and ...most important...get a band together...i took the bull by the horns and today i asked this cute girl i know if she would be interested in playing the bass guitar in my upcoming band and she said yes!...now i know it's not the first time someone agreed to work with me and then it didn't work out.i had this problem when i was looking for a drummer...
but i think this girl is really motivated and ready to go...let's hope so...it would certainly kickstart the new year in a very good sense...
anyway...i won't let my hair down and i'm ready to fight the fight more than ever before..
if you would like to comment on my songs please do so..i could use any reviews of my songs because i lack the opinions of unbiased listeners...of course, me, myself and i think my music rocks...but what do you think...?
you can listen to the songs i entered for the competition here
go for it!
ps: don't forget to play the free rice game...it can mean dead or alive for hungry children in developing countries (see my previous post)
as always
love
your betty
Showing posts with label international songwriting competition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label international songwriting competition. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
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
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
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