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
Saturday, April 17, 2010
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
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
The Best New Song in the world Competition
hello!
Betty is officially enrolled in The Best New Song In The World Competition with her fabulous entry IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, which you can stream below in the previous post .
Please take a moment to cast your vote in a contest which divides participants in country categories ... and ... what do you guess? ..
YES ! ... currently Betty is still number one in the Belgian category and the second voting round is just around the corner as of this writing on 15 december 2009
the comp is fierce and i could still be thrown out of the first round !
counting on YOU !
here's the link where it's all happening!
http://www.thebestnewsong.com
LOVE
Betty Donelly
Betty is officially enrolled in The Best New Song In The World Competition with her fabulous entry IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, which you can stream below in the previous post .
Please take a moment to cast your vote in a contest which divides participants in country categories ... and ... what do you guess? ..
YES ! ... currently Betty is still number one in the Belgian category and the second voting round is just around the corner as of this writing on 15 december 2009
the comp is fierce and i could still be thrown out of the first round !
counting on YOU !
here's the link where it's all happening!
http://www.thebestnewsong.com
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
Saturday, October 10, 2009
the making of the GIVE ME MY LOVE video!
hello again!
Betty Donelly in rapid waters with the making of a new music video for her latest online single GIVE ME MY LOVE ...
here's the story:
i had submitted my song for a contest to win a music video making workshop which was actually more for cameramen and editing people but of course they needed songs and i got selected ...
i didn't have a camera crew to do the filming and the editing but the organisation who did the workshop kindly provided a crew for me ..
so .. on saturday the third, ... i knew the day was going to be very busy and hectic because after shooting the video, i had to perform with my dance group in another part of Brussels ..
well, at eight AM, my choreographer Jeroen rang my doorbell and after loading nearly all my music gear we got into his car we set off to the film studio ...
now, being the control freak that i am, and after hearing me out, the camera crew as well as the big shot director who leaded this workshop stressed that i'd concentrate on the acting and not so much on the camera points of view or techniques ...
so i kindly complied and being a good girl, i put my trust in the crew ...
first we had to create a story board on paper, where i went into a lot of detail ... the director said that it was high time to begin filming, because the whole thing had to be finished in one day ... we chose a studio with a black dance floor and mirrors on the wall, in fact a real dance studio ..
the giant room had rails for lighting and big wooden black background boards that could be moved allover ..
and so the filming began ... the crew decided to film the so called band first because i should put on my dance costume at the last filming moment .. in fact i played three different roles ... i put on a set of clothes for the bassist, which consisted of black pants and a red tunic ..my hair had just one big pigtail on top of my head which gave a nice effect ...
for the role of guitarist/singer i had a white short on (really mini!)and black stockings which in the video don'"t seem so black at all, due to various lighting ...and the guitarist/singer and the dancer had two cute pigtails ...
and then finally we filmed me in the role of the dancer ... the costume that i wore was borrowed from the wardrobe lady from our dance project .. i needed help in putting on the costume, and the lighting dude was very motivated to put me at ease , and help me with the costume and offering me drinks during the shoots and saying all sorts of cute nick names to me ...
but the other side was that it was nearly and also in effect a day of disaster ...
it started when we wanted to start filming when i noticed i didn't have my beauty case with me, so we had to go to a local store and buy all the make up all over again, which was around 26 €, which was very decent price for the many stuff that i purchased ...
in the make up room i had very little time to put it on because the camera man came like in to the room shouting "are you ready, Betty?" several times ..
after the shoot i was in the editing room when my choreographer showed up pointing at his clock and said that i had to hurry, so we quickly loaded his car again and headed t§o the dance venue where i immediately had to set up my music gear because in the dance performance i had to play some of my live music ..
BUT, in our hurry, i forgot the costume vest in the film studio so they had to have it sent over by taxi, and by the time it arrived, it was just in time to have it put on and open the show immediately ...of course everyone on our dance team was stressed out to the max but all in all despite some really nasty mistakes, the audience didn't seem to mind that much ..
so i hope you will like the video for my song GIVE ME MY LOVE
here it is ... do enjoy!
Betty Donelly in rapid waters with the making of a new music video for her latest online single GIVE ME MY LOVE ...
here's the story:
i had submitted my song for a contest to win a music video making workshop which was actually more for cameramen and editing people but of course they needed songs and i got selected ...
i didn't have a camera crew to do the filming and the editing but the organisation who did the workshop kindly provided a crew for me ..
so .. on saturday the third, ... i knew the day was going to be very busy and hectic because after shooting the video, i had to perform with my dance group in another part of Brussels ..
well, at eight AM, my choreographer Jeroen rang my doorbell and after loading nearly all my music gear we got into his car we set off to the film studio ...
now, being the control freak that i am, and after hearing me out, the camera crew as well as the big shot director who leaded this workshop stressed that i'd concentrate on the acting and not so much on the camera points of view or techniques ...
so i kindly complied and being a good girl, i put my trust in the crew ...
first we had to create a story board on paper, where i went into a lot of detail ... the director said that it was high time to begin filming, because the whole thing had to be finished in one day ... we chose a studio with a black dance floor and mirrors on the wall, in fact a real dance studio ..
the giant room had rails for lighting and big wooden black background boards that could be moved allover ..
and so the filming began ... the crew decided to film the so called band first because i should put on my dance costume at the last filming moment .. in fact i played three different roles ... i put on a set of clothes for the bassist, which consisted of black pants and a red tunic ..my hair had just one big pigtail on top of my head which gave a nice effect ...
for the role of guitarist/singer i had a white short on (really mini!)and black stockings which in the video don'"t seem so black at all, due to various lighting ...and the guitarist/singer and the dancer had two cute pigtails ...
and then finally we filmed me in the role of the dancer ... the costume that i wore was borrowed from the wardrobe lady from our dance project .. i needed help in putting on the costume, and the lighting dude was very motivated to put me at ease , and help me with the costume and offering me drinks during the shoots and saying all sorts of cute nick names to me ...
but the other side was that it was nearly and also in effect a day of disaster ...
it started when we wanted to start filming when i noticed i didn't have my beauty case with me, so we had to go to a local store and buy all the make up all over again, which was around 26 €, which was very decent price for the many stuff that i purchased ...
in the make up room i had very little time to put it on because the camera man came like in to the room shouting "are you ready, Betty?" several times ..
after the shoot i was in the editing room when my choreographer showed up pointing at his clock and said that i had to hurry, so we quickly loaded his car again and headed t§o the dance venue where i immediately had to set up my music gear because in the dance performance i had to play some of my live music ..
BUT, in our hurry, i forgot the costume vest in the film studio so they had to have it sent over by taxi, and by the time it arrived, it was just in time to have it put on and open the show immediately ...of course everyone on our dance team was stressed out to the max but all in all despite some really nasty mistakes, the audience didn't seem to mind that much ..
so i hope you will like the video for my song GIVE ME MY LOVE
here it is ... do enjoy!
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 !
Monday, July 20, 2009
hey ! i have a new official website ...!
dear boys and gurls
it's true ...i had purchased the domain name and hosting package already some time ago ... buut somehow i failed to see how to create a new link once i had figured out the homepage and to create the second page alltogether ...
i called the helpdesk but they didn't support HTML said one person ... then i called again and the explanation she gave me was spoken in tongues if you'd ask me ..
anyway, a couple months later and lots of wasted time and money i finally managed ...don't ask me how ... this is my first real website i build with HTML and all .. to get my stuff working ...
i tried testing on as many browsers as i could, and didn't even had to download the mac's safari browser because my ex-producer (yes, we just wrapped up a project together, and that's a whole" other story for a whole other blog post) happened to have a macbook on which i could test my website ...
it worked fine ...
i must say i am very proud of the accomplishment, i just used a printed HTML-course and some online tutorials and those did the trick nicely
one funny thing though ...when i first wanted to post sound samples on my website i tried it the old fashioned way ...through HTML tags ..oh boy that was such a mistake ... you should check out the sound page for yourself for the sheer simplicity with with i tackled the problem ...for one thing is sure ..these sound tags must be out of date or something but they never worked ...
my Betty Donelly official website features lots of stuff besides the songs' page like an artist section, some photos, a stories page (!!) ..well i could've thrown in a lot more of them stories but just hang on to this blog because that's where all the juicy meat behind Betty Donelly, the person and artist will shine!
now aren't you starting to get curious about my new website£?
ok well here's the link :
www.bettydonelly.pro
final note : palease! .. note that it's not a dot com thing ... so if you would like to go on my website in the future, and you would have to remember the addy by heart, please ... it's "dot pro" ..pro stand here for professional ...THAT'S ME ALL RIGHT, right?... good
nice of you to hear me wine about me new web ... hope you like it ... it's a work in everlasting progress and more has to be posted on this little sucker to get me booked into loads of gigs ! ... especially on the "book me" page ! ..it's near empty that one!
see you inside my new homepage!
much love
i breathe the light
betty donelly
it's true ...i had purchased the domain name and hosting package already some time ago ... buut somehow i failed to see how to create a new link once i had figured out the homepage and to create the second page alltogether ...
i called the helpdesk but they didn't support HTML said one person ... then i called again and the explanation she gave me was spoken in tongues if you'd ask me ..
anyway, a couple months later and lots of wasted time and money i finally managed ...don't ask me how ... this is my first real website i build with HTML and all .. to get my stuff working ...
i tried testing on as many browsers as i could, and didn't even had to download the mac's safari browser because my ex-producer (yes, we just wrapped up a project together, and that's a whole" other story for a whole other blog post) happened to have a macbook on which i could test my website ...
it worked fine ...
i must say i am very proud of the accomplishment, i just used a printed HTML-course and some online tutorials and those did the trick nicely
one funny thing though ...when i first wanted to post sound samples on my website i tried it the old fashioned way ...through HTML tags ..oh boy that was such a mistake ... you should check out the sound page for yourself for the sheer simplicity with with i tackled the problem ...for one thing is sure ..these sound tags must be out of date or something but they never worked ...
my Betty Donelly official website features lots of stuff besides the songs' page like an artist section, some photos, a stories page (!!) ..well i could've thrown in a lot more of them stories but just hang on to this blog because that's where all the juicy meat behind Betty Donelly, the person and artist will shine!
now aren't you starting to get curious about my new website£?
ok well here's the link :
www.bettydonelly.pro
final note : palease! .. note that it's not a dot com thing ... so if you would like to go on my website in the future, and you would have to remember the addy by heart, please ... it's "dot pro" ..pro stand here for professional ...THAT'S ME ALL RIGHT, right?... good
nice of you to hear me wine about me new web ... hope you like it ... it's a work in everlasting progress and more has to be posted on this little sucker to get me booked into loads of gigs ! ... especially on the "book me" page ! ..it's near empty that one!
see you inside my new homepage!
much love
i breathe the light
betty donelly
Saturday, May 23, 2009
three NEW RELEASES at once @ betty donelly
hello friends
it is my pleasure to announce some songs i've just uploaded ..
first and most important NEW SINGLE is one of the earliest betty donelly gems ever written ..
the new single is called SO HARD and is featured as the first song on www.myspace.com/bettydonelly
please note that you should stop the autoplay Reverbnation player on my myspace page before hitting the play button on the regular myspace player...
and i've also got a surprise...
here you can preview the song in its entirety : THE ELEPHANTS w/ betty donelly
the song is available as a FAN EXCLUSIVE free download on SIGNUP in the designated box just below ...
as i am currently recording my complete repertoire (still a long way to go though), there will be major changes and updates in my Reverbnation and myspace players and certainly in the FAN EXCLUSIVE free dowloads section...
in other words, more songs will be made available BETTY DONELLY FAN EXCLUSIVES!
i sure hope to see you on my side, and join the rest of us by signing up in the SIGN UP BOX above
your privacy is respected and protected by myself and strict rules on REVERBNATION!
thanks for reading this post...
your friend
betty donelly
it is my pleasure to announce some songs i've just uploaded ..
first and most important NEW SINGLE is one of the earliest betty donelly gems ever written ..
the new single is called SO HARD and is featured as the first song on www.myspace.com/bettydonelly
please note that you should stop the autoplay Reverbnation player on my myspace page before hitting the play button on the regular myspace player...
and i've also got a surprise...
here you can preview the song in its entirety : THE ELEPHANTS w/ betty donelly
the song is available as a FAN EXCLUSIVE free download on SIGNUP in the designated box just below ...
as i am currently recording my complete repertoire (still a long way to go though), there will be major changes and updates in my Reverbnation and myspace players and certainly in the FAN EXCLUSIVE free dowloads section...
in other words, more songs will be made available BETTY DONELLY FAN EXCLUSIVES!
i sure hope to see you on my side, and join the rest of us by signing up in the SIGN UP BOX above
your privacy is respected and protected by myself and strict rules on REVERBNATION!
thanks for reading this post...
your friend
betty donelly
Friday, May 15, 2009
Betty Donelly gets AIRPLAY !
hello again!
Betty Donelly is proud to announce that currently her music is being aired on the Illinois based radio station INDEPENDENT MUSIC RADIO !
after being invited by someone from the radio station through myspace she was asked to send out five songs...
these are now being aired in daily rotation, mainly in the Belgian sub station....
so if you just pick Belgium as location and ALL for genres you don't have to wait long before you'll hear my music!...
FOR INFO AND AIRING TIMES please visit www.myspace.com/bettydonelly
on myspace i only post the airing times for the main station (location = ALL) and the ALL GENRES and ROCK GENRE sub stations...
because it's easier to just choose Belgium as location..you won't have to wait long i swear!
if you like my music please do SIGN UP as a fan and receive the BETTY DONELLY NEWSLETTER which is only sent out occasionally ...
BETTY DONELLY RESPECTS YOUR PRIVACY
note...if you don't feel like it you don't have to fill in every field in the SIGN UP FORM...in fact, only your email address is a mandatory field..!
please also spread the word about my getting AIRPLAY on INDEPENDENT MUSIC RADIO over at www.imradio.com
have a wonderful weekend
your friend
betty donelly
Betty Donelly is proud to announce that currently her music is being aired on the Illinois based radio station INDEPENDENT MUSIC RADIO !
after being invited by someone from the radio station through myspace she was asked to send out five songs...
these are now being aired in daily rotation, mainly in the Belgian sub station....
so if you just pick Belgium as location and ALL for genres you don't have to wait long before you'll hear my music!...
FOR INFO AND AIRING TIMES please visit www.myspace.com/bettydonelly
on myspace i only post the airing times for the main station (location = ALL) and the ALL GENRES and ROCK GENRE sub stations...
because it's easier to just choose Belgium as location..you won't have to wait long i swear!
if you like my music please do SIGN UP as a fan and receive the BETTY DONELLY NEWSLETTER which is only sent out occasionally ...
BETTY DONELLY RESPECTS YOUR PRIVACY
note...if you don't feel like it you don't have to fill in every field in the SIGN UP FORM...in fact, only your email address is a mandatory field..!
please also spread the word about my getting AIRPLAY on INDEPENDENT MUSIC RADIO over at www.imradio.com
have a wonderful weekend
your friend
betty donelly
Monday, April 20, 2009
betty donelly recording sessios
hello there
knowing that i've been neglecting my blog lately, i thought it was time to start putting some energy into it again...
i haven't uploaded any new songs on reverbnation lately, ...oh and by the way...although i am a member of countless music communities where you can listen to some of my songs...i now exclusively upload new songs to reverbnation which i find to be the best out there...
but the reason behind the fact that i didn't upload any new songs is this...
since quite some time now i've been recording tracks, mostly electric guitar..some bass tracks and some vocals...
everything happens in a cultural center...where i am joined by an italian producer/sound engineer...we try to record as much as we can...but having to record in the main theater room, where the mixer console is situated has its disadvantages because we always have to make reservations for the room, and the room becomes less and less available...
so how did i get involved in this cultural center?...well, i got asked by this choreographer who's doing a contemporary dance project, and this guy is working for the center...
moreover, he asked me to let him use my music in the dance performance and he needs a soundtrack...besides dancing in the play, i will also be playing live on stage, ..
the soundtrack will consist of a mixture of the famous classical composer Darius Millaud and my songs, rearranged to merge with the classical masterpieces, which will result in a more contemporary, jazzy soundtrack...
still haven't met the composer/arranger of the project and it beats me how the end result will sound like...
so with all the dance rehearsals and recording sessions...i have been neglecting my online efforts a bit...so i think it's time for some serious planning on how to merge all my activities into a neat daily schedule...
so...that's it for now...
over and out
betty donelly
knowing that i've been neglecting my blog lately, i thought it was time to start putting some energy into it again...
i haven't uploaded any new songs on reverbnation lately, ...oh and by the way...although i am a member of countless music communities where you can listen to some of my songs...i now exclusively upload new songs to reverbnation which i find to be the best out there...
but the reason behind the fact that i didn't upload any new songs is this...
since quite some time now i've been recording tracks, mostly electric guitar..some bass tracks and some vocals...
everything happens in a cultural center...where i am joined by an italian producer/sound engineer...we try to record as much as we can...but having to record in the main theater room, where the mixer console is situated has its disadvantages because we always have to make reservations for the room, and the room becomes less and less available...
so how did i get involved in this cultural center?...well, i got asked by this choreographer who's doing a contemporary dance project, and this guy is working for the center...
moreover, he asked me to let him use my music in the dance performance and he needs a soundtrack...besides dancing in the play, i will also be playing live on stage, ..
the soundtrack will consist of a mixture of the famous classical composer Darius Millaud and my songs, rearranged to merge with the classical masterpieces, which will result in a more contemporary, jazzy soundtrack...
still haven't met the composer/arranger of the project and it beats me how the end result will sound like...
so with all the dance rehearsals and recording sessions...i have been neglecting my online efforts a bit...so i think it's time for some serious planning on how to merge all my activities into a neat daily schedule...
so...that's it for now...
over and out
betty donelly
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, November 07, 2008
NEW betty donelly oldie released on MEVIO
hello again
i know this will sound a bit weird but last night i was googling my own name and stumbled upon the betty donelly MEVIO profile...
i didn't even know i had such a profile, and what's more i did a weird discovery...i found that i actually had uploaded a never before released song called TRACY...it's the first song i ever wrote back in the eighties and this version was performed by my former band THE ELEPHANTS in the early nineties (probably 1993 in brussels, belgium)...
it's a digitised version taken from an old cassette that was recorded through the PA system, which is why you can't really hear much of the audience screaming with enthousiasm...
the very beginning of the recording is missing so i guess that's why i never published the song on the worldwide interweb!
but anyhoo...now it's available for your listening pleasure on MEVIO ...
so it's definitely worth checking out ...
end of reel
betty donelly
i know this will sound a bit weird but last night i was googling my own name and stumbled upon the betty donelly MEVIO profile...
i didn't even know i had such a profile, and what's more i did a weird discovery...i found that i actually had uploaded a never before released song called TRACY...it's the first song i ever wrote back in the eighties and this version was performed by my former band THE ELEPHANTS in the early nineties (probably 1993 in brussels, belgium)...
it's a digitised version taken from an old cassette that was recorded through the PA system, which is why you can't really hear much of the audience screaming with enthousiasm...
the very beginning of the recording is missing so i guess that's why i never published the song on the worldwide interweb!
but anyhoo...now it's available for your listening pleasure on MEVIO ...
so it's definitely worth checking out ...
end of reel
betty donelly
NEW never reveiled betty donelly photos on facebook
hello everybody
please join betty donelly on facebook to enjoy the latest betty donelly photos released for the first time
you will just have to join me on facebook as a friend....
enjoy!
betty donelly
please join betty donelly on facebook to enjoy the latest betty donelly photos released for the first time
you will just have to join me on facebook as a friend....
enjoy!
betty donelly
Friday, October 31, 2008
NEW...belladonna saucer eyes released exclusively on reverbnation !!
hello..
this message was approved by the united countries of bettyland...
citizens gather from both far and near
for a listen of betty donelly's new song
if you want you can listen again and again
'cause now her tune is soaring
every impression a dollar for her
so come on inside and give it a stir
her songs are never boring
so she spins you around
other gems to be found
on her reverbnation player
oh it's time for some widget deploying..!
have a blast! ..do enjoy the new song...
betty donelly
this message was approved by the united countries of bettyland...
citizens gather from both far and near
for a listen of betty donelly's new song
if you want you can listen again and again
'cause now her tune is soaring
every impression a dollar for her
so come on inside and give it a stir
her songs are never boring
so she spins you around
other gems to be found
on her reverbnation player
oh it's time for some widget deploying..!
have a blast! ..do enjoy the new song...
betty donelly
Saturday, October 25, 2008
who is betty donelly - the early days
who is betty donelly?
more information can already be found, scattered throughout the worldwide interweb ...
as for my musical schooling, i must say that thanks to my dad, i
started out very early when he send me to music school to study the
violin and music theory at age seven...
apparently i was better with my instrument than i was with the theory,
because after a few years, i was a couple years ahead on the violin,
due to having failed a few times in music theory
that was really no fun anymore, because on the violin i was presented
with materials that hadn't even been covered in my theory class, so i
quit when i was fourteen years old..
a bit later i got hold of an old spanish guitar, and learned slowly at
first, by playing along with music mainly from the band the cure, who's
music eventually shaped my life, my soul and my beliefs and way of
thinking
at seventeen, having stripped our high school band from their guitar
player, we formed our first band, which i got the honour to name..the
name choice was a no brainer for me, i called the band the fear...
i used the 'the', because i wanted us to be included in the long
traditional hall of fame list of bands that start their band name by
'the', including the beatles, the rolling stones, the byrds, the cure
and such
i used 'the fear', because that was my main emotion at that time...i
was in particular very aware of the feeling i was born in the wrong
era, the feeling of being born a couple hundred years too early...i was
constantly feeling alienated from this current primitive society...a
humanity still in it's puberty, with all its testosterone induced wars,
power games, cold wars and groce injustice...
the music of the fear, in which i played the bass, was obviously very
dark and somber, painting an image of a depressed state of mind, and
love sorrows mainly...there is one song of the fear online over HERE , a tune called one last time, one of our early gemstones
after a fight with the guitar player/singer, the three piece
(guitar/vocals, drums, bass), disintegrated and shortly after i was
able to form another band called the elephants, a band name i had once
again chosen myself, and which reflected my already deep rooted
concerns about the earth's environmental decay...in particular, listen to
the song 'deep' on the same page as mentioned just above..
the elephants existed for four or five years maybe, with a kickstart in
the end of the eighties, until the band once more disintegrated back in
1993
the musicforte page could be considered a tribute to my early years as
a band member, and still holds deer and fond memories in my heart...it
was a great period after all...we managed to gig regularly and created
a regional buzz and following, ending up playing gigs in venues that
supported 500-800 people, playing local festivals and youth clubs...
after a long period of just working to earn my daily bread, i managed
to record two songs on my computer in 2004, all by myself...my first
solo songs...
these two songs, 'my untouchable friend' and 'the void', can be found HERE
this marked the start of betty donelly solo....
have a wonderful day
betty donelly
more information can already be found, scattered throughout the worldwide interweb ...
as for my musical schooling, i must say that thanks to my dad, i
started out very early when he send me to music school to study the
violin and music theory at age seven...
apparently i was better with my instrument than i was with the theory,
because after a few years, i was a couple years ahead on the violin,
due to having failed a few times in music theory
that was really no fun anymore, because on the violin i was presented
with materials that hadn't even been covered in my theory class, so i
quit when i was fourteen years old..
a bit later i got hold of an old spanish guitar, and learned slowly at
first, by playing along with music mainly from the band the cure, who's
music eventually shaped my life, my soul and my beliefs and way of
thinking
at seventeen, having stripped our high school band from their guitar
player, we formed our first band, which i got the honour to name..the
name choice was a no brainer for me, i called the band the fear...
i used the 'the', because i wanted us to be included in the long
traditional hall of fame list of bands that start their band name by
'the', including the beatles, the rolling stones, the byrds, the cure
and such
i used 'the fear', because that was my main emotion at that time...i
was in particular very aware of the feeling i was born in the wrong
era, the feeling of being born a couple hundred years too early...i was
constantly feeling alienated from this current primitive society...a
humanity still in it's puberty, with all its testosterone induced wars,
power games, cold wars and groce injustice...
the music of the fear, in which i played the bass, was obviously very
dark and somber, painting an image of a depressed state of mind, and
love sorrows mainly...there is one song of the fear online over HERE , a tune called one last time, one of our early gemstones
after a fight with the guitar player/singer, the three piece
(guitar/vocals, drums, bass), disintegrated and shortly after i was
able to form another band called the elephants, a band name i had once
again chosen myself, and which reflected my already deep rooted
concerns about the earth's environmental decay...in particular, listen to
the song 'deep' on the same page as mentioned just above..
the elephants existed for four or five years maybe, with a kickstart in
the end of the eighties, until the band once more disintegrated back in
1993
the musicforte page could be considered a tribute to my early years as
a band member, and still holds deer and fond memories in my heart...it
was a great period after all...we managed to gig regularly and created
a regional buzz and following, ending up playing gigs in venues that
supported 500-800 people, playing local festivals and youth clubs...
after a long period of just working to earn my daily bread, i managed
to record two songs on my computer in 2004, all by myself...my first
solo songs...
these two songs, 'my untouchable friend' and 'the void', can be found HERE
this marked the start of betty donelly solo....
have a wonderful day
betty donelly
Sunday, September 14, 2008
new songs coming up soon
from the betty donelly headquarters
hello
currently betty donelly is writing new material in the form of words, lyrics, guitar riffs and bass lines
"i have been writing a lot of pages recently and just finished recording work versions of two new songs...
i'll just have to wait for one song to be cleared at the performance rights society and then in the mean time i'll record a definite version...sort of...i'm still stuck recording from the comfort of my living room so no drums...i'm really no good at electronic drums and such.."
so watch out for the betty donelly reverbnation page where the new song will be posted as soon as possible
until next time...sorry it took so long to post something on this blog !
the betty donelly crew
hello
currently betty donelly is writing new material in the form of words, lyrics, guitar riffs and bass lines
"i have been writing a lot of pages recently and just finished recording work versions of two new songs...
i'll just have to wait for one song to be cleared at the performance rights society and then in the mean time i'll record a definite version...sort of...i'm still stuck recording from the comfort of my living room so no drums...i'm really no good at electronic drums and such.."
so watch out for the betty donelly reverbnation page where the new song will be posted as soon as possible
until next time...sorry it took so long to post something on this blog !
the betty donelly crew
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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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
become a believer...get this artist into the studio
hello
do you believe in betty donelly?...now is your chance to become an official betty donelly believer and force her to produce an album with the best professionals out there and in the best studio a $50.000 budget can afford!
how?...please read all about it HERE
i registered with SELLABAND just yesterday and the first donations have been made already..
the goal is to raise a recording budget of $50.000 in as short a notice as possible...the bottom line idea is that you can buy "$10 parts"...so if i can convince 5000 believers to buy one betty donelly "part" for just $10, or 2500 believers buying 2 parts each, then i will be appointed an A&R guy, and a topnotch producer and studio.., and i will have to deliver a MASTER within six months from attaining the $50.000 budget goal!
i most certainly believe in you!...so please become a betty donelly believer!
here's the direct special LINK again
have a great day all of you!
betty donelly
do you believe in betty donelly?...now is your chance to become an official betty donelly believer and force her to produce an album with the best professionals out there and in the best studio a $50.000 budget can afford!
how?...please read all about it HERE
i registered with SELLABAND just yesterday and the first donations have been made already..
the goal is to raise a recording budget of $50.000 in as short a notice as possible...the bottom line idea is that you can buy "$10 parts"...so if i can convince 5000 believers to buy one betty donelly "part" for just $10, or 2500 believers buying 2 parts each, then i will be appointed an A&R guy, and a topnotch producer and studio.., and i will have to deliver a MASTER within six months from attaining the $50.000 budget goal!
i most certainly believe in you!...so please become a betty donelly believer!
here's the direct special LINK again
have a great day all of you!
betty donelly
Saturday, July 19, 2008
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