the story of betty donelly

betty, at age seven, started out on the violin and caught the stage bug already..until at
age 14 she got tired of her very strict female teacher... betty donelly grew up without
rock and roll or pop songs whatsoever...her father strictly didn't allow it to be played in
the house...only classical music and jazz, and a couple beatles singles were allowed
alongside records of cliff richard..and django reinhardt...the rest was all classical...
so when betty was about 16 years old she got a hard reality check when everyone was
suddenly a hard rocker or a punk or a disco freak...for the first time she discovered
music of the new generation..one day when she was at home and listening to her
brother's cassette she suddenly heard this magickal music coming out of the
speaker...betty was really stunned when she heard that voice for the first time...it was
let's go to bed from the cure...."i felt such a connectedness with that person i did not
know...instantly...it never grew away again..."
in the last year of high school she decided she wanted to play in a band after seeing
some friends do the same...it didn't work out well for the other band after having them
stripped of their guitarist..anyways, THE FEAR created a local buzz and a small
following but after a fight with the guitar player the fear split..
betty donelly immediately formed another band, a foursome this time just before the
early nineties..."we played in venues that had like 500 people in there and were a big
success everytime we gigged..."
in the mean time betty was going to school aswell...in fact she studied three different
things all at once: social readaptation sciences, rock school for musical stage arts and
business manager at some pont it all became too much and that was the end of THE
ELEPHANTS..you can still listen to those live oldies -
but then disaster struck betty on her dayjob as a civil servant..."i guess it all became a
bit too much for me...maybe i couldn't handle all the stress from the 3 schools and my
job and the elephants in between...so i went bananas and lived through a
psychosis...over the next years i've had a couple of them but the more recent they
occured the less severe they became and the psychosises transitioned into manic
euphoric symptoms...im still good", betty donelly says.
in 2004 betty recorded two songs and started digitising some cassettes and thus
created her first web presence

the next two years were filled with writing new material, recording at home without
drums...to the point where she is now ready to perform...solo
betty: "i'd rather play in a full band but if no one is willing or if i haven't met the right
people yet i will play solo"
betty donelly is a transgendered indie musician from belgium

update july 2008

in the mean time, betty donelly has successfully wrapped up the betty donelly free mini tour 2008, a short local tour, consisting of charitable events

more info on http://www.bettydonelly.webs.com (join the mailing list to get betty's inside scoop!)

do join betty on http://www.myspace.com/bettydonelly

enjoy the music and videos
betty donelly

the story of betty donelly betty, at age seven, started out on the violin and caught the stage bug already..until at age 14 she got tired of her very strict female teacher... betty donelly grew up without rock and roll or pop songs whatsoever...her father strictly didn't allow it to be played in the house...only classical music and jazz, and a couple beatles singles were allowed alongside records of cliff richard..and django reinhardt...the rest was all classical... so when betty was about 16 years old she got a hard reality check when everyone was suddenly a hard rocker or a punk or a disco freak...for the first time she discovered music of the new generation..one day when she was at home and listening to her brother's cassette she suddenly heard this magickal music coming out of the speaker...betty was really stunned when she heard that voice for the first time...it was let's go to bed from the cure...."i felt such a connectedness with that person i did not know...instantly...it never grew away again..." in the last year of high school she decided she wanted to play in a band after seeing some friends do the same...it didn't work out well for the other band after having them stripped of their guitarist..anyways, THE FEAR created a local buzz and a small following but after a fight with the guitar player the fear split.. betty donelly immediately formed another band, a foursome this time just before the early nineties..."we played in venues that had like 500 people in there and were a big success everytime we gigged..." in the mean time betty was going to school aswell...in fact she studied three different things all at once: social readaptation sciences, rock school for musical stage arts and business manager at some pont it all became too much and that was the end of THE ELEPHANTS..you can still listen to those live oldies - but then disaster struck betty on her dayjob as a civil servant..."i guess it all became a bit too much for me...maybe i couldn't handle all the stress from the 3 schools and my job and the elephants in between...so i went bananas and lived through a psychosis...over the next years i've had a couple of them but the more recent they occured the less severe they became and the psychosises transitioned into manic euphoric symptoms...im still good", betty donelly says. in 2004 betty recorded two songs and started digitising some cassettes and thus created her first web presence the next two years were filled with writing new material, recording at home without drums...to the point where she is now ready to perform...solo betty: "i'd rather play in a full band but if no one is willing or if i haven't met the right people yet i will play solo" betty donelly is a transgendered indie musician from belgium update july 2008 in the mean time, betty donelly has successfully wrapped up the betty donelly free mini tour 2008, a short local tour, consisting of charitable events more info on http://www.bettydonelly.webs.com (join the mailing list to get betty's inside scoop!) do join betty on http://www.myspace.com/bettydonelly enjoy the music and videos betty donelly