Carly Beth
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Carly Beth | |
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| 王韵藍 | |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
| Website | carlybeth |
Carly Beth, (Chinese: 王韵藍[1]）, is an American singer-songwriter from Grand Island, New York. She is known for her piano solos and viral success performing on multiple social media platforms.
Early life and career
[edit]Beth grew up in Grand Island in upstate New York.[2] She began taking piano lessons as a child and started to compose piano solos at the age of nine. She continued to receive classical training throughout high school.[3]
At the age of 15, Beth wrote and produced an album of 12 piano solos called Taking Flight, which was released in 2014.[2][3] Her album was recognized by Jim Brickman, a pianist and songwriter who invited Beth to perform on stage with him after hearing her album.[3]
Although she is classically trained after her first album, Beth started writing pop songs on both the piano and guitar.[3] In 2016 Beth began studying at the University of Westminster in London.[4] She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Commercial Music Performance.[5]
Social media success
[edit]While at college in London, Beth met a Chinese friend who proposed that she perform music on a popular Chinese live streaming app, Yingke (映客).[3] On the app, she sang her original music and covers in both English and Chinese.[2] After nine months, Beth had a following of 45,000 fans on the platform. In 2017, she became one of the top musician broadcasters on the app, regularly having over 110,000 simultaneous viewers on her live-streamed performances.[3]
After her success on Yingke, Beth began posting videos on Facebook, where a video of her playing and singing the Shape of You by Ed Sheeran reached 4.3 million views.[3] After this she began live-streaming on Facebook.[3][5]
In 2017, Beth began working with Jimmy Bralower, a multiple Grammy award winning musician.[3] With him helping as a producer, she released a single titled Sleepless Lullaby in February 2019.[2][4]
References
[edit]- ^ douyin.com, @carlybeth, 抖音音樂人
- ^ a b c d Bopp, Timothy J. (April 25, 2019). "Hearing Aide: Carly Beth 'Sleepless Lullaby'". NYS Music.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Meet Trailblazer Carly Beth Hand". VoyageLA. January 28, 2019.
- ^ a b "Grand Island musician Carly Beth Hand to release new single". Niagara Frontier Publications. February 23, 2019.
- ^ a b "Local Musician to Release, "Sleepless Lullaby," the Song That Got A Quarter-Million Fans Dancing!". Artvoice. January 18, 2019.