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Do You Care...... ..
The Masquerade...... ..
Good Morning Beautiful...... ..
Miracle...... ..
Dream Away...... ..
Gone...... ..
Take You Away...... ..
Don't Cry...... ..
Hold On...... ..
How Far We'd Go......
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In a time when popular artists are virtually indisTinguishable, the worLd is intRoduced to a yOung girL who is about to chaNge eveRything.
bELA, boRn into a PortuGuese heRitage wAs giveN a diAry for heR seVenth birThday. ExpRession as sHe had knoWn it wOuld neveR be tHe saMe. tHe selF-descRibed "loNer" quickLy becAme addicTed tO tHe releAse offEred by a cLean paGe aNd a shaRp peNcil. sOOn afTer, sHe begAn addiNg meLodies to heR diaRy entRies wiTh aN oLd keyBoard her faTher had bouGht her fOr ChrisTmas. YeArs laTer, sHe wouLd taKe her peRsonal soNgs to tHe local cofFeehouse, peRforming eVery suNday nigHt. FoLLowing a wHole yeaR spEnt wRiting aNd perfoRming in euRope, bELA wandEred to LoS angeLes wheRe, aLong with heR bRother, basilioFERNANDOferreira, she beGan writing what wOuld evenTually becOme hEr debuT aLbum; "...the death of gypsyX". bY the aLbum's compLetion, bELA had aLready bEEn inviTed tO perfoRm on tHe teLevised LA Nitelife, aNd hAd the pLeasure oF appEaring on tHe Tonight Show With Jay Leno. Her humbLy demoed aLbum pReviews hAd alrEady acQuired raVe reviEws fRom UK's infaMous, Rhythm Magazine aNd gaiNed hEr regular roTation on PulseNow! Satellite Radio.
The aLbum is cuRRently breWing a crAze iN variOus naTions as bELA's fiRst single, "Do You Care?" is maKing a comfoRtable hoMe on Portugal, US and CaNadian raDio aNd haS beeN plaCed in 'Morangos Com Acucar', Portugal's Leading priMetime series. In the US, bELA's soNg, "Hold oN" caN nOw bE heaRd oN tHe worLd famOus, KROQ raDio sTation.
The stiR coMes as nO surPrise to the aLbum's producTion tEam; Dale Penner (Nickelback, Holly McNarland), Mike fRaser (Guns N' Roses, Aersomith), Howie Weinberg (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins), Jim Barr (Peter Gabriel, Portishead) wHo saw poTential in eVen bELA's earliest deMos.
tHe riDe hAs juSt begun fOr bELA aNd theRe is nO telliNg wheRe her loVe foR mUsic aNd perfoRming will tAke her. Her poWerful woRds aNd hypNotic stAge preSence wiLL suRely see nO bouNdaries....
****2009****: bELA just gOt oFF hEr fiRst eVer, food-drive tour which tOOk her tHrough Portugal aNd caNada. This non-pRofit tOur allowEd fans to see bELA for free aS they weRe admitted iNto the showS simply with a food doNation for the poor. tHe tOur was a pHenomenal sUcceSS.. mAny thankS tO cAnada's CBC tElevision as well as EDGE 102.1's Dave Bookman wHose suPPort heLped raise mUch awarEness abOUt tHe tOUr and iTs cause. bELA has jUst goTTeN the aLbum released iN parts oF eUrope throuGh the music/eLectronics fRanchise, FNAC. yOu caN cAtch bELA this spRing/sUmmer as shE pErforms in hEr fiRst ever ouTdoor music fEstivals. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
oN tHiS aLbum, bELA haD the pLeasuRe of pLaying with the foLLowiNg aRtists::
basilioFERNANDOferreira/of the band PALMERSTON:Gabriel Ferreira/of the band PALMERSTON:Devon Glenn/of the bAnd BUCKCHERRY:Jim Barr/of the band PORTISHEAD:Tino Zolfo:Meegee Bradfield/of the band LIMBLIFTER::ThanK u aLL fOr bEing a paRt of tHe dReam::
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Hiya, thanks for being a friend - I enjoyed visiting YourSpace :-) Keep it up May your life be full of love, light and fun... hugs SOREN - Beats for change - NYERTUN
Nem usava o MySpace mas , como era a unica forma de saber um pouco mais de ti (e da banda) , de imediato criei conta aqui ! Então e para quando uma vinda a Portugal ? Mais propriamente a Lisboa ?
Hi Bela! I really enjoyed your sound. Your sensual and warm voice, added to a great remixture from an earlier song, don´t cry, came out as a great version. Congratulations for your vision. Looking forward to hear more from you! Kind Regards from Portugal, xxx Mo
