New Music Video

My new 'pack' and I recorded Jim Croce's "Lover's Cross".

My brave Macbook, its webcam and I made a video.

Enjoy! :)

Master of the Universe Tribute Song

So 'Master of the Universe' by Snowqueens Icedragon had its anniversary. Here's my own little tribute to it. "Fifty Shades", a MotU theme song of sorts. Enjoy.

(MP3 Download available HERE)

Quick to be angered

Hard to please

Hot and cold and bittersweet

Everything about him

Makes me weak in the knees

And yet I'm still on my feet

Cuz when he shifts his way

From bright to moody

It's just one of the fifty shades

Of his Beauty

Some call him master

Some call him a mess

Sometimes it hurts

Sometimes I want it faster

Sometimes I want less

Love comes in spurts (little spurts)

Because the gift he makes me

Is a treasure

He gives me fifty shades

Of pleasure

Doubt swiftly fades

Here's my confession:

(Goddess to god, inner goddess calling)

I crave his fifty shades

Of love and passion

Fifty shades of love...

...and now the moon...

(UPDATE 8/9/2010: Andnowthemoon's ffnet pages are currently unavailable, but will return soon. I'll let you know then!)

"have you noticed you can make the name renesmee from the letters in stephenie meyer? you're left with hepity and piyeth. imagine if renesmee had had sisters..."

The above is the, uhm... 'summary' of the one-shot Gossip Gurl by the amazingly talented andnowthemoon, who has written 49 (!) stories for Twilight, Star Trek: 2009, and Merlin - and that is only under THIS penname. (yep - there are others)

I just noticed that most of her other stories' summaries just say: "Please read." I strongly second that!! STRONGLY!!!

PLEASE READ!

Never, NEVER AGAIN, do I want to hear anyone whine about what fic to read next, or about desperately needing recc's. Just go to this girl's profile and read away.

I'll just recommend 2 out of 49 here, k?

The Life Stealer

One-shot written for the Black Balloon Contest.

A masterpiece of angst, beautifully written. You will feel it.... all of it - the love, the joy, the fear, the loss... don't be scared to let this story go under your skin and take you back to when you were young and ruled by your heart.

Baby You Can Drive My Car

Entertaining AH Bella x Edward multi-chapter fic,

with some fuckhawt Jasper thrown in for good measurement. 19 chapters so far, easy to catch up – and you won't be disappointed by naugty Popstar Bella and astute SweetWard. And yeah, it's about music.

Speaking of...

Andnowthemoon is a songwriter/musician/singer too!!!

And though that talent of hers seems to run a bit under the radar (internet-wise, at least), I'm happy to make her shine here on my blog with the utterly enchanting song "Your Own Rainbow". She wrote it, inspired by my own story "Your True Colors" (GASP! IKR?? How lucky am I???), and recorded it and sent it to me.

How could I not make a video for it to show andnowthemoon's awesomeness??

And psssst... you might find some more of her original songs and recordings on her myspace, just saying... yes she is girltaminglions, too. Also on twitter...

End of pimpage,

Jacob's Song Embed Code Fixed

Uhm... someone pointed out to me that the Embed Code for my music vid "One Wolf/Jacob's Song" which I provided in THIS POSTING, didn't work.

Duh!!

Ok - just wanted you to know: I fixed it!! Embed away...

Twilight-Music-Giveaway!

Today I unsuspiciously checked on the stats of some

of my places on the internet I had pretty much neglected

during the last months. My humble homepage, for example.

And what I saw made me spill my coffee...

Just yesterday, the MP3 downloads of my Twilight song

"One Wolf" had exceeded 50.000! WTF?!?

OneWolf (Jacob's Song)

After I had taken my blood pressure meds

and wiped the coffee of my keyboard, I thought

this is truly something to celebrate.

I mean, I don't even dare to think about the number of iPods and

MP3 players that little piece of music is actually rotating on...

how awesome! So... here's my first ever...

Win an independent artist album (physical CD or complete

album download) - free choice from my CD store!

There's artrock, trance, pop jazz, vocal music and yes, my own albums

are there too, of course. Click on the pic above to be taken there.

All you have to do is say Hi! to me,

either by commenting to this post

or via eMail to betti@bettigefecht.com

The winner will be picked by Artsie & Fanny, LOL!

They'll judge your greetings by style, humor, originality,

creativity or chutzpah... who knows?

The winner will be announced on Saturday, May 8th!

Fan Fiction, Song, Vid, Self Pimpage

I posted this little gem on my YTC blog already, but since not all my visitors here know about it, I put it here too.

So... if you haven't read Your True Colors, the Twilight fan fic by now, maybe this sweet collection of hot chapter illustrations will allure you. (Rated M, mature readers only!)

The song that goes with it is a duet,

sung by my beloved beta Uhyesplease and humble me.

It was made with just our PC's and eMail. We've never met in person by now. Magic? Yes, a little magic... Enjoy!

Twitarded Meme, I've been tagged

*shakes head*

Ok... so I learned on twitter today, that I've been tagged. Twice. Or even more often...

Well, these two blogs could be verified:

         

Thanks for tagging me, latchkeywife and honolulu girl!

And now, without further ado, my answers:

 

1) What is the craziest/most stupid thing you've ever done (that you would be willing to share!)?

I guess it was when I was 19... I went into a dirty fucked-up bar - which, under normal circumstances I wouldn't have entered to save my life - because I had seen from the outside, that a man (a perfect stranger!) who had unasked groped my thighs in a severe state of drunken stupor in a discotheque the night before was sitting there, and I approached him, despite the fact he was at least 10 years older than me and currently absorbed in a flirty conversation with some Claudia Schiffer lookalike, and interrupted their téte a tété with the words: "Hi - you were groping my thighs last night, remember?"

• Was that crazy? Yes.

• Was that one of the longest sentences I ever wrote on my blog? Yes.

• Do you want to know what happened next? I bet!!!

• But that's not part of the question, sorry.

(I'm not that mean... solution at the end of this post!)

 

2) One my personal favorite games: Fuck, Marry, Kill. With the Twilight cast. I can't wait to read these! (Or "Eff, Marry, Kill" if you don't have my potty mouth.)**

Uhm I have a potty mouth, no prob.

• Fuck: Edw... no, wait! The Twilight cast, not the Twilight characters... *reads question again* yes, the cast!

Ok:

• Fuck: Rob.

• Marry: Rob.

• Kill: The actress I find so annoying that my mind even refuses to remember her name. She plays Rosalie.

 

3) What is your favorite band/type of music?

I lover me some classy songstress. Not the type of countless la-la-lolitas or peepsy girls or blah-blah 3 note range folksy girlies who are out there nowadays. Remember I'm an elderly lady, so first off, nothing - I mean NOTHING - compares to Joni, ok? Joni Mitchell is a goddess! 

The others just have to get in line... Joan Armatrading, Kate Bush, Annie Lennox... hey, did you know an US music supervisor, after listening to my music, called me 'Annie Lennox on valium, looking at a Dali painting'?? How cool's that? I mean, even if he'd said 'Annie Lennox in a coma...' - LOL!

Anyway... I actually don't listen much to music. I don't even have a stereo in my house. Really! I have a recording studio and a live PA and such but no standard cd player or ipod... but I know and esteem a wiiiiiiiiiiideeeeee range of music.

• Was that a good answer? Probably not.

 

4) What is your favorite movie besides Twilight?

Uh... that's really way too much to list! I love movies, I own a huge dvd collection, and: YES! I own a dvd player, too.

And I hate to admit: Twilight does not really belong to my fave movies. Twilight is... uhm, something else. Don't ask me. And really, really, don't ask Artsie...

 

5) Do you RL life family/friends know you’re addicted to Twilight? A blogger?

Yes, they do. The hubs, a few co-workers. But they don't care. Just not very interested...

 

6) How many hours a week do you spend doing Twi related things? You know, blogging, looking at pictures of the cast, reading fan fiction, etc.

Way too much. A few hours every day. Sleep is overrated.

 

7) Any random fact you might want to share. Big or small, it doesn't matter.

I'm a BIG TIME sharer. I'm sharing ALL THE TIME... but being asked like that ...uhm, no.

 

...and I tag... I tag.... THESE:

     

     

Solution to question No1: 

I married that man. (see bottom of left sidebar)

Twilight Animated Button No36

True Blood Twilight

bloggy friends: Honolulu Girl

pivotal point: ...um, True Blood & Twilight?

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The second Button Guru Bartering is finished!

And yes - there's *gag* Eric in it.

This is Honolulu Girl's button, she earned it and it was 

her wish to have a button with both Edward and *gag* Eric.

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FLH, WBPH, hhmille and everybody else, and most of all Mrs.V:

I can hear your comments already... fine!!

You are having a ball, right?!

Great!

Thanks!

Growing gallery of animated Twi-buttons:

The Twilight Button Guru

Button Guru / Dedication / Rules

Remember the first Button Guru Bartering?

...when fragilelittlehuman composed an awesome oneshot fanfic around my song "Bedtime Stories" in exchange for two animated buttons? That was awesome, and well... she set quite a benchmark. Which might be one reason why noone else came to offer another bartering to the Guru afterwards...

Well, the Button Guru is not easy to please, but he's more down to earth than you might think. In order to release his twiciples of fear and doubt, he laid down some rules for those willing to swap (see end of this post)

Anyway... at least one bloggy friend wasn't that easy to be scared and lately asked for a deal. Fearless Honolulu Girl form True Blood Twilight offered me to make a video for one of my songs. And the Button Guru accepted.

But I'd never thought I would get something that beautiful...

As usual, I didn't impose any restrictions as to content or style, I just chose the song and told her I might want to dedicate it to someone special.

Honolulu Girl put so much heart and huge parts of her own life into this gem - I literally melted to the floor when I watched it for the first time. She surprised me big time! I honestly never liked my own song more... and the Button Guru is hell-bent to outdo himself!

Thank you so much, Honolulu Girl!

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--------My heartfelt dedication...

--------So with this adorable, brave (and kick ass creative) musicclip,

--------it's the perfect occasion to do what I've been wanting to do

--------quite a while, for several reasons and with heart and soul:

--------I herewith dedicate my song "When A Baby Is Born"

--------(brought to life in beautiful images by the amazing Honolulu Girl)

--------to a friend who is a talented writer and devoted doula.

--------This is yours, Uhyesplease:

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Credits & Links

Song:

"When A Baby Is Born" from the album

"Do The Right Thing" by Betti Gefecht

Honolulu Girl: • True Blood Twilight • Twitter

Uhyesplease: • Fan Fic • The Lemon Sisters • Twitter

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How to allure the Button Guru: The Rules

1. If you have something I might want, we can bargain.The only condition not negotiable is: It has to be something money can't buy.

Which means, you won't get a button for a Twilight merch, for instance. People have tried to barter with things that are only available in the US, but the Button Guru is a bitch when it comes to bartering. An exception might be "customized" goods, but it depends...

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2. Usually it would be something someone does, or a selfmade thing. If I don't know anything about you, I can not suggest anything myself. It depends on what you can do or have or... dunno. So if you want a button, you would either have to come up with suggestions yourself, or tell me something about your talents, hobbies etc., so that I could challenge you.

Oh yes, the Button Guru figured out a while ago that his work is highly esteemed and that making buttons and banners is so much more fun this way...

3. The Button Guru never asks for a mission impossible! He just loves to challenge peoples' inspiriation. If someone isn't much of an artist but can maybe knit - he might be happy with a pair of wrist-warmers.

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That's pretty much it. I love bartering, I love creative ideas and being surprised with things...

Twilight Animated Button No35

Fragile Foxes

bloggy friends: Fragile Little Human / One Pushy Fox

pivotal point: fantabulous fan fic

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Three reasons why the Button Guru rose once more:

1. I love those bloggy friends.

2. I love fan fic.

3. I can't resist a screen-name with a fox in it.

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Any more questions? *Guru walks away, whistling...*

Growing gallery of animated Twi-buttons:

The Twilight Button Guru

Twilight Animated Button No 34

Is this the last one? Really??

I think so... all promises fulfilled. Anyone left out? 

If so, let me know...

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My Twilife

bloggy friend: My Twilife

pivotal point: obviously... um, Twilight?

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I'm sorry you had to wait so very long for this.

Hope you like it nonetheless.

I guess both the quote and the pic I used will never grow old... right?

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From now on, if you folks need the Button Guru to make a button for your blog, fan fic or whatever, I might or might not do it - just as the whim takes me.

I'd like to encourage you to ask though! I'm always up for a good bartering. 

Or I might like the purpose, love a special blog or adore a fan fic or else so much that I WANT to make a button... who knows?

Growing gallery of animated Twi-buttons:

The Twilight Button Guru