Carly Beth
王韵藍
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • pianist
Years active2014–present
Websitecarlybeth.com

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

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][4]

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.[5] She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Commercial Music Performance.[6]

Social media success

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][6]

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][5]

References

  1. ↑ douyin.com, @carlybeth, 抖音音樂人
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bopp, Timothy J. (April 25, 2019). "Hearing Aide: Carly Beth 'Sleepless Lullaby'". NYS Music.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Meet Trailblazer Carly Beth Hand". VoyageLA. January 28, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Carly Beth's sound is distinctly sweet, positive and comforting". Music Crowns. June 16, 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Grand Island musician Carly Beth Hand to release new single". Niagara Frontier Publications. February 23, 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Local Musician to Release, "Sleepless Lullaby," the Song That Got A Quarter-Million Fans Dancing!". Artvoice. January 18, 2019.
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