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Mabel

About Me

Education:
- Music academy of Bruges for piano, guitar, cello, saxophone & vocals
- Music academy of Knokke for musical & jazz vocals / saxophone
- Music academy of Ostend for jazz vocals
- Lemmensinstitute: piano, cello & vocals
- Teacher training college of Ghent: musical education & English
- Universidad de Huelva (Andalucía, España): educación musical & Español
- Jazzstudio in Antwerp: vocals, piano & saxophone
- Private lessons with Sylvi Lane, Sofie Verbruggen, Hervé Martens, Ilse Duyck, Hilde Coppé, Elisabeth Hermans and many more (to come...)
- Drama & dance lessons - ballet, hip hop, flamenco
Bands:
- The Partyband (www.partyband.be): vocals / piano / saxophone
- Singer & pianiste for Mary Ann (own compositions)
Work:
- Teacher of vocals in The Art Factory (www.art-factory.be)
- Music teacher in Bruges, Blankenberge & De Haan
- Teacher of vocals in Academy of Merelbeke
- Guest appearances in TV shows such as Familie, Wittekerke and Spring
- Actress in "Belle & Het Beest" (musical) as Babette - http://www.belleenhetbeest.camerata-productions.be/
- Contests:
"Radio 2 ~ Schrijf er maar één" met Keep On Hoping
"Q Music ~ Miss Wim 2008"

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 26/05/2007
Band Members: Me, myself and I : vocals & piano

FEATURED SONGS:
- You Better Watch Out - Music & Lyrics by Marianne
- Keep On Hoping - Music & Lyrics by Marianne
- My Aphrodisiac - Original by Katie Melua
- Over Now - Music & Lyrics by Marianne
- Formule Voor Geluk - Music & Lyrics by Marianne
- Ik Geef Nooit Op - Music & Lyrics by Marianne
- Je Hoort Bij Mij - Music & Lyrics by Marianne
- Hou Me Vast - Original by Volumia
Influences: Jazz-ish: Katie Melua, Norah Jones, Diana krall, Eva Cassidy, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Amy Winehouse, Dinah Washington, Miles Davis, Joss Stone, Stacey Kent, Aretha Franklin, Anita Baker, Carmen McCrae, Cassandra Wilson, Etta Jones, Louis Armstrong, Janice Joplin, Nancy Wilson, Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Carole King, Patti Austin, Patty LaBelle, ...

Pop/R'n'B/Soul-ish: Sofie & So Four, Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Shakira, Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera, The Supremes, Pink, Randy Crawford, Prince, Gwen Stefani, Fergie, Stevie Wonder, the Carpenters, Roberta Flack, Tina Turner, Carole King, Destiny's Child, Vanessa Carlton, Kate Bush, Lilly Allen, Alicia Keys, James Morrison, Macy Gray, Corrine Bailey Rae, Kelly Clarkson, Al Jarreau, Al Green, Whitney Houston ...

Gospel: Hezekiah Walker, Mahalia Jackson, Yolanda Adams, Etta James, The NY Gospel Experience!!...
Country-ish: Dolly Parton, The Dixie Chicks, Marianne Faithfull, Jerry Lee Lewis (I've spoken with him live!! o m g)...

Classical: Maria Callas, Cecilia Bartoli, Elly Ameling...

Musical: Julie Andrews & Bernadette Peters!!!!

and many many others
Sounds Like: A little bit of everything

Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

THEY WERE RIGHT

Now I’m sorry,Sorry for believing in youSorry for being insaneI don’t know what to do,I don’t know who’s to blameNow I’m sorry, Sorry for falling in loveSorry for causing...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:42:00 GMT

UNDESIRED

Oh, the wanting for his lovely lookThe feel of his caress across my face,My hair, my neck, my backPulling me into his embraceThe hunger for me in his lipsThe desire in his armsAs his hands slide ...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:09:00 GMT

ALL IN HER HEAD

Elegant lines carve her frameFinger tips smooth her waistHer tongue licks her shapely red lipsAs if chasing a forgotten tasteShe peels off her fitting clothesBaggy clothing hides her aimsDaintily she ...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:58:00 GMT

BEAUTY WITH A TWIST

Anorexic beautyBeauty with a twistEvery moment of beautyErases her will to exist.She's beautiful; she's perfectBut she doesn't see thatAnd it doesn' thelp her whenthe mirror cries out : "fat"!Her pen ...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:36:00 GMT

DEJAME

Déjame vivir,déjame existir,déjame estar en un sueño...a mi vida dale una razón.Se que mi sueño no quería que yo le amara.Pero déjame,Déjame sentir...Déjame sentir algo más,algo más que melancolía,déj...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:34:00 GMT

ANGST

De angst om te spreken is even grootals de angst voor verwijten.Alle schuld en pijngevoelens in mijn hoofdhebben me opnieuw van mijn zelfvertrouwen beroofd.Ik heb nu de eerste stap genomendie me kan v...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:33:00 GMT

HOPE

Running from everything.I'm so scared I don't know where to turn.Everything is kept secret.The calories, the dieting, the bingeing, the purging,...If anyone only knew, I'd let them downI come across a...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:30:00 GMT

DEAR ...

You've changed me from a fun-loving girlto a person who's afraid of the world.You've closed me off from family and friendssyaing it's just you and me till the end.You've messed with my mindYou're in m...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:27:00 GMT

BALLERINA GIRL

Sometimes I am floating,with the cottonball clouds,flying beside the birds,swimming the backstrokein humified air,listening to scales of musicrotate in my head,like the ballerina whodances whenmy jewe...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:24:00 GMT

THE PIANO CONCERTO

The notes of the piano concerto spill out of my fingers,like water that will not stay in my palms.The dancing melody, the steady harmony draw me into a world of magic and wonder.Sunlight sparkles thro...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:17:00 GMT