12-10-12: Haley in NYC for Dubin Breast Center Gala

[Miguel]

Singer-songwriter Haley Reinhart strikes a pose with Eva Andersson-Dubin. Reinhart placed third in the tenth season of 'American Idol.'

Hundreds of people including some of the biggest names in finance along with some celebrities showed up last night. This is a shot of the cocktail hour in the lobby lounge.

http://www.businessinsider.com/dubin-bre...z2ElojeX7J

[Miguel]

Amina ‏@Aminabuddafly

@HaleyReinhart nice meeting you last night, u were amazing! come back soon and let's hang

^ "Singer/Songwriter/Composer/Engineer. MUSIC LOVER."

Apparently part of K'naan's group:

long day....great studio sess, now just finished soundcheck for #dubinbrestcancerbenefit @MO_NEWYORK with K'naan. should be a fun night....

Back in September she tweeted Haley a compliment about Listen Up!:

http://haleyfans.com/showthread.php?tid=...2#pid15602

[Roz233]

Good point made. We Haliens heard Haley perform B£TJ & HOTRS many times. But most people haven't and they are amazing crowd pleasers but there must have been a reason she did those 2 and I agree it must have been their request. Sounds like everyone again loved her performances. How can you not.

I asked Keith in a tweet what they performed in addition to "Bennie and the Jets" and he replied, "House" (of the Rising Sun).

Those are two crowd pleasers but it's a shame she didn't perform one of her own songs. "Walking on Heaven" might have been appropriate.

I think it's Halien 'wishful thinking' though. One thing I didn't post, because I can't be sure, JMO:

Even though the crowd grew from the beginning to the end of her sets until the big crowd at the end, might have been because the longer the show went, the more people collected around ther bar ....but I'm guessing, a MAJOR reason that she would end each night with people ringing around the bar is that she closed with those familiar songs.

We are used to her interpretations of BATJ and HOTRS, but the 'general public' is not. I think most of the people that watched at the end recognised the familiar lyrics and were intrigued by her versions of them so stopped to look. And we know how she is able to turn up the amperage on those songs (as well as in "Oh Darlin'").

We may have our Haley favorites, but she brings in the 'new' fans with her versions of those songs....

[john]

Amina ‏@Aminabuddafly

@HaleyReinhart nice meeting you last night, u were amazing! come back soon and let's hang

^ "Singer/Songwriter/Composer/Engineer. MUSIC LOVER."

Apparently part of K'naan's group:

long day....great studio sess, now just finished soundcheck for #dubinbrestcancerbenefit @MO_NEWYORK with K'naan. should be a fun night....

Back in September she tweeted Haley a compliment about Listen Up!:

http://haleyfans.com/showthread.php?tid=...2#pid15602

That is Amina in this photo.

Black Buddafly is an American R&B duo composed of the twin sisters Aminata "Amina" and Safietou "Jazz" Schmahl who are of Senegalese and German descent.

[Miguel]

I researched Black Buddafly back in September. I prepared a long post about them but then decided not to post it because I didn't like the music videos I watched.

Or maybe I did post it and then edited out most of the content.

Google shows this in their search summary:

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Quote: Amina (formally known as member of the group “Black Buddafly”) was born and raised in Hamburg Germany, to a senegalese father ...

This is from the Google cache:

Quote:Amina (formally known as member of the group “Black Buddafly”) was born and raised in Hamburg Germany, to a senegalese father and a german mother, where the story of her musical journey starts.

Together with her older sister Sophie and her twin Jazz she began singing before she could talk, her Mother (a music lover who introduced her to the old Motown, The Jacksons, Earth Wind and Fire, Marvin Gaye etc.) says. There was always music playing in the house. Dad, who is a hobby Jazz musician, played the guitar, sax and salsa music all day long and Mom would sing with her daughters whenever she could.

At the age of 6 Amina joined a classical choir and soon after she started doing musicals and toured with local pop acts and gospel groups.

She started songwriting at the age of 13 and the day she discovered studio recording it was over. She just knew THIS was what she wanted to do. And there was no stopping her.

She signed her first record deal in 1997 together with her sisters with BMG germany and released a single under the Name “Choyce”.

But soon she realized there was something missing. In 2002, after a couple of more tries with other labels and production teams in germany and europe Amina and the girls took the big step. Without a plan, over night they packed their bags and flew to New York City with nothing but $600 dollars and a Dream.

Leaving everything behind in Germany, they had no “choyce” but to “make it in America”.

And they did. (see “Black Buddafly” Bio)

A few years ago after going through all the ups and downs this music business has to offer, Amina made the decision to from that point on only do what she loves without trying to please everyone else. Eventhough it was hard, she invested in a piano and started teaching herself. Her sound began to evolve even more and the songwriting became much more sophisticated.

Through her big range of musical influences (it starts with her childhood idol Mariah Carey to ABBA to The Bangles, Carmen McRae, Joe Sample and her todays favorite Linda Perry), she has learned how to create timeless music. She’s all about vocal arrangement and big melodies.

Amina’s describes her music as pure and real. Big songs with truthful, meaningful lyrics, musical and organic sounds and peerless harmonies.. and that is what sets her apart from others.

She says: “Music is a feeling and I believe only if it comes from my heart and I really love it, people can feel it”

Aside from her being an artist, Amina is very driven and determined to become a bigtime songwriter/composer.

Her catalog holds more than 400 songs that she has written over the past few years.

[john]

^ I didn't like the video I saw either.

[Haleylvr4evr]

Hundreds of people including some of the biggest names in finance along with some celebrities showed up last night. This is a shot of the cocktail hour in the lobby lounge.

http://www.businessinsider.com/dubin-bre...z2ElojeX7J

Does anyone see Haley in that picture? I dont see her curly hair anywhere

[Tom22]

Haley Reinhart‏@HaleyReinhart

http://instagr.am/p/TGY9jIAuiE/ Doing what I love<3333

Looking like a star artist Here ! compliments when compliments are due !

edit, and I just realized it was the same top she wore the first night in vegas and which I was questioning if the lighting and angle were hurting in accurately representing her beauty and fitness.

This picture is shooting upward too .. so, maybe that wasn't exactly the issue, or maybe its just the steepness or the lighting , or the filter ?

I'm no photographer.

Maybe her hair done a bit differently cascading complimented the top more ? I"m really really out of my balliwack with hair styles.

I just like to see her looking hip and good and think she's pulling it off in this picture regardless of what might be different about it.

[midnightblues]

Ever since Haley split from Interscope ,are you getting the feeling that she's getting a lot more positive exposure with the right people being in the right place?

[Miguel]

A minute ago:

Haley Reinhart ‏@HaleyReinhart

@IAmHOPE Thank you for including me in such a great fundraiser. It was a pleasure.

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Lynne Clarke ‏@LyndylooLynne

When you look back over the last couple of years @HaleyReinhart you've worked so hard.Its all gonna happen for you. I KNOW IT

Haley Reinhart ‏@HaleyReinhart

@LyndylooLynne )