I’ve been busy working in the studio with Uness and we have completed a whole new song and I LOVE it!!!! I’ve had such a good time working with him and we really have a good music vibe going on. It’s cool - and I’m really glad to be in the studio again.. I didn’t realize how much I missed it… but it really does make me feel really productive and everything!!!
I’ve also been working with Chanan and my legs and abs are SO SORE!!!! LOL that tells you how out-of-shape I let myself become since I left Arizona. But I’m glad to be active again… I feel less guilty when I eat the foods that are less than healthy. OH! And my money has finally been deposited so I finally was able to pay him for being my trainer, and buy some new stuff for myself too. (You know how us girls like to get down…)
So I don’t have time to write much because I’m about to work on my 2nd song with Uness, but I did have time to record me singing One Republic’s “Apologize” for you all!!! So I hope you guys all enjoy!!!
So I’ve been working a lot the last few days, and it’s been great! I have completed one week of working out with Chanan and my abs, legs and arms are all SO SORE!!! That’s a good thing though, because it means that things are working! I also had a new hair appointment, and (as you can see) I’m back to straight hair. I like it… it feels a little like home LOL :D… Well, I still am going to keep it curly when I’m not wearing it straight, but since I’m doing shows now, I think this works better… just does. I have another video from my open mic this week, but I don’t know how to rip it off of the site! I had Evan help me last time and he’s not here right now… so, you’ll have to wait a little bit… but it’ll be worth it, promise! A whole song this time!
I saw my first snow, that was also cool… it’s been years since I’ve been in a place where it just snowed sometimes… like that. Um.. yeah. okay. LOL..
Hmmm… OH! So my bank account is finally open! Hooray! I have a source of money again - thank goodness! But I just got the news that my forbearance on my student loans ends TODAY so I either have to call them and get another one, or start paying! Eeeee!!! My dad gave me a request to sing something for him, so I’m going to see if I can’t find the music for it so that I can sing it for him. And working with Uness is awesome! We’re actually in the middle of working on some stuff right now, but I realize that I haven’t been updating as much as I should… so I took a breather to see if I could get something on here for you… I brought in some chord progressions and we laid down the start of something great - I can already tell.
Yesterday was my hubby’s birthday! We got to see Chicago on Broadway and it was very cool! It did kind of suck that his friends couldn’t come out after (they all had to work today), but we made a decent night out of it…. a nice dinner and a show… it’s like a cool date night! And I bought him a copy of Katt Williams Pimp Chronicles Pt. 1 and we laughed our heads off! SOOOOO funny!
Okay, so Evan just walked in and showed me how to rip the video… so here it is! I already have this one on YouTube, but the piano was really out of tune… so hopefully, this one is kind of better… it’s “In Your Arms” by Ryan Leslie and yours truly… enjoy!!! xoxo, Joy
Alright!!! So the last time I was on here, I sang a little Lauren Hill and I said that I had some shows coming up. Well, I did the two shows and they were a lot of fun! I sang on Monday and Tuesday night in New York and got some really great feedback and reviews from the people there. What a cool experience. I’m definitely going back!!! I was thinking of posting the videos, but I’m not sure I want those to be fully out yet since my cd isn’t released yet… so maybe a snippet or something.. we’ll see I met some guys that actually asked me to be a part of one of their showcases, so I’m going to keep in touch to find out more about when and how and where… If any of you are in New York when I do I show, please come by! I’m going to be posting on here when and where you can catch me.
So as for what else has been going on with me, weellll, the biggest news is I’ve been really sick lately which explains my absence.. I literally was in bed for two days this week, and could barely get out for longer than an hour on the others. I’m actually feeling much better today, so I’m here in the studio doing a little bit of work. Ummm I also set up my new bank account, I start training on Monday with Chanan aka Jakhamah, and I have a new hair appointment tomorrow (actually TWO new hair appointments tomorrow)… so I think the curly hair is going to be a little less consistent now a days… especially since I’m doing some shows now, and I want to look a little more glam. So yeah!!! Life got a little busy all of a sudden! But this feels really good. I’m also going to start work with another one of Next Selection’s finest, Uness.. We might work on writing some songs to sell to some artists and make a little money… Otherwise I literally have no other source of income.. check out Uness’ MySpace page too - boy can siiiiiiing like nobody’s business LOL!!! www.myspace.com/uness - seriously check this guy out! He and I are going to try and put some more music together for me so that I can finally finish this album and get my release ready to go! The last time my brother and I spoke, we’re looking at a Valentine’s Day release… My only concern is that I heard Janet Jackson is releasing an album in February and there’s no way I can compete with that icon! LOL… we’ll just see.
Five days until my husband’s birthday… any ideas on what to get him? I haven’t got a clue! LOL
But until then, here’s a little snippet for y’all… Hope you like it! LOL the song cut out midway through the last chorus, but it came back on… it was kind of funny… but I’ll let you all see for yourselves..
I met some guys that actually asked me to be a part of one of their showcases, so I’m going to keep in touch to find out more about when and how and where… If any of you are in New York when I do I show, please come by! I’m going to be posting on here when and where you can catch me.