An evening with....

THE SHOW WAS A SUCCESS :-)

As I'm sure you all know, for the past few months all I have been banging on about my show! Well, wow, it was amazing! I was on such a high, I think I have only just come back down to earth from cloud 9!
The night before I was in London (see previous post) and I really think this helped me to relax and take my mind off from all the rehearsing.

The show was a complete sell out and everyone was calling up on the day trying to get some last minute tickets...and we still had people turn up on the door!! I was so taken aback by all the support that everyone was giving, it really was a day to remember.

I'm currently waiting on some videos so I will post them as soon as I have them (and vetted them ofcourse)!!

I've put some pictures below from the evening...


                                          Our decorated tables :-)
                                               

Champagne and Favours on arrival :-)

Me and Amy before we were about to go on Stage :-)

Me and Amy before people arrived :-)

Me Singing :-)

...Another performance pic :-)

My beautiful flowers I got on the evening :-)

Overall the whole night was a massive success and I got some gigs out of it, so it's all good :-)

I got some great feed back as well, which is always greatly appreciated....as is constructive criticism!

I'm back in the studio soon to do some recordings so keep a look out for some covers which my own take on them.

Speak Soon,

Love Yazi May xxx

Opening of London Fashion Week

Hi,

 

 

Wow have I been busy or what!! I have done soooo much stuff it's unreal! On Friday 17th I attended an opening party for London Fashion Week which was hosted by Fashion and Beauty Writer, and London Socialite, Nixalina Watson.

 

 

It was amazing! Situated at the Kensington Roof Gardens, when I arrived I got greeted with Champagne and picturesque views. I went to the party with my friend, and it was a completely different scene to how we would normally spend our Friday night! But it was amzing!

 

 

Nixalina had an array of entertainment for the evening, including an amazing band Early Morning Rebel (who I had the pleasure of meeting) and Made in Chelsea's Gabriella Ellis who sung her lungs out, wow has that girl got a voice or what!! There was also music from a musician from NY who stunned the crowd to silence and ofcourse a fashion show!

 

 

I met some really interesting people at this event and got some great advise as to how to progress my singing career. Advise from people within the music industry is invaluable and I'm so greatful for everyone taking the time to chat to me. Obviously, this wasn't a formal interview so I can't put exactly what they said but I got told to basically believe in myself and really try and promote my work and people will eventually start taking notice of me.

Nixalina has done a full write up of her event, which she should be soooo proud of because it really was the place to be at the start of London Fashion Week! You can access her blog at www.officialsexandlondoncity.blogspot.com

 

 

I'm going to start looking for people to help me create my first music video for my debut single "one for you" … so if you know anyone or you can help, get in touch!

Speak soon,

Yazi May xxx

A belated acknowledgement of a tragedy...

Dear Diary,

So the death of another legend has taken over our headlines. I'm still finding it hard to comprehend that Whitney Houston has actually died!? Last Saturday night I got home after an amazing evening with my friends and did the obligatory facebook check before getting in to bed and saw everyone's status. I turned on Sky news and was glued to it for hours. Whitney inspired me to sing, she is one of the ultimate singers of all time!

Many people are commenting saying how it's her own fault because of her (whether true or not) drink and drug addiction, but what it balls down to it is that a seriously talented lady has lost her life. Whitney (Houston) changed so many people's lives with her voice and her songs, me being one of them.

I think the openning speak LL Cool Jay gave at the Grammys was perfect for such occasion.

Whitney, we will always love you

Yazi May x

If he can do it, so can I!

Hey Peeps,

I hope you're all ok! Well it's now under 2 weeks until my show! aargh! I am nervous - to put it lightly! The night before my show I'm actually going out (crazy?)...but a friend of mine who is a successful fashion and beauty writer is having a party (not really sure what to call it??) which I am lucky enough to be on the guest list of! I'm really looking forward to this and I think it will be a good time to relax and socialise before I have to put my game face on and perform! You can access her amazing blog at:
http://www.officialsexandlondoncity.blogspot.com/

Anyway, as normal, I spent my day, dreaming at work. I was thinking about Simon Cowell and what really makes him so special? This man is at the epicentre of the music industry, how did he get there? Did he just fall in to the role that he does now? Or did he get knocked back by company after company but still had the determination to succeed? Well I'm going to find out!

I have always had nothing but admiration for this character, yes he is rude and yes he is blunt. But, music isn't fluffy clouds and candyfloss, it is rejection, it is hard work and tough skins!
Simon was bought up in Elstee in Hertfordshire and his dad was a music industry producer (pass #1). He got some standard grades and moved around a few jobs including acting as a runner on the film 'The Shining'. (ok fair enough he may have got this himself!) Ah here we go, he didn't get on with bosses or colleagues - he obviously showed early signs of this hard headed man we know today!...so his dad got him a job (albeit) in the mail room at, wait for it, EMI Music Publishing (pass #2)! "Hello Son, he is your career handed to you on a plate" "why thank you dad"! Don't we all wish our dads gave us that opportunity?!

It gets better.

He then became assistant to the labels A&R (artists and repertoire) man. Simon worked his way up (I am not knocking that he was obviously good at these jobs), and ended up being promoted to work on music publishing. Simon let EMI and worked with an host of other well known industry professionals. This includes Pete Waterman who he started working for at Fanfare Records. During this time he met his still good friend Sinitta. Fanfare hit troubled times, Cowell moved in with his parents and Fanfare records was forced in to the hands of BMG - who Simon subsequently became their A&R consultant.

Simon set up Syco (which owns the majority of talent competitions on our tele) and continues to work for Sony BMG and Sony Music Entertainment. He's had hits with the majority of people in our charts in some way or another and rules our Saturday night television.

All that aside. I love Simon Cowell.  I can't deny it. He knows his stuff and I'll give him his dues he is extremely good at it...but come on, his dad worked at EMI. It's the same thing as you taking over your parents family business. It's just comes to some people, and others it doesn't.

So after reading about how Simon's life panned out for him, I realise I'm still sitting here day dreaming. Somethings changed though, although I've always known how determined I am and how much I try to make things happen for me (because lets face it, no one else does it for you) - I know it's possible.

If he can do it, so can I...

Love Yazi May xxx

Who am I?

Dear Diary,

I've noticed that I have quite a few readers from all over the globe and thought to myself what are the chances that I have met you....probably not a lot! So I thought that over the next few days I'd give you an insight in to my life... with the help of facebook timeline I'll chose some photos that I have been "tagged" in over the past few years and let you know what I was doing. After being "tagged" in over 3000 photos this could be an epic journey! :-)

You may think this could be pretty boring...but honestly if you knew my life and especially my friends...you would not think my life is boring! LOL.

Ok, so firstly lets go back to 6th Form. I spent years 7-11 at the Grammar School near to where I live, and I met my group of friends there that I am still close with today...however at year 12, I changed schools, this was due to the classes that I couldn't take at my current school. I took A-levels in Performing Arts, Music and Sports Studies. I did however also start courses in Psychology and Photography but subsequently left these classes...- to the disappointment of the mother of course!

I thought I'd include a few photos of the musicals that I was involved in whilst at sixth form... Grease, Godspell and Back to the 80s.      Can you pick me out though??

I loved doing the musicals at school. I practically live in the performing arts block - but it all paid off when I achieved my A grade and the schools performing arts award when I left :-)

During 6th Form I represented my local area as Miss Teynham. I had to go to a selection and be chosen out of a group of girls. It is kind of like the very basics of a beauty competition - and I like to think I was chosen more on my personality rather than my nothing special looks! LOL

Here's me as Miss Teynham 2006 :-)

I was also chosen as Prom Princess in year 12 and Prom Queen in year 13. I still think the prom princess was a joke as it happened that me and a guy who I wasn't exactly best friends with, won together and had to pose for many pictures! LOL I think the Prom Queen came out of lots of campaigning to! I've included a couple of pics below from these events...

One thing you will get to know about me, is that me and my friends are a bunch of nutters, but to me they're perfect and I wouldn't wish it any other way. We love to dress up and have a good time...others may see it as us making fools of ourselves, but to me, it's how it should be. I've included a picture below of me and the girls dressed up a local nightclub to celebrate one of my best friends leaving for university... this will be the first of many photos you will see of me dressed up in fancy dress....!

I think many people will agree that memories and experiences really make people who they are today. All the people you have seen pictures of have in someway inspired me to follow my dream and keep working hard. "one for you" my debut single will be out soon, and I want everyone to know who I'm singing for, and hopefully who you would be singing it for if you were in my shoes...

Until next time,

Yazi May xxx

Patience Is a Virtue...

Bonjourno!

So I'm back on the radio tomorrow promoting my upcoming show with Amy-Jo. We will be on at about 2 o clock on BRFM 95.6fm. You can log in online and listen via your computer :-) My debut single will be getting an airing as well as lots of exciting information about my management deal!

Ticket sales are going steadily, they are just about to be unleashed on to the members of the Heritage Centre, so hopefully they will be sold out once they get offered to them! *Fingers Crossed*

Decorations are ordered, oh yes! We have put a lot of thought in to how we wanted to decorate the venue as we really wanted it to be intimate and romantic for everyone to relax and enjoy! If I could fill the venue with sofas and chase lounges, then it would be perfect! Haha!

Amy and I have decided to make individual promotional posters for us each to have at the side of the stage.., well, I am not the most artistic person and would probably make it looks cheesy rather than classy and raise comments like "I want to book that girl". So my amazing friend Esther is going to design mine for me :-) Esther is such a talented girl, and is really really artistic and fantastic on a computer! So THANK YOU ESTHER :-)

I've had a lot of interest on my Star Now (www.starnow.com/yazimay) account and am getting emails quite regularly. I'm going to sit down this weekend and work out exactly what offers I can accept and decide who to work with. If I could work with everyone then I would - it's just fitting it in!

My official facebook page has now gone live at www.facebook.com/yazimayofficial . Once I get to a decent amount of followers, I will start uploading recordings of me singing and the mastered copies of my songs.

My twitter followers are gradually creeping up! LOL. Don't forget to follow me @YaziMay

When I first met with Downtown Artists, they told me how long this process would be. I need to really put my patience hat on and keep working my butt off to try and get the recognition I (hopefully) deserve!! The next step I think I need to take is to actively look for gigs and appearences….so if anyone knows anyone who needs a singer…send them my way!


Hopefully you will all be listening to my interview tomorrow, if not, Speak soon

Love Yazi May xxx