Ooooops! I did it again.

Ok. Nichole Ayanna here.  I disappeared again for about a week again.  I feel like I am really back on track though.  I had a lot of things to think about over the past week that I think, really took up my creative space.

I finally got some more training on actually doing my website.  There was a little learning curve…a little hurdle that I had to get over.  I couldn’t figure out how in the world to get my videos loaded into the website.  I thought I knew how to do it, but I was sooooo wrong.  I also needed to figure out how to load my Amazon.com recommendations.  This way I can share with you my favorite books, music, and other great trinkets,like the Flip video camera.  I got mine from Amazon at a great price and I love, so why not pass that bit of information on to you.  I also couldn’t figure out why, when you clicked over into my CDbaby.com website, that it did not allow my visitors to buy and download each song from my the Nik-Tash’Ta CD individually.  Finally, after about a month after I sent a “help me” email to CDBaby.com they responded, and told me what was wrong.  I had included our publishing company as the publisher of one the songs that we did on the album that was a remake.  I had to upload the correct publisher for the downloads to work properly.

That was a lot, right?  There are so many things that go into operating this website.  You’ve gotta remember, we just launched ion July, so this is all fairly new to me.  But, stay with me as I grow it and it becomes more full of wondreful music and videos, and other things that I love.  Let me know what you would like to see more of on my website.  I know I need to get the videos up.  As you see, that’s what I’ve been working on… More music and more photos are coming too…anything else?

I Don’t Know Where To Begin

My mind is going a million miles a minute with all of the things that I would like to accomplish today.   I want to be able to get that video done of me practicing one of my favorite songs in the car…it may be easier to tape it after I get home;-).  I’ve been singing a song that my Dad wrote for me years ago called Where were You.  It’s definitely a challenging song to sing.  It really works the range of my vocal ability but definitely can get my vocals in shape with a consistent practice of it.  It’s a jazzy R&B, love ballad, similar to the songs in the likes of Anita Baker ( another great black female singer i haven’t mentioned in the past).  My dad wrote it when I was recording at the age of 16 years old.  There were live musicians in the studio…a baby grand piano, live drums, and even an upright base.  My voice, even at 16 was thick, low, and strong.  I re-sang that song again when my sisters and I recorded our self titled debut full lengthed CD, Nik-Tash’Ta.  I think it’s track # 6.  Check it out at www.cdbaby.com/niktashta .

I also want to be able to get a run in, put a wireless router on my computer, get into my email newsletter system and work on some stuff, and upload some pictures into my, Nichole Ayanna website here, BUT, I would be spreading myself too thin.   Doing all those things would be a little…ambitious.  We’ll see what thinga I was able to accomplish by the end of the day and I’ll update you on it tomorrow.  Hopefully, you are able to that video in the next few days or so.  Oh yeah, happy day 3 of the 90 day challenge.  How are you doing on the challenge, if you are doing it with me?