Now that's what I call Music...

Today has been quite busy for me as I've been up and down London working.
I'm tired and my muscles are sore,  however...somewhere between being tired and sore I managed to fit in some retail therapy and treated myself to loads of bits and pieces! I even came home and done a fashion show for myself lol!

This evening I had a jamming session with a Guitarist. OMG, I loved it! My songs came alive and the guitar added another dimension.
Having a live instrument present made me feel more connected and it definitely helped bring out my vocals.

My Guitarist was excellent. He took on board everything I asked and was even doing some improvisation which was just awesome!

I have no idea why i didn't do this before??
Not only can I write and make music with him, he has agreed to do open mic nights and gigs with me, woohoo!
I haven't done any performances just yet but defo see a bright future for us!

I cannot wait till our session next week :)
I'll be recording some of our sessions and posting them here and on You Tube so stay tuned...

Anyhoo, I have to be up at 5.30am so I need to sort my life out for work in the morning.

Goodnight xx

Cheeeeeessse!

I've just written a well cheesy song haha! But I'm feeling pretty uplifted :)

Its about not giving up and reaching for your dreams and I personally think that if you put your mind to something anything is possible!

Night People xx

Excitement!

I don't have much to say today!!...However,I'm UBER excited because I've arranged a jamming session with a guitarist.
Having live instruments can really give songs a different edge, so we're gonna have some fun tomorrow and create some melodies for new songs as well as working on some acoustic versions for the songs I have already written!

Also hoping to get in the studio either this weekend or sometime next week which is going to be fun fun fun!!

Now I'm off to do an hour of music then time for bed...x

What a day...

I tried my best to be productive today and I've done well!

I managed to blog earlier on today and uploaded another one of my songs called 'Flowing Through My Veins'. So far I've had some positive feedback and it feels great to know that the people that have listened appreciate my writing and singing.

I done some writing today...not as much as I would've liked but a good start. I will carry on tomorrow as I have a huge gap between Training.

I felt like i wasted a lot of time recording a video for You Tube. My aim was to upload a live video of me doing a cover and i chose Adele's 'Rolling In The Deep'. It's a great song and I've been hearing it loads on the radio, TV etc so thought it was a good choice. I'm uber critical of myself and won't upload anything that I'm not confident about. 

I done recording after recording and I wasn't sure about them so I need to get a second opinion from a family member as they're always honest and have my best interest at heart.

At some point my rendition of Adele's song will be put up, hopefully sooner than later!

I'd like to say a huge thanks to the Friends that have shared my blog and have continued to visit, I think you're ALL awesome!!!

Goodnight...xx

Lets Get Busy...

Today my Clients cancelled so I'm seizing this opportunity to get some work done!

I have set myself some tasks today and I feel they're easy to accomplish considering I have plenty of time. The more the better, there is no limit on what I can achieve today...I'm excited!!!

Below is a song I just uploaded onto You Tube. I wrote and recorded it a few months back and I feel its still a bit rough but I wanted to get it out there anyway.
So take some time out and have a listen...x

Summer Time :)

I had a lovely weekend, hope you all did too!

Yesterday was the start of British Summertime woohoo! The weather can really dictate your mood so hopefully the Sun will be shining loads and I'll feel really inspired.

This week isn't looking crazy busy so I'm optimistic about it being productive.
My aims for this week are:

To really focus and push myself. Defo need to step things up a level and STOP letting myself get away with not working towards my Goal!

Happy Monday...x

Jazz Hands!

This afternoon I went to the Wimbledon Theatre to watch my friend in Hairspray! It was excellent.

I'm a big Musical Theatre fan as I grew up watching Musicals with my Mum and Big Sister, a favourite of ours being The Sound Of Music.

I've been involved in performing arts ever since I could remember and started Ballet at the age of 3.
By the time I was 6, I went on to learn Tap,Singing and Acting and over the years learnt Flamenco, Modern Dance and Contemporary. At 16, I went on to study Musical Theatre at college.

Being at the performance today made me realise why I loved performing so much...It reminded me of being up there on the stage and the incredible rush you get!

One day I hope to be performing my own material on stage for thousands of people and singing my heart out. I know that if I work hard enough that Dream will come true...

Productive day in the Sun...

What a lovely day it was in London Town! The Sun was shining, people were a lot more pleasant and I was able to take out my gorge Dior sunnies. Summer's approaching woop woop!

So...I blogged earlier and one thing I mentioned was my task list. The question is did I reach my target? Answer is...Almost!


1. Start book on music business- Haven't done that just yet but will read a couple chapters before I hit the pillow and snuggle with my kitten Baileys.

2.Write at least 1 complete song- I did write today, but didn't finish the songs. I was sitting in Regents Park this afternoon and was sooo inspired! I brainstormed loads of concepts and matched some of them to the instrumentals I had on my iPod which will make my life nice 'n' easy when I get stuck in and write tomorrow.

3.Download Instrumentals- Check! There are quite a few songs out at the moment that I'm enjoying so I now have the instrumentals on my iPod.

4.Upload audio/video onto You Tube- Check! It took me a while but with the help from a friend I eventually managed.

The song is called 'Because Of You' and I wrote and recorded it a couple of weeks ago.I am planning to do an actual video of me singing along to the instrumental. I hope you enjoy...x

Bored!

I've been up since 5.15 because I had to train a client early this morning. On arrival home, I  felt so aggravated and bored!!
I know that I get bored easily...with life...people...work...and routine, so its important for me to keep switching things up in order to stay interested and stimulated.

Times like these motivate me to focus on what is truly important to me and that is my Singing Career.

My day isn't to hectic today so no excuses!! My set tasks for today are;

-start my book on the music business
-write at least 1 complete song
-upload song onto You Tube (video/vocals)
-download more instrumentals of popular songs

Have a great and productive day!...xx

Dizzy!

Today wasn't my most arduous work day but it seemed it! During my sessions today I felt unwell...Slightly qweezy in my stomach and most definitely light headed!

I have no idea what it was but maybe I'm not eating right? I think I'll take a trip to a nutritionist at the end of the month.

Since getting home, I organised my I-Tunes and added some more music from an external hard drive.
I'm currently looking through my instrumentals to get some inspiration to write but can't really think of any topics!

If you have any ideas please leave a comment, email zeria.hamilton@gmail.com or tweet me @ZeritaHamilton. Would love any suggestions :)

Enjoy our evening! xx

Dedicated to Baileys...

Happy Monday Everyone...Well except for me!

I've wanted a Kitten since forever and it just so happened that I was fortunate enough to know somebody who had to give theirs up!
My Family were totally against it as they explained that they had developed allergies to Cats but I LOVE them so wasn't particularly bothered to be honest and as far as I knew I was OK so it was goodtimes!


I couldn't wait for the gorgeous Baileys to arrive I was sooo excited when I found out Iwas getting him yesterday.
After getting him settled I went to bed but woke during the night with a stuffy and nose and knew me and Baileys weren't off to great start. 
Things only seemed worse this morning which has made me terribly sad as he is the PERFECT Kitten :(


I went to work today knowing that my time with him would be short lived and I'm completely devastated.


I'll be song writing this afternoon as I have a little while before I have to leave out for my evening client so I'll be stroking him until I can no longer handle sneezing!

I guess my Family were right...Stupid allergies!!!

Meet the Gorgeous Baileys xx

Recovering...

So last night was Friday woop woop! I went out to a club and had a great time :) Amazing tunes, awesome people and just an all round nice atmosphere...

After an eventful evening, I spent most of the day recovering from an extremely late night well more like early morning!
Today wasn't very productive at all! I just ate loads and hung out with my family...

Hopefully over the next few days I'll do better..xx

It's Friday!

Yaaay, the weekend has begun!

Today has been pretty mellow for me. My 7am client cancelled our session so I had a little lie as my next session wasn't until 11am.
I'm glad this week has come to end because this the last few weeks for me have been exhausting.

Tonight I will be letting my hair down and going out  to club! I feel like I haven't had a night out in ages...
For the rest of the evening i plan to do some cleaning, wash my hair, spend some time writing and then get ready to paarrrrtaaay! lol

Have a great Friday Everyone...xx

Jamming Session with the Family!

This evening my brother and sister in law come over for dinner and we ended up discussing my music over the table. I got a little defensive because my brother insisted that "song writing is NOT difficult" and no it's not difficult all the time but there are days when nothing comes to mind and you're just uninspired!

I wanted to put his statement to the test so I decided to invent a song writing game...
The game consisted of me selecting 4 instrumentals of popular songs that i had on my computer and we all had to choose a group topic to write about . All we had was a pen, paper and our creativity! Let the lyrics flow!!!


My family were able to see the creative process of writing and It ended up being so much fun! They all had such great ideas (which will conveniently end up in my song book haha)

After our song writing challenge, I showcased a few of the songs I had written last week and they gave me such great feedback, I was really chuffed :)

I felt that over the last few days, my job had been taking centre stage leaving my music behind the scenes! I have definitely been lacking in motivation in regards to writing and tonight has absolutely opened a chapter for me...

Back in action...

Today was yet another busy day... My day started at 7am and I arrived home at 9pm!

On my arrival home, I felt so tired...and all I could think about was all the things I needed to do!
My solution was to ask my Mum (who is the coolest) to organise my tasks for the evening as I was completely stressing.

Thankfully, all the things I needed to do tonight are done! Woo Hoo!!! Which leaves me with an hour do to some songwriting and at midnight I'll head off to bed!...xx

Where has the day gone?

So I'm finally home after a loooong day at work, I literally got in at 21.50! How do I make time for everything? With such short breaks between clients and spontaneous training sessions being scheduled my music is craving some serious attention and is suffering!

I've been home for an hour and I've had a glass of juice, hopped in the bath, done some washing, sent work emails and now I'm sitting here in front of my computer blogging.
Is it me or are there just not enough hours in the day?
I'm very much aware that on days like these, coming home and writing or doing something constructive in order to reach my goals will show my dedication...but after such a long day (that is still not over) where do I fit in my writing, singing, reading? I recently purchased a book by Donald S.Passman- 'All You Need to Know About the Music Business' and I haven't even read the first page!!

I have a lot to do this week so hopefully I'll complete all my tasks!!......xx

Caught up!

I've totally been slacking with the blogging over the last few days! Work had me completely worn out and all i literally wanted to do was come home an jump in bed.

My music suffered towards the latter part of this week but I will start a fresh, with a positive outlook on the upcoming week and aim to be very productive, no matter how tired or caught up I may get.

On Saturday, I headed over to Somerset House for the "What's Next Songwriting Day". The event consisted of various people who have been involved in the music industry giving advice and discussing important topics such as, Copyright Laws, Time Management, Applying skills in different areas of the industry, Management, and a few other things. It was very interesting and i was able to take down some factual and valuable notes.
The event was also a great opportunity to be around like minded people and network.

This week I will be sure to update EVERYDAY, however brief the posts may be!

Have a great week, lets make it a productive one...xx

Image via- Dayscore 

Worn out!

Today has been extremely busy and quite frankly, I'm EXHAUSTED!
I've been training clients from 10am until 17.45 and was literally nodding off on my tube journey home, how eeeeky!

I haven't had time to complete the song i started yesterday as today has just been GO GO GO, and with the next few days looking even busier I don't know when I will...but you can't have success without sacrifice so I'll have to make up the hours lost on a less busy day.

Tomorrow my schedule is crazy so wish me luck :)

Goodnight everyone x

Don't you LOVE when the Sun shines?

I'm totally loving the sunny weather in London at moment! Weather definitely affects your mood and this sudden outbreak of sunshine has left me feeling happy, vibrant and extremely positive.

On my travels to and from work, I finished the song I started yesterday and on my arrival home I sung and tweaked what i had come up with.

After enjoying some eggless pancakes, i decided to get back to writing and started a song about Travelling. There are so many places that I'd love to visit and explore, so i thought I'd write a song about it! I haven't finished it just yet but i have some great ideas and I'm hoping that it'll make everyone want to hop on plane ASAP!

I had a great conversation with a rapper/producer friend of mine and I will be recording a track with him on Friday which i am very excited about. Featuring on songs and working with different artists is an amazing experience. You get to dabble in genres that aren't necessarily your style but it gives you the opportunity to develop in all areas.
On that note, I will leave you with an Ambient House track that i featured on earlier this year.

Sadiq Bello, featuring myself- 'Loving You'....Relax and Enjoy x

No rest for the wicked!

So today is my first blog entry, how exciting! I'm hoping that this blog will enable me to vent and express how i'm feeling on daily basis.

Life as a Tracy Anderson Trainer can often be tiring but i won't complain as i get to train interesting people each day and generally have free time to focus on my passion...Music!

My day consisted of Work and giving my room a spring clean as i feel that being in a neat, organised environment helps clear your mind of distraction.
I managed to write 3/4's of a song which i will most definitely finish tomorrow and write another!
A moment ago I sang what i had written to my Mum and she loved it! I'm pretty sure she wins the trophy for my #1 Fan.
It really is amazing knowing that my Family and loved ones are so supportive of my career choice and have always been there pushing, encouraging and showing that they're behind me 100%.

Its 2011 and im stopping at nothing to make it a productive year and already, ive made some positive movements in the right direction. The weeks and days are flying by and time stops for no one so in the wise words of my elder brother "Lets get busy!!"