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28th October, 2007
I’m packing two months into this diary. Not because not much has happened but because I didn’t get the chance to sit and write it down!
I’m thrilled to announce that my new single ‘ANOTHER DAY’ is finally being released on November 19. I’m so sorry we kept delaying it but I wanted to make sure we had the right mixes. I love what we’ve got now…. I hope you do too. I’ve posted a track on the site to give you a taste. There are 5 mixes in all on the release and you’ll be able to hear them all soon.
It’s been two years since I’ve released new music and I didn’t realise how much I’d missed it until right now. I’m back in the studio next week to start on the next single, ‘Take You Home’. That’s gonna be a sexy little number and I can’t wait to get started on it. And as usual, I’ll make sure we get some hot remixes for you to shake your grove thang to.
teamm8 launched with an incredible response and as the hands on director of the company I all of a sudden found myself with a 9 to 5 job! I quickly realised I had to add to my range so I knuckled down and designed a new story which we’ve gone into production for now. That’ll be out in February and you’ll want to get into these pants!
Also launching on November 21 is ‘Boy Around Town TV’. I can’t tell you how much fun I had shooting this show but I reckon you’ll be able to work that out when you see it. I’ve given you lots of eye candy to look at in it…. So you can thank me later. We’ve also got some laughs for you so be sure to catch it. Don’t worry, as my extra special friends I’ll shoot you off a newsletter to tell you where you can be the first to see it. So if you haven’t already signed up for the newsletter do it now and you’ll be kept in the loop.
Just like you’re the first to hear ‘ANOTHER DAY’. I gotta look after my friends. Let me know what you think. Its’ the song I had to write after I had my heart broken in a really bad way. But as it turned out, I was the fool. But you know what, you can’t keep a good man down and I’m ready to love bigger and better than ever!
Keep safe and happy,
Michal.
30th August, 2007
It’s been all about teamm8 this month. I think my music is starting to get a little jealous. But I have enough room in my heart for both of them. Not to mention Boy Around Town TV which we’ve been busily filming this month also. But as I say, August was teamm8 teamm8 teamm8!
My label is finally launching in September and believe me when I tell you that every day brings with it a new challenge. I’ve learned so much in the past twelve months. Things I never imagined I’d need to know but I built teamm8 from the ground up and I have been hands on from the beginning. So now I get to share the fruits of my labour and I’m SO EXCITED I can hardly contain myself.
We shot the campaign for teamm8 with some awesome blokes who are not only champions in the appearance stakes but also in life. We also shot a behind the scenes episode of the shoot for Boy Around Town TV and trust me, your gonna want to see this. I’ll keep you posted as to when you can.
We’re still a month off from having stock available but I am launching teamm8 with a competition that you can be involved in RIGHT NOW. Just log onto www.teamm8.com and check out the STAR PLAYERS, Jason, Marcos and Connor. These guys are everyday champions. Check out their individual profiles and cast your vote for the guy that inspires you the most. The STAR PLAYER with the highest number of votes will come forward to captain the next teamm8 campaign with 3 new rookies that you will also get to choose. It’s exciting stuff and I’m looking forward to seeing which guys you think have got what it takes to be the teamm8 STAR PLAYERS. So get online and start voting for your favourite bloke!
Even though teamm8 has taken the majority of my time this past month I did manage to spend some time getting the new single, ANOTHER DAY, ready for release. Another 2 mixes have come in and they sound awesome. Just a few finishing touches and we’ll be ready to release Oct 1. I’m sorry for the delay but I’m sure you understand sometimes schedules have to be shifted. Besides you’ve waited two years, another month or so can’t be too bad.
Ok kids so that’s what been happening this month. It’s now late on an unseasonably warm Sydney evening and I’ve still got a bunch of emails to tend to so I’m gonna sign off for now.
Keep safe and happy,
Michal.
29th July, 2007
I wasn’t kidding when I said I was going to make up for lost time, however I could’ve been slightly over ambitious to think I could launch all three of my new projects at the same time. There’s just not enough hours in the day so I’ve had to push back the release date of my new single, ‘ANOTHER DAY’ until October. I’m sorry, especially to all of you who have been patiently waiting for it. I can promise you this though; we’ll have a sneak peak up on this site in the next few weeks.
I’ve had to spend so much time working on my underwear label teamm8, that production on the single had to be pushed back. The vocals have been recorded and we have one mix already done but we’re getting a few more mixes from some great dj’s for your dancing and listening pleasure.
I shot the photos for the artwork and we went for something different this time…me with my shirt off. Ok that was a joke. I know, I’m half naked in practically all of my pics. But what the heck, it’s all a bit of fun. I spend enough time with my clothes on. Anyway, I got to shoot again with Daniel Shipp who is probably one of my favourite photographers to work with.
Daniel has shot quite a bit of my stuff and lucky for me he was in Sydney when we wanted to do this one. I’d like to say he flew in from Montreal especially for it but that would be stretching the truth just a little. As always, working with Daniel is a lot of fun and a lot of the time I have to try and pull a straight face after being in hysterical fits of laughter.
This time was no exception. I was really getting into the whole spirit of things and doing my uber model best to make love to that camera (whatever the hell that means) and Daniel was encouraging me to keep moving and trying different poses. So all I could hear is Daniel saying ‘that’s great Michal, yes that’s it’ and that clicking sound the shutter makes that makes you feel like a supermodel being snapped. Somehow I decided to change pose with every click, which was happening at lightning speed! I got so carried away that I ended up in the most ridiculous poses and had worked myself up into total Zoolander frenzy! We both collapsed in a fit of laughter half way through it and it was definitely time for a coffee break. It took a little while to get back in the sultry mood again after that. Especially seeing we had to capture something dramatic to suit the song.
Every song I write has a special place in my heart but this single has an extra special place. It marks my return to music after a two-year absence and it really talks about that dark period in my life that I mentioned in last month’s diary. Even though I can honestly say I’m the happiest I can ever remember being right now, it didn’t feel authentic for my return single not to reflect the difficult period I have just come out of.
I had a really tough time, professionally and personally, and I had to express my feelings about it in my music. When I first wrote ‘Another Day’, I could barely listen to it without being overcome with emotion. It just really reminds me of that time when I really felt my world was caving in on me. It sounds really dramatic now but it was how I felt. And now I just love hearing it because it reminds me that even though at the time you think you just can’t get through something, you know that you can and you will!
Anyway, I love dramatic music and songs. I almost always write in minor keys and my lyrics are always heartfelt. I can’t help it. So if you like that kind of stuff you’re gonna like ‘Another Day’. But fear not, it’s not all doom and gloom. I started writing the next single, ‘Take You Home’, and it’s a sexy little number. But you won’t have to wait as long this time as we plan to release that one end of November early December.
Apart from that, all of my time this month was spent working on getting teamm8 off the ground. We shot the teamm8 campaign also and have I got some behind the scenes footage for you! I have a feeling your all gonna love the teamm8 boys. But more about that next month.
Keep safe and happy,
Michal.
16th June, 2007
It’s been a long time coming but it’s finally here! My new website!! Wow I can’t believe it’s been six years since my first website went up. Where the hell does the time go??
Actually I can tell you exactly where it went. It certainly was an action packed few years and I can honestly say I’ve had the best and worst years of my life. I really have. I could lie and skim over the awful years but that would be like dismissing the pain, hurt and growth I’ve had during those times and that doesn’t seem authentic.
I also don’t want to dwell too much on past experiences but the whole idea for this diary page is for those of you who are interested in knowing a little more about me. So I will tell you the good and the bad…. I hope you don’t mind.
Firstly I have to thank all of you for sticking by me through a turbulent few years. Your messages of support and love have really been what have got me through, even though most of you knew nothing of what was really going on.
First there was a name change, then I just disappeared. The truth is I was ready to throw it all in a couple of years ago. I lost my faith in the industry and somewhat in the world around me, my personal world. Everything that I thought I wanted my entire life turned out to be just something that I thought I wanted. I always thought all that ever mattered to me was to be a successful pop artist, at whatever cost. Then all of a sudden I was in a position where I could have everything that I dreamed of but it definitely came at a price. A price, that as it turned out, I just couldn’t pay.
I don’t want to slag off the pop music industry but all I can say is that it wasn’t for me. Portraying something other than your true self just wasn’t something I was willing to do. Maybe in my twenties it would have been a different story, but in my thirties I figured I’d finally arrived at a time in my life where I didn’t want to be anyone else but me.
Infact it just wasn’t that I didn’t want to, I just couldn’t. It made me physically and mentally sick. Those two years that I disappeared from sight were the worst two years of my life. There was a lot of stuff said surrounding that period and as I made no public statement about it, I guess no one really knows what went on.
I’ve decided to talk about it not to set any record straight, but just to shed some light on the darkness that was. I was so fortunate as to have a wonderful support network around me who got me through it all. I hate to think what life would have been like without them. They know who they are. But if any of you ever go through a period in your life where you feel your world is closing in on you, for god’s sake reach out to someone for help. You cannot do it alone.
I’ve never been good at asking for help but learning to do that was my saving grace. And by help I mean personal and professional. It was a long road though and more personal crisis were ahead of me but once again, with the support network I had I managed to get through it. I know this sounds corny but even though they were awful times, I think I have learnt the most lessons to date. It took a long time but my love for music is back. For a while the thought of getting on a stage made me want to be sick. I couldn’t write songs, I couldn’t even listen to music. But let me tell you it’s a very different Michal today.
I’m back baby!!! I’m back in a big way….. my own way! I have my first Michal Nicolas release in over two years with my new single ‘Another Day’, which is released July 30th. It’s a completely independent release. I also have a new baby, my own underwear label called teamm8. I’m so excited about it I can’t wait to see guys wearing them. And I have my Internet TV show Boy Around Town TV, which launches in August.
I guess you could say I was making up for lost time. Damn right I am. There’s a power in acceptance and a resolve in being authentic that makes you feel like you can take on the world. It’s game on!!
Next month I’ll get you up to date on what’s happening on a monthly basis. I just felt I needed to fill in the blanks of the last few years first.
Keep safe and happy
Michal.
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