Getting CurrentStorageAccountName is not accessible when trying to create a VM with a static IP

I’m have an Azure PowerShell challenge.

I am trying to create a VM with a static IP based on an existing disk.

I have run the following and can see my disk in the list of VM disks

Add-AzureDisk -DiskName $diskname -MediaLocation $medialocation -Label "bootdisk" -OS "Linux"

However when I run the following script:

Set-AzureSubscription -SubscriptionName "my subscrption"  -CurrentStorageAccountName "my storage account"


$vmImg = New-AzureVMConfig -Name $vmname -InstanceSize Large -DiskName $diskname -Verbose |
         Set-AzureSubnet -SubnetNames "my subnet" |
         Set-AzureStaticVNetIP -IPAddress "192.168.58.101"


New-AzureVM -ServiceName $cloudservicename  -VMs $vmImg -VNetName - "my vnet"
I get the following error:
New-AzureVM : CurrentStorageAccountName is not accessible. Ensure the
  current storage account is accessible and in the same location or
  affinity group as your cloud service
I did some research and found that is an issue when the cloud service already exits.  However, I have tried all the workarounds suggested
including allowing the New-AzureVM to create the cloud service. 
Have  you come across this?  The reason I need the static IP is that everything in the VM breaks if I allow dynamic IP.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.