Muuuuusic.

Everyone loves music, right? Whatever you listen to, how often, or for what reasons, I assume no one has a hatred of music.

There are so many great artists out there. So I think I will occasionally do a blog post that spotlights on a specific one, and talk about them.

So for my first one, I am doing Ingrid Michaelson.

Ingrid Michaelson is 32 years old. She was raised in an artsy family and grew up playing the piano. She has released four albums since 2005, and there is one coming out later this January. She sings in a mostly soprano pitch. Honestly, the way she sings has given me goosebumps on multiple occasions.

Personally, I think most know of her because of her song, "The Way I Am."
(Yes, the following video got the title slightly wrong.)

I know that was true of me, until a friend got me to listen to her other songs. She writes nearly all of her own songs, and has had a good number of them featured on television shows and in movies.

I find many of her songs powerful, such as Men of Snow, which uses a really simple metephor, explaining that one day, we will all die. (It sounds extra-depressing when I word it that way, but it's not that bad.) She has many great love songs, which I enjoy because, for a number of them, they are like none I've ever heard. To generalize, a lot of songs out there are about the exact same things and situations, and often it just gets old for me. Some of her songs that I think are not so cliche are Are We There Yet?, Die Alone, and Sort Of.

I also find that a lot of her songs have great imagery and metephors, such as in the song, The Chain, the opening line is, "The sky looks pissed, the wind talks back. My bones are shifting in my skin, and you, my love, are gone." I really love the way she personified the sky and wind.

Other songs like that include, Ghost, Mountain and the Sea, and Soldier.

In conclusion, I believe Ingrid is an amazing musician, and deserves many more fans.