Chords for Ingrid Michaelson on Working with Sara Bareilles, Twitter

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[Db] Her musical style is notable [Ab] for its clever lyrics and [Bbm] piano-driven melodies.
[Gb] Hi, I'm Rebecca Brayton and welcome to [Db] WatchMojo.com.
And today [Ab] we're speaking with Ingrid Michelson [Gb] about her evolution as an artist and her collaborations
with other musicians.
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_ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] Now I always like to get [Bbm] the artist's take [F] on their musical [Bb] evolution, kind of from when
you first [Gb] began to today.
So how [Eb] would you describe it?
Well, I went to school for [Abm] musical theater, so I feel like my_
And [F] I didn't start writing until after college, so I think a lot [Db] of my initial [Ab] early on pieces
were very [Bbm] musical theater-y, so very [Gb] showy.
And I didn't [Db] really know anything about the music world.
[Ab] I kind of thought I had to fit this [Bbm] mold of this female singer [Gb]-songwriter kind of [Db] a niche.
I remember getting [Ab] Regina Spektor's album Soviet [Bbm] Kitsch and _ [Gb]
Transantlanticism by [Db] Death
Cat from Cutie in the same summer.
[Ab] I think it was the summer of [Bbm] 2004.
And [Gb] I just_
Those two [Db] records on repeat all [Ab] summer.
And I thought to myself, [Bb] I can write about [Bbm] whatever I want to write about.
I can say [Gb] whatever I want to say, does it really matter?
[Db] And then [Abm] I started writing my [Ab] first album that I [Bbm] really do_
[F] I'm still proud of.
It's called [Gb] Girls and Boys.
There was one before that that I don't really talk about.
But [Ab] with Girls and Boys, I picked up a guitar, taught myself guitar, and I wrote a lot [Bbm] of
songs on the guitar, which [Db] opened up a whole new world of songwriting for me.
And I [Ab] just started becoming a lot [Bbm] freer with the things I [Gb] said and [Db] how I said them and
how I was on stage.
And [Ab] that was sort of a turning point for me.
And I'm [Bbm] just kind of honing [Gb] my craft now.
But I feel like I [Db] am in a place where I know what I [Ab] want to say and I'm comfortable.
And [Bbm] I feel like I'm not trying to [Gb] be anything.
I'm just, [Db] you know, being [Ab] myself.
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You've [Ebm] done quite a few collaborations [Eb] over your career.
Tell us about [Ab] a few of your favorites and maybe how it kind of differs from [Ebm] when you
would do a solo effort.
I wrote a [F] song with Sara Bareilles called Winter Song, which is on_
We were asked to [Bbm] do it.
Somebody asked us to write [Db] a song for a [Gb] holiday CD [Bbm] compilation.
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_ [Gb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ I knew her [E] a little bit.
We had met a few times and we clicked, got along very well.
Our birthdays are one day apart, [Db] same year.
So we wrote a song back and forth [Gb] on our garage band, you know, on our Apple [Db] computers and
just back and forth, back and forth until it was done.
And we met in a studio a few months later, recorded it, and it was done within two [Ab] or three hours.
And it was a very [Bbm] easy experience.
I've had times where you kind of sit down to write with [Ab] somebody and you just_
It's very difficult.
But with [Db] her it was very easy and I hope we'll [Eb] get to do it.
We've talked about doing more.
Just very hard when two people have very busy schedules and they live on [Bbm] other sides of
the country to get together.
But that was a_
[Ab] That's a very special_
So I love the song so much.
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had your music featured on Grey's [Db] Anatomy and I believe also Scrubs and, you know, quite
a few places.
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[Db] Now, obviously, that is a way to get your music out [Ab] to, like, a [Bbm] vast audience.
[Gb] What would you say are some of today's artists' most [Ab] valuable kind of marketing goals, if
[Bbm] for lack of a better term?
I think a lot [Gb] of people are [Db] TV placements, commercial placements, [Ab] movies.
Radio is [Gb] still valid, at least in the States.
[Db] I use Twitter a lot.
I [Ab] find that that's a really [Bbm] easy way to [Gb] connect with people [Ebm] very directly, but still [Bbm] maintain
my privacy, you know.
[Ab] It's almost like there's too many outlets now.
[Eb] They used to be like, [Bbm] you know, radio [Ab] and TV.
That was it, kind of a thing.
Or, you [Ebm] know, you build up slow and you get_
You have a cult [F] following, that kind of thing.
Now, it's just there's so [Bbm] many_
There's so many outlets and there's so many more bands now, I think, [Gb] or we're aware of
them more because of the Internet.
And [Gb] I think things are getting very [N] diluted and it's difficult for anybody to kind of
poke a hole through the screen, you know, because there's so many people trying.
There's not, like, one way anymore.
[Gb] There's just lots of little [Db] ways.
Hopefully, one of those will [Ab] lead to something.
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_ [Bbm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] How would you [Ab] describe your relationship with your [Bbm] fans?
I mean, in terms of, you know, [Gb] the social media aspect and that [Db] kind of thing.
I tend to be kind of silly.
A lot [Ab] of my silliness comes out [Bbm] on stage and [Db] when I'm, you know, writing [Ab] blogs or on Twitter or something.
[Bbm] I'm a pretty normal human.
I'm not like a crazy clown.
But when I get on stage, I don't [Ab] know what happens.
I just want to make people [Bbm] laugh.
I think I have [Gb] a very nice relationship [Db] with my fans because I'm [Fm] always making them smile,
I hope, anyway.
[Gb] And then sometimes my music makes them cry because it's sad, [Bb] blah, blah, blah.
But then, you know, I dance around like a fool to a Britney Spears song and they're happy.
Well, thank you very much.
You're welcome.
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