Man, I was harsh

So I've been thinking about it, and I feel really bad about being as harsh as I was to a few of the bands who played Mile High Music Festival, namely Ingrid Michaelson and O.A.R. and the fans of such bands. These musicians work their butts off to make the music that they truly love, and this music truly speaks to the fans of the music, and I was too critical of it. Some of the music I heard at the Mile High Music Festival was just not for me, plain and simple, but I do know that an incredible amount of people went to the festival and had the time of their life, and more power to them. There needs to be more appreciation of the arts in my opinion, and I should not have looked down on some of these bands as harshly as I did. No, no one e-mailed me and told me I was being too harsh, I just thought about how I would feel if I had been reviewed so harshly. Anyway, everyone who played the Festival was there for a reason: they're talented, hard working musicians that good people enjoy.

In other news: I'll be posting my review of the HEALTH show just as soon as I finish watching Electroma.

Mile High Music Festival Wrap-Up Pt. 9

Again thanks to previous obligations, on Day 2 I arrived a little later than I would have wanted to. I missed the Whigs, a band I was super excited to see. I hope they did well.

The Whigs - Like a Vibration

I did arrive in time to see Ingrid Michaelson, however. At times her soft folky songs were almost over taken by the mindless babbling that was going on inside the tent, which was a shame, because there is a certain amount of beauty in Ingrid's music. After a while, though, I wasn't really too concerned with whether or not she was being overpowered, because, frankly, she was a little obnoxious. One particularly spicey phrase kept coming to mind when I was thinking about describing the show, and it was that "I prefer a little more modesty in my Newly Famous Indie Pop Divas." Seriously, she's been on the scene since maybe 2003, and, while a talented pop writer (i.e. she knows what sounds just cute enough to pull people in), she's probably only famous because of a couple lucky shots with TV commercials and TV shows. The Way I Am is a damn cute song, but it doesn't mean that you can act like the audience is just a bunch of puppets for you play with. I don't know, maybe she just has a harsh personality, but maybe she has let all this press get to her head too fast. Ingrid, maybe be on the (brokensocial)scene as long as lil miss Leslie has been, then you can toy with people (though even Leslie wouldn't do that [i've seen her, she loves her audience]).

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Okay, so that was really harsh. I did like her music, and chances are she's not a bad person. It was a good performance.

Ingrid Michaelson - The Way I Am

Mile High Music Fest '08 Sampler, pt. 4

The Photo Atlas - The Walls Have Eyes
Ferras - (myspace)
John Mayer - Slow Dance in a Burning Room (w/ Ben Harper)
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Stairway to Heaven
Ingrid Michaelson - (myspace)
Flogging Molly - You Won't Make a Fool Out of Me
The Roots - 75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction)
Martin Sexton - I’ve Got a Feeling (Beatles Cover)
Grace Potter and The Nocturnals - Stop The Bus