It's no secret that I love Josh Groban. From the first time I heard his music I was hooked. He's so good at what he does. I've had many opportunities to hear Josh live and meet him. I have many autographs and fun stories to tell about my concert experiences and travel adventures. I have made a lot of great friends along the way and it has made my life a little richer to have these experiences.
Music has always been a huge part of my life. Music touches my soul and sweeps me away while I'm listening to it. Josh's music is soothing, exciting, intelligent, uplifting. It always takes me to a good place, which is something you can't say about most of the stuff you hear on the radio. Josh gets virtually no radio play, except for at Christmas time. This has not prompted him to change his style. He sings what he finds "fits" his voice and doesn't worry about being commercial. And now we have more proof that it doesn't matter.
Josh has been asked to sing at the opening ceremonies concert for our next president's inauguration. Of course he won't be the only singer, or even the headliner, but it just goes to show that you don't have to bow to popular opinion and commercial pressure to be thought of highly by people in high places. It's funny, Josh has sung for Presidents, Royalty, the Pope, Hollywood bigwigs, high profile political figures, for billions of people during the Olympics, and even little ol' me. He doesn't change. You won't find him in the tabloids doing crazy stuff. Impressing the press is not his thing. He's just Josh.
Josh will be performing "My Country Tis of Thee" and I can promise you it will be spectacular. I hope those who hear him enjoy it. I don't necessarily want him to gain more fans because of it, it's already getting more difficult to get face time than it was a couple of years ago. What I do hope for is that he gains a little more respect from the average listener. Unfortunately, when I mention his name 4 out of 5 times I still get "who??" as a response. Oh well, more for me.
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2 comments:
SO JEALOUS!!!!! I want a picture with Josh Groban. that is so cool. I have always wanted to meet him.
AWESOME!!! I will be watching!!! You know, the other day in one of my classes, we were asked to write down a list of 5 people, dead or alive, who we would want to have lunch with (could not be family memebers). I had Josh Groban down as one of them. 3 of the 5 in my group said, "Who?"
BAH!!!!
BTW... love your blog!! :-)
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