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I.LOVE.CHRISETTE.MICHELE. I am aware that I don’t know her so before you start being all sarcastic I will say I love the artist.The music.The very idea of someone who can think and write like Chrisette ( I like to think we’re friends so I call her by her first name lol).Anywway…I saw her live.In concert.Very close up Tuesday night in KCMO.I almost passed out several times.It was AMAZSOME!!! I’ll tell you about it.

My friend Meagan and I had been waiting on this for months. We drove into KC with time to spare(most of it was time that we had alloted for getting lost as we tend to do that). We pay to park in a very weirdly spaced garage and walk into the Midland. First of the Midland is a very fancy looking place.Its very ornate and there are paintings on the ceiling.Its the kind of place that makes you feel like you should “act like you got some sense”.

Right off I’m like “I want a t shirt!” so after some confusion about an ATM and some VERY noticable and objectifying (is that  word) flirting from the t shirt guys(“Really dude? “I’d love to see you model that small shirt.I know you got a lot going on under that shirt”) I got a shirt.Except it wasn’t the one I wanted because they had only super small sizes and I wasn’t happy about that.But what can you do? I wasn’t too mad about the flirting ,neither was Meagan it was harmless and funny.Also, in hindsight we,meaning Meagan,should’ve flirted a bit more and tried to get backstage.But I digress…

We had 6th row seats to the left of the stage.Apparently at the Midland that means 3rd row.Fine by me. *cue good seats happy dance* The opening act was Laura Izibor. I didn’t really know who she was before last night.I’m not gonna lie but people GET FAMILIAR. Her performance was great. She has a natural comfort that I look for in artists. Think…Alicia Keys(lazy comparison because she plays the piano and writes). Either way her voice is BANANAS and I def bought that CD.

After Laura…we waited.And waited…for Chrisette.It wasn’t that bad because Meagan and I used that time to check out that people in the theater and have a conversation that was probably very inappropriate considering our expensive looking surroundings lol

The only issue I had was that Chrisette has a very wide fan base.From 18-80 and they were all in there.That coupled with the prestigious surroundings made me feel like I should sit and be cordial.I didn’t want to sit and be cordial. Sometimes I wanted to be very loud and 21 years old.But I was sitting next to a lady who could have been my mother and she didn’t look like she was trying to have all that.

So I sat there and rocked like a manic in my seat being very well  behaved…considering.I think I was perfect I only whooped and screamed…most of the time Chrisette is one of the rare artists that actually sounds better live. I’ll say that one more time for the auto tune generation BETTER LIVE. I know…I know…its a crazy concept but it’s so amazing to see.

I’ve tried to think about how I can say this for a minute and I still haven’t come up with anything good enough.I might have to do a blog later just as a review. But Chrisette has a voice so distinct,so pure and powerful that I left that theater feeling like I had never accomplished anything in my 21 years.She is so good at what she does that you start to feel like you shouldn’t even try to do it.Just turn in your microphone on the way out. Here I am thinking that I’m a pretty decent singer and she comes out disrespecting everything that I even thought was talent.I officially quit singing in the shower!

But as long as Chrisette keeps doing what she does…I’ll just play my iPod while shower.No big deal