Ingrid Michaelson
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| Born | 1979 (Age 28) |
| Origin | Staten Island, New York, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Indie pop / folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, piano |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Label(s) | unsigned/independent |
| Website | Official site MySpace |
Ingrid Michaelson (born 1979)[1] is a New York-based indie-pop singer/songwriter.
Her music has been featured on numerous television shows as well as the in Old Navy Fall 2007 Fair Isle Sweater advertising campaign.[2] Most notably, Michaelson's songs have been selected as soundtracks for emotional scenes on Grey's Anatomy[3] and One Tree Hill.[4]
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[edit] Biography
Michaelson was born to artistic parents. Her father is composer Carl Michaelson and her mother Elizabeth Egbert is a sculptor as well as the Executive Director & President of the Staten Island Museum. She took up piano at age 5. She had trained until age 7 at Manhattan's Third Street Music School and continued for many more years at the Jewish Community Center of S.I.'s Dorothy Delson Kuhn Music Institute. There she met vocal coach Elizabeth McCullough, who worked with her through high school.[5]
She is a graduate of Staten Island Technical High School and Binghamton University, where she received a degree in theater.[5]
[edit] Television
"The Way I Am", featured in Old Navy Fall 2007 Fair Isle Sweater advertising campaign.[6]
A number of her songs have featured in the television drama Grey's Anatomy:
- "Breakable" was featured in "Staring at the Sun" (16 November 2006).
- "The Way I Am" was featured in "Six Days (Part 1)" (11 January 2007).
- "Corner Of Your Heart" was featured in "Testing 1-2-3" (13 September 2007).
- "Keep Breathing" was featured on the 17 May 2007 season 3 finale, "Didn't We Almost Have It All".
- "Sky", a Joshua Radin song in which Ingrid features was used in season 4 episode 15 "Losing My Mind".
- "Giving Up", a new song, was featured in the 22 May 2008 season 4 finale, "Freedom".
Other television placements:
- "Masochist", featured in One Tree Hill, Season 3, Episode 13: "Pictures of You"
- "Overboard", featured in One Tree Hill, Season 3, Episode 14: "Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers"
- "Breakable", featured in The Real World: Denver, Season 18, Episode 9: "Outward Bound"
- "The Way I Am", featured in The Real World: Denver, Season 18, Episode 7: "The Kissing Disease"
- "The Way I Am", featured in The Bad Girls Club, Season 1, Episode 6: "The Trouble With Boys"
- "Die Alone", featured in The Bad Girls Club, Season 1, Episode 5: "Old With the Old, In With the New"
- "Far Away (Untitled)", featured in The Bad Girls Club, Season 1, Episode 4: "A Tomik Bomb"
On Valentine's Day 2008, Ingrid was featured on the Good Morning America television show where she performed several of her songs. On the following day, she appeared on Live with Regis and Kelly. She has also appeared on VH1, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, the AT&T blue room, NPR’s Bryant Park Project and also on the Carson Daly show where she and Joshua Radin performed Josh's new song "Sky". On April 15, 2008 she appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno where she performed "The Way I Am" from her CD "Girls and Boys".
[edit] Discography
- 2005 - Slow the Rain
- 2007 - Girls and Boys
[edit] Audio interviews
- Interview from Amazon Wire Podcasts, Amazon.com, 17 April 2008
- Interview from Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio, 21 May 2007
[edit] Articles
- Baby, Remember Her Name by Jodi Lee Reifer from Staten Island Advance AWE, 24 May 2007.
- The Way I Am, featured in Old Navy Fall 2007 Fair Isle Sweater Campaign\Commercials
- "Ingrid's Anatomy" Interview by Mario Spinetti, movmnt magazine - "Got Fame?" Issue - Fall 2007
- "Singing Her Way From Obscurity to Fame on the Internet" New York Times Dec. 18, 2007
- Article in The New York Times, 1995
[edit] Other Press
- 01.07.08 Billboard Magazine, check out Ingrid on the "cover of Billboard Magazine"
- 12.30.07 Philly ABC 6, Philadelphia’s ABC 6 news features Ingrid on their "In Tune segment"
- 12.18.07 New York Times, "Singing Her Way From Obscurity to Fame on the Internet"
- 10.09.07 "Meet Ingrid Michaelson: The Woman Behind That Old Navy Sweater Song"
- 09.21.07 Last Call with Carson Daly "Performance" - Video
- 09.10.07 Music Connection, ""Q & A With Ingrid Michaelson""
- 08.25.07 Backstage With Barry Nolan, "Interview and performance" - Video
- 08.04.07 Plum TV, "Interview and performance" - Video
- 05.24.07 SILive.com, ""Baby, Remember Her Name""
- 05.22.07 Talk of the Nation, NPR, ""The Making of Musicians on MySpace""
- 05.18.07 Good Morning America, "Interview" - Video
- 05.17.07 The Wall Street Journal, ""Singers Bypass Labels For Prime-Time Exposure""
- 12.31.06 SILive.com, ""A to Z, a 2006 art review""
- 12.24.06 The Palestra, ""Watch for Ingrid Michaelson in 2007"" - Video
- 12.10.06 The Palestra, ""Midweek Music Show"" - Video
- 12.06.06 Reg's Coffee House, ""Feature of the Week""
- 11.03.06 The WXPN All About The Music Blog, ""My Morning Download""
- 10.29.06 Fingertipsmusic.com, ""This Week's Finds""
- 08.07.06 Stage Hymns, ""An Interview with Ingrid Michaelson""
- 07.02.06 DiscoveringArtists.com, ""Ingrid Michaelson: Girls and Boys""
- 06.17.06 Touring the Indies: "Ingrid Michaelson"
[edit] Notes
- ^ Singing Her Way From Obscurity to Fame on the Internet - New York Times
- ^ Old Navy Commercial, Fair Isle Sweater Collection, Ingrid Michaelson, The Way I Am « Gary Savelson
- ^ The Making of Musicians on MySpace. NPR Talk of the Nation (21 May 2007). Retrieved on 25 May 2007.
- ^ One Tree Hill Featured Music. CW (n.d.). Retrieved on 25 May 2007.
- ^ a b Baby, Remember Her Name. Staten Island Advance AWE. (24 May 2007). Retrieved on 14 August 2007.
- ^ Old Navy Commercial, Fair Isle Sweater Collection, Ingrid Michaelson, The Way I Am « Gary Savelson
