Spotlight on Jason Mraz – the new Cohen?
A good artist can spin a yarn with songs, while at the same time knowing how to release excellent hits which have no real message to them but make you smile nonetheless. To boot, some of my favourite albums incorporate a whole tapestry of emotions and feelings, ranging from the sad stuff to the cheesy feel-goods.
But that’s just on the recorded medium. Ideal qualities for a live musician? It sounds obvious, but the artist should be able to pull off their own music at least as well as they do in the studio, if not better. That’s sadly lacking for many these days.
In addition, a musician who can meld the audience like putty in his hand with his natural charm and ability to command the stage is a bonus. Of course, there’s only a handful of artists that have all these qualities as well as being great songwriters.
One of them is Jason Mraz.
The guy is so naturally talented that he’s well known for his ability to completely reinvent a song on the spot. His catalogue shows not just inventiveness and great technical skill, but a way of showing it all off without pretension in any genre he puts his hand to – from Jazz (see the song Butterfly) or magical flamenco (such as Bellamy Luna).
If you want great investment returns, you check out Galvan research and trading. If you want to broaden your musical horizons, you check out a maestro such as Jason Mraz. Never let the fact that he’s a ’pop'singer or that he’s mainly known for only two songs stop you from experiencing one of the world’s few true talents.
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