Who Are You?

~Chapter Twenty~

Kat came out after I Prevail did their performance and the video played.

"I would like to thank I Prevail for being with us today," she said to cheers. "You fellas can head on up to the VIP lounge. I'm going to ask all these gorgeous people sitting in front of me except for Ingrid to head up as well. Are we ready to see another video?!"

The crowd cheered. I looked over at Lou. He smiled at me. The black curtain and video screen lowered back down as the lights went down. My face came up on the screen.

"Can we talk about your taste in music?"

That was Lou's voice.

"Sure."

"You say you listen to everything."

"Eh, I listen to most genres of music. I don't like this new country music that's going on now. I love classic country music with maybe a few select country artists like Carrie Underwood, Chris Stapleton, Jelly Roll, Jason Isbell, people like that."

"What's your favorite genre?"

"Oh, that's easy. Metal. Nine times out of ten, that's what I'm listening to. It can be anything from Led Zepplin, The Darkness, Def Leppard, Sevendust, Shinedown, Ice Nine Kills, Alter Bridge, Motionless in White, Sleep Token, Steelheart, In This Moment, Halestorm, Pretty Reckless, Evanescence, Spiritbox, Jinjer, Heart, Pearl Jam, Kittie, Dayseeker, Bad Omens, I think you get the picture," I said and giggled.

"Did I hear you say The Darkness in that bunch?"

"You did," I said with a smile.

"And I noticed you said something about Steelheart as well."

"I did."

"Do you consider yourself a music nerd?"

"Oh absolutely."

"So how can you go from listening to someone like Justin Hawkins to Chris Motionless?"

I laughed at him; "You cannot compare Justin Hawkins to Chris Motionless. That's like trying to compare an apple to an orange. That's like taking Myles Kennedy who has a four maybe five octave range and put him in a vocal battle against Spencer Charnas. Myles would wipe Spencer's ass on the floor and Spencer has a beautiful voice when he actually sings. Now you put Myles in a vocal battle with Mike Miljenko Matijevic, now that would be a vocal battle because Matijevic has a range that is equal to Myles. In fact, I believe Mike did the vocals for Mark Wahlberg for Rock Star and Myles was the fan at the end of the movie," I said with a smile.

"Are there any vocalists you'd love to sing with?"

"Myles Kennedy, Lzzy Hale, Amy Lee, Maria Brink, Rory Rodriguez, Spencer Charnas, Chris Cerulli, Noah Davis, yes, I said your given last name," I said with a giggle. "Dare I say, I would try to sing with Matijevic. I would be pushing myself now. I tell you who can sing who people really don't know they can sing is Ricky Olson of Motionless in White. His natural voice is so beautiful. Brent Smith is another one. Oh my God! Brent Smith, I think I would fall out on the floor if I sang with him," I said and made a face to laughter. "I've talked too much. Let's move on."

The video went off. Lou lifted his microphone.

"How are you feeling right now, Ingrid?"

"Well, I'm six months pregnant, so I'm actually hungry. As far as all of this is concerned, it is slightly overwhelming, but it's very sweet."

"Do you remember that interview?"

"I do, that was part of that interview we did before the finals of the competition. I just thought that footage went away. Were you impressed with all of that?"