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Kelsea Ballerini

Photos and words by: Richard Roesler

Ok so it's time to come clean and lay down the facts!  First, I don't own a TV, second I rarely ever listen to the radio.  I know what you're thinking, "Well Richard how in the world do you decide on the musical acts you'd like to photograph?"   Sometimes I use a program I've developed, in conjunction with NASA, NSA and the SPCA that inputs, thousands of variables, such as the artist height in relationship to the stage height, types of strings he or she uses on their guitars, the last place they had chips and salsa and their reviews of said chips and salsa, etc. etc.
 
However most of the time it's something far simpler, such is the case with Ms. Kelsea Ballerini.  How did I decide to try and get the opportunity to photograph her?  Simple, I saw a House of Blues post on Instagram, now remember no TV, very little radio, so what was the final deciding factor?  She has a nice smile!  The HOB post showed her picture, I didn't know if she sang country, blues, reggae or German polka hip-hop music.  While you may think that is a pretty strange way to consider covering an artist or band, it seems to work for me.
 
I have gotten to cover some amazing artist like Ms Ballerini, who put on an killer show at House of Blues to close out her First Time tour here in Texas!  Seems she had intended on starting the tour here, but circumstances changed.  Kelsea made sure everyone had a great time that night!  I even met one young lady who was there for her first ever concert, with her mom, along with losing her first tooth, double score!  
 
Ms Kelsea has also been selected by Forbes magazines 30 Under 30 List for the the Class of 2017.  Kelsea was selected due to her three successful No. 1 singles; “Love Me Like You Mean It,” “Dibs” and “Peter Pan.”  All three consecutive releases made Ms Ballerini the first ever female country artist to reach the top of the charts with consecutive debut releases.   Receiving the news of the Forbes selection on her 23rd birthday!  So let's recap amazing first tour, 3 number one hits in a row selected by Forbes for the 30 Under 30, I'd say that's a pretty amazing year!
 
Feels like I'm forgetting something?  Oh yeah Ms Kelsea's young man, Australian-born singer-songwriter Morgan Evans proposed on Christmas Day!  Which she shared with her fans on Instagram #HECALLEDDIBS  A pretty amazing year for this young lady!  And factual proof to the validity of my artist selection system.
 
Don't fret I don't always choose artist so willy-nilly, sometimes I decided strictly based on their name!
 
Till Next Time,
Richard Roesler
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