Alicia Keys

Following in the footsteps of Elton John last year, today we had another “celebrity” give a short talk and performance at our company (or at least in our Californian office).  Clearly they wanted to make full use of the piano that they brought in for Elton John, because it was Alicia Keys today.  I have no idea if she is nearly as much of a diva as Elton John, but the whole thing ran late and was kind of rushed – at least Elton John was on time.  I know of her, but really know very little of her actual music – not really my thing, I didn’t know most of the stuff she performed, but it was a good albeit brief performance (despite embarrassing audio issues on our company’s end) and quite apparent that she is a very accomplished pianist and singer.  Makes you wonder how much they pay for these corporate gigs – it must be big money for what is really very little work, plus probably a huge donation to their charity.