Meet Clancy | Musician

We had the good fortune of connecting with Clancy and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Clancy, how has your perspective on work-life balance evolved over time?
Work-life balance is something I didn’t know was crucial until I hit, what I’d consider, my lowest point. I wasn’t super popular in school, wasn’t an academic genius, my attention wasn’t demanded by anyone, I just loved to sing and perform. From age 12 that’s all I focused on… didn’t even finish high school in Texas. Lived in the attic of my studio in London for a year. Starting my career was my life, and my life was starting my career. Until I was locked in a San Fernando valley rented room with no windows and my abusive relationship… for six months… doing zoom sessions and fearing for my life. Covid changed everything. My fear and inability to do what I loved forced me out of that place I called home, the grip of my ex, and I started to make friends.
When I was just getting close to now one of my best friends during that time she said to me “your life and relationships are like plants, to grow you have to tend to them” so simple! Something I’d normally roll my eyes and throw up in my mouth at, but I took and ran with it. I started to read, journal, workout, created my first friend group with women, all while working harder at my career than I ever have before. I realized I am much more productive making music, eating, and sleeping in different places rather than in the same room, it’s refreshing doing an activity without thinking about posting it, I can have friends that don’t make music, and going out doesn’t always mean networking.
I schedule my work into my day now, rather scheduling my day around my work. There are not many things I can thank Covid, or my ex, for but finding my work-life balance was definitely one of them.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
Like many creatives, I’ve been making art for a long time and have gone through many phases. I started my journey as soon as I could writing short stories, poems, and singing. That brought me to musical theatre which lead to songwriting, which landed me here. Nothing felt right besides music, so that’s what I kept doing. It’s been very hard, mainly mentally, but I could never do anything else. I like to think what sets me apart is my diversity. I’ve been traveling and living in new places every couple of years since I was born. In a way I feel like the experiences, the people, infiltrated my mind so I let them become music, stories/feelings, that might not be mine but they’re somebodies. I think truly my inspiration is mine and everyone else’s mental illnesses. Haha.
My family is all big-time music fans my mom with her classic rock, my grandpa with his old country, and my grandma with rhythm and blues. Not one person can sing, but boy do they try. I grew up loving so many types of music that it was so hard for me to pick which I wanted to make… vocal range and writing weren’t an issue… so what felt like me? After years of trying it all, I decided if reincarnation’s real my soul came from rock n roll. I definitely would’ve thrived in the 80’s hair metal days. So- I spent the last two years in the pandemic building my project, and have been taking a break from playing random shows (that I only played to feel something) to release it.
Come the summer of ’22 I’ll be back to shows and forcing my music down everyone’s throats.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
With my newfound work-life balance, I actually have an answer for this. Some of my favorite spots include- Thai Malibu because it doesn’t get much better than thai food on Malibu beach, my favorite speakeasy bar The Alchemy on Ventura Blvd, The Comedy Club on a Friday, Korean bbq (literally anywhere in Koreatown), car shows in the valley, and probably Beetle House in Hollywood.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
I don’t think I could give an answer other than my mom. I know a lot of people have really great moms, but I truly wish everyone could experience having my mom as their mom for a little bit. Then I think they’d be like “damn Clancy you really do have the best mom.” She is completely the reason why I love what I do and love as good as I do. She chased her dreams on welfare and a broken heart while having little ‘ol me to raise, then used her success to take care of her family and friends while never asking for anything in return. She showed me how to live with an open educated mind, confidence, independence, and ambition. Living a thousand miles from her is extremely depressing, and many days I struggle to find the motivation she instilled in me, but she’ll never fail to remind me that if she did it for her dreams, and succeeded, so can I. She deserves the world.

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