AOTW: Clara C.
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 |
| Image Courtesy of Jonathan Chang |
For this week's instalment of AOTW, I will be continuing with another musician who gained fame through the internet, specifically through YouTube.
As of mid-2000s, YouTube has become one of the most popular websites for musicians to share their music. Artistes have had their careers flourish through the popular video-sharing website and it is no wonder that more musicians (even accomplished ones) turn to YouTube to grow their fanbase and to also interact with fans, especially those in places they never dreamed their music would ever reach. Clara C is an example of one of those artistes.
Clara Chung, more commonly known as Clara C, is an Asian-American singer-songwriter with three albums under her belt. Even though she had always had a passion for music, it was only in 2009, when she started uploading her music onto YouTube (with the support of her friends), and participated in and won competitions like the 2009 JC Penny Artist Search and 2010 Kollaboration LA that she started focusing on music as a career.
I've been following Clara C since 2010/2011, and honestly, it's very easy to fall in love with not just her music, but also her as a person. She has a rather quirky personality, which can also be seen in the way she approaches her music, and it is quite refreshing to hear amidst all of the generic music bombarding us daily.
"The Camel Song" off her debut album "The Art in My Heart" was one of the first songs I heard from her, mainly because Ryan Higa starred in the music video. It has such a cheery and uplifting sound to it that compliments this happiness one would associate with the great memories shared with her (possibly) ex-significant other. At the end, you'd be reminded that yes, these were in the past and now you have to face the reality of it. This is why this song is easily one of my favourite Clara C originals.
Of course, I have to mention the first single off the album. Again, it's a great track, exemplifying what Clara C does best. The music video, like the previous one, does add on to the cutesy and fluff of the song.
Overall, Clara's debut album "The Art in My Heart" is a rather light and has this folk pop vibe to it that goes very well with Clara's vocals. It's a great album that shows her music ability in terms of the harmonies she can create and meld. There are also hints of electronic influences/sounds which would be explored even further in her next album. All in all, it hints at a promising career for Clara C.
Since Clara C has quite a body of work on the internet (her career did start and flourish on YouTube after all), I will separate her albums and covers into the various posts so please be on the look out for those. [If you're wondering, yes, I'll probably do this for future AOTWs, that is, if their large body of work is easily accessible online.]
Dan
Overall, Clara's debut album "The Art in My Heart" is a rather light and has this folk pop vibe to it that goes very well with Clara's vocals. It's a great album that shows her music ability in terms of the harmonies she can create and meld. There are also hints of electronic influences/sounds which would be explored even further in her next album. All in all, it hints at a promising career for Clara C.
Since Clara C has quite a body of work on the internet (her career did start and flourish on YouTube after all), I will separate her albums and covers into the various posts so please be on the look out for those. [If you're wondering, yes, I'll probably do this for future AOTWs, that is, if their large body of work is easily accessible online.]
Dan
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