Natalie Claro is a 15 year old singer, songwriter, dancer,
and musician who has created a "career in [a little over] a year"
(-TBO newspaper). She is now co-producing her own music to create her very
first single that is set to release in January 2016, alongside a music video.
Her songwriting skills developed at an early age, at just 10
years old she was already writing full-length songs that were played with her
piano. Now she has composed an entire album that she plans to consist of many
original and new ideas to present to the world; 100% ready to be produced.
The staff at Monahan's Song loved this young talent from Tampa and we were happy to catch her performance in Jacksonville. We took a little time to interview her:
What was the first song you learned and sang on guitar
I'm like 60% sure that it was a Justin Bieber song when I was in 4th grade.
Who were/are your greatest influences on your playing?
Michael Jackson, twenty øne pilots, Paramore, Zella Day, Elvis, Amy Winehouse.
You are young in terms of the industry, but what advice would you give to someone trying to catch on?
Always be yourself and never give up. If you try to create an image out of yourself that isn't you, people will know and nobody will be happy. Music is about originality and creativity ya know? Just stay true to your style and your art and everything will fall into place I promise.
Never give up, some of the biggest stars out there today took years and years just to get their first songs out. I hope nobody ever feels defeated. Big goals take big steps. Big steps take time. So we can just take a huge promise, if I wont give up, you can't either!! Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.
How would you describe your music, and how would you say it differs from others?
My music is kind of all over the place, which is something I'm really, really proud of. I have a lot of unheard music from not being able to provide the sound I want just acoustically (which I must say is super frustrating) but from what I have prepared, none of them really sound alike. I think that's what will make me stand out, that I can go from Rock to R&B to soul to well yeah anything. I love too many genre's of music just to stick to one I'd be too sad to just play one.
Of all the songs you currently play, which is your favorite and why!
Baby Bug, my original. So far it's everyone's favorite and I think it's because of the dramatic build throughout the whole thing. It's my favorite because it tells a story about a struggle I had when I was younger. In middle school I didn't really have any friends and people would always tell me I'm worthless and not cool and basically anything a pre-teen girl would hate to hear.
I talk about myself in third person, and refer to "baby bug" as "you" rather than "I". I just love that because I feel like any listener can relate. They can put themselves in that place and feel as if the songs lyrics are speaking directly to them, reminding them that no matter what you're going through, or what is making you feel like you can't accomplish anything, it's wrong. It's perfect I'm always up for motivating people and people are always up for motivation haha. Music is great.
info@natalieClero.com
Personal Manager: 747-200-4914
Tour Manager: 646-930-4244
