Conversations with Britt Clark

Today we’d like to introduce you to Britt Clark

Britt, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
My life has never been conventional – from my childhood, college experience, and down to my career path. But the older I get – the more I appreciate that it has been that way. I grew up as an only child on a turkey farm with parents who were forty and forty two when I was born. I did not have a lot of friends growing up and with no siblings, found it extremely hard to connect with others my age. I craved being noticed by SOMEONE so badly, I began to act out quite a bit in elementary school. My coping mechanism became country music. I grew up on CMT music videos, Sunday radio Top 40 countdowns, and writing little songs of my own at a young age. My relatives had no idea where this love came from and many believed I would grow out of it, but I knew from a young age that I would claim a seat as an artist in the country music scene. I was scared to take the leap of faith and move to Nashville until one night in my friend’s barn back in my hometown of Fort Recovery, Ohio, during the midst of the pandemic. I was sitting there with one of my hometown best friends, named Elise. Sipping on beers and spilling secrets – she shared that she had just enlisted in the army and would be heading to basic training at the end of the summer. My secret? I had just applied to my dream school of Middle Tennessee State University to get some sort of music degree and move to Music city. Little did I know that night and those underage beers not only changed my life, but saved me in more ways than you know. Flash forward to now, I am sitting on seven releases for this year, shows, writes with some of my favorite people in town, and a college degree for my favorite thing in the whole wide world – songwriting. Twenty twenty five is about to be a damn good year.

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
As I stated before, conventional has never been my thing. I think when God paved my path he threw me a few extra curveballs just to test how badly I was willing to work for this music dream. One of those, being the loss of my mom at the age of fourteen to breast cancer. That woman was my best friend in the whole world and ten years later no one has taken that spot. For a long long time, she was the only one who believed in me. She bought me my first guitar from a garage sale back in my hometown and put down the money for a few lessons. She sat up with me one night picking out songs for my school’s talent show in eighth grade. No one pushed me harder to make this happen for me. Music was our dream, together. If I don’t chase this thing for myself, I am 1000% doing it for her.

Life had never really felt the same since her passing and it took a toll on my father even worse than myself. I watched his happiness decline and a short eight years later he passed away with cancer himself. Being twenty two with two dead parents in the midst of college is scary as hell. I didn’t have siblings to lean on and I have never have felt as lonely than as I did the year after losing both of them. No one should have to be twenty two and pack up their parents things and help sell a home that you grew up in. But it’s my life and my story, and I truly believe things happen for a reason. My reason? To get my shit together and hone in on what I wanted my life to look like. I never wanted to sit on the sidelines and be afraid to chase what I wanted. Six months after my dad passed I had a pep talk with myself. I started booking co writes with anyone who would write with me. I booked rounds (hell, I hadn’t even played a round yet or knew truly what the were), contacting producers and studying why I loved the songs that I did. I knew that if I wanted this thing, I needed to work twice as hard as I thought I did.

Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
You can find my work on streaming platforms under Britt Clark! I have five new songs prepared for the year, so stay on the lookout for those! The first one dropped on March 21st, titled “Where You Left It.”

We love surprises, fun facts and unexpected stories. Is there something you can share that might surprise us?
I did not know I wanted to be a songwriter until after moving to Nashville! I always wanted to be an artist but after sitting in on a few of the Music Business classes I realized that the creative side of the industry is where I belonged (and probably for the better, it did take me three times to pass college Algebra)!

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brittclarkmusic/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7ema3Lkbc0gGpeYnghb0w
• Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@brittclarkmusic

Image Credits
Image 1: Carly Marmen Photography
Image 2: Abbie Murphy Photography
Image 3: NashBash Collective
Image 4: NashBash Collective