Today we’d like to introduce you to Cam Monroe.
Hi Cam, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I started singing and was involved in different musicals as a young kid and loved it. Around the age of 10 I got my first guitar, but never really learned to play until I was about 14. I was always very interested in music and ended up learning how to play chords on the guitar by watching YouTube videos.
It really all came together by playing and singing at church, as well as recording covers and putting them on Youtube, and that developed a love for sharing my music in a public way. Right around the time I was learning to play guitar and sing, I started attempting to write my own songs and started sharing those publicly as a got into college.
I started playing small coffee shop gigs and open-mic type things in college and had a ton of support from my friends and felt super inspired to really put my music out there even more. I recorded a 5-song EP, “Dreamer”, my sophomore year in 2015, just as a trial run, to see if people would be interested. It was my first experience in a studio and releasing music that I could sell and promote.
I recorded my next EP, “Letting Go”, after graduating college in 2017 which happened to surpass a collective 2.5million streams on Spotify with particular success from one song, “I’ll Never Forget You” which happened to land on Spotify Sweden’s Viral Top 50 chart for 2 days, topping at 45.
During that time I was living in East Tennessee and performing locally there and gaining traction in the area which inspired my wife and me to move to Nashville in 2020. After moving to Nashville, I recorded three more songs for that EP, “I Have It All” released on February 25, 2022.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall, and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
For me, it’s ultimately always been a journey of belief.
When I was young and starting off, I felt the whole world was at my fingertips. I had tons of confidence and felt incredibly supported by my community. As I’ve gotten older and experienced setbacks and disappointments, my self-confidence and sense of support have become more like waves that I’ve had to find a way to ride.
I’m learning to appreciate the few moments where the waves are a little higher and learn to accept the low tides as well.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
As an independent artist and songwriter, I work hard to find ways to put my experiences to a melody.
My particular mission is to find super relatable language to my own personal experiences with the hope that they will be enjoyed as a timeless and everyday part of your life, like a road trip, studying, hosting dinners, or sitting in a coffee shop.
My hope is that my music might make you smile and be reminded that there just might be a little hope somewhere in the world out there.
Can you tell us more about what you were like growing up?
I was always really captivated by dreaming big. Whether I was trying to be the next baseball star or an astronomer or singer, I’ve always been fascinated by reaching further than I even thought I could. I also loved to laugh despite taking life way too seriously.
I was always really hard on myself if I wasn’t living up to my expectations of myself like getting the grades I wanted or performing highly in sports and it made me a super anxious kid. I think I was always attracted to goofy people that didn’t take life too seriously as I did because of that.
I definitely wanted to be someone who could be admired on and off the stage and had a strong belief system as well and wanted to be a really “good” kid who could be respected by adults and my peers. I was put in a lot of leadership roles growing up because of this and always held that responsibility very seriously because I think I felt like I was making a positive impact.
I think as a combination of all of this, I was always drawn to the spotlight in some way and really desired it.
Contact Info:
- Email: cammonroemusic@gmail.com
- Website: https://www.cammonroemusic.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cammonroemusic
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cammonroemusic
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/cammonroe
- SoundCloud: https://www.soundcloud.com/cammonroemusic
Image Credits
Isaac MacDonald, Tabitha Turner
