Clare Means
Clare Means
Clare Means is a singer and songwriter from Santa Monica, California.
Career
Clare is known in the LA music scene for her soulful delivery, smoky voice, and poetic lyrics.
She has independently sold thousands of copies of her debut album "White Bamboo" and her second album, "War for Love," while performing at shows in LA, touring and while street performing on the Santa Monica promenade and pier and at Universal City Walk. Her song "Notions of Love" was on the WB.com show The Lake directed by Jason Priestly and she was named one of the "Best New Unsigned Artists" by UCLA Radio. She ran a successful Kickstarter campaign for her newest album, "Fiery One," which was released in April 2017. She is also known for her live performances. She has played at many different venues in Los Angeles and New York including The Hotel Café, The Viper Room, CBGB's, Tangier, the Cat Club, Highland Grounds, and many others. She also plays weekly at Universal City Walk and the Santa Monica Promenade and she has a monthly residency at the prestigious "Room 5".
Albums
1. White Bamboo (2008)
The title track from this album was placed on UCLA Radio's "Best Unsigned Artists of 2007 Compilation".
Another song from the album, "Everybody's Room But Mine," was a finalist in the lyric contest for the January/February issue of "American Songwriter (magazine)" and was a semi-finalist in the 2007 International Songwriting competition. Another song from the album, "Chloe", was recently placed in a short film, "TBD", directed by Ray Chang. This film was screened at both the Los Angeles Short Film Festival and the Pan African Film Festival.
Folk : Alternative folk
Tracks:
New York Night
Everybody's Room But Mine
Snow Angels
Haunt You
White Bamboo
Notions of Love
Angels of the Freeway
Chloe
Asbury Park
Guitars and Chocolates
2. War for Love (2012)
Songs about love, lust, loss, losers, letters, liars, luck, & longing.
Some songs touch on other topics that do not start with the letter L. A balanced mix of uptempo songs & ballads with strong lyrics & melodies that will stick in your head for months.
Each song tells a colorful story, such as stories of loneliness, finding love, losing love, twisted love, unrequited love, heroes, villains, struggle, sacrifice, revenge, paper dolls, voodoo dolls and more.
Some songs are melancholy, some are uplifting and some are humorous.
There is a mix of uptempo Pop songs and folky ballads as well.
Folk : Folk pop
Tracks:
Pins and Needles
Timber
Georgette
To War
Lovely Sin
Look Who's Lucky Now
Voodoo Doll
Letters from a Liar's Heart
The Night That I Found You
The Walls
Paper Doll
The Room Where It's Always Night
3.Kid's music album "The Bumblebee Band"
4. Fiery One (2017) [16]