CURRENT SINGLE: “It’s Cause I Am”
Callista Clark can sing her face off and plays guitar like a pro, but she admits one thing she’s had to work on in her career is her stage presence. “That’s still something that I still try to get better at,” says Callista. “But, when it started to become a little bit easier, I was doing a lot of acting in school and in plays and things like that. And I was talking to my vocal coach, and I told her that it felt so much easier because I was someone else.”
While Callista was playing a character when she acted on stage, her vocal coach pointed out to her that when she’s singing on stage, “’You’re not. It’s you. You’re still the one on stage singing’ and all this.” And so, Callista says, “I really just tried to have that mentality. It’s me, and it’s what I’m saying and it’s what I’m feeling, but for some reason, if I kind of separate myself from what makes me comfortable and what someone else wants to see or wants to hear, it helps me.”
Rather than focus on her fear or discomfort on stage, Callista focuses on giving the audience what they want, and she says, “It’s this really hard balance and thing that I’ve been trying to figure out.”
Callista Clark – stage presence :40
“Well, that’s still something that I still try to get better at. But, when it started to become a little bit easier, I was doing a lot of acting in school and in plays and things like that. And I was talking to my vocal coach, and I told her that it felt so much easier because I was someone else. And she’s like, ‘But you’re not. It’s you. You’re still the one on stage singing’ and all this. And so I really just tried to have that mentality. It’s me, and it’s what I’m saying and it’s what I’m feeling, but for some reason, if I kind of separate myself from what makes me comfortable and what someone else wants to see or wants to hear, it helps me. So, it’s this really hard balance and thing that I’ve been trying to figure out.”