Hi! Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the internet.
My artist project started as a fledgling idea concocted at an outdoor table of a coffee shop in Florence, Italy. There I sat with my best friend on a fabulous vacation paid for by my cushy, nearly six-figure tech company salary. As we were discussing, life, work, and the big world in front of you as a 23 year-old, I came to the realization that this friend, coincidently also named Caroline, was one of a handful of people I knew working in the arts. Caroline found a job in marketing at a Tony award winning regional theatre mere months after graduation. I, on the other hand, was over a year into a job I didn't care about in a field I stumbled upon. Before long, I broke down in tears over the idea that college might've been the last time I would perform on stage or sing for a crowd. Making music went from an essential every day practice, to the 20 minute background soundtrack of my commute to and from work.
I had never felt further from my creative impulses. It was the longest period of my life I had gone without making music. So I did what any twenty-something would do, slowly strategize an exit from my job, leave the only city I have ever known, and blow up my comfortable life for the sake of some greater, intangible sense of “fulfillment”.
It started with voice lessons and songwriting classes. Two years later, I shared my songs with strangers for the first time. I've been addicted to how I felt that day ever since. Since March 2025, I've been singing my songs around New York City for whoever will listen. Since following the crazy instinct I had to pursue music that I dreamed up on a Tuscan September morning, I have learned more about myself and accomplished more that I ever thought was possible. I'm glad I listened to that version of me (even though her brain was clearly not finished developing lol). I love singing my songs. I want to do it forever :)
xx, Caroline Claire