Local country singer-songwriter Clancy Pye has just released a music video for her latest single Drink About. But this time, the now ‘triple-threat’ has dabbled in the production side of things, too. 

“I actually had a crack at editing it,” Clancy said. “I’ve never edited a music video before, so it was a bit of a new project for me to take on.”

Filmed at the Washington and Co bar here in Orange by the team at the Studio Door Creative, Clancy said the initial plan was just to shoot some promotional material for Drink About.

“We ended up filming so much, I thought I could probably actually make a video out of it,” she said.

“I take my hat off to people who are actual video editors… it was a lot of work.”

Clancy has always been a big fan of music videos, so the chance to edit her own was something she had always wanted to try. While she’s no novice in the editing world, something on this scale was new for her. 

“It’s been a fun project for me to work on, it’s nice to be an artist that’s involved in every part of the creative process,” Clancy said. 

“So the writing, being in the studio… to the end stage of the project when it comes to releasing it and getting a video. I just find I get a lot of enjoyment out of just exercising that creative part of my brain.”

Coming from a property in Oberon, Clancy grew up playing country music. She started playing pub gigs in school, and naturally, drinking songs were popular among country music fans.

“We’d learn a few of the popular ones as part of our sets, so I’ve been playing a lot of drinking songs for years and years,” Clancy said.

“They always seem to get such a great response from the audience. And so I always wanted to write one.”

Drinking About was a nod to those country drinking songs, with inspiration drawn from the likes of Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and Brad Paisley.

“I just wanted to write a song that was reflective of that, and one that when it comes to playing a live set… they do get a good reaction,” she said.

Drink About was released earlier this year and Clancy plans on releasing a few more songs in the coming months and eventually releasing her first album.

“The album is actually going to be named after the first single Feels Like Home, and probably a lot of songs that I wrote for the album do have a lot of homely sort of themes on them, as well,” Clancy said.

“I've been really enjoying focusing on getting these songs out, while I'm also writing in the background. I try to write at least a song a week, so when I release this album, I’ll almost have another one ready to go.”

In between writing songs, Clancy can be found round the Central West playing gigs in a range of different venues. A highlight for Clancy is playing a couple of shows with Tania Kernaghan and Jason Owen for the ‘Let Your Love Flow’ tour. 

The Drink About music video can be found on Youtube.