We recently connected with Camden Yacobucci and have shared our conversation below.

Camden, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Can you open up about a risk you’ve taken – what it was like taking that risk, why you took the risk and how it turned out?

I take risks every single day of my life. The idea of becoming a globally paid musician as my career is probably the biggest risk I will ever choose to take. I wake up everyday thinking what’s next. What sacrifice must I make today to improve not only my career but also myself. There is always a fire inside pushing me to keep going and to never give up. It’s like I can feel adrenaline constantly making my heart beat faster and faster as I make music and perform. It’s an itch I can’t get rid of. Taking these risks feeds my fire. The best way I can describe it is shooting an arrow at a target blindfolded. There is no clear path to get the arrow to the target. I could be way off or I could be within an inch of hitting it. I never know what is going to work, but as long as I keep shooting then I know eventually I am going to hit that target.

Camden, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

My name is Camden Owen Yacobucci, better known as “Yacobucci”. I’m an American musician born and raised in Akron, Ohio but currently based in Los Angeles, California. I started recording my own music by the age of 17 and released my first mixtape “Strong Static” under my previous stage name, “Lil Yac”. I was always so inspired when it came to music. It did something to me I could never explain. I couldn’t just listen to it, I needed to create it. In high school I tried to always surround myself with music so I joined the marching band and played the trombone. I could never really get into the songs we played so I ended up getting some cheap studio equipment and started learning how to make my own. Soon after, I moved to Brooklyn New York to study Criminal Justice at St. Francis College. After many classes, I would go perform and record new music in my dorm room. I felt like an outcast at school and didn’t really talk to anyone. I often spent my time street performing in front of thousands of strangers in places like Times Square, underground subways, The Brooklyn Bridge, etc. This got my stage presence better and better and I soon started performing in small venues. I decided to drop out of college after my first semester in 2018 to pursue my dream in music. I then moved to Los Angeles to take my career to the next level. I push myself everyday to make the best music possible and never look at quitting as an option. With this mindset I soon could see progress in my music career. I always tell people to embarrass who they are. Embrace the weird because that makes us unique. Now all I have to do is make a career out of it!

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

When I came to LA I had the mindset of New York locked in my head. In the big city I was always taught to focus on me and push anyone else around me out of the way. New York is a very aggressive city. If you’re not careful you’ll get trampled over. When I moved to LA I kept this mindset and focused on me. Fortunately I learned very fast that if I think this way then it will be very hard to get noticed and level up. LA taught me to never look at another creative as competition. Instead look at them as my companions because at the end of the day we all want to succeed and it is possible for all of us to do that. Comparing myself to one another is very problematic because nobody will ever have the exact same journey. So why care about theirs when we are both on different paths and just a similar end goal.

Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can provide some insight – you never know who might benefit from the enlightenment.

So many people I talk to (especially family) don’t understand why or how I pursue a career as an artist. To many people they will look at me and say I have not made my dreams come true and they might not ever come true. But in reality they are always wrong. It’s all about your perspective as an artist. To them I have failed so far, but to me I am living in my dreams every single day. I made that decision to pursue music as my full-time career. The day I made that decision was the day my dreams came true. The rest is just writing itself.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://yacobuccimusic.com/home
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yacobucci1/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lil_Yaco
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1aP-DYCHTyLAyxN5LBxUZg
• Other: SPOTIFY : https://open.spotify.com/artist/77bFroabnccVrzgpERPcf4?si=BBIIpQhNQEWf64TvwYDFHA Apple Music : https://music.apple.com/us/artist/yacobucci/1488708185

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PHOTO TAKEN BY : Logan Winters Richard Mwanthi Josue Bustamente