Twenty-three-year-old Clement Samuel Glasgow is a talented Gospel singer-songwriter who dropped his fifth single, “I Will Follow” yesterday. A video of the song will be released next week.
“I Will Follow” is currently playing on YouTube, on his Facebook page, and is expected to hit Spotify and other online musical platforms soon.
The Reggae, Up-tempo genre artiste is also the singer and songwriter of “He Has A Plan”, “Greater Days” and “More Of You”. Clement also did “Praise Him Up”, which falls in the Soca Gospel genre.
Clement was born and raised in Blueberry Hill, Linden. An only child, he played with friends along the red-road hills in his community. Though he had friends, having no siblings made him feel alone many times, and he hopes that his song brings listeners closer to God and they find a companion in Him. “I want people, when they hear my music, to know that they are not alone and that they can make it in life,” Clement said. “I want my music to be relatable and for persons to be motivated and encouraged and to know that they are loved. I want to lead them to Jesus.”
His love for singing began as a boy, back when he attended Sunday School at Blueberry Hill Pentecostal Assemblies of God (AOG) Church. The artiste shared that at first he couldn’t sing as well but his love for music led him to watching vocal tutorials on YouTube and over time he got better once he learnt what he needed to do to control his voice. At 15, Clement was invited to sing at his first church convention. “This was my first experience singing. I was happy and very nervous at the same time. I’ve never sang in front of a huge crowd before and there were hundreds of people there,” the singer recounted. However, this experience was the start of the Lindener taking up music seriously.
“Music allows me to express whatever I’m feeling. Singing, over time, allowed me to perfect my talent. Eventually all of this led to my biggest stage performance. This was when Samuel Medas came to Linden to launch his album and had asked me to sing. I got to meet some Gospel international artistes who were performing at the same concert. I met artistes like Jaron Nurse and Blessed Messenger from Trinidad and John Yarde from [Barbados],” said Clement.
With his middle name being Samuel and Samuel Medas being the one to give him his biggest music break to date, it is no wonder that Clement is inspired by the local Gospel hitmaker. But, Clement further shared, his admiration goes deeper for the singer who has been kind towards him. He said that what inspires him about Medas is not only his talent, but how much he is self-driven and the kind of content Medas puts out in his songs is always inspirational. Medas, Clement said, is his role model and he hopes that he can be that for the youths in Guyana.
However, his list of musical inspirations does not stop at Medas. Growing up, Clement listened to other popular singers like Donnie McClurkin, Fred Hammond, Ron Kenoly, Kester D, and Jonathan McReynolds. Having had the opportunity to share the stage with Medas, Clement would now love to share the stage with McReynolds.
The inspirational singer shared that he first took up writing music back at 15, when he was tasked with writing a piece for his church convention. That was when he realized his potential for writing, but he was not the only one to recognize his talent. Following his first song, members from other churches began reaching out to him to pen songs for them also. To date Clement has written an average of 50 songs.
The last eight years have seen the artiste perform at more than 20 events at places like Berbice, Ituni, Kwakwani, Georgetown and on the West Coast Demerara. Clement dreams of someday soon performing at Bartica and on the Essequibo Coast but his dreams do not stop there. He hopes the next decade sees him making a name for himself locally and internationally.
Clement has also competed in three local Gospel competitions hosted by the AOG Church where he placed second twice.
Music, Cement shared has not been all fun and games. He has had his share of challenges along the way. The biggest one, he said, was needing guidance in the music industry. According to him, singing at church events was one thing but professionals in the music industry were not always willing to share ideas or encourage him along the way. In fact, it was another artiste who saw Clement perform onstage at an event and recognizing his talent took him to Red Code Records Studio where he had his first single recorded and released. Clement does not only want to inspire his listeners with his songs but to help aspiring artistes make it in the industry and he is determined to do that however he can. Currently, the singer is working towards building his own recording studio where he can make dreams come through for such talented youngsters.
The singer works full time in the administration department at the Linden Hospital Complex. He spends most of his free time with relatives or playing basketball.
Clement was once a student at Mt Carmel Nursery, St Aiden’s Primary and Christianburg Wismar Secondary School where he was always considered to be a jovial boy, one who was always participating in school activities, whether as a drummer in his steelpan group or as a basketballer on his school team.
At 6 ft tall, the humble Scorpio loves to eat callaloo cook-up with beef, and bora with chicken.
