By Dina Guzzardo
Dina: Do you write all your own music and lyrics?
Nancy: I do. Yes.
Dina: You do! How long have you been writing music and lyrics?
Nancy: The first song I remember writing was when I was nine. I remember my cousin and my sister, who are both younger than me, we were all at my grandma’s house and we were bored so we decided to start a band.
Dina: That’s awesome. That’s so cute. And were you the leader of the band?
Nancy: I was!
Dina: As well as having a beautiful singing voice do you play any instruments?
Nancy: I do, I play guitar. That’s really the only instrument I can say confidently that I can play. I started out with piano when I was younger, but it was by ear pretty much.
Dina: So, you’ve been the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the winner of the Hard Rock Rising Battle of the Bands. What was this experience like for you and how has this helped your career?
Nancy: I was, I remember being so nervous. That was right at the beginning of when I started playing out live. I think it might’ve been 2014. I can’t remember exactly. But I remember being really, really nervous. I did not expect to win at all. I was up against actual like five piece, four piece bands. Here’s me with my little guitar playing, you know, singer songwriter stuff. But it was a great experience. I got to meet some cool people, some people who were judges at that competition and we still communicate to this day, so I feel very fortunate.
Dina: I read somewhere that you love everything paranormal. And I had to ask you this question, have you ever had a paranormal experience yourself?
Nancy: I have had quite a few. Yes. And I think that might be where that comes from too, that interest in it, just because it’s so unknown. And you know, if it happens to you, it kind of takes you by surprise. But I think one paranormal experience that I can say that I’ve had is this is going to be really strange, but my cousin and my sister and I would play the Ouija board sometimes. And apparently, you’re supposed to close the Ouija board out and say goodbye. And we didn’t because my dad came up the stairs and said, dinner’s ready and kind of scared us, like ‘muahahah’! We didn’t close the board out and things would happen in my house. I would hear whispering, I would hear things walking on our floor at night. My dog would stare at the wall and start barking at like two o’clock in the morning. Just like little things like that I would go through.
Dina: Does your father still have that same home?
Nancy: Yeah, they do.
Dina: And has the activity subsided or, or is it still active?
Nancy: There’s been times where whatever it is likes to play with the lights. And I honestly feel like, and this was after my grandmother passed recently, my parents think that she would play with the light switches in our house. So that’s been going on, but yeah.
Dina: Interesting. Interesting. So, what current projects are you working on?
Nancy: I am in the process of recording my album. This is going to be my third one, home recorded pretty much. I did go over to my friend’s studio recently. His name is Michael Luna and he’s going to be working with me on one song. I recorded it over there, but they’re still working on it, so I haven’t heard it yet, but I’m just in the process of recording and hopefully I can get something out by December. But I’m kind of crossing my fingers on that one.
To learn more about Nancy Malcun, like her on Facebook or visit her website at nancymalcunmusic.com. Also be sure to pick up your copy of Shore Local Magazine, to find out where your favorite local bands are performing.
Dina Guzzardo is the President and Executive Promoter of Dina Media Group LLC. Dina Media Group is an innovative cutting edge event production and marketing company that produces and promotes large events as well as a talent agency that manages some incredible talent.www.dinamediagroup.com
