Rusty Clay

5 new videos on youtube

Check out spotify or any other service under Rustid Clay
10 new songs

10 new songs on all streaming platforms under the name Rustid Clay. Please check them out 5 videos on you tube as well

There comes a time when as an artist you have to say enough is enough, and release your art to the public. That day came for me yesterday.

Yesterday all the major streaming services published 10 fully mixed and mastered songs under a new band name.

Rustid Clay is the new bands name.

The 10 songs actually make up the album "The Speed Of Darkness"

4 of the songs are here in an unfinished state.

I've also created 5 videos and posted them on YouTube.

Next month I will post the remaining 5 videos for the album.

"The Speed Of Darkness" is part 1 of a 2 part concept.

"The Forest Of Truth" is part 2.
It is completely finished and will follow later this year.

The two albums make up what I am calling "The Burning Rain saga"

It's 100 minutes long and tells the story of a man that chooses the wrong paths in life. His decision ripples across the world and he loses himself and his country to his poor decisions.

In part two "The Forest Of Truth " he wakes up to the horror of what he has become and seeks a path of redemption. What he finds changes him and leads to a grand finale that I hope makes the whole project worth listening to over and over.

In a way the "Burning Rain saga" is a rock opera or a very large concept album.

I've worked very hard to create this project.

There were so many obstacles placed in front of me that had to be overcome to finish this piece.

I am asking you to please help me get this music out to as many people as you can.

Please visit your streaming source and look for Rustid Clay.

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Hope you enjoy the new song The Morning after from The Forest of Truth album I'm working on. I've also added a few more songs like silent war and a new version of Happy Guy. I hope you enjoy this Christmas gift

Rusty Clay

Thought I'd let you hear a new recording I'm working on for my album. Not finished but very close. Let me know what you think. I would love to know your thoughts

I've rerecorded Devils Jamboree and removed the demo. The part I originally played and sang are identical to the demo just a little quicker on the tempo. Please give it a listen and let me know what you think. I'd love to hear from you.
Rusty Clay

Yesterday I underwent surgery for a herniated disc which happened on last memorial day weekend. I spent the last 4 months in terrible pain. I could barely walk with crutches or sit for more than 5 minutes. I underwent therapy which helped but I was never going to be free of the pain or be able to resume the life I wanted to live without the surgery.
I basically spent the last 4 months looking at my ceiling, and this happened 2 days before the forced quarantine was to end and ease restrictions in my state.
I woke from surgery and the pain was gone. I stood upright and walked. I was able to look my wife in the eyes as I stood there for the first time in months. I was able to look at her without worrying about finding something to grab onto as I walked all hunched and crooked. The moans I made with every step I took were gone.
Later when I got home I was able to hug my daughter. She ran off trying to hide her tears but I knew they were there by the look on my wife's face.

Pain is probably one of, if not the biggest motivators in life that I can think of. We spend so much of our lives trying to avoid it. The other big motivator is pleasure. We spend the rest of our time trying to find and embrace it. I had a lot of time to think about it. Are we really that transparent, that black and white in our struggle through life? Maybe we are, or maybe there's more. I do know that the pain we suffer in life adds to our perspective and that freedom from the pain and struggles in our life opens our ability to create. Creation of art in itself can be a release from those pains as we gain insight into our souls and lives.
I am so excited to be able to sit at a table while eating. To be able to play my guitar while sitting versus while laying on my back. To be able to walk my dog.
To be able to walk hand in hand with my wife. in short to be able to resume the life I've come to love.
And I must admit that a big part of that life is writing music. I am so excited about what is to come.
I am about two weeks away from returning to the studio to finish the project I was working on before my injurry.
While I had all that time to think I wrote some new songs which I think will become a concept album.
I am so excited to get them recorded and hear what a full band will add to my lone guitar and voice that the suspense is killing me. I am so tempted to post a song or two from the batch I finished, but they are still in the rough mix stage. Ok truth is I'm feeling so good I will let you hear the new recording of Devil's Jamboree. It still needs to be mastered before I put it up for sale, but I think you will enjoy this version. It's a fun song to listen to.

As alway Believe in love, if you follow the path of love you will find the road to happiness. beware the path of hate for you will find you dwell in the house of misery.

Rusty Clay

Blood in my Coffee is my next release please check it out and share it. It is also available on all the major sites like Spotify and iTunes for purchase
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I am back after a long absence with a new song called Blood in my Coffee. This song came to me in a dream. I awoke with the words and music running through my head at about 3 in the morning. I didn't want to lose what I was hearing so I scrambled around my darkened bedroom and located a pen and a paper. I also didn't want to wake my wife so I darted into the bathroom, closed the door, and turned on the light.

I then wrote down the words as you hear them in about 5 minutes and crawled back into bed.

The following morning I picked up my guitar and began to play and sing the words. It almost felt uncanny as every chord I played fit and flowed effortlessly with the words. I literally spent as long as it takes to play the song to write down the chords.

Sometimes it's just that easy, almost like I channeled it.
I didn't even give thought to what the song was about.
I can tell you that I've had a lot of rough times, but I always try to stay optimistic. Here I am singing about how hard life is, and yet the bridge talks about not giving up and to keep looking ahead. I think that's the secret of how to get through life. Never give up. keep the faith, and always look to tomorrow, because the sun will rise again and shed light on the darkness. This song is now available on
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I think you will enjoy what I've done with this song.
Please share the links and spend the $0.99 to purchase it.

I am working on an album and each song is sounding better than the last one. So far I have finished 6 songs and I think you will really enjoy what I have been doing.

Some songs like "I Remember You" and "Better Left Unsaid" have been rerecorded with a full band. I've also wrote some new ones and pulled a few out of my library.

With luck I'll have a full album for you by years end.
Till next time
Believe in love
Rusty Clay

When it comes to finding a place in the world I think my father put me on the path I'm on more than any other person I have ever met. Ours was a strange relationship in so many ways.

I can say without a doubt that he spent more time with me than anyone in his life, and spent hours and hours teaching me everything he knew, and I spent hours and hours trying to prove myself to him. However I always felt like I fell short of his expectations in part because he rarely if ever paid anyone a compliment myself included.

My dreams were foolish and a waste of time in his opinion and he saw little value in my talents or abilities and constantly pushed me towards what he felt was a better way to survive in this world, and yet he relied on my talents and abilities constantly to help him survive when he saw they could make him money.

I made many sacrifices to keep a roof over his head with each one pushing me further and further from my dreams until he died. In the process I learned how to do a great many things above and beyond anything I ever dreamed off and have a wealth of talents and skills beyond what I ever could have learned without his guidance.

I chose family over dreams no matter how painful the choice was time and time again. I was hurt and I was loved, and learned that that is what living life is all about.
Today's song is called "I Remember You" It is about that relationship, sometimes dark, sometimes on edge, and sometimes a comfortable soothing flow of memories

A song is just a song unless you make it something more. As an artist you must remember that someone who hears your works will make more of it than others. That's why I always try to say something that can open others eyes as they open their ears. I also strive to avoid being a preacher. I want the flowers to bloom without knowing they are being watered with love and sunshine.

Todays song is about depression. I have a life long friend that suffers from it. He spent more than half his life not knowing he had it, until the feelings grew beyond anything he could bear and he sought out treatment. When he told me of his diagnosis everything clicked into place and I knew the diagnosis was correct. It's something he will have to live with. There are treatments, but so far none that I know of that will cure him. He has gotten better with some treatments and medications, but they are like a band aid protecting a wound.

In all honesty I think we all suffer from varying degrees of different types of mental illness, and I'm sure we all have or will go through a period or two of depression. I know I have, but what I have experienced is like putting your foot in the water. You are still able to pull it out. My friend on the other hand is up to his neck and no mater how far he walks he's still neck deep.

Todays song is "Don't Know Why I can't Be A Happy Guy". I put myself in my friends place and drew upon my personal feelings and how I imagined he feels.

Becoming someone else and writing a song about their struggles is actually very freeing and a powerful songwriting tool I enjoy using very much. It also makes you very vulnerable to those that listen and brings out pieces of your character that often lay hidden within. As an artist that's what we strive to do, and in doing so, we hope it brings others to do the same.

I know I can never feel what my friend really feels, but I hope I can at least reach a depth that bring light to a problem so many suffer from and help the listener reach a level of awareness that moves them to see a problem that causes so many to hide from the light.

I love hearing from you so please fee free to share your thoughts or say hi.

Believe in love

Rusty Clay