Clay Orange has been crafting his unique sound for his whole adult life. As a busking musician living a transient life moving all across Canada working odd jobs, performing small gigs in run down bars, living hand to mouth and taking in this Northern continent in all of its extremes from the road.
He's putting a fresh distilled sound to the table;

Clay Orange has been crafting his unique sound for his whole adult life. As a busking musician living a transient life moving all across Canada working odd jobs, performing small gigs in run down bars, living hand to mouth and taking in this Northern continent in all of its extremes from the road.
He's putting a fresh distilled sound to the table; blending new age alt country Appalachian folk, psych, indie and bluegrass sound reminiscent of the genre’s early pioneers and legends with an array of countless other rich influences that seep through the imperfect cracks of the songs.

Star was originally a song titled “I just want to be a dog”, written one summer afternoon when Clay Orange was gearing up to go to work and his dog was lazily basking in the backyard sunlight.

After further tinkering, Clay realized that there are two sides to this song's story, and there’s another part of him that wants to get up and make something happen. He wants to be something.

In the end, it became clear that as much as he likes dogs, he’d rather be your star.

I was spending a lot of time alone when I wrote this song, going on long walks around the outskirts of the city, finding new places I've never been before that were only 10 minutes from my house. This song was an attempt to connect deeper with the curious, child-like version of myself, which had always been there, but gets challenged by the new

I was spending a lot of time alone when I wrote this song, going on long walks around the outskirts of the city, finding new places I've never been before that were only 10 minutes from my house. This song was an attempt to connect deeper with the curious, child-like version of myself, which had always been there, but gets challenged by the new found "adult" understanding of how serious, fleeting and difficult life can be at times.