Cautious Clay: SoundCloud, Making Music in Korea, and Quitting the '9 to 5'

On this week’s episode of Auxoro: The Voice of Music, we sat down with Cautious Clay. He released his debut EP, Blood Type, in February of 2018, but the journey started long before. Cautious Clay grew up in Cleveland and was surrounded by the jazz community. He plays the flute and saxophone among other things, a true multi-instrumentalist. At George Washington University, he started making beats and posting remixes to SoundCloud. It was there, that Finneas, Billie Eilish’s brother, saw one of these remixes and reached out to Cautious Clay. Cautious Clay, Blackbear, and Astonomyy ended up being part of the first remix package of ‘Ocean Eyes’ by Billie Eilish back in 2015.

Since then, Cautious Clay has made a lot of music, worked multiple day jobs, and recently quit those day jobs to pursue music full time. In October of 2018, NPR tapped Cautious Clay to perform for their coveted tiny desk concert series. Even if you don’t listen to Cautious Clay, or aren’t an avid music listener in general, this episode has a lot of insight into the overall process of creativity, the effect of religion on upbringing, competition, and other topics that span beyond music. Check out Cautious Clay's latest single 'Honest Enough,' his upcoming tour dates, and full catalog below:

Cautious Clay (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/artist/6iWuBN32BqCJAeXW6o3nil?si=6Uey1WlxRoy7uxqC6eWOCQ

Cautious Clay (Apple Music): https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/cautious-clay/1064628701

Cautious Clay on Tour: https://www.cautiousclay.com/shows/

The Aux: https://www.auxoro.com/theaux/

Song: 'Cold War' by Cautious Clay

Tiny Desk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VERVVrzLSuo

Smoke deGrasse Tyson: https://vimeo.com/138219734

Episode Art: Brian Karlsson (@voyeur1)

Intro/Outro Music: Produced by David Grossfeld

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