Check Out Clayton Savage’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Clayton Savage

Hi Clayton, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I started playing the bass guitar at the age of 15, put it down when I was at the age of 19. It wasn’t until about 30-35 years later, I picked the bass back up. I had promised God that I would actually play for Him when I actually do so. The Lord blessed me to live long enough to not only complete my career in construction, but then to raise my family. From this point, I went on to playing music for other bands. But these bands just seemed to not satisfy the craving that I had to serve God. I had this yearning for praising God to uplift Him, and these bands didn’t seem to complete that. The bands allowed me to express myself, but not to the degree that I was looking for. Therefore, I stepped out on my own. When I did this, it seemed like everything started to evolve. It was like a snowball rolling down a hill. It started growing. It went from starting my own band to actually evolving into a band that actually played for advocacy groups. Then it evolved from that to me becoming an advocate myself, and then inadvertently starting our own advocacy group, which is Spiritual Therapy Foundation.

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
I don’t think when being asked to anybody that has been in any field and length of time could say it has been only a smooth roll. It’s almost like a roller coaster. There’s ups and downs. You got your peaks and valleys regardless to what happens in life or whatever decisions you make in to be in life, if you’re there for a good length of time, there’s gonna be struggles. In my case, in the music industry, or the Spiritual Therapy Foundation, it’s a singing group and band. Having people work for you, there’s always a revolving door regardless of what you do. You may have some people with you for six years, and then you may have people only with you for six weeks. It just happens that way. Regardless to what the situation that caused the separation or the moving on, it just happens in life. The ups and downs, the peaks and valleys, the rollercoaster in life is what it’s all about. In this case, keeping the people on board, especially if you found somebody that’s real good.

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I’m proud of the fact that I wouldn’t allow the ways of the world to change me. We have a lot of things going on in this world today, which is either half-baked, microwave, drive-thru’s, speedy, this, that, or if you will, do-it-yourself, no customer service. I refuse to actually bend and break to go that route because people, we all need each other. And when everybody actually fend for themselves, then they’re in their own little world. And this world wasn’t made for that. It’s going to fall apart. What is it that I do? Well, it’s twofold. What I do is, I’m a contractor. Ironically enough, when I put the bass guitar down at the age of 19, I went into contracting. And contracting is what’s stabilizing me this day in order to do what I’m doing for Spiritual Therapy. My contracting company, which is Savage & Savage, was able to support Spiritual Therapy. This has sustained me in hard times, not to mention my wife, Deanna. She has done things to support and to help sustain and doing good times, or if you will, peaks and valleys, to actually sustain and be where I’m at today. There’s a world where people only know me as a contractor. And because of my ways of doing things for the people, having the integrity, I won’t allow the integrity to be compromised through false things. People know me as a good contractor, and by the same token in Spiritual Therapy, people know me in that world for producing good sounds, for actually being able to come in and inspire others call to action.

Any advice for finding a mentor or networking in general?
A mentor is one who has knowledge and wisdom. Just because you see someone that looks like success, doesn’t mean this person is a mentor for you. A mentor for you as a person and individual has to line up
with the ways of your living, your lifestyle, your career, and your character. If you see something in a person that seems to have it together when it comes to their character, their virtues, their morals, then this is a person that you want. You want someone who believes in staying steadfast in all of the things that is right in life. Something that would actually cause you to grow and be better than who you are. My mentor started with my mother, and I was intact by the time I was 18. Therefore, when I met others, those others were able to share things with me and I could decipher. I knew what was right and what was wrong. It’s just a matter of getting to where I had to get to. Mentoring is someone that actually can guide you through life with good upstanding character. When you have that, everything else falls in place.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://spiritualtherapyfoundation.com
• Instagram: @SpiritualTherapyMusic
• Facebook: https://facebook.com/SpiritualTherapyMusic