Clay Drayton is a Songwriter/Producer whose 30+ years in the Music industry, including 7 yrs with Motown & 2 yrs with 20th Century Records, have caused him to be a highly respected and sought after Seminar speaker and instructor of songwriting. While at Motown he wrote, arranged, produced and played on songs for Diana Ross, The Supremes, the Jackson 5, Bette Midler. Al :Wilson, Jermaine Jackson, David Ruffin, Ta Ta Vega, G.C. Cameron, High Energy, Billy Davis Jr. and others. He has earned multiple gold records to his credit on Diana Ross, The Jackson 5, High Inergy, and Lenny Williams (lead singer for Tower of Power). Clay’s song “The Life of the Party” is included on the CD entitled “Michael Jackson’s 50 Greatest Songs.”
At The Songwriting School of Los Angeles, Clay Drayton will take all the wisdom and craft of those classic MoTown songs and teach students of all experience levels how to write songs that endure.