Larry Schacher

I’ve missed seeing you all at performances but Covid and our economy has wreaked havoc on our world, and has put a real crimp in the music business.
So, I’d like to inform all of you of the albums I have created and put online. I did all the instruments, voice, arrangements and recording.
Here are 3 original music albums:
 ‘Old School Music, A Variety Mix’ a collection of pop, country, jazz, and Christian music. ‘The Wiggle Song’ is on this album, and is a catchy, funny song, and, a beautiful cover version of ‘Mary, Did You Know?’ by Mark Lowry.
’Sail on’ is a collection of songs that belong to the Christian musical that I’ve created. ‘Psalm 23’ is a jazz version of the famous biblical verse and ‘Angels’ is a beautiful lullaby.
‘Mean Mother Trucker’ is country with ‘Mean Mother Trucker’ a song in the album, and here’s one I wrote for my Mom~’Come to me, My Special Dreamer’, a touching memory of her life.
Here are a few songs that are more familiar and are called cover tunes.
‘A Little Tenderness’ a collection of old standards with voice, piano, sax, clarinet, guitar and bass, plus one original that is a tour de force piano improv piece…’Black Samba’. ‘Nature Boy’ has a killer soprano sax solo.
‘Piano Passion’ solo piano performing old standards, great for easy listening and traveling. The piano draws the listener into the beauty of the songs..’Somewhere Over The Rainbow’,
I’ve Got A Crush On You’ to name just a couple of the songs. My brother plays this album most every day.
‘A Very Merry Piano Christmas’ a collection of Christmas carols that are played beautifully to brighten up the holiday… ‘Joy To The World’ ‘We Three Kings’ ‘O, Holy Night’ to name just a few.
‘Old Gospel Piano’ I did these old hymns for my Mom, and surprisingly, those songs are receiving thousands of hits on Spotify and other streaming platforms.
Please listen and if you can, download the songs.
Here are my channels, please share with your friends:
Apple Music / iTunes:
ID: 362227847 
Spotify:
ID: spotify:artist:743IKfPXWfURD4IHqngBd0 
Youtube music channel:
(expired link) GihG6vLQ

Covid has really interrupted our industry. Many have lost family and friends, Being touched by these tragedies, I’ve written a tribute song to ‘First Responders’, on the (expired link). ‘Old School Music’...a variety mix.
In a moment of levity, my Maria was dancing to me while I practiced, and as she danced, the muse appeared and I wrote ‘The Wiggle Song’, a humorous old school country tune on the same (expired link).
Many of my songs are on major streaming platforms, via CDbaby, and the breadth of the material is extremely wide...from country to jazz and to a faith based Christian theme; the musical genres are all over the place.
I’ve created a couple of new songs that are a tribute to those that have left this veil of tears, and a healing prayer that is touching and beautiful, which I’ll publish sometime in the future.
I’ve written all of the songs and arrangements, and recorded all of the music, instrumental and vocal. I use LogicX as my DAW, a Rode NT1000 for vocals, horns and acoustic guitar, and a Digitech pedal for the electric guitar, all going through a PreSonus interface with PreSonus E5 monitors. The keyboard is a Korg RH3, the electric guitar is a G&L Telecaster, and the acoustic guitars vary. This might be too much info for some, but I’m always curious as to what other artists use to create their songs, so I included this for those that are interested.
In 2017, I wrote the music for ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ a musical conceived by Robert Cabell that premiered at the Renton Civic Theater, with near capacity crowds for every performance. The musical was kind of an Auntie Mame musical and extremely family friendly. This was a great experience for me, and as an added benefit, one of my vocal students got a singing/acting part and stole many of the scenes in the show.
The songs on the (expired link). ‘Sail On!’ and some of the songs on ‘Old School Music’ form the basis of a Christian musical I’ve written, and I hope one day to see this musical on the stage.
I really appreciate all the fans that support me and other artists involved in this magical and mysterious business of music, and I wish you all health and happiness.
Larry Schacher

Thank you all for your support and continued listening. I wrote this song for my Mom and she passed away last year, so I posted this on Mother's Day. I hope this triggers positive feelings for all of you out there.
Again, thank you all for your support.
Larry Schacher

Mean Mother Trucker