Anyone who has engaged with the Boulder music scene over the past thirty years likely knows Danny Shafer. The Chicago native moved to Boulder in 1990; since then, he's become a prolific singer-songwriter and performer while also booking bands at small Front Range venues and working as a house manager...
“I call it a mini-record,” he says. “There are six songs on it, and it’s been very warmly received, so I’m happy about it. It’s a songwriter record, [but] the subject matter is all over the place.”
The overall sound is a departure from his ordinary style, recorded in such a lo-fi way that some people might not even believe it's Shafer. “My last record was recorded for Octave Records, and it was done very high-audio, so this was a chance to turn it around and record something that was more lo-fi, just doing it my own way and making it available," he explains."The way music is put out right now is sort of the way I always hoped it would be — for the small guys.
“Just the red button,” he beams. “I recorded this record completely on my phone in my house. I’d get a take and then I’d move on. Maybe I re-recorded two of the songs and waited for a better take, [but] not a single knob, EQ, master or anything was touched on this. I didn’t touch anything. And then I put it out.”
The result is an endearing, heartfelt and surprisingly clear collection of songs sung sweetly by Shafer and played on a $100 Yamaha guitar with three-year-old strings.] lovable in an odd way. I had friends call me when it was released and say, ‘I listened to it twice because I couldn’t believe it was over.’ I also had some audio engineers that own really nice studios say, ‘I like this record. I think it sounds really good.’ They didn’t know it was recorded on my telephone. I didn’t tell them.
Danny Shafer, 7 p.m. Saturday, September 9, Abbott & Wallace Distilling, 250 Terry Street, #120, Longmont; 5 p.m. Sunday, September 10, City Star, 321 Mountain Avenue, Berthoud; 7 p.m. Wednesday, September 13, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder ; Sunday, October 1, the Wheel House, 101 Second Avenue, Niwot.
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