Joel Schnaper

Hey neat, I’m on an album with @yeat Big shoutout to @stefanponce and @fnz_ for putting this together!

Ladies and gentlemen, I’m proud to present my latest single, LUNA. There’s a link in my bio to listen. This is my first foray into recording, producing and mixing my original music at my own studio in DTLA. Even so, I wouldn’t have been able to do it without some help from my friends, so here they are: @enriquedbass Played all the guitars you hear on the track, and worked with me on the original arrangement back at my old studio in East LA @presskampe Drums, friendship @zephyravalon_ Bass, long-time encouragement for me to get my head out of my ass and put out more music @darrenboling I met this man while buying a mic on facebook marketplace, and not only is the mic fantastic, he absolutely brought the song to life with this master and was very encouraging about the tune overall. Call Darren for top-notch mastering in any style 👌 @sa.rah.garci.a Made the album art, is lovely generally As a special treat, swipe for a clip of the first time I tried to record this tune, featuring a legendary tenor player, who will go unnamed out of respect for the scumbag former professor of mine who connected us and then ghosted me after I paid him thousands of dollars to produce this song and an album’s worth of my music back in 2019. Good times.

Skechers in Köln

I built a recording studio in the heart of DTLA to put your least favorite bedroom producer out of business, not a midi controller or drum machine in sight 🖤 Music by @connorpeytonmusic , the most recent release fully tracked here, featuring @zephyravalon_ @gregs_drum_shop with a beautiful solo by @anbar_guitar and mix by @clayblairmixes Big thanks to @whitneyotte 📸 Swipe for some @presskampe wholesomeness 😸

Swipe once for Jake swipe twice to see a van 5 minutes before we had to push it out of the mud

🏁Ladies and Gentlemen🏁 It is my honor to announce that I’ll be bringing my very own band to @sevengrandla EVERY THURSDAY for a night of instrumental groove exploration and good old fashioned family fun. The house band is made up of some incredible players and some of my best friends, including: @presskampe @iamemry @enriquedbass @v_knights There will also be special guests every week, and both sets will be open for folks to sit in, so bring your axe and come get down!

(This is just the end of a longer clip of me absolutely butchering an Arban’s exercise)

HALF PAST is live! #newmusic

🦌 We’re doing it again, y’all! 🦌 Come join us to hear the most versatile band in LA for a night of mind-expanding feel-god music at the coolest whiskey bar in town. 🎷 @iamemry 🥁 @presskampe 🎹 @v_knights 🎸 @enriquedbass Musicians and vocalists are more than welcome to sit in, bring your axe and a can-do attitude and we’ll rock the heck out 🤘

✨STORYTIME✨ (picture mostly unrelated) I showed up at a recording session on New Years eve to record trumpet for some dudes I’d never met before, and they ended up being delightful talented gentlemen (🤝 @lukewild @jeremyschmett ) we ended up writing together one of my favorite songs I’ve worked on period, and TONIGHT we’re performing it at a sold out show at @theroxy How about that! Unfortunately unless you already have tickets to see lovelytheband tonight at the Roxy there’s no way you can bear witness to this special event in my life but maybe drop a comment down here anyway saying “cool story brother!”

Proud and happy to share our first tune! More to come soon!. 🎺 @dapperschnaper , 🎹@meltzerkeez , 🎸 @peled.guitar , bass&horn arrangement @nadashap , 🎷 @yuvalsorkin , trombone Or Oren. Big Thanks to @soultonecymbals for this fun Video and amazing cymbals!!!!! 🙏🏽. Check out our FULL VIDEO! Link in bio

Once again, I am stepping into the Instrumental Music Bandleader Zone with my dear friend @zephyravalon_ and a wonderful band made up of @iamemry @tom.frazer and @presskampe to bring you a night of carefully curated jams at the iconic @sevengrandla . Musicians are more than welcome to sit in, come say hi ❤️