LATEST RELEASE - "So Far, So Good" with HORBATSO & Kenan Waters
Luke picked up the guitar in his late teens and started writing songs within a few months. Drawn to the story and the sound. Never putting it back down and never stopping putting pen to paper.
London based singer-songwriter Luke James Shaffer’s sound spans indie and folk-pop with a touch of soul. His music has garnered him comparisons to The Lumineers, Gregory Alan Isakov and Mumford & Sons.
Luke has shared the stage with some notable artists including Danity Kane, Maroon 5, Ryan Montbleau, Christian Lopez, Beta Radio and Scott Helman to name a few.
“Luke James Shaffer, Vol. 1" reached number 7 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter charts.
Luke has received numerous accolades for his songs in the International Songwriting Competition, Unsigned Only, The Wammies, The International Acoustic Music Awards, The International Songwriting Awards and recently The UK Songwriting Contest.
Luke was able to team up with the Global Mental Health Movement on his song, “We're All A Little Crazy” and participate in a university tour sharing the #SameHere movement.
“Luke James Shaffer, Vol. 2" included the song “Moses”, written with Daniel Strauch, a song which is featured in the award winning documentary “Bastards’ Road”.
Shaffer released “Luke James Shaffer, Vol. 3” in 2023, a 7 song ode to cities that have impacted him and his life in some way.
Shaffer is working on a singles project and multiple collaborations to be released through out 2024 into 2025. As well as a Christmas album entitled "Times Long Past (A Christmas Album)".
-BANDCAMP & ORIGINAL MUSIC-
The music world has changed forever and will continue to change. It's just like life. And as music becomes more readily available for the consumer it becomes harder and harder to make a living as an independent musician.
As some of you know (and some of you don't) as of 2024, data shows that Spotify pays artists between $0.003 and $0.005 per stream on average. To put that into context, if one of my songs gets 100,000 streams in a year, it will make around $400. Then that will get split up and all that other stuff that doesn't matter but suffice to say it's not enough money to live off of.
There is a website that has been helping musicians sell their music for some time now called Bandcamp. It's a place where you can safely and easily buy music from artists like myself. And a large portion of the money spent goes to the artist.
So I have the majority of ALL my music (even stuff thats no longer released and exclusively on Bandcamp!) up on my site there. So go check it out and grab some of your favorite albums/songs/memories.
- Luke
