Zach Schuh Begins Musical Journey As Medical Journey Ends
Zach Schuh has always been passionate about creating music, but sometimes life thrusts a person in unexpected, painful directions.
Zach was previously the frontman and songwriter of an alt-rock band with local buzz based in Fresno, CA called Sea Of Sound. After they failed to break out, he prioritized his career as a farmer before determining to once again focus on his music - this time as a solo artist. Unfortunately, his focus was quickly derailed by multiple injuries to his hips and spine. Suddenly, creating music on a consistent basis became a daunting obstacle. Now, even though he’s still recovering from a recent spine surgery, Zach is finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel.
Starting from square one as a totally independent artist, Zach is thrilled to be sharing new music as he looks to establish and grow his listener base. ‘Blurry Pictures’ - an upbeat, dreamy, synth driven alt-pop song that flies in the face of the medical troubles that have ailed Zach - is one of the first new singles he’s releasing, and it highlights many of his capabilities as an artist.
Most people assume there are multiple individuals behind his music, but in reality Zach produces every aspect of it entirely on his own. He writes, records, mixes, and masters everything you hear in a small bedroom in his home in Central California.
As a multi-instrumentalist, Zach does the vocals, guitar, bass, synths/keys, and piano in all of his songs. He also performs the drums, but will sometimes outsource and use friends or samples for this aspect of his music. Speaking of samples, Zach often gets asked by friends and critics where he gets his samples for synths, guitar, and other melodic elements of music. If it wasn’t clear before, those parts of his songs aren’t samples - they’re real recordings of him.
Eager to wrap up this difficult and painful phase of life, music has kept Zach optimistic and sane. The release of ‘Blurry Pictures’ is one of the first steps of Zach’s journey as a solo artist, and he hopes you’ll give it a listen and be amongst those who help him take the next step.
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“Music has always been an outlet for me, but I don’t think I really knew how essential that was until now. Losing the ability to just sit down and play the piano whenever I felt like, for example - I didn’t realize how much of a survival mechanism music was for me.”
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Video - Blurry Pictures
A fun, psychedelic, animated lyric video for Zach Schuh's newest release, 'Blurry Pictures'.