My guest today is a regular guy who happens to do a lot of creative stuff! Welcome Robert Scheffler to the podcast. Robert started on guitar after finding the one his mom had when she tried to take up the instrument. He played in school, he played in cover bands (because where he was living, no one wanted originals), he played solo gigs. He played supper clubs where you had to compete with food for the attention of the audience. He joined a band and enjoyed playing. But he also started freelance writing and researching. Soon, the music started taking a backseat to what was paying the bills. He found himself writing and playing less and less, until he finally stopped.

He started writing humor full time and did that for about 20 years. He didn’t put music away completely, though. He’d sequester himself in a cabin and try to write. He did some composing for short films. Robert explains who and what got him back into writing, what it’s like to have a good song in a bad movie, and we take a detour through our mutual love of the mighty Led Zeppelin.

We do bring it all back around and talk about his latest album, Truce. It’s my favorite in his catalog. Robert reveals the novelist who inspired his new musical outlook. We also talk about the furniture he creates. Go check his music out on streaming platforms. You can also check that and his furniture at robertschefflermusic.com. That’s also got his socials. Follow us @PerformanceAnx on socials, buy merch at performanceanx.threadless.com or just send money to ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. Now let’s get into this chat with the might Robert Scheffler on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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