Daniel Joseph Schafer (born October 5, 1952) is an American pop, country music and Christian singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actor.

He learned to play guitar at age of nine and, together with his parents, performed at area dance clubs, such as Palmer's Idle Hour Bar in Weidman, Michigan.

[3] He graduated from Beal City High School in 1970, and relocated to Detroit to perform with the music group, the Grand Band, which was previously known as the 'Popcorn Blizzard'.

In 1974,Schafer was signed to a two-year contract with RCA Records and worked with producer Jack Richardson (The Guess Who, Alice Cooper, and Poco).

He made an uncredited appearance as an extra in the November 1982, CBS movie, "Country Gold,"[9] which featured Loni Anderson, Earl Holliman, and Linda Hamilton.

In Nashville, Tennessee Schafer continued his jingle recording career and sang on commercials for Pepsi, Dole Pineapple, and Honda vehicles.

Eventually, he was hired to do backup music work with Leonard Wolf for the Nashville-based GAC Network (Great American Country).

Schafer continued songwriting and through the 2000s acted as staff writer and Creative Director for Faverett Music Group publishing company which boasted songs written by Chris Gantry, Josh Osborne, Randy Thomas, Becky Hobbs, Jimmy Olander and many others.

Schafer was featured in (2) PBS/WNPT TV episodes of "Aging Matters" which focused on the lives of 'maturing' lifetime musicians in the Nashville, TN area.

In 2018, Schafer received multiple Airplay Express Awards[22] for numerous songs reaching Gold and Platinum status in January, February & October 2017.