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| J.C. Schütz. Peacebird. Bio. |
This is a short auto-biography. Just so you know why it's so informal. For a complete and more formal biography, download this PDF. Life is funny, don't you think? We never know what's waiting behind the corner, what will come next, who will catch our eyes in the cafe we never thought of entering. Still, it's in all these 'little' details we find life itself, the core, the essence. I could have ended up in Rio de Janeiro, in London, or even stayed forever in Mjölby where I was born. But I always felt attracted by foreign countries, far-away places, a strong intuitive feeling that I was not supposed to stay among those open yellow fields and old forests. Something told me to move on, the restless voice inside me would never let me relax. I was a quiet child with a loud heartbeat, an intense passion for music which made me try to learn every instrument I laid my hands on, from the early Magnus organ my family had to my first guitar, which I discovered in a trash container. It only had 3 strings, but I wanted to play so much that I learned to play with 3 strings missing. I was 7 years old. In 1999 I moved to London with a Scholarship to write songs, and my time in 'The Big Smoke' (that's what people called London because of the dirty air) really changed my life. I often performed live and made new wonderful friends. I discovered there was a world outside. I made many demos and unofficial CDs until 2004 when my first official album PASSION was released. It changed my life again in a way I'm still trying to understand. I had a peaceful sun with eyes closed tattooed on my arm. Three years later, PASSION took me to Japan, and again. And again. And again. I moved to Stockholm in 2005 during the production of my second album BLISSA NOVA. Stockholm is funny. It's not particularly big, but the people living there think it's the center of the world. I saw something more and entered Stockholm's University, where I later got myself a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Portuguese. Inspired by my love for Brazilian music, I learned my first foreign languange apart from English, which is almost like a first language for us Swedes. BLISSA NOVA was released in 2007 during my studies, and in november I was invited to do my first Japan tour. From the first moment, and for the first time of my life, I felt at home. In december 2008 I did my second Japan tour to promote the release of my third album C'EST LA VIE, and it was released worldwide in May 2009. Most of the songs were in Swedish, something the Swedish critics didn't seem to appreciate very much. I wanted to emigrate but didn't know where. The moon seemed pretty enticing. During 2009 I started to write songs for a musical with a story which mainly takes place in Japan. Maybe The Scholarship Foundation for Studies of Japanese Society (www.japanstiftelsen.se) saw some potential in the songs and story, as they have granted me Scholarships twice, in 2010 and 2011, for new Japan visits! As I'm writing this, 30 songs are finished and need to be arranged and recorded. That's the next step. Under the name PEACEBIRD, I have released 2 download singles and a full-length album in 2011, with a souly, melodic pop sound. I'm joined by Swedish, Japanese and Brazilian musician friends. That's pretty much it. Maybe I'll write a book later about my life, if I can relax long enough to sit down for a summer. Peace! J.C. |