J.C. Schütz

Johan Christher Schütz
J.C. Schütz live in Tokyo, 2011
Background information
Birth name	Johan Christher Schütz
Also known as	J.C. Schütz, Peacebird
Born	Sweden
Origin	Mjölby, Sweden
Genres	Pop, Blue-eyed soul, Folk jazz, Musical, Bossa nova, Jazz, World music
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, Producer, Arranger, Musician, Artist
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Cavaquinho, Bass, Drums, Percussion
Years active	2004-present
Labels	One Perfect Line Music, Terrinha Records
Website	www.jcschutz.com

Johan Christher Schütz is a Swedish singer, songwriter, music producer and multi-instrumentalist.

Schütz has released five albums; four under his own name and one album as Peacebird. He has also written musicals and composed instrumental music for short films. He has done four Japan tours, the first in 2007. As of 2012, 85% of his songs are continuously being played in radio or TV, mainly in Europe and Japan, but also in North and South America. In reviews, Schütz is often referred to as a "genius" or "champion" singer/songwriter, often indicating an "ingenious melody sense".

Raised outside the small town of Mjölby, Östergötland he started singing and playing musical instruments, such as drums and electric organ, very early. Aged seven, he found a guitar in a trash container, an experience that he says changed his life, as he decided to dedicate his life to music. During a period in 1999 he was living in London on a songwriting grant from STIM (Swedish copyright collecting society) where he wrote songs and performed live in acoustic clubs several times a week, something he says was very important to improve his stage presence and performance quality, and after returning to Sweden the newspaper Östgöta Correspondenten wrote in a review of one of his live performances in 2001 that he had become "a mature artist".

Schütz studied music and art at Kungshögaskolan in Mjölby, where he also got involved in work for peace and human rights. On August 6, 1995, 50 years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, he organised an outdoor music festival to protest against France's decision to restart their testings of nuclear weapons in the Pacific Ocean, and one of the bands that performed was his own band Peaceflowers. Schütz has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Portuguese from the and wrote his degree paper about the political content in the song lyrics of Brazilian songwriter Chico Buarque. While living in Stockholm, he also helped start the Brazilian film festival BrasilCine.