J. SCHNITT - vocals, guitars, bass, piano, other things with keys, drums and stuff you hit, accordian, harmonica, banjo, mandolin, theremin, horns.
Influences
wilco, bob dylan, nick drake, vic chesnutt, johnny cash, uncle tupelo, sonic youth, tom waits, over the rhine, j.d. salinger, arthur rimbaud, harry nillson, ryan adams, vigilantes of love, jayhawks, mission of burma, ryan miller, palmer avery, don dellilo, big star, red house painters, johnny walker red, my bloody valentine, my boots, miles davis, elp, the smiths, the bad seeds, the zombies, zombies, movies with zombies, spoon, pedro the lion, thelonious monk, the replacements, galaxy 500, dan bern, jeff buckley, langley schools music project, bright eyes, canyon, jeff tweedy, the stooges, sunny day real estate, elvis costello, etc.
Part dustbowl troubadour, part poet, and part mad-scientist, j.schnitt has been a force on the northeast music scene for a while now. its been 11 records, 3 cars, 9 flat tires, 113 broken strings, one guitar, 6 girlfriends, thousands of miles, two tours of ireland, one tour of eastern europe, one broken elbow, one black eye, and hundreds and hundreds of songs since he first took to the stage nearly ten years ago. Constantly and fearlessly pushing the boundaries of what a solo singer-songwriter should and could be. But at the heart of it all, is the songs. Songs that can be deeply emotional, or irreverent, political, humorous, always passionate. Songs that stick to you, that sleep with you til' next winter, hit you in the gut and stick in your head, songs that remind us there is still honest and important music bieng made, and its only a matter of time before someone notices.
2008 - SPEAKING ESPERANTO ; 2008 - A ROOM WITH TWO GRAVITIES ; 2007 - 2 AM RADIO ; 2007 - FROM A THIRD STORY WINDOW ; 2006 - RADIO MYSTERY THEATER ; 2005 - BANG ; 2005 - BARNSTORMER ; 2003 - THE QUIVER AND THE QUAKE ; 2000 - spotlight ; 1999 - sleeper in the vally
yo, just wanted to drop you a line to remind you about our BIG show at The Paradise in Boston this Saturday the 18th with Barefoot Truth. If you're around it would kick ass if you could make it out to the show...and pass the word along to your friends, family, and co-works too. Click the banner below for tickets. peace!
Whoa thanks for finding me! I meant what i said, i really like the songs you write. The artist I was talking about is A.A. Bondy...it's a little dark; demons, jesus, whiskey, and cocaine but also light; killer whales, waltzes, and mermaids. Feel free to let me know what you think, I'm always down for musical conversations! Pandi
hey, when exactly do you arrive on the 7th? there's a bus you'll take from SeaTac, where the airport is, to Seattle. it's easy enough to find, by the baggage claim. and do you have anything specific in mind you want to do?
Schnnnnniiiiiitttttffffeeeellllddd!!!What are you doing sir?!!! I have some utican comrads who have made the journy to the land of sun and over-grown tits to visit ol' joey big nuts, so now it's your turn!! When are you comin down punk? I told you, just send down a promo cd and book some gigs on the way down and make a mini tour out of it so you don't have to pay for anything...Lemme know how you are doin manga!! - Deez.
hey whats up thanks for the add back I appreciate it. If you have a minute check out my music and sign my guestbook. Hope all is well don't be a stranger. peace and love
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