Suzanne Doucet

Suzanne Doucet
Background information
Birth name Suzanne Doucet
Born August 27, 1944
Origin Tübingen, Germany
Genres Electronic, new-age
Occupation(s) Musician, Songwriter, producer
Instruments Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Years active 1963- now
Labels Only New Age Music
Associated acts Doucet & Miraz, Zweistein
Website http://www.suzannedoucet.com

Doucet (born 27 August 1944, Tübingen, Germany) is an award winning German composer and producer. She has been living and working in the USA since 1983.

Biography

She went to school in Meersburg am Bodensee, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Hamburg, Munich (college) and Paris(University). Her mother and her grandmother both named Helen von Muenchhofen were actresses. Her grandmother played in the history making silent movie Metropolis directed by Fritz Lang. Suzanne's father Dr. Friedrich-Wilhelm Doucet was a disciple of the famous psychologist Carl Gustav Jung and became a well-known author of over 40 books on parapsychology and other topics in Germany.

Before Suzanne started her career in the entertainment industry she worked as a designer and painter in Ascona (Switzerland). She moved to Munich in 1962 and studied at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1963. She played the leading part in a theater comedy "Die Türen knallen" in Stuttgart in 1963 and was discovered by the record company Metronome. She had her first TV appearance in Hamburg in 1963 on NDR. Her first Hit record was the German version of "Be my Baby" (The Ronnettes) (Sei mein Baby) in 1964 und "Das geht doch keinen etwas an". Nine albums and 37 singles followed including a Cashbox "Best Bets" (Swansong) written by the Bee Gees on the US label Liberty Records. Suzanne Doucet's over 40 years in the entertainment industry have provided her with incomparable knowledge, experience and contacts. Beyond being co-founder and CEO of Only New Age Music, Inc., and newagemusic.com, Suzanne is an international recording and performing artist whose background encompasses being a prime time TV "Pop Show" hostess (guests included the BeeGees, Grateful Dead, Keith Emerson, David Bowie), a songwriter & composer, script writer, sound designer, producer, A&R record label executive,(Prom) music publisher,(Golden Key Musik Verlag) label owner & manager, marketing consultant, and retailer.

Suzanne starred in the musical Godspell with Donna Summer in 1972 in Munich, Zurich and Vienna directed by Samy Molcho. She played in many TV plays and TV musicals with actors such as Thomas Fritsch, Hans Clarin, Marianne Hoppe, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Ulli Lommel. She wrote songs for Udo Juergens, Wencke Myrre, Mirreille Matthieu, Margot Werner, Christian Bruhn (GEMA) and Abi Ofarim. She composed music for the TV play "Alle hatten sich abgewandt" and "Lieber Erwin", directed by award winning director Thomas Fantl.

She was married to actor Raphael Wilczek and they had a daughter (Natascha Wilzcek) in 1976. Suzanne moved to Los Angeles in 1983 after her divorce from Raphael. Together with her new American husband James Bell, Suzanne owned and operated the world-famous specialized audio gallery "Only New Age Music" in West Hollywood. She owns and operates now newagemusic.com - the #1 online source for new-age music and represents digital rights (streaming, downloads and webcasting) to major internet players as well as the portal site NewAgeUniverse.com with Beth Hilton from the B company. Her latest recording credits include "Resonance" with Gary Miraz as well as the audio series "Sounds of Nature" and "Tranquility" combining the state-of-the-art binaural recordings of Chuck Plaisance with her music.

Doucet also recorded with Christian Buehner and Tajalli. Seven of their titles made it into the top ten environmental charts at Amazon.com, including "Ocean Waves" and "Thunderstorm" being #1 and #2 for over two years. Shirley MacLaine used Suzanne's music on her best-selling video and audiocassette titled "Inner Workout" and "Going Within". Suzanne also produced and directed the award winning video "Starflight" together with well-known video and documentary producer Chris Toussaint. Suzanne has been a creative consultant to hundreds of artists, producers, record labels, radio programmers, distributors and music retailers. Her clients include such as Golana, Constance Demby, Ray, Liquid Mind, David & Steve Gordon, Armen Chakmakian (Shadowfax), Michael Hoppé, Christopher Franke and many others. Her production with Ray (Ray Leonard) "Celestial Touch won "Best Meditation" and "Best Electronic Music album".

Doucet founded the International New Age Music Network in 1987. She produced and directed three International Conferences and the first New Age/World Music Festival at the Wiltern Theater (featuring artists such as Paul Horn, Steven Halpern, Tim Wheater, Jai Uttal a.o.).

MacMillan guide to new-age music compares her to Kitaro, Andreas Vollenweider, Vangelis, Georg Deuter, Klaus Schulze, Paul Horn, Brian Eno and Paul Winter.

Life magazine began their report on new-age music with a quote from Suzanne, while specialized Keyboard Magazine acknowledged Suzanne for having "the most authoritative view on new-age music", and the LA Times devoted a full page article to Suzanne in their Sunday Calendar section. Magazines and TV production companies have interviewed her for their publications in Germany, Austria, France, Spain, Greece, Brazil, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea.

Suzanne was part of the Presidential/Key Executive MBA Program at Pepperdine University, where she studied business administration from 1989 to 1992. In Munich, Suzanne studied Psychology, at the Institute for Esoteric Psychology founded by Thorwald Dethlefsen, as well as Composition at the Munich State Conservatory.

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