Shellback

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Shellback (2013)

Karl Johan Schuster (born February 1, 1985 in Karlshamn , Sweden ), known as Shellback , is a Swedish music producer and songwriter .

Life

Karl Johan Schuster was already experimenting with a simple cassette player as a ten-year-old, an 8-track system and a computer with professional software ( Cool Edit Pro ) followed. While still at school, he set up his own recording studio. As a musician, he was active in the Swedish metal scene . He was the drummer for the band TDPP and had a solo project called Ploghbill before replacing Niklas Svensson as the singer of Blinded Colony in 2005 . After two and a half years he left the band. With the production of demos in the metal, rock and singer-songwriter area, he created an extra income.

He met Max Martin and his Maratone studio through a mutual friend . He tried his hand at mainstream pop music and sent Martin his demo. This then decided to include and train Schuster in his production team. He started producing tracks in 2007, and one of his first pieces formed the basis for US singer Pink's number one hit So What . The song was also nominated for a Grammy . Whataya Want from Me , also co-produced with Pink and Martin, became a hit with Adam Lambert and also had a Grammy nomination. Other artists he produced and wrote songs for include Britney Spears , Avril Lavigne , Taylor Swift , Maroon 5 and One Direction .

In 2012 Shellback was awarded the Swedish Government's Music Export Prize for services to Swedish music abroad and in October 2013 it was included in the top 10 list of current music producers by the US magazine Billboard .

Discography

Number one hits

Other well-known songs with participation as a producer and / or songwriter:

If U Seek Amy / Britney Spears; DJ Got Us Fallin 'in Love / Usher ; F ** kin 'Perfect / Pink; What the Hell / Avril Lavigne ; Payphone / Maroon 5; I Knew You Were Trouble / Taylor Swift; Air Balloon / Lily Allen ; Animals / Maroon 5; Blank Space / Taylor Swift;

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  1. ↑ Summary , Spirit of Metal
  2. ↑ Blinded Coloy Part Ways With Singer, Announce Replacement , Blabbermouth.net, January 9, 2005
  3. ↑ Blinded Colony Parts Ways With Vocalist And Bassist; Replacements Announced , Blabbermouth.net, August 30, 2007
  4. ^ Shellback - The metal head apprentice who set the pop world on fire , STIM, January 30, 2013
  5. ↑ Swedish Government's Music Export Prize for 2012 awarded to Johan 'Shellback' Schuster - Special Prize to Refused ( Memento from November 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, February 22, 2013
  6. ↑ Sound Selectors: The Top 10 Producers in Music , Billboard, October 21, 2013

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personal data
SURNAME Shellback
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schuster, Johan; Schuster, Karl; Schuster, Karl Johan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish music producer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlshamn , Sweden