Steven
Halpern says in his foreword to the New Age Music Guide by P.J.Birosik,
published by MacMillan "...explorers, who helped lay the groundwork
for what we now term New Age Music include Kitaro, Andreas Vollenweider,
Vangelis, C.H.Deuter, Klaus Schulze, Paul Horn, Suzanne Doucet,
Brian Eno and Paul Winter."
Suzanne's
22 years in the world of New Age music have provided her with incomparable
knowledge, experience and contacts. Beyond being co-founder of NewAgeUniverse.com,
Suzanne is an international recording and performing artist whose
background encompasses being a prime time TV "Pop Show"
host (guests included The BeeGees, The Grateful Dead, Keith Emerson,
Donovan), a songwriter & composer, script writer, sound designer,
producer, A&R record label executive, publisher, label owner & manager,
marketing consultant, and retailer.
In
the 1980s & 1990s, together with her husband James Bell, Suzanne
owned and operated the world-famous specialized audio gallery "Only
New Age Music" in Los Angeles. Seeing the future of online
commerce, the partners traded the brick-and-morter store for newagemusic.com
- the #1 online source for new age music.
Suzanne's
latest recording credits include the album "Resonance"
(available on Amazon) and the audio series "Sounds of Nature"
(21 CDs 1997), "Tranquility" (21 CDs 1998) "Extreme
Nature" (5 CDs 1999) and "The National Park Series"
(7 CDs 1999) which combine the state-of-the-art binaural recordings
of Chuck Plaisance with her music. Seven of the titles were in the
top ten environmental charts at Amazon.com, ranking #1 and #2 for
over one year. Additional
credits include Shirley Maclaine's usage of Suzanne's music on her
best-selling video and audiocassette titled "Inner Workout. She
also produced and directed the award-winning video "Starflight"
along with Chris Toussaint.
Suzanne
has been a consultant to hundreds of artists, producers, record
labels, radio programmers, distributors and retailers. She is an
expert on "alternative marketing campaigns," such as reaching
bookstores, nature stores and other gift shops, and has developed
and supervised many mainstream and alternative marketing campaigns
for independent labels and artists. She has been marketing and promoting
her own product line, Beyond (Capitol Records), and other indie
labels worldwide.
Suzanne
also 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, Dik Darnell a.o.). Life Magazine
began their report on New Age Music with a quote from Suzanne Doucet;
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.
In addition, magazines and TV production companies have interviewed
her for their publications in Germany, Austria, France, Spain, Greece,
Brazil, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. Suzanne is a long-time member
of NARAS, helping to define the guidelines for New Age Music since
1987.
Suzanne
was part of the Presidential/Key Executive MBA Program at Pepperdine
University, where she studied business administration. In Munich,
Suzanne studied Psychology, as well as, Composition at the Munich
State Conservatory.
