{"id":5123,"date":"2012-02-29T02:42:58","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T09:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=5123"},"modified":"2012-02-29T02:43:50","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T09:43:50","slug":"susan-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/02\/susan-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"SUSAN JUSTICE"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>SUSAN JUSTICE<\/strong><\/h1>\n

HOMETOWN:<\/strong> New York City
\nINFLUENCES:<\/strong> Tracy Chapman, Death Cab for Cutie, Alanis Morissette
\nALBUM:<\/strong> Eat Dirt, <\/em>due out in 2012
\nWEBSITE:<\/strong> susanjusticemusic.com<\/p>\n

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Aruba-born Susan Justice grew up traveling the world with her itinerant parents and nine siblings as part of a controversial religious sect called the Family, spreading the group\u2019s message through music. \u201cSometimes we would stay for a few months, but most of the time it was a new town every few days,\u201d she says. Eventually they settled in New York, living in a city bus renovated by her father. Forbidden from consuming culture not approved by her parents\u2019 religion, Justice developed her love of secular music in private.<\/p>\n

Chafing under such restrictions, Justice ran away from home\u2014such as it was\u2014and began to make a living busking in the New York subway, earning as much as $500 a day. \u201cI felt really connected to people singing in the subway,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was amazing to play by myself for a change. That\u2019s when I really began to blossom as a songwriter.\u201d Jusice was discovered performing in a club by Spin Doctors drummer Aaron Comess, who helped her find a manager.<\/p>\n

Her next important connection came with songwriter and producer Toby Gad (Beyonc\u00e9, Fergie, Alicia Keys), who helped Justice craft her upcoming major-label debut, Eat Dirt<\/em>. \u201cToby was like my psychiatrist,\u201d she says. \u201cBecause at that time, I was kind of homeless. I didn\u2019t know what I was doing with my life. Toby made me dig deep to write about what I was feeling. Getting in touch with those feelings was the real breakthrough. Toby set me on the path to writing songs that gave people a window into my personal story.\u201d Part of that process was learning to open up about her unusual upbringing. \u201cMy past has made me who I am today,\u201d she declares. \u201cAnd for that I\u2019m grateful. I\u2019ve survived and I\u2019m feeling positive and creative. I\u2019m looking ahead, not backward.\u201d<\/p>\n

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