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WITH A mop of shoulder-length off-blonde
looks to be a powerhouse rocker. But at ‘‘jus

with a wife and four kids aged three to 10, he is a musician
with maturity, a man independent of the glitz-without-guts

music biz.

Living in the same area of West
Vancouver as native Bryan Adams,
the two have met only briefly ata
dinner in New York. Mention of
the often-repeated catchphrase

WAITING FOR success in the United States is West

Janz. With more important things in life than success in the music in-
dustry, Janz is not losing any sleep over his future. But as singing and
songwriting ‘‘is something you can do until you're 50, | don’t see quitting

it until I have to.”

‘Paul Janz is the next Bryan
Adams’ brings a tolerant smile.

Janz has heard it before. ‘tA lot
of those comparisons are not
musical comparisons,** he believes.
‘*Maybe it’s a confidence that |
can make it and do it really big.**

Growing up in strict surroun-
dings where rock music was taboo
and records were not allowed in
the house, former opera/gospecl
singer Janz turned to rock after he
heard The Beatles’ Abbey Road,
which for him had ‘just something
init.’

For his first album, the 1985
telease High Strung, Janz won a
Juno Award for the most promis-
ing male vocalist. Released in
Canada and the U.S. in May, his
album Electricity is on its way to
cracking the clusive south-of-the-
border market, something few Ca-
nadians manage to do.

Involved daily with the album's
progress in the States, he has per-
sonally telephoned radio station
program directors there to thank
them for giving the album play. It
is a move wholly Janz — un-
pretentious and unassuming.

Busy writing material for
himself and others, the man
behind jingles for Chevrolet, Coke
and Expo 86 among others last
October centred his attentions on a
project for the Make A Wish
Foundation, an organization gran-
ting wishes to terminally ill
children.

The tune Some Hearts Reach
High, co-written with his wife,
Elizabeth, and recorded with a
who's who of the Vancouver music
scene, was the result.

“{ feel I have a responsibility to
be involved in the community,”* is
his motivation behind that and
other charitable projects. ‘‘Things
like that...are responsibilities that
come with people putting you in
the public eye.”’

Rising daily at 8 a.m., he goes
without breakfast and works in his
home studio until mid-afternoon.
Topping his list of songwriting
hurdles is the last 10 per cent, the
last push to hit status. For the
times when he is not working, his
own record collection is a mix of
classical and contemporary, in-
cluding a fair bit of Elton John
and INXS.

Believe in Me, the second single
from Electricity, has climbed to
number 26 in overall retail sales in

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Canada and made a dent into U.S.
prime-time TV when it was
featured in recent episodes of the
soap Days of our Lives. With ex-
posure such as that, the elusive hit
south of the 49th keeps getting
closer.

“One of the things I'm working
on is the way | come acrass,"” he
says, admitting he is not quite
comfortable working with video.
“TE want it to be done honestly. I
don't want to delude people into

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thinking I’m something I’m not."

And what he is is a man on good
terms with himself. He is confident
of continued success — “IT haven't
teached my peak yet’ — but never
loses sleep over the future.

“The entire thing in the music
industry could end tomorrow. ['m
not saying | wouldn’t feel it, but I
wouldn't be devastated. To me
there are so many more important
things in life than my success —
my health, my family’s health.”

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