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Adam Fredric Duritz (born August 1, 1964) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and film producer. He is best known for his role as frontman and vocalist for the rock band Counting Crows, in which he is a founding member and principal composer of their catalogue of songs. Duritz has recorded solo material of his own, and has collaborated with other musical acts. He has branched out as the owner of at least two record labels, acting as his own artists and repertoire (A&R) man. His work scoring music for film has been recognized by the music industry, notably with an award for co-writing the song "Accidentally in Love" for the movie ''Shrek 2'' from BMI. Duritz's lyrics have been described as "morose" and "tortured" and as "wordy introspection" and his vocals "expressive".〔 ==Career== Before gaining fame, Duritz sang (and later wrote songs) for a few San Francisco Bay Area bands. These included Mod-L Society and Sordid Humor, a college rock band. While Duritz was not a member, in the early 1990s, two other musicians whom Duritz had not yet met were introduced while working with the band. Duritz had been tapped to provide vocals on one track, and future bandmate David Immerglück, (nicknamed "Immy") as a session musician on bass guitar. Producing the album was David Bryson, both of whom became good friends. In 1990, Duritz joined with Bryson, and followed his lead in forming the band, The Himalayans. In the Himalayans, his songwriting talents were beginning to gain recognition from the other musicians and a song, albeit in its infancy, "Round Here" was written at that time. A year later, while The Himalayans recorded a demo tape for a major record label, Duritz and Bryson independently submitted another demo tape of just the two of them singing stripped-down musical selections, and called themselves Counting Crows. After listening to both tapes, Duritz and Bryson's tape was selected; although they were asked to record the song on their debut album as it was. ''August and Everything After'' was the result, containing "Round Here".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Introducing THE HIMALAYANS biography )〕 After they performed as the music guest on Saturday Night Live (SNL), their single "Mr. Jones" jumped 40 spots in the charts. He has collaborated with The Wallflowers (led by Jakob Dylan) on the album ''Bringing Down the Horse'' on the track "6th Avenue Hearthache"; with Ryan Adams on ''Gold'' and the song "Butterfly in Reverse" from ''Hard Candy''; with Peter Stuart on ''Propeller'' and ''Daisy''; with Live on ''V''; and with Dashboard Confessional on the track "So Long, So Long" from ''Dusk and Summer''. He also collaborated with Nanci Griffith on "Going Back to Georgia" and "Talk To Me While I'm Listening", from Griffith's 1994 Album "Flyer". Duritz also contributed the songs "Spin Around," "You Don't See Me," and "You're a Star" to the ''Josie and the Pussycats'' soundtrack that were performed by the film's fictional title band. Along with bandmates Vickrey, Bryson, and Immerglück, Duritz co-wrote the song "Accidentally in Love" for the soundtrack of the movie, ''Shrek 2'', winning them each an award from BMI.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dan Vickrey : Awards )〕 Duritz was also a judge for the 10th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Past Judges for the Independent Music Awards Include )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adam Duritz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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