He was born in Pontiac, Michigan to a musical family. His father had a DMA in choral music and was an avant-garde12-tone composer, A&R executive for Metro Arts Detroit, known for its affiliation with the musicians of Motown Records and later the Director of Arts & Humanities at Michigan Tech,[2] His mother was a music/voice major and school teacher.[3] He started playing violin at age 6.[4] PJ caught the attention of Columbia records, who in mid-2000, released the critically acclaimed album Words For Living. Olsson also made an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman,[5] singing his High Times song of the year, "Visine." His well known song, "Ready for a Fall," was included on the soundtrack album for the television show Dawson's Creek.[6]
Olsson mixed and co-engineered Alan Parsons' album A Valid Path alongside Parsons and earned a Grammy nomination for the project. He has said that working with two of his musical heroes, Alan Parsons and David Gilmour (who guested on the album), is a career highlight.[9][10]
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