busbee
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Michael James Ryan Busbee |
| Born | Walnut Creek, California |
| Origin | San Francisco Bay, California, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, record producer, publisher, musician |
| Website | www.busbeemusic.com |
Mike Busbee, commonly known as busbee is an American songwriter,[1] record producer, publisher, and musician from the San Francisco Bay area.
Biography
Born in Walnut Creek, California, busbee was introduced to music at 7 when his parents enrolled him in piano lessons. He took to music instantly and throughout his youth studied piano, trombone, tuba, saxophone, and everything else he could get his hands on. In high school he discovered jazz and focused his musical passion on the trombone, which ultimately earned him a scholarship to William Paterson University in New Jersey. In his junior year of college he was honored with The Frank Rosolino Memorial Scholarship award recognizing him as the top college-age jazz trombonist in the world. Throughout college he also freelanced as a trombone player in and around New York City and San Francisco playing everything from weddings and parties to some of the cities top jazz clubs.
A dedicated jazz aficionado, it wasn't until after college that he actually began discovering the vast world of pop, rock, R&B, and soul. A few years later, his new fascination with popular music led him to Los Angeles where he got a job working for the well-known producer Eric Valentine. A year later, he started freelancing as a producer and began writing more. In 2006, a friend invited him to Nashville to write songs. Within a few months he landed a publishing deal with Crosstown Music through Nashville super-producer Dann Huff. He experienced his first success as a songwriter in Nashville penning the hit single "Summer Nights" for Rascal Flatts,[2] which went to #2 on the Billboard Country Singles Chart. Shortly thereafter he scored his first #1 on that chart with the song “Our Kind of Love” by Lady Antebellum.[3] He followed it with the Hunter Hayes's "Storm Warning”.
Around the same time, his career in pop music took off as well. He co-wrote the #1 UK single "Bad Boys" for Alexandra Burke,[4] featuring Flo Rida and then got his first taste of worldwide pop success with the single "If We Ever Meet Again" for Timbaland featuring Katy Perry[5] that same year. He went on to write the hit single “Dark Side” for Kelly Clarkson and then penned the #1 single "Try" for P!nk.
Additionally, busbee has written and/or produced for a broad range of acts including Mercury, P!nk, Shakira, Ingrid Michaelson, Keith Urban, Daughtry, Rascal Flatts, Jason Aldean, Gavin DeGraw, Blake Shelton, Dia Frampton & Kid Cudi, Backstreet Boys, and Scotty McCreary. He has had massive chart success all over the world with #1 hits in the US, UK, Italy, and Japan and has released several albums as an artist under the names busbee, GoNorthToGoSouth,[6] and Bombs Over Nowhere. In 2013 he signed a multi-faceted publishing deal with BMG Rights Management which included a joint-venture publishing company of his own.
Discography
Songs written
| Discography | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with | Notes |
| 5 Seconds of Summer | 5 Seconds of Summer (2014) | "Don't Stop” | Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, Steve Robson | Single |
| "The Only Reason” | Steve Robson, Michael Clifford | |||
| Christina Aguilera | Lotus (2012) | "Empty Words" | Christina Aguilera, Nikki Flores, Ali Tamposi | |
| Jason Aldean | My Kinda Party (2010) | "Days Like These" | Neil Thrasher, Wendell Mobley | |
| Night Train (2012) | "This Nothing Town" | |||
| Allstar Weekend | All the Way (2011) | "Not Your Birthday" (feat. Anth) | Anthony Melo, JP Clark, Jayce Levi | Single |
| "Do It 2 Me" | Zachary Porter, JP Clark, Jayce Levi | |||
| Backstreet Boys | This Is Us (2009) | "Masquerade"[7] | Brian Kennedy, Alex James, Antwoine Collins | |
| Better Than Ezra | Paper Empire (2009) | "Black Light" | Kevin Griffin | |
| "Turn Up The Bright Lights" | Kevin Griffin, Michelle Lewis | |||
| "In Between The Moments" | Kevin Griffin | |||
| "Wounded" | ||||
| "All in" | Kevin Griffin, James Bourne | |||
| Boyzone | Brother (2010) | "Nothing Without You” | Catt Gravitt, Tom Shapiro | |
| Danielle Bradbery | Danielle Bradbery (2013) | "Yellin' From The Rooftop" | Sarah Buxton | |
| "Endless Summer” | Sarah Buxton, Jedd Hughes | |||
| Toni Braxton | Pulse (2010) | "If I Have to Wait" | Toni Braxton, Jud Friesman, Allan Rich | |
| Garth Brooks | Man Against Machine (2014) | "People Loving People" | Lee Thomas Miller, Chris Wallin | |
| Alexandra Burke | Overcome (2009) | "Bad Boys" (feat. Flo Rida) | Melvin K. Watson Jr., Larry Summerville Jr., Alex James, Lauren Evans Tramar Dillard | Single (#1 UK Singles Chart, Brit Award Nomination)[8] |
| Kelly Clarkson | Stronger (2011) | "Dark Side" | Alexander Geringas | Single (#1 Billboard Dance Chart) |
| Daughtry | Break the Spell (2011) | "We're Not Gonna Fall" | Chris Daughtry, Zac Maloy | |
| "Gone Too Soon" | Chris Daughtry | |||
| "Losing My Mind" | ||||
| Baptized (2013) | "I'll Fight” | |||
| "High Above The Ground” | ||||
| Gavin DeGraw | Make a Move (2013) | "Who's Gonna Save Us" | Gavin DeGraw | |
| Lee DeWyze | Live It Up (2010) | "A Song About Love" | Lee DeWyze, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund, David Hodges | |
| "It's Gotta Be Love" | Lee DeWyze, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund, Claude Kelly | |||
| "Stay Here" | Lee DeWyzed, Espen Lind, Claude Kelly | |||
| Colton Dixon | A Messenger (2013) | "Noise" | Colton Dixon | |
| "You Are” | Colton Dixon, Rhyan Shirley, Jared Martin | |||
| Sara Evans | Slow Me Down (2014) | "Good Love Is Hard To Find” | Sarah Buxton, Dave Berg | |
| Dia Frampton | Red (2011) | Don't Kick The Chair (feat. Kid Cudi)" | Dia Frampton, Scott Mescudi, Julie Frost | |
| "I Will" (feat. Blake Shelton) | Dia Frampton, Tom Shapiro | |||
| "Good Boy" | Dia Frampton, Chris Seefried | |||
| The Fray | Helios (2014) | "Hold My Hand” | The Fray | |
| "Give it Away” | ||||
| "Our Last Days” | ||||
| Martin Garrix | (2015) | "Don't Look Down (Ft. Usher)" feat. Usher | Martin Garrix, Usher Raymond, James Abrahart | Single |
| Girls' Generation | Run Devil Run (2010) | "Run Devil Run" | Alex James, Kalle Engström, Hong Ji-yoo, Nakamura Kanata | Single |
| Giorgia | Dietro le apparenze (2011) | "Hostage" (È l'amore che conta) | Giorgia Todrani, Allan Rich, Jud Firdman | |
| "Did I Lose You" (feat. Olly Murs) | ||||
| Hunter Hayes | Hunter Hayes (2011) | "Storm Warning" | Hunter Hayes, Gordie Sampson | Single[9] |
| Lady Antebellum | Need You Now (2010) | "Our Kind of Love" | Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood | Single (#1 Billboard US Country)[3] |
| "Ready to Love Again"[3] | ||||
| Own the Night (2011) | "When You Were Mine" | |||
| 747 (2014) | "Falling for You" | |||
| The Best of Me (2014) | ||||
| Adam Lambert | Trespassing (2012) | "Take Back" | Adam Lambert | |
| Little Big Town | Pain Killer (2014) | "Quit Breaking Up With Me" | Natalie Hemby, Shane McAnally | |
| Scotty McCreery | See You Tonight (2013) | "Now” | Scotty McCreery, Frank Rogers | |
| "Buzzin” | Frank Rogers | |||
| Katharine McPhee | Unbroken (2010) | "How" | Lucie Silvas, Alex James | |
| Bea Miller | Young Blood (2014) | "Enemy Fire" | Meghan Kabir | |
| "Dracula" | Bea Miller, Kara DioGuardi, CJ Baran, Skyler Stonestreet | |||
| Kellie Pickler | The Woman I Am (2013) | "I Forgive You" | Hillary Lindsey, Aimee Mayo | |
| P!nk | The Truth About Love (2012) | "Try" | Ben West | Single (#1 Billboard Adult Pop Chart, Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart) |
| Cassadee Pope | Frame by Frame (2013) | "Edge of a Thunderstorm” | Cassadee Pope, Liz Rose | |
| Rascal Flatts | Still Feels Good (2007) | "Better Now" | Gregory Becker, Darrell Brown | |
| Unstoppable (2009) | Summer Nights" | Gary LeVox, Brett James | Single (#2 Billboard Country Chart)[10][11][12][13][14][15] | |
| Nothing Like This (2010) | "Sunday Afternoon" | Joe Don Rooney | ||
| Rewind (2014) | "She Must Like Broken Hearts” | Rascal Flatts | ||
| Haley Reinhart | Listen Up! (2012) | "Free" | Lucie Silvas | Single |
| "Wasted Tears" | Haley Reinhart, Jonthan Green | |||
| "What You Don't Know" | Haley Reinhart, Sam Watters | |||
| Chris Rene | I'm Right Here (2012) | "Trouble" | Jason Bonilla, Alex Lambert, | Single |
| The Rosso Sisters | Hola Hola (2014) | "We Don't Care About That Anyway" | ||
| Shakira | Shakira (2014) | "Broken Record" | Shakira | |
| Blake Shelton | If I'm Honest (2016) | "Every Goodbye" | Ryan Hurd, Liz Rose | |
| Jessica Sutta | N/A | "Show Me" (2011) | Alexander Geringas, Paddy Dalton | Single (#1 Billboard Dance Chart) |
| Timbaland | Shock Value II (2009) | "If We Ever Meet Again" (feat. Katy Perry) | T.Mosley, James Washington | Single (#3 UK Singles Chart)[16][17] |
| Keith Urban | Get Closer (2010) | "All For You” | Chris Eaton | |
| Vedera | Stages (2009) | "Goodbye My Love” | Vedera, Simon Wilcox, James Bourne, Kasia Livingston | |
Production and co-production
| Discography | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Artist | Album | Song | Co-produced with |
| Christina Aguilera | Lotus (2012) | "Empty Words" | |
| Lauren Alaina | "Next Boyfriend" (2015) | ||
| Allstar Weekend | All the Way (2011) | "Not Your Birthday" (feat. Anth) | |
| "Do It 2 Me" | |||
| Daughtry | Baptized (2013) | "I'll Fight” | DreZa |
| "High Above The Ground” | Mason "MdL" Levy | ||
| Gavin DeGraw | Make a Move (2013) | "Who's Gonna Save Us" | DreZa |
| Dia Frampton | Red (2011) | ||
| "I Will" (feat. Blake Shelton) | |||
| "Good Boy" | J. Bonilla | ||
| Girl's Generation | Run Devil Run (2010) | "Run Devil Run" | Alex James, Kalle Engström |
| Lady Antebellum | 747 (2014) | "Falling for You" | |
| The Best of Me (2014) | |||
| Adam Lambert | Trespassing (2012) | "Take Back" | J. Bonilla |
| Ingrid Michaelson | Light Out (2014) | "Time Machine" | |
| Bea Miller | Young Blood (2014) | "Enemy Fire" | |
| Haley Reinhart | Listen Up! (2012) | "What You Don't Know" | J. Bonilla |
| "Walking on Heaven" | |||
| "Hit the Ground Running" | |||
| N/A | "Baby, It's Cold Outside" | ||
| Chris Rene | I'm Right Here (2012) | "Trouble" | J. Bonilla |
| Shakira | Shakira (2014) | "Broken Record" | Shakira |
| "Medicine" (feat. Blake Shelton) | Shakira | ||
| "23" | Shakira | ||
| Keith Urban | Ripcord (2016) | "Sun Don't Let Me Down" (feat. Pitbull) | |
Other songs
- Cris Cab – "The Truth", "The Sun Is Gonna Rise Again"
- Eliza Doolittle – "I'm in Love With You”
- Edurne – "Pretty Boy"
- Duncan – "Light Up The Sky”
- Mickey Guyton – "Safe"
- Genevieve – "Stay Here Please", "Better”
- Girls Generation – "Chain Reaction"
- Danny Gokey – "I Still Believe"
- Francesca Michielin – "Il più bell'abbraccio"
- Ryan Star – "Stay Awhile" Single'
- Jordy Towers – "Money Money”
- Westlife – "Get Away”
- Elliott Yamin -"In Love With You Forever", "The Bridge Is Burning"
References
- ↑ "Songwriter/Composer: BUSBEE MICHAEL JAMES RYAN". Repertoire.bmi.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ Mansfield, Brian (2009-04-06). "Rascal Flatts: 'Unstoppable' force of country". Usatoday.Com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- 1 2 3 "Lady Antebellum - Chart history". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ "Alexandra Burke – Bad Boys – Listen and discover music at". Last.fm. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Michael Busbee". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ "GoNorthToGoSouth". GoNorthToGoSout.comh. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Backstreet Boys - Masquerade". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ "Bad Boys by Alexandra Burke Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ "Dallas Davidson, Luke Laird Are BMI’s Top Songwriters, Tom T. Hall the Icon". CMT.com. 2012-10-31. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ "Rascal Flatts - Chart history". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ "YouTube". YouTube.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ "Rascal Flatts - Summer Nights - Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ "Rascal Flatts Scores Fourth Billboard 200 No. 1". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ "Top 10 Country Music Songs for Summer 2009 - We list the Top 10 Country Music Songs for Summer 2009". Countrymusic.about.com. 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ Bierly, Mandi. "Unstoppable". EW.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ "Timbaland With Katy Perry - If We Ever Meet Again (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ "Timbaland - If We Ever Meet Again ft. Katy Perry". YouTube,com. 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
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