Michael James Ryan Busbee, known professionally as Busbee, was an American songwriter, record producer, publisher, record executive, and multi-instrumentalist.
10 Facts About Busbee
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Busbee was known for his work in both pop music and country music, having written for acts including 5 Seconds of Summer, Keith Urban, Maren Morris, Trisha Yearwood, Daughtry, and the Fray.
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Busbee was born in Walnut Creek, California, and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Busbee began playing piano when he was seven years old and started playing jazz trombone in high school.
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Busbee studied jazz at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey, after receiving a scholarship to the school in 1995, but returned to the San Francisco Bay Area before graduating.
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Busbee moved to Los Angeles in 2000 and started working at a music studio, assisting rock producer Eric Valentine, and he began learning to play more instruments, including guitar, bass, and drums.
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Busbee started working on many pop songs, with many artists who had been on reality singing competitions like American Idol and The X Factor.
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Busbee was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 2017 for his work on Maren Morris' debut single, "My Church".
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In December 2018, Busbee started his own music label, Altadena, in Los Angeles in partnership with Warner Bros.
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Busbee was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer, during 2019 and died later that year on September 29, in Los Angeles.