Born in the San Francisco Bay Area at a time when melody was king and playlists had more than 10 songs,busbee grew up with an eclectic love for great music. He first cut his teeth listening to the hymns played in church and the songs of Sesame Street and The Electric Company. In his early years his dad would grab the guitar and pick out the songs of Hank Williams, Johnny Cash Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan. His dad also had a great love for black gospel music and the rock and roll oldies. His mom would later introduce him to the music of The Beatles, Peter Paul and Mary and Glenn Miller. In his teens he would overhear the songs jumping out of his older sister's boombox from artists like Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Poison and Bon Jovi.

busbee's first music making experiences began with the piano at age 7. Later he would wind up playing trombone and studying jazz through his early college years. He moved to Los Angeles a few years after college to pursue work opportunities there. After a few stints with a couple insanely gifted producers(who were like musical mentors to him) he began freelancing as a songwriter and producer.

He has worked with the likes of Mercury, Liz Phair, Switchfoot, Smash Mouth, Victoria Beckham, Project 86, Rosie Thomas, Kari Kimmel, Glen Philips and Cameron Jaymes and has had songs featured in several Film and Television projects.

busbee currently lives in Pasadena, CA and works out of his studio there called The Brown Welch.

He plays alongside bandmembers: Jonathan Ahrens,Jonathan Berry,Aaron Sterling, and Kris Pooley.

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