Bionic Buzz® got to interview music producer & record executive Loren Israel over zoom. For over fifteen years, Loren worked in the Artist and Repertoire department of Capitol Records. One of his biggest accomplishments was as the A&R representative for Jimmy Eat World’s multi-platinum Dreamworks album, Bleed American. In 2001, he began working with unsigned artists in an effort to foster emerging talent and help them navigate and access the enigmatic music industry. In this capacity, he discovered, developed, and managed the Plain White T’s and Executive produced “Hey There Delilah”,
which topped music charts in fourteen countries. Most recently, under Loren’s expert guidance, he developed Neon Trees whose debut single “Animal” and “Everybody Talks” were triple platinum number one hits.
We talk about where he found his passion for music, stories of his band One Day opening the Sugarcubes which featured Björk, how he kept Jimmy Eat World together, how “Hey There Delilah” song was written on his couch as his house, how he discovered Neon Trees, working with the the Unlikely Candidates, who achieved an Alternative Billboard # 1 hit song – “Novacaine,” and more!
Get in contact with Loren at: https://lorenisrael.com/
