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This is sad news to share. My dear friend- extraordinarily talented music producer, Bryan Loren has passed away 
He would have been 59 this year.
@shaniceonline and I had breakfast this weekend with Bryan’s brother, Geno, who delivered the sad news to us (swipe to see a pic from that meeting)Bryan produced Shanice’s debut album,which made Michael Jackson his biggest fan.
As Geno so beautifully wrote in his announcement:
“My brother was his father’s son… a brilliant musician who lived his life unapologetically. His talent was ELITE, and his character was true… given the gift, and he left his mark on the world.”-
I personally met Bryan in 1991 when he was working with Michael. I was working for Michael’s managers at the time, and Bryan came in for a meeting. We exchanged numbers and instantly became the best of friends.
Michael would often drive to Bryan’s house in Woodland Hills and record music in his basement studio. I remember they even spent a Thanksgiving together- just two guys, laughing, creating, talking about girls, cartoons, and life. Bryan wrote and played every instrument on “Do The Bartman” for The Simpsons. Bryan and MJ bonded because they were both young musical geniuses who loved nerdy things.
I’ll never forget the time MJ called me at work, in 1993, and said he had just written a song for his unreleased short film “Is This Scary” (that he eventually cast me in) and asked if he could dictate the lyrics to me so I could write them down and rush them to Sony. He kept me on the phone for nearly an hour, line by line. The song was called “Family Thing.”
Later that night, I told Bryan about MJ’s call- he just laughed. He told me HE had actually written the lyrics for MJ, who was being pressured by Sony for the song. I still have those handwritten pages from that call
MJ 1st became a fan of Bryan’s after hearing Shanice’s debut album -stunned that Bryan had written, produced, and played everything on it…at just 19 years old! His talent was on the level of Prince. Truly rare.
Rest easy, B
Thank you for the decades of memories, the laughter, the stories, and the music.
#michaeljackson #bryanloren #musicproducer #music losangeles
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He would have been 59 this year.@shaniceonline and I had breakfast this weekend with Bryan’s brother, Geno, who delivered the sad news to us (swipe to see a pic from that meeting)Bryan produced Shanice’s debut album,which made Michael Jackson his biggest fan.
As Geno so beautifully wrote in his announcement:
“My brother was his father’s son… a brilliant musician who lived his life unapologetically. His talent was ELITE, and his character was true… given the gift, and he left his mark on the world.”-
I personally met Bryan in 1991 when he was working with Michael. I was working for Michael’s managers at the time, and Bryan came in for a meeting. We exchanged numbers and instantly became the best of friends.
Michael would often drive to Bryan’s house in Woodland Hills and record music in his basement studio. I remember they even spent a Thanksgiving together- just two guys, laughing, creating, talking about girls, cartoons, and life. Bryan wrote and played every instrument on “Do The Bartman” for The Simpsons. Bryan and MJ bonded because they were both young musical geniuses who loved nerdy things.
I’ll never forget the time MJ called me at work, in 1993, and said he had just written a song for his unreleased short film “Is This Scary” (that he eventually cast me in) and asked if he could dictate the lyrics to me so I could write them down and rush them to Sony. He kept me on the phone for nearly an hour, line by line. The song was called “Family Thing.”
Later that night, I told Bryan about MJ’s call- he just laughed. He told me HE had actually written the lyrics for MJ, who was being pressured by Sony for the song. I still have those handwritten pages from that call
MJ 1st became a fan of Bryan’s after hearing Shanice’s debut album -stunned that Bryan had written, produced, and played everything on it…at just 19 years old! His talent was on the level of Prince. Truly rare.
Rest easy, B
Thank you for the decades of memories, the laughter, the stories, and the music. #michaeljackson #bryanloren #musicproducer #music losangeles
Shana Mangatal
This is sad news to share. My dear friend- extraordinarily talented music producer, Bryan Loren has passed away 😔🙏🏽 He would have been 59 this year. @shaniceonline and I had breakfast this weekend...
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