Loren Israel

Loren Israel is a Los Angeles-based music producer and record executive who specializes in developing independent artists. A manager and former A&R executive at Capitol Records, Israel is best known for working with bands such as Jimmy Eat World, Plain White T's, Neon Trees, Sugarcult, Less Than Jake and more.[1][2]

Loren Israel
Birth nameLoren Israel
OriginHollywood, California
GenresRock, alternative rock, punk, pop punk
Occupation(s)Musician, record producer, A&R, manager
InstrumentsGuitar, vocals
Years active1997–present
Websitehttp://www.bandbootcamp.com

Biography

Loren Israel grew up in Hollywood, California and later moved to the San Fernando Valley. His career in the music industry began at age 15, when he played in several bands. He toured the country with these bands, opening for bands like Bad Religion, the Sugarcubes, Soul Asylum, Social Distortion, the Damned, and the Smithereens. One successful band that he was in was called One Day, where he played guitar and wrote songs. Later, he switched gears and went to college. However, he could not stay away from music and put on several benefit concerts because he enjoyed it. As a result, he was scouted by an A&R executive who saw him at these shows, and ended up offering Loren an internship at Capitol Records. A few years later, Loren was offered a permanent job at Capitol as an A&R executive.[2]

Career

As an A&R executive for Capitol, Loren signed Less Than Jake and Jimmy Eat World.[3] He independently produced and signed The Hippos to Interscope Records, and Automatic 7 to A&M / Vagrant Records. He served as an A&R consultant to Jimmy Eat World's self-titled CD for DreamWorks.

Outside of Capitol Records, Loren began developing independent artists in 2001. He worked extensively with Rock Kills Kid from 2001–2004 and produced and managed the band's first EP release on Fearless Records in 2003. This led to the band being signed to Reprise Records and in 2006 released their first major record label record, Are You Nervous?.

Loren also scouted and developed the Plain White T's. He produced and managed the band's first two albums Stop (2001) and All That We Needed (2005).[4] He was directly responsible for the band establishing a marketing presence on MySpace with 200,000+ friends. The popularity of the band garnered them a deal with Hollywood Records in 2006 and released Every Second Counts September, 2006.

In addition, Loren worked on Sugarcult's 2006 album Lights Out. He worked as management for Neon Trees during the release of their album Habits.[5]

Loren currently does A&R consulting for Virgin Records, Epic Records, and Warner Bros. Records, and also runs two companies. The first, Band Boot Camp, is a program in which Loren personally assists artists in the areas of songwriting, stage presence, and self marketing in a one-day workshop in a studio in Hollywood. The other, his Music Mentor Program, allows him to work with emerging artists on a more long-term basis.

Discography
Year Artist Label Role
2018 The Unlikely Candidates Sony Music Entertainment Executive Producer (album: Danger to Myself EP)
2017 The Unlikely Candidates Century Media Executive Producer (album: Bed of Liars EP)
2013 The Unlikely Candidates Atlantic Records Producer
2011 Marissa Jack Warner Bros. Records Artist development, management
2010 Neon Trees Mercury Records Artist development[1]
2008 2 AM Club J Records Artist development
Them Terribles Artist development
Ryan Gillmor EMI Music Producer, artist development (album: Counting the Days)[1]
The Airlines Producer, artist development
2007 Midnight Hour Interscope Records Producer, artist development
Lala Artist development
2006 Plain White T's Hollywood Records Artist development (album: Every Second Counts}
Sugarcult Fearless Records Artist development (album: Lights Out)
Rock Kills Kid Reprise Records Artist development (album: Are You Nervous?)[1]
Stacy Clark Executive producer, artist development (album: Unusual)[1]
2005 Plain White T's Fearless Records A&R, executive producer (album: All That We Needed)[1]
2003 Rock Kills Kid Fearless Records Producer
Death on Wednesday Producer (album: Songs to To)[1]
2002 Plain White T's Fearless Records Producer, artist development (album: Stop)[1]
2001 Jimmy Eat World Dreamworks A&R (album: Bleed American)[6]
1997 The Hippos Fueled by Ramen/Vagrant Records Producer (album: Forget the World)
1996 Automatic 7 BYO Records Producer
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References
  1. "Loren Israel". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  2. Minnick, Doug. "Loren Israel: Director of A&R Capitol Records". Taxi Transmitter. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  3. Grubbs, Eric (August 2008). Post: A Look at the Influence of Post-Hardcore-1985-2007. iUniverse. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-595-51835-7. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  4. "Loren Israel discography". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  5. "Neon Trees – Habits". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  6. Mehr, Bob (2001-09-27). "Brave New World". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
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