Bryan Kessler



Professional musician, composer, producer, music artist.

Bryan grew up playing music in the Philadelphia area and in 1971 attended Berklee Music College in Boston as an instrumental performance major. He started to gain studio experience at Atlantic records in NYC when Joel Dorn ; then vice president ; brought in Bryan's group DLM Band to record a number of original songs. Having caught the studio bug he went on to gain more experience playing and doing sessions up and down the East coast. In 1983 Bryan moved to Los Angeles to attend the Musicians Institute of Technology to further study music and studio recording techniques. In 1986 he moved to Hawaii. Bryan has written, produced, and performed numerous commercials and music CD s since that time. He resides today in the Hawaiian islands and remains one of Hawaiis top music artists and studio musicians.

1993 - "Eh Na Na Local Motion" producer / composer / performer / engineer
won Pele Award for best radio jingle

1993 - "Heiau" producer / composer / performer
won Hoku award for best single recording

1994 - "Vanishing Treasures" producer / composer / performer / Hawaiian Style Band
won Hoku award for Album Of The Year

1995 - "Rhythm of the Ocean" producer / composer / performer
won Hoku award for Hawaiian Style Band

1996 - "Ohana" Hawaiian Style Band producer / composer / performer / engineering

1998- "The New Voyage" the Island Riddim Band / producer

1993-1997 Various radio jingles producer / composer / engineer

1999- "Heart Jams" produced first solo album released on Wire and Wood Record label

2003- "Heart Jams" released in Japan on Cool Records label