Mitchel Delevie, Record Producer/Songwriter

MITCHEL DELEVIEPlatinum Award winning songwriter, performer, record producer, recording / mix engineer, with such notable artists and companies as: Smokey Robinson, Gino Vannelli, Rickie Lee Jones, Randy Meisner (of the Eagles), A & M Records, Warner Bros. Records, and Motown Records. Mitchel’s vast music career spans his entire life. Actively writing and performing, Mitchel also became a record executive for three major labels doing artist development and A&R. Here is a short list of artists Mitchel worked with either in the recording studio, or on the concert stage:• For A & M: Providing artist development, Mitchel worked with Gino Vannelli, Carpenters, Peter Frampton, Styx, Alessi Bros., Herb Alpert, Garland Jefferys, Dirty Angels, The Strabs, The Police, The Stranglers, and Milton Nascimento. Mitchel was awarded The Platinum Record award for selling over 1,000,000 copies of Gino Vannelli’s “Brother to Brother” LP. • For Warner Bros. Records (Artist Development Dept.): Mitchel worked either in the Studio or on the Concert Stage with Ricky Lee Jones, The Who, Michael McDonald and the Doobie Bros., Donna Lauren, Van Halen, Christopher Cross, Prince, and Ambrosia.• Mitchel Delevie also wrote a technical manual about producing live shows for Warner Bros. Records called “The Book of the Road”. This book is still being used today as a reference book for artists, tour managers, and producers to help them plan their shows in many venues in the U. S. A. • For Motown Records: Working with the Vice-President, SMOKEY ROBINSON, Mitchel produced, engineered, and went on world tours to assure Smokey the “record quality sound” necessary for the Smokey’s live show. Mixed Aretha Franklyn for the Brotherhood Crusade tour for Smokey Robinson. • Over the last two decades Mitchel has painstakingly chosen the finest singers and musicians in the United States to join him in the Mitchel Delevie Band to bring great songs and great singers back to the concert stage. Mitchel’s original blend of R&B/Pop, Jazz/Rock lifts people’s spirits and goes directly to the heart. Mitchel has written and recorded hundreds of original songs; his material is regularly sought after by the best artists and producers in the world. Mitchel has been honored with being chosen to represent the U.S.A. three times at the highly acclaimed Vina Festival in Chile, international song competition, 2004, 2006, 2007, and is currently writing in Nashville , and producing a Finalist from American Idol in L.A. .