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Bart Mitchell

I write therefore I am and always will be.

About Me

I spent the money my mama gave me for singing lessons on medical school, so give me a break as I try to answer the age old question that has eluded songwriters:

"If I write a song in the forest and a tree falls on me... when the rescue team comes with chainsaws will my song get cut ?"

It only took 23 years to get my M.D. but its taken 32 years to develop my self taught guitar and songwriting skills to the point I'm ready to share my music. You're more likely to encounter me in the E.R. or at a songwriters meeting than you will on the stage now, having been the rhythym guitarist in those long forgotten bands: Euphony, and LD 50, in the late 70's and 80's.

  I started out as a navy brat but mostly grew up in the Shoals area near Fame Studios and was influenced by "The Swampers " and all the artists who were attracted to the "Muscle Shoals Sound" in the 70's. Though still vocally challenged my guitar skills have improved considerably since I played the guitar lead to "Proud Mary" behind my back and over my head during the senior play at Deshler High School in 1977. My top career aspirations back then were to be a rock star, to play 1st base for the Braves, play guard for the Celtics, to put Bill Dance out of his fishing show job and to be a doctor. Fulfilling your 5th choice in career goals isn't all that bad. I still haven't given up completely on becoming a rock star but I think being a songwriter is close enough. I don't have any cuts yet and I don't have to .. to eat like many of my starving songwriter friends ... I'm just compelled to write songs. I also want to prove that MySpace can be used to get a cut. I guess I inherited some genes from my great grandfather Professor Walter C. Mitchell who wrote a capella Christian music . I have finished many of my songs that started in yesteryear on cassette (many in mono) thanks to the digital age of music and currently have a growing catalog of about 40 songs. I am currently studying and refining my songwriting skills at Songu.com. I'll post a link to my backpack to show what I'm currently pitching after I get my locker organized.

Most of my songs somewhat fit the country mold, but I have also written blues songs, metal songs, instrumentals, a Christian song, children's songs and even have a hip-hop duet in the works. My long term goals are to write a musical play, retire from medicine to a staff songwriter position, get into music production but mostly to write a song so good that my daughter Megan actually wants to sing it (she charges me for work tracks like these right now... smart business woman I think she is). I've just started moving into a studio with my song here "I'm Votin' For Hilary" but I'm still having fun with my work tapes self recording, self mixing on my Boss 1200 and/or Boss BR-900 digital recording studios in combination with my computer.

I use Google documents for much of my collaborating as I keep very odd work hours with my ER schedule. If you want to try collaborating with me feel free to contact me here and we'll set up a google document and swap mp3's.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/22/2007
Band Members:

Bart Mitchell: : acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, drum machine, vocals, sound engineer, producer, songwriter, band physician. :


Influences:

Stephen Stills, Eric Clapton, Stanley Jordan, Leo Kottke, Larry Carleton, Lynard Skynard, The Eagles, Tom Petty, Dewey Cox, Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters :


Sounds Like:

Bob Dylan with a cold doing an impersonation of Art Garfunkel :


Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

USA Swimming National Championships

I will be at the USA Swimming National Championships July 31 through August 4 in Indianapolis.  Look for me at various open mikes around town after finals are over.
Posted by Bart Mitchell on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:57:00 PST

Vinyl

     Wow, I just acquired a pick up truck load of vinyl from the overflowing garage of a popular radio DJ in the south. Real records, real artwork on album covers. The vinyl is in ...
Posted by Bart Mitchell on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:39:00 PST