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Donnie Mills - Singer-Songwriter

~MUSIC BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER~

About Me

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Dedicated... talented... unbelievable... smooth.....are just a few words that have been used to describe this Award Winning Mobile, Alabama born and based Singer-Songwriter. The Mobile Press called Donnie, "One of Mobile's most accomplished songwriters" and he was voted 2nd place for Best Songwriter in Mobile by Laigiappe Mobile in 2005. Donnie Mills has played guitar and sang since the age of nine, and has allowed time to perfect his style of guitar playing and enrich his smooth vocals into what is heard now from Nashville, Tennessee and Austin, Texas to the beautiful shores of the Gulf of Mexico. Listeners old and new are captivated by the way that Donnie takes a song and makes it his own with heartfelt delivery and with the sheer joy of being able to live his dreams through the music he plays. From Country and Classic Rock & Roll cover tunes to his own original songs, Donnie feels every song that he sings and transmits those feelings to all that listen and that is what keeps people coming back for more of this "passionate Singer-Songwriter."Having fourteen national releases to his credit, placing 2nd the the Gulf Coast Idol competition, and being a two time winner and three time judge for the Hank Williams Songwriting Contest held in Georgianna AL (which Donnie produced and oversaw in 2005), and placing 5th in the Austin Songwriters Contest in 2006 and 3rd in the 2006 contest, Donnie is doing what Country Music Legend Larry Cordle (CMA Song of the Year with "Murder On Music Row", and "Mama Don"t Forget To Pray For Me"-recorded by Diamond Rio) told him that he was meant to be doing.Donnie has been a past President and Coordinator of the Mobile Songwriters Association, a present member of the Austin Songwriters Group of TEXAS and a regular at the Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama ,the Flat Rock Music Festival held in Flat Rock, North Carolina, the Alabama Pecan Festival in Tillmans Corner AL, the Mississippi Pecan Festival, as well as Bayfest, the Mobile Alabama Music Festival. He has toured the Southeast from Austin TX to Flat Rock, NC singing at House Concerts, Festivals and with national acts such as Robert MeEntee, FREEBO & Jim Photoglo, Merle Haggards Band, as well as working with Songwriters Buzz Cason, Steve Dorff, Barbara Cloyd, and many others. Book Donnie for your next party or social function! Email Donnie Mills here or at www.donniemills.com
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Member Since: 11/2/2005
Band Website: donniemills.com / cdbaby.com/cd/donniemills
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.. THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND THE REASON I AM ALIVE

Influences: Dan Fogelberg, Willie Nelson, George Mills, Tommy Emmanuel, Hank Williams, James Taylor, The Beatles, Lyle Lovett, Michael Johnson, Christopher Cross, Jim Croce, Thom Bresch, Chet Atkins, Mickey Newbury, FREEBO, Jim Photoglo, Robert McEntee, George Rohm (my mentor), Kevin Mayfield, Tommy Jordan, Ronnie "Guitar" Davis, Kenny Rogers, Gove Schrivnor, Dan Tyminski, The Eagles, Sonny Throckmorten, My Perdido Key Brothers & Sisters, AUSTIN TEXAS, George Strait, The Highwaymen (Willie, Cash, Waylon, Kristofferson),
WHAT WOULD WILLIE DO??? (WWWD) Me & Brother George (DARKNESS COMES!!!!!) SONGWRITING IS THE BEST THERAPY IN THE WORLD AND SAVED MY LIFE! MY 3 AMIGOS (Mark, Dorothy, Damien)..love you guys!
TOUR BUS - Home Sweet Home

Sounds Like: he knows what he's doing at least "some" of the time.
Record Label: GodsChild Records, Left To Write Publishing c2006
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

MY GIFT TO YOU.....A SMILE

Natural Highs for Christmas!! Think about them one at a time BEFORE going on to the next one...IT DOES MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD,  please read the end of this message! __________________________________...
Posted by Donnie Mills - Singer-Songwriter on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:13:00 PST

TOMMY EMMANUEL - YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT!!

Fellow musicians and music lovers, Please check out my friend and hero Tommy Emmanuel...the man plays guitar like no one else in this world and is as personable as they come. Chet Atkins called him th...
Posted by Donnie Mills - Singer-Songwriter on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 04:04:00 PST

THE SECRET OF LIFE

"The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time" James Taylor hit the nail on the head with this lyric, and the older I get, the more it becomes truth to me.  We all go through our share of j...
Posted by Donnie Mills - Singer-Songwriter on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 03:44:00 PST

BOOK DONNIE MILLS FOR A HOUSE CONCERT

A House Concert is the newest venue to take the music world by storm! Get the artist in your living room, den, back yard, or neighborhood party to play in an intimate environment that brings you up cl...
Posted by Donnie Mills - Singer-Songwriter on Tue, 07 Feb 2006 09:43:00 PST

YOU MIGHT BE TOO OLD TO GIG IF.........

      ''You Might Be Too Old to Gig, If''                        ...
Posted by Donnie Mills - Singer-Songwriter on Sat, 17 Dec 2005 10:48:00 PST

IT'S A BROTHERHOOD....NOT A COMPETITION!

Songwriters.......we are definetly a sensitive bunch.....there are a lot of stereotypes running around the general public, and I am proud to say that it is for the most part, VERY untrue. All of my be...
Posted by Donnie Mills - Singer-Songwriter on Fri, 02 Dec 2005 10:01:00 PST

My Thoughts on Songwriting

I am living proof that music can change your life. I was unhappy for so long, surrounded by negative thoughts and people, and through my worst times, my music and guitar were my constant companion and...
Posted by Donnie Mills - Singer-Songwriter on Thu, 03 Nov 2005 10:35:00 PST