Stephen Mitchell(V)

Stephen Mitchell aka Steve Mitchell - Studio Musician - Piano, Keyboards - L.A./Hollywood. Composer, Studio Musician. Arranger, Orchestrator, Songwriter, Music Director, Concert Performance Musician and Music Programmer. Los Angeles native born.

Working in several Electronic Media recording fields that include CD/Phono-Recording, Motion Picture Theatrical Film Music Soundtracks, Television Music Soundtracks as well as Live Music and Concert Performance fields.

Credited as a Composer, Arranger, Studio Musician, Associate Producer and Producer on music recordings from Warner Brothers Records, MCA-Universal Records, EMI-Capitol Records, RCA Records, Sony Music Records Entertainment, Columbia Records, Atlantic Records, Motown Records, Modern Records, Planet Records and several additional labels.

Motion Picture Theatrical Film Music productions as a Studio Musician, Instrumentalist, Programmer, Orchestrator and Arranger on Film and Television Recording Sessions under collective bargaining agreements negotiated by the American Federation of Musicians Union (AFM, Local 47, Hollywood) for Film and Television Recording and CD/Phono-Record Recording Contracts.

Studio Musician and Featured Instrumentalist in credited and uncredited Film Music Scores for Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, 20th Century Film Corp., United Artists, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Lionsgate Films, Walt Disney Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Dimension Films, Spyglass Entertainment and many others.

Additional credited and uncredited work as a Studio Musician and Featured Instrumentalist in Television Music Soundtracks for ABC, CBS, NBC, HBO, TBS, CNN, FOX, A&E, Bravo and PBS.

A partial list of recording for artists include Natalie Cole, Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, The Pointer Sisters, Al Green, Willie Nelson, Carly Simon, Whitney Houston, Diana Ross, Celine Dion, David Byrne, Philip Bailey, Patti Labelle, Julio Iglesias, Morris Day, El DeBarge, Jeffrey Osborne, Deniece Williams, Toni Basil, Rebbie Jackson, Cheryl Lynn and Ben E. King

Grammy Award Nomination for 'Best Pop Instrumental Performance' by The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) - and Associate Producer, Composer, Arranger and instrumental performances on several other Grammy Award Winning Songs.

Recorded Instrumentalist performance on the 'Vocal Duo of the Year' awarded song by The Country Music Association (CMA).

ASCAP Music Awards and Honors for 'Most Performed Song' as a Composer and Music Publisher for songs in the ASCAP repertoire during the ASCAP Survey Year.

Multiple Gold, Platinum, and Multi-Platinum Record sales awards from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

As an instrumentalist, is credited with multiple #1 songs charting in Billboard Magazine's Top 100 Singles Charts (both Pop and R&B charts), and as an instrumentalist on multiple Top 100 Singles. As a Composer, is credited with several charting songs with one song rising to the #3 chart position in Billboard's Top 100, with the artist receiving a Grammy Award for their performance of his composition.

Instrumentalist on Piano, all electronic Keyboards including Synthesizers, the Hammond B-3 organ and is an accomplished Synthesizer Programmer, Electronic Percussion Programmer and Computer Music Orchestration and Transcription programmer.

Professional Affiliations:

American Federation of Musicians Union (AFM) Local 47, Hollywood, CA. Life Member. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).

Los Angeles native born.