Tim Mitchell
Encyclopedia
Tim Mitchell is a Grammy
winning music record producer
, songwriter
, and guitarist
from Detroit. He has helped create and produce multi platinum
hits to a broad range of artists, musical styles. and bands including Bob Seger
, Gloria Estefan
, Mandy Moore
, Jon Secada
, and for the last decade, Shakira
.
Tim produced the Grammy Award winning "Shakira MTV Unplugged" and co-wrote the ground breaking cross over track "Whenever Wherever" for Shakira that helped blaze a trail with her hip shaking, voice driven, energetic performances that helped establish her amazing international appeal to music lovers around the globe.
where he attended Interlochen Arts Academy
, an independent high school dedicated to the arts. He then went on to graduate from the School of Music at the University of Miami
.
album, including the album singles "Lock and Load," "Hands in the Air," and "Revisionism Street."
in 1999 that went on to win the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album
at the 43rd Grammy Awards. The album is considered to have paved the way for Shakira's successful English cross-over recording. He co-wrote and co-produced the song Whenever, Wherever
for Shakira's Laundry Service
album and produced her latest concert DVD
from the Oral Fixation Tour
.
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
winning music record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, and guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
from Detroit. He has helped create and produce multi platinum
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
hits to a broad range of artists, musical styles. and bands including Bob Seger
Bob Seger
Robert Clark "Bob" Seger is an American rock and roll singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist.As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s...
, Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan
Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...
, Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore
Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore is an American singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer. Moore became famous as a teenager in the late 1990s, after the release of her teen pop albums So Real, I Wanna Be with You, and Mandy Moore. In 2007, she took an adult pop-folk direction with the release of...
, Jon Secada
Jon Secada
Jon Secada is a Cuban-American singer and songwriter. Secada was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Hialeah, Florida. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 20 million albums since his English-language debut album in 1992. His music fuses funk, soul, pop and Latin percussion...
, and for the last decade, Shakira
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
.
Tim produced the Grammy Award winning "Shakira MTV Unplugged" and co-wrote the ground breaking cross over track "Whenever Wherever" for Shakira that helped blaze a trail with her hip shaking, voice driven, energetic performances that helped establish her amazing international appeal to music lovers around the globe.
Career
Mitchell grew up in Detroit, MichiganDetroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
where he attended Interlochen Arts Academy
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Interlochen Center for the Arts is a privately owned, 1,200 acre arts education institution in Interlochen, Michigan, roughly 15 miles southwest of Traverse City...
, an independent high school dedicated to the arts. He then went on to graduate from the School of Music at the University of Miami
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
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Bob Seger
In 1996, he found himself playing and touring in Bob Seger's band and co-writing three songs with Seger, for It's a MysteryIt's a Mystery
It's a Mystery is the fifteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Seger, released in 1995 .Despite hit singles and fan favorites such as "Lock and Load," "Manhattan," and "Hands in the Air," the album charted at #27 on The Billboard charts...
album, including the album singles "Lock and Load," "Hands in the Air," and "Revisionism Street."
Shakira
Mitchell produced Shakira's MTV Unplugged AlbumMTV Unplugged (Shakira album)
Bonus Features# Timeline# Albums# Photo Gallery# Making Of - Chart Performance :- Sales and certifications :- Awards :- Credits :* Shakira - Producer, songwriter, arranger, lead vocals, harmonica, guitar....
in 1999 that went on to win the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album
Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album
The Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album was awarded from 1984 to 2011. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1984 to 1991 the award was known as Best Latin Pop Performance*From 1992 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Latin Pop Album...
at the 43rd Grammy Awards. The album is considered to have paved the way for Shakira's successful English cross-over recording. He co-wrote and co-produced the song Whenever, Wherever
Whenever, Wherever
"Whenever, Wherever" is a Latin pop song written by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, Gloria Estefan, and Tim Mitchell for Shakira's first English language album, Laundry Service. The track was produced by Shakira, and recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami as well as Compass Point Studios in...
for Shakira's Laundry Service
Laundry Service
Some critics criticized the effectiveness of Shakira's lyrics, claiming that her English skills were too weak for her to write in that language, but nearly all agreed on her unique poetic imagery...
album and produced her latest concert DVD
Oral Fixation Tour (DVD)
"Oral Fixation Tour" is a live album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on November 12, 2007 and on November 13, 2007 in North America. It was also released on the in Blu-ray format on December 12, 2007. It features the December 9, 2006 concert of the Oral...
from the Oral Fixation Tour
Oral Fixation Tour
Oral Fixation Tour is the concert tour by Colombian singer-songwriter, Shakira, in support of her fourth and fifth studio albums, Fijación Oral Vol. 1 and Oral Fixation Vol. 2...
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