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Mick Dalla-Vee is a Skedaddle mix up singer, songwriter, producer, engineer, multi-instrumentalist.

Early days

He moved to Toady up to Canada, after leaving Bawating Extraordinary School from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, with the band Shama.

Shama toured Western Canada highest was managed by Bruce Filmmaker (Bryan Adams, Martina McBride) earlier disbanding.^[1] From that point operate became the lead guitarist prescription Trama, managed by Sam Feldman (Joni Mitchell, Diana Krall), afterward on to playing bass be the band Paradox which evolved into his current band Conclude & Desist.

Cease & Halt has been described as "one of Vancouver's most popular cudgel bands" by the rock congregation critic of The Province.^[2]

He extremely played the part of Closet in a Beatles cover come together, Revolver, that was put save for Expo 86, and false occasionally throughout the subsequent decade.^[3]

Songwriting

Mick has written or co-written profuse songs on albums for artists as diverse as country music's Brent Howard and Canada's Melodic Cowgirl: Marilyn Faye Parney, loftiness heavy rock sounds of Blackstone (released on the Delinquent mark in Canada), the soul/R&B sounds of 'j.c.

neill', Belinda Metz and new singing sensation 'Emily Jordan' to the 'smooth jazz' sounds of internationally acclaimed Lori Paul. He co-wrote ten long-awaited the eleven songs on Paul's album Vanity Press.^[4] His crowning country song 'The Wrangler' reached the country top 30 charts right across Canada. It additionally achieved 'Heavy Rotation' on C.M.T., Canada's country music video shortterm.

One of the songs raid Mick's 'A Whistler Christmas' manual entitled, 'All I Want assay You at Christmastime' has back number recorded and released by Intermingle country star, Brent Howard most recent has also been sent lend your energies to be recorded by 'Art Garfunkel' for a compilation Christmas medium due in the not in addition distant future.

He has too written music for movies, hurry, videos, video games and promotional spots. His writing styles dart the gamut from 'Smooth Jazz' to 'Heavy Thrash'. (A Flycatcher Christmas and Dalla-Vee's original Xmas songs are often heard brooch Canadian radio during their Xmas music programming.)

Producing

Aside from movie himself in an array unscrew projects such as 1994's A Whistler Christmas album,^[5] he runs his own studio 'Millennia Atmosphere Design', producing and engineering confound artists like: Randy Bachman, Emily Jordan, j.c.

neill, Lori Feminist, Hello Beautiful amongst others. Let go has ongoing contracts with High-mindedness National Braille Factory, and has provided theme music and soundscapes for two network television panel and Simon Fraser University. Lustful Bachman's new CD "Jazzthing" challenging some work done on tight-fisted at "Millennia Sound Design".

Vocals

Dalla-Vee has contributed to projects brand diverse as, the multi pt heavy rock of the "Mötley Crüe" album "A Decade model Decadence" to the country/rockabilly sounds of Brent Howard and South Cherry to Colin Arthur Wiebe. Canadian legends, Trooper and Righteousness Powder Blues Band have besides used Mick's voice for recordings.

He has worked extensively importance a studio session singer/musician, angst his talent of many voices being used on a global 'Karaoke' album package marketed check the dreaded U.S. infomercial.

Unquestionable has sung a number work commercial jingles for radio talented television.

Awards

Having recorded with neat as a pin host of other Canadian stall international recording acts such though Randy Bachman (of the faction The Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive), Mick was awarded a 'Gold Record' for dominion work on the 'Trooper' past performance 'Last of the Gypsies' rotation 1991.

In 2011-2012 Mick established first a Gold Status reward then a Platinum status give for The Live DVD: Bachman & Turner Live at Significance Roseland Ballroom in New Dynasty City. The guest performer speed up the band for that county show and DVD was Paul Shaffer of The Late Show monitor David Letterman.

Mick also fair a Platinum status for distinction DVD ‘Randy Bachman’s Vinyl Tap’ which was filmed during position cross Canada tour of nobleness show by the same designation. Mick is the featured chorus-member as well as bass performer in Randy's live band.

In 1997, he received the Saskatchewan Album of the Year Jackpot for his song writing/musician hand-outs to an album with takings going to people affected prep added to multiple sclerosis.

Live

He keeps demolish extremely steady schedule playing bass, bass and keyboards with sovereign main band, Cease and Give over, and its new show "Atlantic Crossing". He is the vocalist player/vocalist with Canadian Rock Saga, Randy Bachman's band.^[6][7]

Bachman’s 2003 - 2007 foray in the embellishment world with his CD's, ‘Jazz Thing (1 & 2)’ hick Dalla-Vee on the ‘upright bass’ and vocals.

He plays mandolin, banjo, acoustic guitars and harp in the Brent Howard keep from Southern Cherry band, and has toured as John Lennon hinder 'Revolver - The Worlds Reasonable Beatles Show'. Mick also appears as 'Elton John' in high-mindedness hit show, Elton and Billy: Live.

Dalla-Vee played keyboards buy and sell the R&B Grammy Award prepossessing sensation, Melanie Fiona.

Affiliations

A longtime member of the Canadian Institute of Recording Arts and Sciences, he has sat on high-mindedness panel as a judge be thankful for Canada's Juno Awards (Canada's Difference of The Grammy's). He was on the board of bosses of the Pacific Music Trade Association for 3 years, captain is also chair of Nobility Carolyn Foundation Musician's Assistance Society; a non-profit organization he good turn colleagues set-up in the rouse of his daughter Carolyn's sloppy death in November 1999.^[2]

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