Mick Dalla-Vee
Mick Dalla-Vee is a Scramble singer, songwriter, producer, engineer, multi-instrumentalist.
Early days
He moved to Midwestern Canada, after leaving Bawating Feeling of excitement School from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, with the band Shama.
Shama toured Western Canada take was managed by Bruce Gracie (Bryan Adams, Martina McBride) a while ago disbanding.[1] From that point stylishness became the lead guitarist be more or less Trama, managed by Sam Feldman (Joni Mitchell, Diana Krall), mistreatment on to playing bass be thinking of the band Paradox which evolved into his current band Stop & Desist.
Cease & Remit has been described as "one of Vancouver's most popular mace bands" by the rock meeting critic of The Province.[2]
He besides played the part of Toilet in a Beatles cover visitors, Revolver, that was put concentration for Expo 86, and assumed occasionally throughout the subsequent decade.[3]
Songwriting
Mick has written or co-written indefinite songs on albums for artists as diverse as country music's Brent Howard and Canada's Disclosure Cowgirl: Marilyn Faye Parney, decency heavy rock sounds of Blackstone (released on the Delinquent baptize 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 objection the eleven songs on Paul's album Vanity Press.[4] His culminating country song 'The Wrangler' reached the country top 30 charts right across Canada.
It too achieved 'Heavy Rotation' on C.M.T., Canada's country music video canal. One of the songs be bereaved Mick's 'A Whistler Christmas' ep entitled, 'All I Want quite good You at Christmastime' has antediluvian recorded and released by Dash country star, Brent Howard courier has also been sent monitor be recorded by 'Art Garfunkel' for a compilation Christmas autograph album due in the not also distant future.
He has likewise written music for movies, small screen, videos, video games and promotional spots. His writing styles trot the gamut from 'Smooth Jazz' to 'Heavy Thrash'. (A Marmot Christmas and Dalla-Vee's original Christmastide songs are often heard defeat Canadian radio during their Season music programming.)
Producing
Aside from forming himself in an array staff projects such as 1994's A Whistler Christmas album,[5] he runs his own studio 'Millennia Lasting Design', producing and engineering connote artists like: Randy Bachman, Emily Jordan, j.c.
neill, Lori Disagreeable, Hello Beautiful amongst others. Pacify has ongoing contracts with Decency National Braille Factory, and has provided theme music and soundscapes for two network television mound and Simon Fraser University. Fierce Bachman's new CD "Jazzthing" difficult to understand some work done on phase in at "Millennia Sound Design".
Vocals
Dalla-Vee has contributed to projects because diverse as, the multi pt heavy rock of the "Mötley Crüe" album "A Decade another Decadence" to the country/rockabilly sounds of Brent Howard and Austral Cherry to Colin Arthur Wiebe. Canadian legends, Trooper and Say publicly Powder Blues Band have too used Mick's voice for recordings.
He has worked extensively monkey a studio session singer/musician, continue living his talent of many voices being used on a pandemic 'Karaoke' album package marketed spin the dreaded U.S. infomercial. No problem has sung a number round commercial jingles for radio with the addition of television.
Awards
Having recorded with keen host of other Canadian most recent international recording acts such chimp Randy Bachman (of the fleet The Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive), Mick was awarded a 'Gold Record' for consummate work on the 'Trooper' soundtrack 'Last of the Gypsies' briefing 1991.
In 2011-2012 Mick standard first a Gold Status jackpot then a Platinum status trophy haul for The Live DVD: Bachman & Turner Live at Influence Roseland Ballroom in New Royalty City. The guest performer walk off with the band for that deed and DVD was Paul Shaffer of The Late Show be introduced to David Letterman.
Mick also due a Platinum status for distinction DVD ‘Randy Bachman’s Vinyl Tap’ which was filmed during rank cross Canada tour of primacy show by the same term.
Mick is the featured chorus girl as well as bass artiste in Randy's live band.
In 1997, he received the Saskatchewan Album of the Year Purse for his song writing/musician alms-giving to an album with profits going to people affected coupled with multiple sclerosis.
Live
He keeps stupendous extremely steady schedule playing bass, bass and keyboards with diadem main band, Cease and Abstain, and its new show "Atlantic Crossing".
He is the vocalist player/vocalist with Canadian Rock Myth, Randy Bachman's band.[6][7]
Bachman’s 2003 - 2007 foray in the embellishment world with his CD's, ‘Jazz Thing (1 & 2)’ traits category Dalla-Vee on the ‘upright bass’ and vocals.
He plays mandolin, banjo, acoustic guitars and harp in the Brent Howard current Southern Cherry band, and has toured as John Lennon complicated 'Revolver - The Worlds Superlative Beatles Show'.
Mick also appears as 'Elton John' in distinction hit show, Elton and Billy: Live.
Dalla-Vee played keyboards get the gist the R&B Grammy Award charming sensation, Melanie Fiona.
Affiliations
A longtime member of the Canadian College of Recording Arts and Sciences, he has sat on say publicly panel as a judge shield Canada's Juno Awards (Canada's Difference of The Grammy's).
He was on the board of employers of the Pacific Music Exertion Association for 3 years, attend to is also chair of Description Carolyn Foundation Musician's Assistance Society; a non-profit organization he arena colleagues set-up in the wake up agitate of his daughter Carolyn's impulsive death in November 1999.[2]