Selected MP3s - Doug Mitchell

These are some samples of music I've recorded through the years. These are all pretty big files. I am not interested in distributing this music in any lower-resolution format. All of this music is freely copyable. You don't sell it, I don't pay royalties to the composers, it's all ethical (and, coincidentally, legal).

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Mighty Trucks of Midnight. Written by Bruce Cockburn. Duet : acoustic guitar (Ovation) and Fender bass. Recorded May 2012.

Nature Boy. Written by Eden Ahbez, 1947. There are three guitar parts, two of which are playing at any given time, plus sampled congas. Recorded November 2011.

Tico Tico, written by Zequinha de Abreu in 1917. Duet, both parts (plus a little harmony at the end) played on a 1993 Ovation. Recorded Feb. 22, 2011.

Recently unearthed recordings from 1990. The band was Pieces of Magic; it was just two guys and a computer. David Tristram played keyboards and the Mac; I played guitar and bass (Les Paul Recording, Rickenbacker 4001). Recorded live, direct to 2-track, on Feb. 9 1990 at DeAngelo's in Mountain View, CA. All tunes composed by David and me.

Yet another version of "Begin The Beguine." My arrangement of the standard tune; I play all the guitars (Gibson ES-175 and a 1993 Ovation). Recorded June 2009.

Props to The Frank And Joe Show, a.k.a. Frank Vignola and Joe Ascione, for inspiring this arrangement. This isn't the same as theirs, but hearing their version definitely motivated me to come up with this one.
 

An ensemble piece, finished on February 27, 2009. I play all the instruments.

A duet, each part played on an ES-175. Recorded December 27, 2006 at Red Owl.

Recorded March 22, 2005 with Tom Kellock on keyboard (a Yamaha S-80) and me on guitar (Gibson ES-175). Recorded at Red Owl using Pro Tools. More info can be found here.

A tune I recorded with my new ProTools setup, December 2004. I wrote the tune back in the early '90s but never got around to recording it until 12/2004. Guitars are all ES-175; bass is a Rickenbacker 4001; drums are synthesized.

A couple of guitar duets I recorded in May 2004. All parts were played on an ES-175.

These are from the Archive Remix project.

Some tunes I recorded with Lita Khatibi in August 1997. Lita sings, I play ES-175. Recorded direct to 2-track digital. "It Don't Mean A Thing" was recorded live at Clise Mansion in Redmond, Washington; the others were recorded at my house.

All of this music is a Red Owl Production