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SPIN MAGAZINE'S SPINearth.tv features Brett Mitchell's song "Neighbors" as one of twelve singles from Rising Bands! http://spinearth.tv/report/spinearth-tv-exclusive-twelve-singles-from-rising-bands Check it out!!!!!

Thanks Outsider Vocals. Check out the new review of Small House by them: http://outsidervocals.com/singer-songwriter/like-gavin-degraw-and-jack-johnson-check-out-brett-mitchell/

"I went to 101 Main and was knocked out by Brett, Mike, Bill, and Rick. They were tight and groovy and Brett's vocals were top notch. One of my favorite groups to see in this area. Love Mike Cramton. What a sweet night of music." -William Jackson of Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise

“You and your band are one of the best I have seen since I have been back from Los Angeles.” Jeff Amato, Independent Music Promotion Executive VIS*ABILITY

“Mitchell can swing sweet and soft but he can rock yer socks off, too! And what a colorful musical landscape Brett creates on this disc (Small House). He's the post-modern Georgia O'Keeffe of rock n' roll. Painting his songs with such vibrancy and erotic tension while still evoking a quiet beauty in the music. This is an artist in transition, maturing and reaching his enormous potential while still achieving balance and centeredness.” -BO WHITE / WHITE'S BAR

Brett Mitchell won DStreet Entertainment Critic's Choice Award "2008 ARTIST OF THE YEAR" and Small House won "BEST CD"

“Born Too Late” is a Top Ten Finalist in Moody Blues member Mike Pinder's Songwars Competition. Mike said Brett Mitchell’s song Born Too Late “was well crafted, with creative and catchy lyrics. I dug the whole thing.”

"Neighbors" and “Onion” from Small House are licensed for Roadtrip Nation's Miami and Australia trips’ dvds and will soon be available for purchase. We support the Green RV!

Born Too Late, the video from Small House, won the Music Mix USA video contest and was picked up for national broadcast. It was also selected by LiveMusicMedia - check out their website http://www.livemusicmedia.net - to be broadcast on their Homegrown TV program in the New York City greater area, and by IndimusicTV for broadcast on their program on WLNY New York and chosen for the Digifest competition in Florence, Italy.

Feb. 2009 review of Small House from http://wildysworld.blogspot.com/ "Midland, Michigan native Brett Mitchell is creating a fair amount of buzz in the Midwest. Honest, insightful songwriting buoyed by a great melodic sense lift his second album, Small House, to soaring heights. Compared to the likes of Marshall Crenshaw and artist Georgia O’Keeffe, Mitchell certainly makes an impression on listeners. With a talented backing band (The giant GHOST), Mitchell crafts a sound that is at once familiar and original. Small House opens with Born Too Late, a fun little rock anthem regretting the accident of birth known as time. It’s a hindsight is 20/20 song with a great hook and a melody that will stick in your brain. Small House is a wonderfully melodic pop tune with an almost virally infectious sound. Friend takes on a darker, more acoustic sound on its way to a moment of pop near-perfection. Mitchell opens things up a bit on New Disease, an infectious guitar-rock tune you’ll want to put on continuous play. Hypocrite is another personal favorite, infusing funk and soul into an amazing pop creation. This is the best song on the album, but several others are close (Small House, New Disease). OCD is a deliciously demented waltz you have to hear to believe, while Night Glasses is a lovely epic story in music that highlights Mitchell’s ability to tell dark stories in the world of mostly peppy popular music. Mitchell reaches down deep and serves up Consider Me Gone, a Bob Dylan sound-alike. You’ll also want to check out Neighbors, Good Intentions and Onion. Brett Mitchell brings a wonderfully melodic sense to his songwriting that is almost British in nature. Mitchell’s distinctive voice and organic arrangements combine to create songs that are literally works of beauty. Small House is a wonderful surprise and very much deserves to be heard. If you make just one foray onto the World Wide Web this week to check out new music, make sure Brett Mitchell is at the top of your list."

"Brett Mitchell, the Midland-based singer-songwriter recently released his "Small House" album, chock full of solidly written, expertly produced tunes that span rock, pop and folk. I look at him as kind of a rootsy version of Marshall Crenshaw, a lot of pop hooks and very well written, very well produced stuff ...great witty lyrics, by the way, on the clever opening track, Born Too Late, definitely worth the listen. New Disease, as well as Last Chance, (are) two really good songs, very different and at the same time New Disease has a nice rock feel to it, kind of a love song, in a way...he’s definitely an up and comer!...I've described Brett Mitchell as one of Michigan's most promising singer-songwriters, a sincere, 28-year-old guy who adroitly incorporates pop and rock elements from the past into impressive, rootsy, catchy, sometimes folksy songs. The lead track from his latest album, "Small House," is appropriately dubbed "Born Too Late," which sort of sums up his musical approach." -John Sinkevics, The Grand Rapids Press

"The Midland singer-songwriter, Brett Mitchell, returns with a gorgeously produced CD that rocks impressively on "Born Too Late," "New Disease" and "Last Chance," and turns tender and warm on "Friend" and "Good Intentions." West Michigan Artists

"Brett Mitchell croons his songs, even under pop-rock and country circumstances. His organic arrangements forego the bombastic, heavily-produced sound and focus on the "musicians in a studio" approach, even though a lot of the instruments were played by him on multiple tracks. Accessing different sounds and musical styles, he does play well with the few others on the album, and though not particularly wordy in his lyrics, gets across everything he needs to. Engineered by Andy Reed and mastered by GBP Studios in Lansing, the recording is clear and sweet, relaying the well written music without drowning it in experimentation or over-polishing." - Ryan Cunningham, Grand Rapids Recoil Magazine

Michigan Singer/Songwriter Brett Mitchell, along with his band, the giant GHOST, are creating quite a buzz in the midwest. In 2006 and 2008, Brett won Artist of the Year from Saginaw's Review Magazine and DStreet Entertainment. Tours have included the Midwest Music Summit in Indianapolis, Homegrown Wine & Music Festival in Belvidere, NJ, The Saint in Asbury Park, NJ, the Midpoint Music Festival in Cincinnati and Singer/Songwriter night at the famous Bluebird Café in Nashville, TN, Newport on the Levee, Newport, KY, and in NYC at Gavin DeGraw's bar, The National Underground, and The Annex.

Brett, born (too late) and raised in Midland, MI, provides vocals & electric/acoustic guitar, lead guitarist, Rick Manges from Midland, provides the wail factor while Mike Cramton, a Saginaw, MI native, (of Robert Bradley Blackwater Surprise fame) supplies tender vocal harmonies and the best in percussion support. Bill Hall, also from Saginaw, MI, adds his amazing bass intuition, completing the fantastically tight and mesmerizing Brett Mitchell sound. Brett’s voice will capture you and not let go. The versatility of this band is the reason Brett Mitchell's schedule is always full. They play Brett's originals and often the classics that inspired Brett to write. They can play a songwriter show, a lounge, a rockin' night at the bar or a festival and the set list is always fine tuned and perfect for the occasion.

"Brett Mitchell combines a vintage Rockabilly sound with a dash of Pop alla 80's Rick Springfield." -IndiMusic TV New York

“Brett Mitchell’s Small House is an entertaining CD that manages to deliver real depth and quality musicianship through a pop idiom. The Details: From the opening synthesizer line of Brett Mitchell’s Small House, you know that this is music written by someone who understands pop—not trash pop, but up-beat, radio-friendly, fun pop. From the palm muted guitars to the catchy riffs, from the hook-based choruses to the perfectly harmonized back-up vocals, this album is pop through and through. Mitchell's strong voice and excellent songwriting combine to make him a powerful front man. And what is the smartest thing that a great songwriter/front man can do? Why, surround him or herself with excellent musicians, of course -— and this is exactly what Mitchell has done on Small House. It is obvious that he was careful to choose the exact kind of musicians he wanted playing his music. The songs on this CD are crisp, short pop numbers (over half of them clocking in at a radio-friendly three and a half minutes or less), and each musician plays their parts accordingly. Mike Cramton adds confident, succinct drumming on various tracks throughout the album and tasty, subtle congas on “The Hypocrite.” Bill Hall’s reggae bass line on “Don’t Worry About Me” carries the song, helping to make it one of the most enjoyable tracks on the recording. Multi-instrumentalist Tim Puckett seems to have mastered putting the cherry on the sundae, so to speak, bringing in just the right instrument to top off whatever song he’s on—playful harpsichord on the waltzy “O.C.D.,” mood-setting lap steel on the alt-country “Night Glasses,” and tasteful piano on the album’s closer, “Onion.” Manager and co-producer Jan Hecht pulls out her accordion for the apocalyptic folk-ballad “Neighbors,” and sound engineer Andy Reed plays anything else that needs to be filled in. Mitchell is himself a talented musician on a number of instruments, playing acoustic and electric guitar, drums percussion, banjo, and vibraphone on the album. The gorgeous recording quality allows you to appreciate the musicianship at its fullest, while the fairly wide variety in song styles keeps you interested from start to finish. Mitchell’s lyrics are occasionally a bit fluffy, as if they were written to sound like radio hits rather than written to really say something, but the majority of the songs are honest and clever. The stand-out track on Small House has got to be the extremely entertaining and witty “Born Too Late.” I could’ve been Elvis, they say I got good looks. But you see now none of that matters, if you ain’t got any good hooks (like this one) ... I was born too late, I was born too late I could’ve been great ... Yeah, I could’ve been Johnny Cash, cause I can sing real low. I sure as hell can get real drunk and show up late to all of my shows. I could’ve been John Lennon, yeah I’d give peace a chance. I’d make amends with Paul and tell Yoko NO not to sing with the band ... I can only assume that Mitchell and his band, the giant GHOST, who are already gigging heavily throughout Michigan, will be coming to a city near you on national tours before too long. In the meantime, you can get yourself a copy of Small House and see what all the fuss is about. Well-written, well-played, well-recorded. Well done, Brett Mitchell. By Silas Durocher, IndieMusic.com

Brett and the gGs broke into a few covers while trying out the new Bose L1 at MME - watch here and be sure to choose high quality under the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvzPYjrNC3M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b66Ycs0fCXw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqG89N9BA4k

They have entertained in Michigan at The Ark and The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor, Union Street Station in Traverse City, Fishbones in St. Clair Shores, The Magic Stick in Detroit, The B.O.B., Grand Woods Lounge, Founder’s Brewery, and Hopcat in Grand Rapids, Kraftbrau, Wayside West and Corner Bar in Kalamazoo, New Holland Brewery, Holland, Robusto’s in Grosse Pointe Woods, The Boathouse in Saugatuck, Short's Brewing Co. in Bellaire, Dixie Saloon in Mackinaw City, The Gatehouse on Mackinaw Island, Little River Casino in Manistee, Leelanau Sands Casino in Leelanau, Metro Music Expo in Novi, Detroit Auto Show and Gavin DeGraw's National Underground to name a few. In Tennessee the band performed for singer/songwriter night at the Bluebird Café and also, at Café Coco. In Indianapolis, Indiana they have entertained at Birdy's, Radio Radio, and The Stone Mug. In Ohio they have entertained at Rhino’s, Neon’s, and Stanley's, in Cincinnati, Jackie O's and The Blue Gator in Athens, Wilbert's in Cleveland, Newport on the Levee, Newport, KY and in New Jersey at Matarazzo Farms in Belvidere and The Twisted Tree Café, The Saint and The Brickwall Tavern in Asbury Park, NJ among many, many other wonderful venues.

FANS LOVE BRETT MITCHELL...YOU WILL, TOO! Review from CD BABY of Brett's debut solo album {Stereo}: With passion and talent, Mitchell is an emerging star. As a lover of acoustic music and singer songwriters, I was intrigued to check out Brett Mitchell. At a recent show, he blew me away with his warm stage presence, his quality of voice and depth of lyrics. And while he gives amazing intimate live performances, his album is no disappointment. The same raw talent and soul translates onto the LP. With stand out tracks such as the cathy pop driven Stereo and Young Summer to the gritty soulful ballad Sad Songs and Snow, it's only a matter of time before Brett is heard on mainstream radio. The album is reminiscent of the early acoustic albums of John Mayer's Inside Wants Out, Howie Day's Australia and Matt Nathanson's Ernst, proving that Mitchell can play with the big boys and is a rare standout artist in the large pool of singer/songwriters.

Management/Booking contact: Exclusive Entertainment Jan Hecht jan@brettmitchellmusic.com 989.430.8585 or www.myspace.com/janhecht

Come out to a show and see why Brett Mitchell and his band, the giant GHOST, have the fastest growing fan base in Michigan and pick up your copy of Small House and {Stereo}.

"BORN TOO LATE" Music Video by Jason Mullen of www.mascarimotion.com
Brett Mitchell - This Time Around from Detroit Music.TV on Vimeo.