About Me
Grammy award winner Mitch Friedman is a freelance bassist, musical director, producer, and teacher residing in Brooklyn, NY. Founder and one third of the Naysayers production team (of Nyle vs the Naysayers), Mitch also holds down the bass chair for Soulfarm, Kelley James, Partyfolk, the Symphonics Live House Band, C Lanzbom, Yosaif Krohn, Halina Larsson, the New Gethsemane Baptist Church, and various artists worldwide. He proudly uses and endorses:
Born February 2, 1987 in New Hyde Park, NY and raised in Tamarac, FL, Mitch began studying classical double bass at age 12 and was performing professionally by 13. An electric bass soon followed, and by the end of his first year of high school he had over 200 gigs, a Carnegie Hall debut, an assistant principal position in the Boca Ballet, and a Grammy under his belt. Mitch’s 10+ year playing career spans symphony orchestras, opera and ballet pits, chamber groups and jazz ensembles, to fusion projects, gospel choirs, singer-songwriter, dub/trance, funk/rock, middle-eastern, blues, hip-hop and wedding bands. One might even say versatility has been the key to Mitch’s success as an artist.
Since his leave from the classical performance department of NYU in 2008 he has toured across the globe performing with some of the world’s most talented artists in almost every genre of music, while maintaining a name for himself in several different NYC music scenes.
Aside from his current NYC based projects, Mitch has performed and recorded with some of the most talented artists in the world, including: Lenny Pickett, Dorinda Clarke, O.A.R., John Forte, Larry McDonald, Maurice Brown, Peter Calo, and the late T. Lavitz.
Mitch has performed/recorded with the following artists:
Nyle vs the Naysayers
Soulfarm
Lenny Pickett
O.A.R.
Dorinda Clarke
Fresh Daily
Kelley James
Larry McDonald
Alan Menken
Partyfolk
John Forte
Donny Goines
Homeboy Sandman
Eva Ayllón
C Lanzbom
Annakei
Halina Larsson
Maurice Brown
Jeff Haynes
Peter Calo
Citigrass
John Arthur Greene
Brad Shepik
Yosaif Krohn
The Humble Kings
Vamoose
The Symphonics Live House Band
Duv
Fafner
….and MANY more!!
Off-Broadway/Opera/Ballet Work
A Little Night Music
110 In the Shade
Candide
Beauty & the Beast
Singin’ in the Rain
Company
The Nutcracker
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