# Mitch Dane

Mitch Dane is an American record producer, musician, and songwriter who resides in Nashville. His work with artists include Jars of Clay, JJ Heller, Brandon Heath, Jetty Rae, Sonia Leigh, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Young Fables, Ole Lonesome, Swearingen and Kelli, Kenny Foster and many others. He was awarded a Grammy for his work on Jars of Clay's 11th Hour, and nominated for Grammys for his work on four other albums. Dane also received ASCAP's "Most Played Song" award for "Nothing Without You" co-written with Bebo Norman. He owns the recording studio Sputnik Sound with Vance Powell.

## Personal life

Dane grew up in Southeast Missouri (Cape Girardeau), where he spent his childhood making playhouses and treehouses. At age 14, Dane was involved in a motorcycle accident, rendering him clinically dead for several minutes until his was miraculously revived. His esophagus, trachea and vocal cords were injured in the accident, prohibiting him from speaking for two years, a period Dane defines as when he "learned to really listen". His injuries required 33 surgeries, one of which removed a vocal chord, contributing to his distinct voice. Dane worked the story of his accident into his musical performances over the next 15 years until he pivoted and began audio engineering.
Dane is married with two children and has lived in Nashville since 1989.

## Musical Influences

As a producer, Dane has been cited as saying "I like to collect the best aspects of every genre of music and bring them together in hybrid productions". Citing his childhood affinity for building treehouses, Dane states that he took the same approach when designing his studio; a place for people to be comfortable and to hang out. His demeanor has been described as "calm and focused".

## Selected Production credits

As of December 2018 Mitch Dane has produced or engineered over 275 projects. Below is a selection of his production credits:
| Artist | Year | Album | Producer | Engineer |
| Audrey And Hugh | 2020 | Sisterman | Y | |
| Towne | 2019 | TBD | Y | Y |
| SisterMan | 2019 | Lilly White Parade | Y | Y |
| Ole Lonesome | 2019 | Turn It On | Y | Y |
| Heathen Sons | 2019 | Born to Lose | Y | Y |
| Swearingen and Kelli | 2018 | Cold-Hearted Truth | Y | Y |
| Sonia Leigh | 2018 | Mad Hatter | Y | Y |
| The Young Fables | 2017 | Old Songs | Y | Y |
| Kenny Foster | 2017 | Deep Cuts | Y | Y |
| Jetty Rae | 2016 | Can't Curse the Free | Y | Y |
| Man Underground | 2016 | Couples Therapy | Y | Y |
| The Snow Globes | 2016 | Snowed In | Y | Y |
| Rob Blackledge | 2016 | Now | Y | Y |
| Reuben Bidez | 2016 | Turning to Wine | Y | Y |
| Treva Blomquist | 2015 | The Risk & The Gift | Y | Y |
| Ryan Scott Travis | 2015 | The Guadalupe Breakdown | Y | Y |
| Victor & Penny | 2015 | Electricity | Y | Y |
| Giles Blankenship | 2015 | Home | Y | Y |
| Daniel Johnson | 2015 | Promo Videos | Y | Y |
| Katie Barnette | 2015 | Sputnik Sessions | Y | Y |
| Mr. & Mrs. Something | 2015 | Setting Sail | Y | Y |
| Coyote Keene | 2015 | Blue Skies & Red Wine | Y | Y |
| MaryMac | 2015 | MaryMac | Y | Y |
| Eric Peters | 2015 | Sputnik Sessions | Y | Y |
| The Hummingbirds | 2015 | 13 Days | Y | Y |
| Sean Hale | 2015 | Sputnik Sessions | Y | Y |
| Lauren Light | 2015 | Sputnik Sessions | Y | Y |
| Africa Worship Band | 2015 | Sputnik Sessions | Y | Y |
| Unspoken | 2015 | Unplugged | Y | Y |
| JJ Heller | 2015 | Sputnik Sessions | Y | Y |
| Hannah Miller | 2015 | Hannah Miller | Y | Y |
| Holly Spears | 2014 | Boots and Bling | Y | Y |
| Ryan Horne | 2014 | Vanilla Lightning | Y | Y |
| Kyle Matthews | 2014 | Be Here Now | Y | Y |
| Christopher Williams | 2014 | The City Makes The Man | Y | Y |
| So Long Solo | 2014 | So Long Solo | Y | Y |
| Chris Regan | 2014 | All Things Beautiful | Y | Y |
| Andrew Cooper | 2014 | EP | Y | Y |
| Ronnie Dennis | 2014 | We are Satellites | Y | Y |
| Jessi McKinnon | 2014 | Dancing Again | Y | Y |
| Humming House | 2014 | Revelries | Y | Y |
| We Are The Monks | 2014 | We Are The Monks | Y | Y |
| The Gray Havens | 2013 | Fire and Stone | Y | Y |
| The Pedal Stills | 2013 | Static Queen | Y | Y |
| Mare Wakefield | 2013 | Poet on the Moon | Y | Y |
| Humming House | 2013 | Single | Y | Y |
| Carrie Moeller | 2013 | Single | Y | Y |
| Madison Grigsby | 2013 | Joie De Vivre | Y | Y |
| Holly Spears | 2013 | Single & EP | Y | Y |
| YouPlusMe | 2013 | Little Beginnings EP | Y | Y |
| Jesse Macht | 2013 | Single | Y | Y |
| The Snow Globes | 2013 | The All Living Things | Y | Y |
| The Black Cadillacs | 2013 | Singles | Y | Y |
| Christie Cook | 2013 | Every Good Thing | Y | Y |
| Trish Ivy | 2013 | Cotton Country EP | Y | Y |
| Abernathy | 2013 | Rococo | Y | Y |
| Dave Gerhartz | 2013 | Leaving the Family Behind | Y | Y |
| Josh Hilliker | 2013 | Shadows or Sunlight | Y | Y |
| Hannah Miller | 2013 | Sputnik Sessions | Y | Y |
| August York | 2013 | Swimming Upstream | Y | Y |
| Little Radar | 2013 | Souvenirs | Y | Y |
| Ravenhill | 2013 | Soul | Y | Y |
| Ruby Amanfu | 2012 | Sputnik Sessions | Y | Y |
| Elizabeth Busch | 2012 | Redemption's Mystery | Y | Y |
| The Billis | 2012 | Singles | Y | Y |
| Dean Guevara | 2012 | Songs of Hope and Devotion | Y | Y |
| Matthew Clark | 2012 | Bright Came the Word from His Mouth | Y | Y |
| Ryan Horne | 2012 | Silent Night (A Christmas EP) | Y | Y |
| High Street Hymns | 2012 | Love Lives Again | Y | Y |
| Brad Jones | 2012 | Oh Well My Love Farewell EP | Y | Y |
| Brian Fraaza | 2012 | The Shadows of the Light | Y | Y |
| Colleen Nixon | 2012 | Lake Ella's Sky | Y | Y |
| Rachel Belman | 2012 | The Call | Y | Y |
| Dustin Ah Kuoi | 2012 | Dustin Ah Kuoi | Y | Y |
| Humming House | 2012 | Singles | Y | Y |
| The Kicks | 2012 | Tonight Everything Changes | Y | Y |
| Sean Forest | 2012 | Live Love Lead | Y | Y |
| Brandon Heath | 2012 | Give Me Your Eyes – Acoustic Sessions | Y | Y |
| Andy Needham Band | 2012 | Lifted High | Y | Y |
| Hillary McBride | 2011 | Sputnik Sessions | Y | Y |
| Stephanie Day | 2011 | Morning Came | Y | Y |
| High Street Hymns | 2011 | Christmas EP | Y | Y |
| Jenny & Tyler | 2011 | Open Your Doors | Y | Y |
| Scott Smith | 2011 | EP | Y | Y |
| Holly Spears | 2011 | Christmas EP | Y | Y |
| Stephanie Day | 2011 | Single | Y | Y |
| Eddie Gilbert | 2011 | EP | Y | Y |
| Micah Michelle | 2011 | Sharpened in Time | Y | Y |
| Carrie Moeller | 2011 | Sending One Up (EP) | Y | Y |
| Zach Ellsworth | 2011 | Notes on Becoming | Y | Y |
| Blake Aaron | 2011 | EP | Y | Y |
| JJ Heller | 2011 | Deeper | Y | Y |
| Shaun Groves | 2011 | Third World Symphony | Y | Y |
| Christopher Williams | 2011 | Stone Water Wood Light | Y | Y |
| Humming House | 2011 | Humming House | Y | Y |
| After the Chase | 2011 | You Are My Child | Y | Y |
| Ryan Horne | 2011 | The Whistler & The Majestic | Y | Y |
| Faith Gilmore | 2010 | Bold as Lions | Y | Y |
| The Kicks | 2010 | Sputnik Sessions | Y | Y |
| Eddie Gilbert | 2010 | Singles | Y | Y |
| Caitlin Nicole Eadie | 2010 | Gravity | Y | Y |
| JJ Heller | 2010 | When I'm With You | Y | Y |
| The Young International | 2010 | The Young International (EP) | Y | Y |
| Ryan Corn | 2010 | Wonderful Things | Y | Y |
| Rachel Barrentine | 2010 | Departure | Y | Y |
| Compelled | 2010 | The Fight | Y | Y |
| Sarah Kelly | 2010 | Midnight Sun | Y | Y |
| Jars of Clay | 2010 | The Shelter | Y | Y |
| Reilly | 2010 | Around the World | Y | Y |
| Raining and OK | 2010 | Living Like a Ghost | Y | Y |
| The Speedbumps | 2010 | The Moon is Down | Y | Y |
| Farewell Flight | 2009 | Lonesome Traveler | Y | Y |
| Levi Weaver | 2009 | The Letters of Dr. Kurt Gödel | Y | Y |
| Florez | 2009 | El Diablo | Y | Y |
| Doc Possom | 2009 | Single | Y | Y |
| This & That | 2009 | Volume 2 | Y | Y |
| Julianna Zobrist | 2009 | The Tree Remix | Y | Y |
| The Kicks | 2009 | The Rise of King Richie | Y | Y |
| Obadiah Parker | 2009 | The Siren and the Saint | Y | Y |
| Lara Landon | 2009 | Beloved | Y | Y |
| Then There Was Two | 2009 | Love Lies in Jealousy | Y | Y |
| Zach Ellsworth | 2009 | Notes on Becoming | Y | Y |
| Brandan McCarthy | 2009 | To The Moon (EP) | Y | Y |
| Jocelyn Scofield | 2009 | A Witty Girl | Y | Y |
| FFH | 2009 | Wide Open Spaces | Y | Y |
| Jon Troast | 2009 | A Person and a Heart | Y | Y |
| JJ Heller | 2009 | Deeper | Y | Y |
| Sarah Hart | 2008 | Road to Ohio | Y | Y |
| Jon Troast | 2008 | I Want to be President | Y | Y |
| Jon Troast | 2008 | Living Room | Y | Y |
| Branden McCarthy | 2008 | Yellow Roses | Y | Y |
| Jars of Clay | 2008 | Long Fall Back To Earth | Y | Y |
| Jerry Chapman | 2008 | Sweet Impossible | Y | Y |
| JJ Heller | 2008 | Painted Red | Y | Y |
| Adam Agin | 2008 | Foundation (EP) | Y | Y |
| Julianna Zobrist | 2008 | The Tree (EP) | Y | Y |
| Trish Ivy | 2008 | Requiem | Y | Y |
| Marvin and Gentry | 2008 | Master Plan | Y | Y |
| Colleen McCarron | 2008 | Love is in the Details | Y | Y |
| Blake Aaron | 2007 | Love in Different Lights | Y | Y |
| Dean Guevara | 2007 | Pierce the Night | Y | Y |
| Caedmon's Call | 2007 | Overdressed | Y | Y |
| Farewell Flight | 2007 | Sound.Color.Motion | Y | Y |
| Nate Allman | 2007 | Dream for Free | Y | Y |
| Jars of Clay | 2007 | Christmas Songs | Y | Y |
| Midtown Worship Band | 2007 | The Midtown Project Vol.1 | Y | Y |
| Christopher Williams | 2007 | Sweet Redemption | Y | Y |
| Justin McRoberts | 2007 | Deconstruction | Y | Y |
| JJ Heller | 2007 | Pretty and the Plain | Y | Y |
| JJ Heller | 2007 | Wake Up The World (Christmas EP) | Y | Y |
| Nathan Shaver | 2007 | These Words Aren't Working | Y | Y |
| Hannah Miller | 2007 | Into the Black | Y | Y |
| Sarah Kelly | 2007 | Born to Worship | Y | Y |
| Matt Thien | 2007 | Desert Dry (EP) | Y | Y |
| Jeromy Diebler | 2007 | Where Do I Go From Here | Y | Y |
| Josh Rosenthal | 2007 | Renaissance | Y | Y |