Mitch Dorge

Michel "Mitch" Dorge (born September 15, 1960 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian drummer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and record producer.

Biography

Dorge started taking drum lessons at age six. His first band consisted of an accordion player and him on drums. His friend moved to bass guitar and they jammed to Black Sabbath. He has been with the Crash Test Dummies^[1] since 1991, and has been credited as co-producer for both God Shuffled His Feet and A Worm's Life, the former of which reached sales of almost eight million worldwide.

Since 1999 Dorge has worked with Tuesday's Girl and Charlie Redstar as producer, engineer and drummer. Dorge was awarded the Prairie Music Award for Outstanding Instrumental Recording for his solo record, As Trees Walking. Downsampling Perception, a documentary based on Dorge's motivational and educational program "In Your Face and Interactive", has shown in film festivals worldwide, and has been nominated and awarded for best documentary. His soundtrack work for Cemetery Love Story and Mutual Cadence has reached audiences around the world. He is also a worldwide school presenter; he shares stories of his career and other life lessons.

He also travels schools to bring a motivational awareness program to people on the topic of drugs and alcohol.

Solo discography

Albums

As Trees Walking (2002)

References

↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Biography: Crash Test Dummies". AMG. Retrieved 20 May 2010.

External links

Mitch Dorge official website

Crash Test Dummies
Brad Roberts Ellen Reid Dan Roberts Benjamin Darvill Mitch Dorge
Demo Tapes	Original Recipe Demo Tape 2
Studio albums	The Ghosts That Haunt Me God Shuffled His Feet A Worm's Life Give Yourself a Hand I Don't Care That You Don't Mind Jingle All the Way Puss 'n' Boots Songs of the Unforgiven Oooh La La!
EPs	The Cape Breton Lobster Bash Series
Compilations	The Best of Crash Test Dummies Demo-litions
Live Albums	Crash Test Dude (Brad Roberts solo)
Singles	"Superman's Song" "The Ghosts That Haunt Me" "Androgynous" "The First Noel" "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" "Swimming in Your Ocean" "Afternoons & Coffeespoons" "God Shuffled His Feet" "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" "He Liked to Feel It" "My Own Sunrise" "My Enemies" "Keep a Lid on Things" "Get You in the Morning" "Give Yourself a Hand" "Every Morning" "On and On" "The Day We Never Met" "White Christmas" "I'm the Man" "Flying Feeling" "The Unforgiven Ones" "And So Will Always Be" "And It's Beautiful" "Now You See Her" "Promised Land" "I'll Be Peaceful Then"
Videos	Symptomology of a Rock Band: The Case of Crash Test Dummies Crash Test Dude
Discography

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