Mitch Merrett

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| origin = Langley, British Columbia, Canada

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| genre = Country music

| occupation = Music manager
Record producer

| instrument = Gibson Robot Guitar

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| associated_acts = Aaron Pritchett
Chad Brownlee

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Mitch Merrett is a record producer, music manager, and country musician from Langley, British Columbia, Canada.{{Cite news|work=Langley Advance|title=Acclaimed guitarist also prolific producer|author=Troy Landreville|date=November 17, 2011|url=http://www.langleyadvance.com/entertainment/Acclaimed+guitarist+also+prolific+producer/5723721/story.html|accessdate=July 3, 2013}} He plays a Gibson Robot Guitar.{{Cite web|publisher=Gibson Guitar Corporation|title=Aaron Pritchett Guitarist Mitch Merrett: 'The Robot Guitar's Made My Life Much Easier'|author=Ted Drozdowski|date=September 22, 2008|url=http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/country-road-warrior-mitch-mer.aspx|accessdate=July 3, 2013}} He studied music at Selkirk College in Nelson,{{Cite web|publisher=CBC Music |title=Mitch Merrett |url=http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/MITCH-MERRETT |accessdate=July 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301002442/http://music.cbc.ca/ |archivedate=March 1, 2016 }} graduating from the Contemporary Music and Technology program with a major in performance.{{Cite web|title=Mitch Merrett|author=Mitch Merrett|publisher=Selkirk College|url=http://selkirk.ca/testimonial/mitch-merrett|accessdate=July 4, 2013}} In 2007, he and Tom McKillip were named Record Producers of the Year by the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) for their work on Aaron Pritchett's album Big Wheel.{{Cite news|work=Leader-Post|title=And the winners are....|date=September 10, 2007|url=http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/arts_life/story.html?id=df4b7f19-cf46-426f-946b-cee9bb53c68f|accessdate=July 3, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623150629/http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/arts_life/story.html?id=df4b7f19-cf46-426f-946b-cee9bb53c68f|archivedate=June 23, 2014}} Also that year, the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada named Merrett, Pritchett, and Deric Ruttan Songwriters of the Year for their work on "Hold My Beer," a song that appeared on Big Wheel{{Cite news|work=National Post|title=The Playlist: Aaron Pritchett is back behind the wheel|author=John P. McLaughlin|date=November 30, 2010|url=http://arts.nationalpost.com/2010/11/30/the-playlist-aaron-pritchett-is-back-behind-the-wheel/|accessdate=July 3, 2013}} and that a CBC News reporter called "irreverent."{{Cite news|work=CBC News|title=Emerson Drive snags three CCMA awards|date=September 10, 2007|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/emerson-drive-snags-three-ccma-awards-1.654320|access-date=July 3, 2013}} In 2010, Merrett produced Chad Brownlee's self-titled debut album.{{Cite news|work=Tri-City News|title=Ex-hockey player opens concert series|author=Janis Warren|date=January 27, 2011|url=http://www.bclocalnews.com/entertainment/114502979.html|accessdate=July 3, 2013}} In 2012, the British Columbia Country Music Association named Merrett Producer of the Year.{{Cite news|work=Music News Nashville|title=Multiple BCCMA Noms For MDM Artists Chad Brownlee, Hayley, Mitch Merrett|author=Jaimie Ward|date=November 5, 2012|url=http://www.musicnewsnashville.com/multiple-bccma-noms-for-mdm-artists-chad-brownlee-hayley-mitch-merrett|accessdate=July 4, 2013}}