Transcendent Music Movement Presents: Mitch Wetheringthon

Transcendent Music Movement Presents: Mitch Wetheringthon

It is not very often that musicians from South Carolina make a name for themselves on a national stage in the entertainment industry.   Frankly it is not often that anyone from the Palmetto State does anything substantial in this particular industry.  This is not to say that there is no talent in the state, because that is certainly not the case.  It is just not a state that receives that much exposure in the area of entertainment.  There have been a few athletes, Vanna White from Wheel of Fortune, some others and let us not forget Stephen Colbert.  These people have represented South Carolina extremely well in the entertainment industry.  Now though, thanks to national talent contests such as America’s Next Top Model, American Idol and others, individuals from every nook and cranny of the country get their shot at making it.  The Transcendent Music Movement is pleased to present one of the most recent recipients of this incredible opportunity, acoustic singer/songwriter Mitchel Wetherington.

Twenty Four year old Mitch Wetherington was born in Lexington South Carolina.  He progressed through the public school system in the central region of the state before moving to the Low Country to attend College in Charleston, SC.  Mitch attended the Military College of South Carolina, The Citadel and graduated in May of 2010.  Mitch participated in many activities growing up.  He played soccer and was a hang gliding instructor among other things.  Out of all of his activities, his most notable was and is his talent as a musician.  While in Charleston, Mitch began taking his passion for music more seriously.  He began writing his own songs and performing them on YouTube, right from his barracks at The Citadel.  Mitch’s talent was self-realized and validated by his friends and family.  He then participated in an acoustic open-mic contest where his live performing career began.  At that event, the owner of Other Brother Entertainment, Bryan Mahanes, took notice of his talent.  Bryan helped propel Mitch’s career by landing him gigs all over Charleston.

After Mitch’s rapid success as a solo artist, he wanted to have a more dynamic presence on stage, particularly as his crowds grew bigger and bigger.  Mitch began The Mitch Wetherington Project, which included Brayan Mahanes playing lead guitar and later Trey Swinton on drums.  The Mitch Wetherington Project was an exciting band that excited crowds with enthusiastic performances.  Following the Mitch Wetherington Project, Mitch moved on to form an even more electrifying band called Southwood.  As Southwood, Mitch began to take his performances out of the local bars and in to local music venues doing shows that drew even larger crowds. 

Mitch has always kept a catalog of original music that he performed along with music covers.  After the passing of his mother shortly before he graduated college, Mitch’s song writing became his refuge.  Mitch found a deeper motivation to truly impact others through his lyrics and music.  His mother, in her absence, has further motivated Mitch to continue his pursuit of exceptional   musicianship and a songwriting.  This has been exemplified in his recent decision to audition for American Idol.  Mitch repeatedly declined to audition despite encouragement from friends, family and even his mother.  However when American Idol hosted an audition in the area he finally felt he would be remiss not to audition.  He was even more so compelled because it was a desire of his mother for her son to try out.  Mitch auditioned and unsurprisingly was presented with a golden ticket to compete in Hollywood, California to become the next American Idol.

Mitch Wetherington, in is humility, has impacted the lives of many through his music.  He continues to focus his work on positively affecting others.  Mitch’s spectacular personality and incredible talent are sure to carry him far.  His journey has already begun, as he has now been presented with an opportunity to display his craft to a national audience.  He is going to need the support and encouragement of his friends, family, Citadel family, state, and others as he labors in pursuit of national recognition as a musical artist.  Join the TRANSCENDENT MUSIC MOVEMENT as we lobby our support for Mitch Wetherington as he seeks to expand his audience, all the while continuing to create and perform TRANSCENDENT MUSIC.

The Transcendent Music Movement Presents: Lyrical Profet

The Transcendent Music Movement Presents: Lyrical Profet

Lord knows making it in the music industry is no easy task.  We all know those who have come and gone.  There are those hometown heroes who seem destined to be recognized by the major record labels.  We also know those who captivate local audiences and work day in and day out to earn and preserve their unwavering support.  Some artist are infatuated with the celebrity aspects of music, I do not blame them.  However, there are some artists with a message.  These artists are not motivated by money or fame.  They explicitly and solely seek to speak to the masses using the beloved medium called music.  So here we are in the age of Youtube, Myspace, iTunes and the like.  What an opportunity for an aspiring musician or artist to become known or better yet, disseminate their message to the world through music.  With that said it gives The Transcendent Music Movement great pleasure to present someone who is doing just that, the lyrical and poetic maven, Kyrah A Ayers, better known as Lyrical Profet.

Poetry by the Bay

Born in the Bay Area of California, Lyrical Profet realized his adoration and innate gift for writing.  More specifically he found himself writing poetry.  This Fresno State Mass Communication major graduated, and supplemental to his career began writing and performing his poetry publicly.  It all began as an innocent hobby.  He wrote inspiring words and strung intricate combinations of words and other literary devices together over beats that he created.  Lyrical Profet began performing his spoken word in local venues in the bay area.  He later began a local event called Poetry by the Bay to showcase local talent.  He is the host of this event and it has been growing in popularity since its conception in 2008.

Product of Environment (P.O.E.)

From Lyrical Profet’s Poetry by the Bay event and others he began to be more comfortable on stage in front of a live audience.  He has always felt comfortable as a writer but performing on stage was a new challenge.  His ultimate goal is and was to merely be a songwriter for other artists to perform but Lyrical Profet could not deny his calling to the stage.  From Poetry by the Bay and other local events Profet formed his own band.  This band along with a vocalist made up P.O.E.  P.O.E. stands for Product of Environment.  Profet began to market his music empire as Profetic Lyrics, which became the name of his business.  Profet’s spoken word performances as P.O.E. stimulated him to tap in to his love for Hip Hop and begin writing more Hip Hop songs.  These songs included R&B vocals and the eclectic instrumentation from his live band.  Profet graced every track with the same intelligent and thought provoking songwriting.  His performance as a Hip Hop vocalist and the energy derived from the live band provoked excitement from crowds wherever they performed.   Lately though, Profet has been working on solo productions.

This is my Prayer

Lyrical Profet has been releasing individual tracks periodically while he has been working on his latest major production; a mix-tape entitled This is my Prayer.  He recently released the video for the title track This is my Prayer and has set a release date for the mix-tape of January 7, 2012.  The music of Lyrical Profet is sure to possess profound songwriting and lively instrumentation.  Lyrical Profet is one hard working artist with incredible talent and tremendous potential yet.    Profet is doing great work to promote his music and his message.  The Transcendent music movement encourages you to further explore his work on the various social and media mediums highlighted throughout this blog.  Also continue to support the movement to support artist such as Lyrical Profet as they continue to create TRANSCENDENT MUSIC.