Mitchell Charles has always been drawn to storytelling and music. A lifetime student of the keyboards, he studied and played classical piano as a child, rock and roll as a teenager and jazz as an adult.

In 2016, Mitchell published the young-adult fantasy novel and audiobook “The Kingdom of Oceana,” a hero’s journey about a mythical Hawaiian prince’s coming of age www.kingdomofoceana.com.

Over the past few years, Mitch has immersed himself in songwriting, voice, guitar and music production. Following his debut five-song debut EP “The Butterhorse” he has released 5 additional original songs.

Four of these songs “Release Me,” “Our Love is Like a Fire,” “Choose Love” and “Time’s an Illusion” are what he calls The Ruminations, inspired by the poetry of Rumi, the ancient Sufi mystic and poet.

His latest release is the introspective rock ballad, “I Just Don’t Get Me” “People ask me about what kind of music I write and record. I’m influenced by my eclectic tastes which include classic rock, traditional jazz and blues, jazz-rock fusion and world music from Latin America, Africa and the Caribbean. I do my best to honor each song I write and bring it life as I hear it inside my head.