Sneaky Sound System: The Early Years
The band, Sneaky Sound System, evolved from Sneaky Sundays night club, launched by Black Angus (Angus McDonald) and Daimon Downey. Angus and Downey met Mitchell in a park one day as she was playing guitar with a friend and asked her to sing for them. "I thought they were a bit dodgy," recollects Mitchell. However, they did have a studio, and when Connie sang on what was to be their breakthrough single, "I Love It", Sneaky Sound System had their vocalist – and their debut album. Angus noted that "We were told by every label we might sell 10,000 copies and it wasn’t worth it, so we decided to do it ourselves."
Mitchell also shares songwriting credits with Angus McDonald on "Pictures", along with almost all other Sneaky Sound System track. In the 2006 International Songwriting Competition, the song came second in the Dance/Electronica category.
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