Background
Raised in a musical family, he is the grandson of Glenn Gray Orchestra singer Jane Cones and son of Jackie Cones of The Cones Sisters. Produced by Barry Beckett for Radio Corporation of America during the late 80’son
Raised in a musical family, he is the grandson of Glenn Gray Orchestra singer Jane Cones and son of Jackie Cones of The Cones Sisters. Produced by Barry Beckett for Radio Corporation of America during the late 80’son
Cones moved to Nashville in 1996 to finish his Bachelor of Business Administration (with an emphasis in studio production) at Belmont University.
After graduating from Belmont Mickey produced, engineered, wrote and played all of the music that landed Joshua and Jacob Miller/”Nemesis Rising” a recording contract with Curb Records (Los Angeles). He also produced Curb Recording artist David Kersh in early 2000. Cones signed a 5 year publishing agreement with Electric and Music Industries Nashville that same year and has had songs recorded by artists such as Trace Adkins, Matt Stillwell, Nemesis Rising, Chad Hudson, Anson Carter, Julie Roberts and others
In 2002, Cones toured with Mercury recording artist Julie Roberts as her band leader (guitar and background vocals) and road manager.
He toured with Roberts for 2 years and performed on The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, the Country Music Awards, The Grand Ole Opry and Rascal Flatts’ “Here’s To You” tour. Recently Cones has produced Joe Nichols, including the #1 single "Yeah", in addition to Dustin Lynch"s second studio album Where lieutenant"s At" which was released via Broken Bow Records September 9, 2014 and features the #1 hit single "Where lieutenant"s At (Yep, Yep)" and "Working Manitoba"s Poet - A Tribute To Merle Haggard".
The second single "Hell Of A Night" also went to #1 on the Billboard Country Charts. Cones is also well known for producing Trace Adkins’ “Love Will..” (Civil Defense), Jeff Bates, Kristy Lee Cook & Randy Houser’s “Wherever Love Goes” (single), Joe Nichols’ “Crickets” album and its number 1 single “Sunny and 75”.
Cones is also a recording engineer
Other artists that Cones has engineered are: Luke Bryan, Steven Tyler, Carrie Underwood, Motley Crue, Linkin Park, Kellie Pickler, Buck Cherry, Blake Shelton, Montgomery Gentry, Aerosmith, Kristen Kelly, Andy Griggs, Ludacris, 3 Doors Down, Julianne Hough, Eric Church, the cast of “Nashville” and many others Cones not only produces and engineers records, he plays, programs and sings on them as well. Mickey has played electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, keys, synthesizer, percussion, programmed and sung background vocals on major album projects for George Strait, Trace Adkins, Joe Nichols, Reba McEntire, Steven Tyler, Billy Gilman, Country Strong (soundtrack), Heidi Newfield, Katrina Elam, Jeff Bates, Acting of Valor (soundtrack), Chuck Wicks, Kevin Fowler, Thomas Rhett, Andy Griggs, Kristen Kelly and more.
Mickey has also produced projects for Exile (“Kiss You All Over”), the Acting of Valor soundtrack (“If The Sun Comes Up”), James Wesley (Broken Bow Records), Matt Stillwell (Average Joes Entertainment), Chad Hudson (Universal Music Group), Nicky Barot (United Kingdom), Damien Leith (Australian Idol winner) and Jimmy Fortune (Statler Brothers).
