Music for Wesley Mitchell began in 5th grade at the age of ten years old. He began learning to play snare drum and its techniques in band class and picked up trapset in middle school. In high school, Mitchell began to play out more and played trapset for the pep band, jazz ensemble, and a number of local bands in his hometown and performed live many times a year. Mitchell also played snare drum and quints in a competitive marching band setting for one year at his high school.

At the age of 16, Mitchell began to take lessons with a professional instructor and started to get more serious about his playing. As time went on he learned the styles of Jazz, Latin, Funk, Motown, Bossa Nova, Rock, and others with his instructor before deciding to attend college for music. At the age of 19, Mitchell received a small endorsement opportunity from a custom drum company in Minneapolis known as Risen Drums. Mitchell decided to play Risen Drums and went to college in Nebraska at Chadron State College to pursue a Music Business Degree. At college, he was 1st chair percussionist in Wind Ensemble and performed as the lead trapset player in pep band, jazz ensemble, percussion ensemble, and a jazz combo called the Jazz Birds.

He also played coffee shop gigs in a small combo created by the percussion instructor and performed gigs in place of the percussion faculty member in the faculty ensemble when he was unavailable. While at Chadron State College, Mitchell learned techniques of the marimba and other mallet instruments including how to play with four mallets and jazz improvisation on the vibraphone. Mitchell also studied proper technique of the timpani and performed several pieces for recitals and juries.

In the summer of 2008, Mitchell began teaching as a private instructor in his local hometown music store. He has taught private lessons to students of all ages since then including anything from beginner to advanced trapset and mallet techniques. Mitchell moved to Nashville in pursuit of new students, to perform as an artist, become a better musician, do internships with local sound engineers and get a vast view on the Music Industry as a whole. Mitchell recently finished his degree in Music Business and currently resides in the town of Smyrna, TN and is accepting students of all ages and experience levels from the surrounding areas.