Mike Bartelli is a singer/guitarist from Charlotte NC, playing an extensive list of classic, alternative and pop rock + contemporary country favorites from the 70's thru today.
Mike Bartelli is a singer/guitarist from Charlotte NC, playing an extensive list of classic, alternative and pop rock favorites from the 70's thru today.
A regular performer in the Charlotte and Lake Norman region, Bartelli began playing professionally at the age of 19 as the lead guitarist in various rock bands in Upstate NY and continued through college, which helped to pay the rent whle providing valuable life experiences.
Post-college, however, real-life happened...and a successful career in sports marketing and content production largely sidelined Bartelli's guitars for years. It wasn't until the Covid pandemic - and its impact on, virtually, every aspect of the business world - that he had the opportunity to reconnect with that part of him that he'd, uninitentionally, left behind.
After a brief period of "dusting off the chops" post-Covid, Bartelli began regularly performing as a solo singer/guitarist at clubs, breweries and live music events in the very active Charlotte, NC scene. He also takes the solo show on the road, occasionally, performing in the Atlanta GA region and back in his old stomping grounds in Upstate NY.
His shows offer a songlist of well-known and loved crowd favorites, with Bartelli often supplementing his singing and rhythm playing with creative on-stage looping of percussion and additonal guitar tracks.
He and his wife Lisa live in Cornelius NC. They have a 19 year old daughter, April who (as of January '25) has taken 688 rides on 161 different roller coasters and attends UNC Asheville when she's not at an amusement park.