Gary Miller (music producer)
Gary Miller (born 29 February 1960 in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire) is a British Pop and Rock music producer, songwriter, and guitarist. Miller worked for the London production house Stock Aitken Waterman as producer, mixer, and songwriter, and was later part of the Metrophonic team[1]. While at Stock Aitken Waterman and Metrophonic, he worked on songs for Donna Summer,[2] Lionel Richie, Kylie Minogue,[3] Bananarama,[4] and Simply Red[5][6], and was one of the producers of the David Bowie song Everyone Says 'Hi' for the album Heathen, which was released in 2002[7].
Gary Miller | |
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Miller in March 2016 | |
Background information | |
Born | Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England | 29 February 1960
Genres | Pop, Rock |
Occupation(s) | Record producer, Music Composer, Songwriter, Guitarist |
Instruments | Guitar |
Years active | 1980 - current |
Associated acts | |
Website | gmillerproductions |
Miller started his music career during the 1980s as a guitarist, touring with Nik Kershaw's backing band The Krew [8]. In 1988, Miller was Musical Director for Deon Estus, who opened for several shows on George Michael's The Faith Tour. The Musical Director for George Michael was Chris Cameron[9]. During Miller's long-spanning career, he was also MD and guitarist for the 30-year reunion tour for British Pop duo Bros, twin brothers Matt and Luke Goss, in 2017. The Bros Live 2017 Tour filled The O2 arena in London two nights in a row. However, all concerts of the tour that were scheduled outside of London were cancelled due to weak ticket sales [10].
Miller moved to Malibu, California, in 2006[11], where he started working as an independent producer on songs for various artists, including remixes of three Katy Perry[12] songs. In 2014, Miller started the Rock Against Trafficking foundation, which records and releases album projects to raise money and awareness to fight human trafficking. The first Rock Against Trafficking (RAT) album "Set Them Free", which was produced by Miller, features Police and Sting covers performed by various well-known artists, such as the rock band Journey, Heart, Carlos Santana, Slash, Julian Lennon, Ellis Hall, and En Vogue.[13][12] The RAT flagship song "Stand Up" is an original co-written by Miller with new artist AV!VA, and performed by AV!VA. "Roxanne", the first single from the album project, which was performed by Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple, has been released on 11 January 2018.[13][12]
Partial production discography
References
- Inglis, Sam. "Gary Miller", Sound on Sound. Cambridge, August 2002. Retrieved on 10 May 2018.
- Paoletta, Michael. "VH1's Summer Spotlight Cast On Donna Summer", Billboard, 12 June 1999. Retrieved on 11 May 2018.
- "Credits: Kylie Minogue - Celebration", Allmusic. Retrieved on 10 May 2018.
- "Credits: Bananarama - Ultra Violet", Allmusic. Retrieved on 10 May 2018.
- Katz, Barry. "Industry Standard w/Barry Katz, 191:Gary Miller", Acast, 19 March 2017. Retrieved on 11 May 2018.
- "Gary Miller", the-globe.be. Retrieved on 10 May 2018.
- "Credits: David Bowie - Heathen", Allmusic. Retrieved on 10 May 2018.
- "Krew (2)", Discogs. Retrieved on 8 February 2020.
- As printed in the official ‘THE FAITH TOUR’ programme.
- Savage, Mark. "Bros scrap the majority of their 2017 reunion tour - BBC News", BBC News, 6 March 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- Aushenker, Michael. " Paradise Found", The Malibu Times, 18 July 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- Tallal, Jimmy. "Malibu Locals Fight Human Trafficking", The Malibu Times, 24 February 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- Graff, Gary. "Rock Against Trafficking Founder Gary Miller Hopes to Launch at the Grammys", Billboard, 29 August 2014. Retrieved on 10 May 2018.