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Gary Miller (music producer)

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Gary Miller
Miller in March 2016
Miller in March 2016
Background information
Born(1960-02-29)29 February 1960
Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England
Died5 May 2022(2022-05-05) (aged 62)
GenresPop, rock
Occupation(s)Music producer, songwriter, guitarist
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1980–2022
Websiteloud-waves.com

Gary Miller (29 February 1960 – 5 May 2022) was an English record producer, songwriter, arranger and multi-instrumentalist. In his early years, Miller worked for the London production house Stock Aitken Waterman as staff 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'", which was released in 2002 on the album Heathen.[7]

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 was the opening act for several shows on George Michael's The Faith Tour.[9]

Miller moved to Malibu, California, in 2006,[10] where he started working as an independent producer on songs for various artists, including three unreleased remixes of Katy Perry[11] songs. In Malibu, Miller started the Rock Against Trafficking foundation to raise money and awareness to fight human trafficking. The mostly unreleased Rock Against Trafficking (RAT) album project, which was produced by Miller in 2014, is called Set Them Free, and features The Police and Sting covers performed by various well-known artists, such as members of the rock band Journey, Heart, Carlos Santana, Slash, Julian Lennon, Ellis Hall, and En Vogue.[12] The RAT flagship song "Stand Up" is an original, co-written by Miller with artist AV!VA, and performed by AV!VA. "Roxanne", the first single from the Set Them Free album, which was performed by Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple, has been released on 11 January 2018.

Miller died on 5 May 2022 at the age of 62[13] in his home in Southern California.

Partial production discography

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Artist Song Album Producer Engineer Mixer Co-Writer
Nik Kershaw Show Us

(unreleased track)

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Kylie Minogue Celebration Single checkY
Donna Summer I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiró)" Single checkY checkY checkY
Donna Summer My Life Live & More Encore checkY
David Bowie Everyone Says Hi Heathens checkY checkY checkY
Bananarama Full Album Ultra Violet checkY checkY checkY checkY
Slash & Fergie So Lonely Set Them Free (Forthcoming) checkY checkY checkY
Lionel Richie Angel New Constellation checkY checkY
Andrea Bocelli L'incontro Cieli di Toscana checkY checkY
Freda Payne "Band of Gold" (remix) Single checkY checkY
Katy Perry California Gurls, E.T., Teenage Dream (remixes, unreleased) Singles checkY checkY
Boy George Hare Krishna U Can Never B2 Straight checkY checkY
Rob Thomas Message in a Bottle Set Them Free checkY checkY checkY
Ellis Hall If You Love Somebody Set Them Free, Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot Set Them Free checkY checkY checkY
Sybil Full Album Still a Thrill checkY checkY checkY checkY
Hall & Oates Mona Lisa's Eyes Phunk Shui checkY
Gypsy Teens Bamboleo, Club Tropicana Gypsy Teens checkY checkY
Stacy Francis I Still Believe Single checkY checkY checkY
Stacy Francis Big Time Single checkY checkY checkY checkY
Matt Goss Forthcoming Album checkY checkY
Carlos Santana, Beto Cuevas Fragile Set Them Free checkY checkY checkY
Simply Red You Make Me Feel Brand New Home checkY checkY checkY
Destiny Rogers Forthcoming Album checkY checkY checkY checkY
Bros Love Can Make You Fly Single checkY checkY checkY checkY
Wayland Shape Of My Heart Set Them Free checkY checkY checkY
Wayland Forthcoming Single checkY checkY checkY
Jett Prescott Forthcoming Album checkY checkY checkY checkY
Chayanne Supermodel, Kiss it Goodbye Singles checkY checkY checkY
Steve Rogers Forthcoming Album checkY checkY checkY checkY
Journey Synchronicity II Single checkY checkY checkY
Glenn Hughes Roxanne Single checkY checkY checkY
En Vogue Brand New Day Set Them Free checkY checkY checkY
Keb' Mo' Russians Set Them Free checkY checkY checkY
Andy Fraser Every Breath You Take Set Them Free checkY checkY checkY
Europe The Final Countdown (remix) Single checkY
David Austin & Tony Hadley Grease Single checkY
The Undertaker The Man in Black WrestleMania: The Album checkY checkY checkY
AV!VA (aka Aviva Scott) Forthcoming Album checkY checkY checkY checkY
Kim Se-hwang We Need A Change Forthcoming Album checkY checkY checkY
KISS I Was Made for Lovin' You (remix) Single checkY checkY checkY
Dilana Can't Stand Losing You Set Them Free checkY checkY checkY
Billy Preston Heroes Single checkY checkY
Village People Y.M.C.A. (remix) Single checkY checkY
Simply Red Perfect Love Simplified checkY checkY checkY
Heart Wrapped Around Your Finger Set Them Free checkY checkY checkY
Jaki Graham It's Too Late, Jack & Jill Singles checkY checkY checkY checkY
Barry Manilow Copacabana (remix) Single checkY checkY checkY
Beth Hart Sister Moon Set Them Free checkY checkY checkY
Vanessa Amorosi Absolutely Everybody Single checkY checkY
Marta Sánchez Soy Yo Soy Yo checkY checkY
Paulina Rubio I Was Made for Lovin' You Border Girl checkY checkY
Daneliya Tuleshova Forthcoming Single checkY checkY checkY checkY
James Elvidge Forthcoming Album checkY checkY checkY
AZNIV & Kodie Shane Mr. Ego Single checkY checkY checkY checkY
Ricky Rebel Forthcoming Album checkY checkY checkY checkY
Meredith O'Connor, Mary Wilson, Rebecca Black, Ruggero Pasquarelli, Daneliya Tuleshova, Kodie Shane, Mackenzie Sol, Tenille Arts, Syndee Winters You Are Not Alone Single checkY checkY checkY
Rozalla I Feel it Slipping Away Single checkY checkY

References

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  1. ^ Inglis, Sam. "Gary Miller", Sound on Sound. Cambridge, August 2002. Retrieved on 10 May 2018.
  2. ^ Paoletta, Michael. "VH1's Summer Spotlight Cast On Donna Summer", Billboard, 12 June 1999. Retrieved on 11 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Credits: Kylie Minogue - Celebration", AllMusic. Retrieved on 10 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Credits: Bananarama - Ultra Violet", Allmusic. Retrieved on 10 May 2018.
  5. ^ Katz, Barry. "Industry Standard w/Barry Katz, 191:Gary Miller", Acast, 19 March 2017. Retrieved on 11 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Gary Miller", the-globe.be. Retrieved on 10 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Credits: David Bowie - Heathen", Allmusic. Retrieved on 10 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Krew (2)", Discogs. Retrieved on 8 February 2020.
  9. ^ As printed in the official ‘THE FAITH TOUR’ programme.
  10. ^ Aushenker, Michael. " Paradise Found", The Malibu Times, 18 July 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  11. ^ Tallal, Jimmy. "Malibu Locals Fight Human Trafficking", The Malibu Times, 24 February 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  12. ^ Graff, Gary. "Rock Against Trafficking Founder Gary Miller Hopes to Launch at the Grammys", Billboard, 29 August 2014. Retrieved on 10 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Tributes are being paid to a prominent Ventura County music producer". KCLU. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.