Gary Miller (music producer)

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]

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

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)

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

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.