Biography
JAMES McMILLAN
After attending the Royal College of Music in London and Berklee College of Music in Boston, James started a professional career playing trumpet with SADE in 1985. Since then he has accumulated an ever growing list of credits, playing trumpet, keyboards, producing, programming, arranging writing and co-writing. Signed to a world-wide publishing deal with Hit & Run Music/EMI (Publishing) Ltd.
James is becoming more and more popular as a writer/producer in the UK and the US…. So far in 2002, he has been writing and producing for various UK and US acts including….
American Idol (RCA/19)
Liberty X (V2)
Blue (Innocent Records)
S-Club 7( 19 Records/Polydor)
Kelly Clarkson (US Idol Winner)
Gareth Gates ( Christmas Record!)
BBC Music
Recent credits include:
Production and co-production with:
AMERICAN IDOL ‘Greatest moments’ (Entire album)
Liberty X ‘Forthcoming album tracks’
GARETH GATES ‘A Christmas to remember’ (Polydor/19)
BILLIE PIPER “Something deep inside” (#4 UK Single Chart)
ATOMIC KITTEN “Follow me” ( Top Ten UK Single)
MARTINE MCCUTCHEON 4 Album tracks (All Innocent /VirginRecords UK)
WARREN STACEY DefSoul US/Mercury UK
BLUE “ Forthcoming album tracks
S-CLUB 7 (19 records)
RONAN KEATING (Polydor Records)
BOYZONE (Polydor)
BRIAN KENNEDY "Now that I know what I want" album and singles (19/Epic)
ASHLEY BALLARD (Atlantic US)
BEVERLY KNIGHT (Parlophone)
CHANGING FACES (Atlantic US)
ETERNAL (Phil Collins tribute album for Atlantic US)
Arranging/programming/mixing and producing with:
WHITNEY HOUSTON "Step By Step"
BOYZONE "Baby can I Hold You Tonight"
VAN MORRISON "album"
EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL "2 albums"
BRIAN KENNEDY "Now that I know what I want" album and singles
ASHLEY BALLARD (Atlantic US)
Trumpet playing with:
SADE
JAMES BROWN
VAN MORRISON
PAUL WELLER
ERIC B & RAKIM
CHAKA KHAN
EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL
D-MOB
As well as co-writing, James has also produced his own album, "Ballads" which is a modern homage to the classic ballads of the 50's and 60's, released on the UK Jazz/Drum and Bass label Melt 2000.
He is currently negotiating a label deal with a major UK label, to sign and develop new Pop/R+B artists….
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