MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST. COMPOSER. ARRANGER. MUSIC DIRECTOR. EDUCATOR.
ABOUT
Danny is an electric, synth and upright bassist, backing vocalist, trumpeter and sousaphone player as well as an arranger, composer, copyist, orchestrator and music director.
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Since graduating from Sir Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) with a 1st Class Honours Degree in Music (BA) in the summer of 2016, Danny has gone on to play on a variety of stages across the world, performing in various musical theatre productions, function bands and with pop artists.
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Danny has featured on various musicals including Calendar Girls: The Musical (UK Tour, 2024) The Colour Purple (UK Tour, 2022), Grease (Europe Tour, 2024/25) RENT (Hope Mill Theatre, 2020/21), Sister Act (UK Tour, 2024, Dep), Heathers (UK Tour, 2024, Dep), Bonnie & Clyde (West End, 2022, Dep), The Cher Show (UK Tour, 2022, Dep), Saturday Night Fever (UK Tour, 2019, Dep) plus many more productions. He is currently touring the UK with the musical '& Juliet'.
Danny is the Music Director, arranger and bassist for stage show 'Totally 80's' alongside arranging and creating tracks for other one-night touring productions.
Danny arranges and writes for cruise ships, theatre productions, wind bands, big bands and other sized ensembles from across Europe, as well as running his own 17 piece big band, 'The Danny Miller Big Band'.
Danny is a visiting lecturer at LIPA in music theory, music direction, aural skills and composition & arranging.
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He also plays for a wide range of original artists as a session musician, arranger and/or orchestrator including Jacobo Serra (Warner Music Spain), St. Catherine's Child (TRO Essex Music Group) & Toria Wooff.
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Danny is a Cosmic Ears and Overwater Basses endorsed artist.
MEDIA
The Danny Miller Big Band is a 17 piece big band made up of the best musicians from the North West. The band play arrangements from Nestico to Goodwin to Miller himself, taking you from old style swing to modern latin and funk numbers.
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SHEET MUSIC & TRACKS
Danny is available for transcriptions, new compositions and arrangements upon request. Danny can also provide live band backing tracks and/or click tracks, fully mixed and mastered for your needs.
He also has a large repertoire of music from big band to musical theatre.
Danny has written music internationally for function bands, wind bands, big bands, musical theatre shows and orchestras as well as orchestrating records for commercial release. See examples of Danny's work below.
REMOTE SESSIONS
Danny provides high quality recordings on all basses, vocals and trumpet from his home studio. Below is a list of equipment which are used in combination depending on the instrument and needs of the client.
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4K video accompaniments are also available upon request for no extra fee.
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Gear List:​
Interface: Universal Audio Twin Duo MkII​
Software: Logic Pro X​
Mics & Reflection Filter: Aston Halo, Aston Origin, sE5 (Pair), AKG C519ML, SM57, SM58
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Danny also uses high quality Universal Audio, Anteres, Valhalla, Vocaltune and Soundtoys plugins. Any processing can be done upon request.
