The singer, songwriter and music
producer known as Millie has released her debut single as a solo
performer, “What Do You See.” The track has been proudly
published on the Taffe Music independent record label without the
direction of the corporate music industry. It has been released
concurrently with an official music video, available for viewing at
the official Taffe Music website (link provided below) and comes in
Radio Mix and Club Mix editions.
Pulsing, thumping, bumping with synth
bass and bringing the house music tradition into 2016 with class and
style, “What Do You See” is a sure sign that Millie is a name for
DJs and music fans to watch in coming months.
The UK-based Millie cites as main
artistic influences such iconic singers and songwriters as Maxwell,
Diana Ross, Jennifer Holliday, Etta James, and Billie Holiday. Her
own sound retains the clarity and precision of these artists while
adding also the back beats and modern instrumentation that have made
electronic dance music the most influential sound of the new
millennium.
Speaking of the themes of her new “What
Do You See” single, Millie writes, “I love to people watch and
when they watch back, I always wonder what do they see? Do they see
the same thing I see? So I decided to sing about it from my
perspective.”
Millie describes her songwriting
process as intuitive, rather than academic.
“I feel music,” she writes. “I
have never learnt to play an instrument. I just go with the feel of
the notes and if it feels good, then I create the sound and the words
and the melody finds me.”
While Millie's “What Do You See”
represents the artist's solo debut, it is preceded by her British
“lover's rock” girl group, Simplicity, with whom she performed
several original hits. She followed up on this success with an
all-female American band, Flirtations.
“My driving ambition is to create
music that connects deeply,” writes Millie, “to create sounds and
melodies that are a bit strange or unique (is the word I love) which
ultimately nourishes the starving soul.” She goes on to elucidate
on her passion for newness in song: “I have a cavernous love of
creating unconventional sounds and melodies, because for me music is
powerful and healing. I believe I am a spiritual being who uses this
medium to connect with others on an otherworldly plane.”
Millie's music is even more than this
connection, however.
She writes of her music goals, “I
want my music to touch the world, and the hearts and minds of
everyone who hears my songs, because no matter how different we are,
we are all the same where music is concerned. Even though the beats
may differ, music is a universal language that needs expressions of
love, loss, anger, hope, etc. This is how we purge ourselves of these
and other emotions, and that is what connects us.”
“What Do You See” by Millie is
available 4 December 2015 from Taffe Music.
-S. McCauley
Lead Press Release Writer
www.MondoTunes.com
“What Do You See” by Millie
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