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Paddy Milner & The Big Sounds

AN INDIE-PIANO EXPLOSION!

About Me

BASED ON A TRUE STORY
ALBUM OUT MAY 28th (UK), MAY 15th (GERMANY), JUNE 4th (FRANCE) 2007 - AN INDIE-JAZZ PIANO EXPLOSION!
SINGLE 'BOB (BASED ON A TRUE STORY)' OUT NOW!
Watch on this page or click the screenshots below to go to the official website!
The WHOLE ALBUM is NOW exclusively available at iTunes in advance of the release dates! Click here to check it out:
AND whats more, to celebrate the release of 'Based on a True Story', you can now download 'Walking on Eggshells' at a much cheaper price from Amiestreet.com - in true Web 2.0 style, the price is determined by demand, so get in there quick before the price goes up...its already started to rise...
Its not often that a music industry legend comes out of comfortable retirement to help the career of an artist. This is exactly what happened when music guru Gerry Bron heard Paddy perform.
Screenshots from the video to 'Bob (Based on a True Story)'INDIE-PIANO SKA, INDIE-PIANO BOOGIE, INDIE-PIANO ROCK...there are so many words that could be used to describe the music, but just have a listen and you'll hear the diverse sounds are all linked by Paddy's instantly identifiable piano playing, voice songs and arrangements.In the year following his graduation from Kings College with a music degree, Paddy was introduced to Gerry Bron, signed a deal with Bronze Records and recorded the highly original album 'WALKING ON EGGSHELLS' [GBRCD1001]. This, his second album was recorded mainly at Gallery Studios with encouragement from the studio's owner and Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera. Taken from the album, the first single 'UNSQUARE DANCE' [GBRSD1001] is a riotous and truly original arrangement of Dave Brubeck's classic, and has received accolades all around. Brubeck himself said, 'I love it wouldn't change a note'. The video to the second single 'YOU THINK YOU"RE SO DAMN FUNNY' [GBRCD1003] got good coverage on French and German T.V., helping to propel the album to the No.1 bestselling Jazz/Blues album in France in May 2005
. As well as Paddy's songs and arrangements, the album features five songs co-written with iconic lyricist Pete Brown, most well known for his collaborations with Cream. You can play and buy 'Walking On Eggshells' is on this player:
Look out for the new album 'BASED ON A TRUE STORY', in 2007. Recorded in Denmark and London, mixed in Italy it was a truly international affair and the album is Paddy's best yet...

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Member Since: 12/19/2005
Band Website: paddymilner.com
Band Members:


Click on the image above to go to Paddy's online webstore or on the button to go Paddy's page on iTunes!

I'm pleased to announce that the whole album is NOW exclusively available in advance of the release date at iTunes (search for 'Paddy Milner'). If you can, please download a copy (or two)! We'd be truly grateful if you could let other people know - maybe a myspace bulletin, comment, facebook or just good old fashioned word of mouth!

Here's the video for the single:

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Paddy Milner (Piano, vocals), Randall Breneman (Guitar, vocals), Ben Somers-Smith (Tenor Sax), Jonathan Radford (Trumpet), Bobby 'Bone' Dowell (Trombone), Scott Wiber (bass), Alex Reeves (Drums)

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Record Label: Bronze Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

ALBUM FINISHED!

After a long process, the album is now finished and sounding massive! I couldn't be more pleased with how it all came together and its great to see the songs reaching their full potential. There wil...
Posted by Paddy Milner & The Big Sounds on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 02:50:00 PST

ON TOUR IN GERMANY...

On tour for a week now, all the usual escapades...have had good gigs in Hannover, Dortmund, Munster, Dresden, Minden and now Kassel tonight.A fantastiche sold out gig in Hannover started the week off ...
Posted by Paddy Milner & The Big Sounds on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:58:00 PST

MYSPACE MESSAGES NOT WORKING!

Apologies to all those of you who have written messages to me in the last week or two. For some reason, although I can see how many new message I have, they are not being displayed!! Alternatively, ...
Posted by Paddy Milner & The Big Sounds on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:13:00 PST

WINNING THE 'BEST NEWCOMER AWARD 2006'!

We are pleased to announce that we have won the 'Best Newcomer Award' at the Marlborough Jazz Festival 2006! There were some great bands playing at the festival, so we are incredibly chuffed! Thanks...
Posted by Paddy Milner & The Big Sounds on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 03:51:00 PST

WEBSITE LAUNCH PARTY! CENTRAL LONDON

Come to the OFFICIAL WEBSITE LAUNCH PARTY at:THE ASTOR, Glasshouse Street, Piccadilly Circus, London, UK27th July, band on stage at 10pm.Free entry before 10pm, �10 after.Should be a great night and...
Posted by Paddy Milner & The Big Sounds on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 02:17:00 PST

WWW.PADDYMILNER.COM ***NEW WEBSITE***

Our new website has been posted at www.paddymilner.com! Created by designer and animater Carlos Castillo (Naked Monkey Productions), the site is very original, fully interactive and animated. The si...
Posted by Paddy Milner & The Big Sounds on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 02:13:00 PST

Mixing!

I'm sat in Intimate Studios, London, with legendary engineer John Gallen (chief engineer of Roundhouse Studios, which Bronze Records label boss Gerry Bron used to own and run)...we're finishing the mi...
Posted by Paddy Milner & The Big Sounds on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:20:00 PST

BB King support with Todd Sharpville

Songwriter, singer and brilliant guitarist Todd Sharpville has secured the support show for BB King at the massive Le Coq arena in Luxembourg. I'll be featuring in Todd's band along with the Big Soun...
Posted by Paddy Milner & The Big Sounds on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 05:59:00 PST

ALBUM PREVIEW, 2 Tracks

We have posted two of the latest mixes of tracks that will be on the new album, due for release on Bronze Records in September 2006. Title to be confirmed.'Bob' has already been on the player, but thi...
Posted by Paddy Milner & The Big Sounds on Thu, 11 May 2006 04:09:00 PST

Bob

Thanks for all your kind comments about 'Bob', I'm very happy you like it! It is actually based on a true story...we were driving to a gig in a rented van down in Cornwall, UK when we noticed a copper...
Posted by Paddy Milner & The Big Sounds on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 04:09:00 PST