Morris Mills (musician)

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Morris Lee Mills (born June 10, Greenville, Texas, United States) is an American, rock and funk singer-songwriter.

Morris Mills

Morris Mills in an acclaimed American singer and songwriter, whose diverse musical style has caught the attention of notable industry figures. Morris was born in Texas and migrated to Morris Mills is an artist who treats the artificial boundaries between genres, as well as those between secular and sacred like speed bumps – he knows that they are there but he does not allow those boundaries to deter him. Mills was born in Greenville, Texas and raised in Chicago and those two musical hotbeds where genres like country, blues, funk, soul, jazz and Latin music bump up against each other informed a musical personality that is at one rebellious and reverent and constantly in pursuit of his own personal musical truth.

Over the course of six studio albums released since 2005, the pursuit of the ultimate personal musical, spiritual and political truths lead Mills to evolve artistically. His first project “Love and Coffee” was an R&B record that incorporated elements of funk and hints of the guitar god rock that he would embrace on later records, like 2019’s “The Dawn” and “The Revival,” a project released during the pandemic year of 2020.

Those divergent project were produced by one man for whom evolution has been the one constant in his artistic life. Mills has always been an artist who keeps his audience guessing. Mills will create a hard charging, rock influenced gospel tune like “Revival” and then drop a cover of the hedonistic Prince classic “Uptown.” Where some with limited vision will see this as hypocrisy, Mills focuses on the connective tissue of spiritual freedom of social expectations and norms the bind secular and sacred philosophies. That is the kind of deep insight that enlivened the art of the late great Prince Rogers Nelson, the Mills cites as his greatest musical influence.

Mills is an artist constantly on the move, and in an industry that rewards those with a follow the pack mentality, that kind of adventurous spirit carries risks. But the brave souls who stay for the all the artistic, spiritual and emotional twists and turns will be better for experiencing the ride.

Morris writes, produces ,arranges and composes. His live shows are impeccable.

Morris is out now, can be found on Amazon, Spotify, iTunes, and Google Play Music.

Discography[]

• 2005 - Love & Coffee (Lovebrand Records) song titled, "Hello" co-written and produced by Vasti Jackson
• 2011 - Beautified Cyber Singles Interscope Records (digital distribution)
• 2014 - Beautified, Jamie's Girl, Disarm a Smashing Pumpkins cover with additional keyboard by Dr. Fink (Universal Digital Spinnup)
• 2017 - Stay (Funk Version)" written by Morris Mills produced arranged composed, perform Morris Mills & (bandcamp) (CD Baby Distribution)
• 2018 - Protégé All songs are written produced arranged composed, performed by Morris Mills, a Prince Rogers Nelson Cover If I Was Your Girlfriend (CD Baby Distribution)
• 2019 - The Dawn - All songs written, produced, arranged, composed and performed by Morris Mills. Co Produced by Derrick Martin, "She's Always In My Hair" by Prince Rogers Nelson and "Melt With U" by Modern English (Distro Kid Distribution)
• 2020 - "Revival" All songs written, produced arranged and performed by Morris Mills. Co Produced by Derrick Martin Prince Rogers Nelson BreakDown "AutoMatic" Written By Morris Mills and Bill Dickens appears as courtesy of ((RopeAdope Records)) (Strawberry Hill Records)(Distro Kid Distribution)

Music videos[]

• 2007 - "Hello" featuring Pretty Little Liars actress, Paloma Guzmán
• 2019 - " Funk U"
• 2019 - "Don't Cry Jamie

Awards[]

• Nominated in 2012 for the best song, "Beautified", at the Soul Patrol Awards.^[1] in Philadelphia.
• Nominated for Best New Artists 2012 Raw Awards in Chicago.
• Nominee for best new artist Chicago Independent Music Awards 2013

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