Leslie Mills

Location:
NASHVILLE, US
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Pop / Rock / Alternative
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Originally from Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, Leslie Mills got her start fronting the New York based rock band To The Moon Alice (A&M Records), touring the East coast college & music festival scene & landing slots on the H.O.R.D.E tour. Mills' relocated to Nashville to pursue her solo career and met Australian songwriter Chris Pelcer, who would become her longtime writing and production partner. While working on songs for her solo project, the pair wrote the single "Just Like Love" for the Multi-Platinum artist Peter Cetera and "Rule the World" for Cetera's album A Perfect World.
Mills signed as a writer to Paul McCartney's publishing company MPL & signed a record deal with Atlantic Records. She received an Emmy Nomination for the song On My Own in 2002. Her debut pop/rock album Different for Girls (2003) included producers such as David Kahne, John Shanks, and co-productions by Mills and Pelcer. Mills songs appeared in films and soundtracks such as What A Girl Wants, White Oleander, PowerPuff Girls. She left Atlantic in 2004, and continued to write songs for television & film while working on her indie album Everlasting Road (Adult Alternative/ Pop) released in 2007 on her own label Tiny Violet Records.
Mills was a featured artist & songwriter for the 2009 Yanni Voices tour of US, Canada, and Mexico, and appeared in two PBS Specials & DVD. Four songs featuring Mills are included on the Yanni Voices album (Disney Pearl).
Mills released her third album Falling Off The World (Adult Alternative/Pop) in 2009, along with releasing a compilation of some of her upbeat film soundtrack songs called "Feel Like La: The Hollywood Collection" (Pop/Rock).
In 2010, Mills began acting in films, and has since starred in four feature films slated to release in 2012.
Mills' first Holiday release, I Love This Christmas (2011), turns to a more relaxed & Adult Contemporary feel, with soothing vocals and beautiful melodies. The four song EP features two Christmas classics & two Holiday originals.
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