Blake Mills (born September 21st, 1986 in Santa Monica CA) is a 23 year old musician, songwriter, composer and producer based in Venice Beach, California. He was a founding member and co songwriter for the indie rock band Simon Dawes. His self produced debut album Break Mirrors will be released in 2010 via Record Collection. As a session musician Blake has recorded songs with Julian Casablancas, Weezer, Jenny Lewis, Kid Rock, Bruce Hornsby, Cory Chisel, Jesca Hoop and many others. Blake Mills is a music consultant for Apple Computers and Apogee Electronics. In 2009 Blake contributed music for two films, The forthcoming Ozzy Osbourne documentary Wreckage of my Past and The People Speak, a political documentary starring Howard Zinn, Matt Damon, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Sean Penn, Josh Brolin and others. As a performer Blake has toured with Simon Dawes, Julian Casablancas, Jenny Lewis, Band of Horses, Cory Chisel, Jesca Hoop and Cass Mccombs. Blake performed, co-wrote, and produced the 2009 Mt Egypt album III and is currently producing the debut album from Los Angeles band Haim.
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