Also known as Speakerbomb Education University of Florida Role Record producer | Name Sidney Miller Years active 1997–present | |
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Birth name Sidney Anthony Miller III Born September 24, 1980 (age 43)
Los Angeles, California, U.S. ( 1980-09-24 ) Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupation(s) Musician, producer, engineer, arranger, composer, film composer Instruments keyboard, Piano, synthesizer, drums, drum machines Genres Pop music, Rhythm and blues, Hip hop music, Rock music Record labels Universal Music Publishing Group, Atlantic Records, Decon Associated acts Freddie Gibbs, Laney Stewart, Alex Jacke, Jesse McCartney Similar People Alex Jacke, Laney Stewart, Malbec, Ahmet Ertegun, Craig Kallman | ||
Sidney Miller III (born September 24, 1980), also known his production name of Speakerbomb, is an American record producer and musician. He was a founding member of the Los Angeles based band Malbec, and was also a keyboardist in the hip hop group The Knux. He is currently a producing and writing as a member of The Sharpshootaz production/songwriting team, working with artists like Alex Jacke and Jesse McCartney.
Contents
- Early life
- Production career
- Malbec
- Freddie Gibbs
- Discography
- Film placements
- TV placements
- Video game placements
- References
Early life
Sidney Miller III was born in Los Angeles, CA as the son of music trade magazine founders, Sidney Miller Jr. and Susan Miller. They started publishing Black Radio Exclusive, popularly known as BRE Magazine, in 1976 and Miller was born into that music industry environment in 1980. Miller went to Brentwood School in Brentwood, California, graduated class of 1998 and then went to college at University of Florida.
Production career
While attending school at University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, Miller first honed his production skills by creating his own studio and label. For his four years of school, he worked with a variety of local acts including Big Bud, The Strugglazz, Shorty Roc, Lil Po and Dieng Breed, who had a single called "Down In The Ville" on the radio.
He got his first big break into the industry when he joined the production team known as The Soul Diggaz, who at the time had just inked a deal with Missy Elliott to produce tracks for her. Miller got his first shot working with big names like, Missy Elliott, Olivia, and Jully Black. His first major label placement would come on Jully's This Is Me album with the song "Stay The Night".
Later in 2005, Miller got another major placement on Lupe Fiasco's debut album, Food & Liquor, with the song "What It Do," which was also produced by Brandon Howard.
In 2007, Miller began producing under the production name, "Speakerbomb".
Miller also got to work on Korn frontman, Jonathan Davis' solo album, which ended up being shelved.
In 2007, Miller met rap artist, Freddie Gibbs, through friends, Josh The Goon and The Knux who were labelmates with him at Interscope Records. The two started working together and their relationship developed into a slew of songs that would be released on Freddie's subsequent mixtapes, MidwestGangstaBoxFrameCadillacMuzik, The Labels Tryin To Kill Me! and Str8 Killa No Filla. Miller, along with Josh The Goon, produced the first single, "National Anthem," off of Freddie's first official label release of the Str8 Killa EP on Decon Records through Sony. Josh The Goon and Miller produce tracks together under the moniker of L.A. Riot Music.
In 2010, Miller linked up with former RedZone Entertainment head, Laney Stewart, to join Stewart's new up and coming The Sharpshootaz production/songwriting team. In June 2011, he signed a publishing deal through The Sharpshootaz with Universal Music Publishing Group and Stewart Music Group.
In June 2011, Sunspot Jonz of Living Legends released his Galaxy of Dreams album with three songs that Miller produced, "Beat The Beat", "Return Of Animalface", and "Like A Phantom (The Fake Jimmy Swaggert Theme)".
In the fall of 2011, Miller had a song, "Look Easy", with Freddie Gibbs that was the 2K Sports' NBA 2K12 video game, as well as another Gibbs song called "Executive Decision", which was released on the A3C Vol. 1 Compilation. He also produced the song, "Neighborhood Hoez", from Freddie Gibbs' Cold Day In Hell Mixtape. The song also featured 2 Chainz, formerly known as Tity Boi.
The Sharpshootaz linked up with Jesse McCartney in late 2011 to record several songs for his next album, including "Out Of Words", which was leaked in July 2012. The songs were all written by The Sharpshootaz, including Alex Jacke, Gabriel Nowee and Romika Faniel, and Jesse McCartney himself, with production from Laney Stewart and co-production from Miller as a member of the Sharpshootaz.
Miller worked with Laney Stewart and The Sharpshootaz on their writing crew's first internal artist, Alex Jacke, who is a fellow Sharpshootaz writer along with Miller. The work culminated in the release of Alex Jacke's EP, entitled D.F.M. on July 9, 2012. Miller co-produced the entire EP as a member of The Sharpshootaz and co-wrote two of the songs on the EP, "Callin For You" and "Enjoy The Ride." In February 2013, Miller co-produced and co-wrote on 5 of the songs on Alex Jacke's D.F.M. Deluxe release.
Malbec
In 2003, Miller met Pablo Signori and quickly started a musical relationship that would turn into the band, Malbec. From 2003 to 2011, they put out 7 EP's and 1 full length album, cutting out their own niche of pop rock, hip hop and electronic music. They signed a publishing deal with Songs Music Publishing in 2007.
They appeared on a number of TV shows and movie soundtracks, including One Tree Hill, Flight of the Phoenix, Long Way Round, The Omen, Palo Alto, VIP Passport, Kyle XY, Dirty Sexy Money, My Best Friend's Girl and Chuck. Malbec also recorded "Given the Times" in Simlish for the 2007 Electronic Arts game The Sims: Pet Stories 2.
Malbec has toured all over the country with bands like Mutemath, Mat Kearney, OneRepublic, Under the Influence of Giants, Phantom Planet, Rock Kills Kid, Copeland, The Knux, and Tally Hall.
Freddie Gibbs
In late 2014, Miller joined Freddie Gibbs at his ESGN Records as Producer/Engineer. They released a critically acclaimed EP, named "Pronto," on March 9, 2015 through Gibbs' ESGN imprint through Empire Distribution. Later on November 20 of 2015, the pair followed up the EP with a critically acclaimed full length album, called Shadow of a Doubt, on which he co-produced all but one of the songs with a slew of heavyweight producers including Boi-1da, Frank Dukes, Tarentino of 808 Mafia, Kaytranada and Sledgren. He produced two songs on the album by himself, including "10 Times," which was released as a single featuring Gucci Mane and E-40. In 2016, Freddie Gibbs released a pair of songs together on January 13, 2016 called "Dead Presidents Freestyle" and "Hot Boys."
Discography
Jully Black This is Me
Universal Music (Canada), Jully Black Entertainment Inc. 2005
Lupe Fiasco Food & Liquor
Atlantic Records 2005
Malbec Malbec EP
2006
Malbec Keep It A Secret EP
2007
Malbec Dawn Of Our Age
2008
Malbec Answering Machine EP's (1-5)
2009
Freddie Gibbs MidwestGangstaBoxFrameCadillacMuzik
Gibbs Family 2009
Freddie Gibbs The Labels Tryin To Kill Me!
Gibbs Family 2009
Freddie Gibbs Str8 Killa EP
Decon / Sony 2010
Freddie Gibbs National Anthem EP
Decon / Sony 2010
Freddie Gibbs Str8 Killa No Filla Mixtape
Decon 2010
B. Howard Genesis
Universal Japan 2010
B. Howard
6 Point Entertainment 2011
Sunspot Jonz (of Living Legends) Galaxy Of Dreams
Revenge Entertainment 2011
Alex Jacke D.F.M."
Independent 2012
Alex Jacke D.F.M. Deluxe"
Independent 2013
Freddie Gibbs Shadow of a Doubt (2015)
Film placements
Malbec "Solstice"
20th Century Fox 2004
Malbec "To Be Continued"
20th Century Fox 2006
Malbec "Blue"
Independent 2007
Malbec "Blue"
Lionsgate 2008
TV placements
Malbec "Solstice"
Bravo 2005
Malbec "Solstice"
The CW 2006
Malbec "Keep It A Secret"
ABC Family 2008
Malbec "Irene Song"
ABC 2009
Malbec "Answering Machine"
NBC 2010
Video game placements
Malbec "Given The Times"
Electronic Arts 2007
Freddie Gibbs "Look Easy"
2K Sports 2011