Biography
Job Title: Principal Lecturer
Courses Taught: BA (Hons) Music (Songwriting), BA (Hons) Music (Popular), BA (Hons) Music (Production), BA (Hons) Music with Foundation Year, FdA Electronic Music Production
Specialisms: Songwriting, Production, Live Sound
Chris Milnes is a Multi-instrumentalist, Songwriter, Producer, Live Engineer, Journalist and lectures on the Songwriting and Electronic Music pathways at Leeds Conservatoire.
Over the last ten years in the music business Chris has built a diverse portfolio career spanning many sectors of the industry.
Chris has worked as a freelance music producer with numerous releases, across a variety of music styles. His work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 1, 2 and 3, and many other radio and TV stations. He has worked with different production companies creating live sessions such as Good Boy, Something Productions and Minster Studios, racking up hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube.
In addition, Chris has performed and written over the last ten years as part of numerous different bands including Cozen, Loux, Campfires and many more touring extensively over the UK as well as touring as a professional session guitarist and bassist.
Chris has also worked as a live sound engineer and regularly tours the UK and Europe, being head of front of House for, Hollow Coves, Far Caspian, Tallsaint and Hannah Willwood, working at most of the major UK music festivals.
