The Perry Mills Project

The Perry Mills Project plays pop, rock, and jazz fusion that is pas­sion­ate, dra­matic, groovy, rock-rooted and jazz-schooled.

For­merly known as Objects in the Mir­ror, their debut CD Drive has been praised for its cre­ative orig­i­nals seething with impro­vi­sa­tion and spon­tane­ity set in a groov­ing background.

Perry Mills — gui­tar & vocals

Orig­i­nally from Mil­wau­kee, gui­tarist Perry Mills moved to L.A. early in his career. His play­ing grew from the influ­ences of soul, R&B, and favorites like Jimi Hen­drix, Joe Satri­ani, and Steely Dan. As a tour­ing musi­cian, he has appeared with Fleet­wood Mac, Quick­sil­ver Mes­sen­ger Ser­vice, and Ted Nugent and played for Mark Lind­say of Paul Revere and the Raiders, J.J. LaCrosse, The Road Crew, Jeff Ross, and Terry Mans­field. Perry is a pro­lific song­writer and com­poser, and has penned some of the band’s most dra­matic and high-energy favorites, such as “Minor Motion” and “Funkle.”

Mark McCart­ney — drums

Watch­ing Mark play drums has been described by some as wit­ness­ing “a musi­cal mon­ster that has been unchained.” Play­ing every style from jazz to African to heavy metal to Celtic for the past 35 years, Mark has also stud­ied with promi­nent L.A. record­ing artists. In addi­tion to tour­ing with Shana Mor­ri­son (Van’s daugh­ter), he’s played with Claddagh fea­tur­ing Kevin Bren­nan from Belfast, Bill Spooner of The Tubes, Ivan Najera, Saul Rayo, and with Green­things, an alter­na­tive band signed to MCA records. Mark and Perry founded Objects in the Mir­ror in 2002.

Mike Kelly — bass & vocals