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Submission declined on 17 January 2024 by Crunchydillpickle (talk).

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Declined by Crunchydillpickle 4 months ago.

Comment: Hey, thanks for the submission and welcome to Wikipedia! :-) For biographies, you need a good handful of secondary sources (about five or six minimum). If you can find and add sources, I'd love to re-review your article. Let me know if you have any questions! Crunchydillpickle🥒 (talk) 02:50, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Brandon Gilliard is a musician.

Early life[edit]

Brandon Gilliard began playing alongside his father in at a small church in South Carolina as a child. As a teenager, he performed in his high school marching band as the drum major and the school’s first electric bassist. He continued his education as a Music Major and graduated in 2005 with a B.A. in Music and a concentration on Double Bass. Immediately after graduation, Brandon moved to Atlanta, GA to further his professional career. Soon afterward he was being called upon as one of Atlanta’s first call studio recording session players.

Career[edit]

In 2012 Brandon was hired as the bass player for Janelle Monae. Soon after, he recorded bass on Janelle’s Electric Lady album. During his tenure as her bassist, Brandon performed on shows such as Saturday Night Live, Coachella Festival, The Tonight Show, Austin City Limits, The Super Bowl Pre-Party and many others.

In 2013 Brandon met composer, John Powell on the scoring session for Rio 2. Since then, they have worked together on several other movies, most recently, Migration and STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie. In 2024, STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition. In 2016 Brandon was hired to perform on The Late Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with Lalah Hathaway. He later recorded bass on The Gift with LECRAE and several other artists on the Reach Records label. Brandon is a multi-genre bass player and began 2019 touring with pop-rock superstar, Ashlee Simpson. https://www.mybassplayer.com/ https://www.labella.com/artists/brandon-gilliard/ https://indiegospelrevealed.wordpress.com/2017/10/26/local-upstate-musician-brandon-gilliard-lands-multi-million-dollar-hollywood-movie-soundtrack/ https://www.bestbassgear.com/ebass/interviews/interview-with-brandon-gilliard.html https://greenvillejournal.com/arts-culture/fortunate-son/

Musical Credits[edit]

- Movie Soundtracks:
  - Migration (2023)Migration (2023 film)Migration (soundtrack)
  - STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
  - RIO 2 Movie Soundtrack (2014)Rio 2 (soundtrack)
  - Ferdinand Movie Soundtrack (2017)Ferdinand (film)
- Albums/Songs
  - LECRAE, Nobigdyl - The Gift Live Sessions (2019)Lecrae discography
  - Nick Jonas - Home (2017)Home (Nick Jonas song)
  - Deborah Cox – I Will Always Love You (2017)
  - Lizi Bailey – Learning To Be Human (2017)
  - Coriology - Be With You (2017)
  - The Beat Breaker - Heard Not Seen (2016)
  - Sho Baraka – The Narrative (2016)
  - Chantae Cann -Journey To Golden (2016)
  - Nathan Angelo -Carolina (2015)
  - Avery Sunshine – The Sun Room (2015)AverySunshine
  - KIMBRA –(Album Title Unreleased) (2014)
  - The Fire Tonight – How Could Anyone Do This? (2014)
  - Janelle Monae – The Electric Lady (2013)The Electric Lady
  - Sho Baraka -Circa MXXI- The Collective (2013)
  - Kirk Franklin- Smile (Music Video) (2011)
  - Avery*Sunshine -Avery*Sunshine (2010)
  - I Dream -Will It Always Be This Way (2010)
  - Stephanie Fagan – Ideas For Your Earbone (2009)
  - The Fire Tonight – No One Is Fine (2008)
  - Billy Johnson- After His Heart (2008)
  - Juanita Bynum- Christmas at Home With Juanita Bynum (2006)
  - Juanita Bynum -Passion Unplugged DVD (2006)
  - Anderson University – Thank You (2005)
  - Pure-N-Heart -Keeps Liftin’ Me Higher (2005)
  - Jasy Andrews- Little Girl (2005)
  - Demetral Butler -For His Glory (2004)
Writing Credits
- Avery Sunshine - Movin' (2023)https://music.apple.com/us/song/movin/1667509856
Actor
- Genius: Aretha (2017)https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6443288/
  - as Chuck Rainey