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Paul Mirkovich (born March 20, 1963) is an American musician from Los Angeles. He has been the band leader, keyboardist and duet singing partner for Cher for the last 16 years. He has also been the band director for Janet Jackson and Anastacia and a member of the multi-platinum bands Whitesnake and Nelson. Mirkovich played a role in Brett Garsed and T. J. Helmerich's albums Quid pro quo (1992) and Exempt (1993).[1] Paul has also performed and recorded with Peter Gabriel and Shawn Colvin, among many others. Paul and the House Band toured the United States with Paul Stanley (from KISS) in October/November 2006 as well as Australia in April 2007.
Mirkovich currently serves as musical director of NBC's talent competition, The Voice, which is produced by Mark Burnett. For The Voice he has arranged over 2000 songs and over 1000 iTunes recordings for the show. In addition to playing for coaches Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Ceelo Green, Christina Aguilera, Usher, Pharrell Williams, Shakira, Alicia Keys and Gwen Stefani, he has also played with many other artists including Celine Dion, Smokey Robinson, Mary J. Blige, Ellie Goulding, Ryan Tedder, Ariana Grande, and Cher.
Mark Burnett was also executive producer of Rock Star, on which Mirkovich also served as musical director.
Mirkovich also serves as a record producer. In November 2021, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift released her second re-recorded album Red (Taylor's Version). Mirkovich executive produced three songs which Swift and Christopher Rowe produced of the album, including "Sad Beautiful Tragic", "Starlight", and "The Moment I Knew".
- ^ Brett Garsed's biography. Brettgarsed.com