"Often
compared to Charlie Hunter, Tuck Andress, Julian Lage
and Tommy Emmanuel... The jazz harmony is there, but
worked seamlessly into pieces that could almost be
considered closer to instrumental pop." -
Jazz Guitar Today
25 Players Who Are Changing Guitar - Australian
Guitar Magazine
'it
takes an impossibly gifted player to improvise
independent melodies, harmonies, and bass lines all at
the same time - while maintaining an impeccable groove.
Australia’s Adam Miller is one such rare phenomenon'
- Premier
Guitar Magazine
'Perhaps
most impressive is his unerring focus on melody' - Minor7th.com
'a relentless propulsive groove that is downright
danceable' - Acoustic
Guitar Magazine
'Not only does he own the groove, he takes polyphonic
playing - with independent bass lines, melody, harmony,
and even improvised solos - to incredible heights' - Guitar
Player Magazine
'Approaching his guitar as if each of its six strings
were a separate instrument, fingerstyle guitarist Adam
Miller is a groove machine, creating a sound that
invites comparisons to Tuck Andress and Charile Hunter'
- Acoustic
Guitar Magazine
'players will shake their heads at the precision,
technical facility and sheer verve' - AcousticUK
Top 10 ESSENTIAL Albums of 2012 - Acoustic
Guitar Magazine
Australian guitarist Adam Miller
released his 8th solo album, Beyond Reason, 28 April
2023 on esteemed guitarist Charlie Hunter’s label
SideHustle Records. “Charlie has been such a huge
influence on not just my playing, but also how to go
about surviving, and evolving in the music industry.
It's an incredible honour that my first ever label
release is on his SideHustle Records.”
"Beyond Reason is a Guitarist /
Songwriter album, if there was such a genre! I began to
take note, that most of my guitar playing time was spent
writing and creating, rather than practising. This led
to me writing multiple albums worth of material the past
few years whilst off the road for a while.”
The 8 song album contains elements
of blues, jazz, funk, rock, folk, and country and
features Miller on electric, archtop, acoustic,
resonator, and nylon string guitar. The bass & drums
were recorded in Los Angeles by Miller’s now long time
collaborators, drummer / engineer / producer Justin
Glasco, and bass player Joel Gottschalk. Miller then
worked up the tracks through 2022 in his home of
Newcastle Australia, between his return to performing
and touring dates.
With a
career spanning just over 20 years, Adam Miller had
early beginnings as a solo guitar virtuoso, that led to
session playing, producing, mix & master engineer,
university educator and everything in between, but his
vision of creating instrumental guitar music has never
lost focus. He has toured the globe, performing in the
USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, The
Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Japan, Australia & even
Afghanistan for the Australian and Allied Forces. Miller
has shared stages with Les Paul, Tommy Emmanuel, Adam
Levy, Matt Schofield, Mason Stoops, Josh Smith, Joey
Landreth, Russell Morris, Ariel Posen, Tony McManus, Ben
Gillies (Silverchair) amongst others. With glowing
coverage in guitar & music press across the world, the
2002 Australian Fingerstyle Guitar Champion has his own
signature model guitar, the “Adam Miller Redwood
Rietbergen” from Nik Huber Guitars
Miller has had a relentless international touring
schedule the past few years which has seen him perform
in the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Poland,
Japan, & Australia.
Australian Fingerstyle Guitar Champion (2002), Miller
has played an array of International Festivals including
the Montreal Jazz Festival Canada, Woodstock Guitar
Festival USA, Guitar Masters Wroclaw Poland, Lancaster
Music Festival UK, Karel Music Expo Italy, The NAMM Show
USA, Artisan Guitar Show USA, Holy Grail Guitar Show
Germany, Musikmesse Germany, Australian Blues Festival,
A Day On The Green, Jazz In The Vines, Melbourne Guitar
Festival, Adelaide International Guitar Festival, &
Newcastle Jazz Festival. He also travelled to
Afghanistan twice to perform for the Australian & Allied
Forces.
Miller has had feature articles in The Fretboard
Journal, Guitar Player, Acoustic Guitar, Premier Guitar,
Acoustic UK, Australian Guitar, and Australian Musician.
In 2013 his album "Delayed" named Top 10 Albums of 2012
by US Acoustic Guitar Magazine. He was also named on of
the top 25 Future Legends in Australian Guitar Magazine.
In 2010 Miller was named "Guitarist Deserving Wider
Recognition" by US based magazine, Guitar International.
Having 10 independent releases to his name, many that
have gone on to international acclaim, Miller is also
signed to USA video tuition Label 'TrueFire', and has
lectured in Jazz and Contemporary Guitar at the
University Of Newcastle, Australia.
He is an endorser of Nik Huber Guitars, D'Angelico
Guitars, Thorell Guitars, Two-Rock Amplifiers, Henriksen
Amplifiers, Analysis Plus Cables, Seymour Duncan
Pickups, and D’Addario Strings.
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