Tim Miller

Artist Information

Biography

With Tim Miller’s most recent full-length collection Cue the Able, (release date 10.30.12), the Dallas-based singer/songwriter delivers a stripped down acoustic driven project that reaches deep. It’s the guitar- austere yet dynamic and Miller’s resolute voice that drive the sound. At once knowing and trenchant, Cue The Able literally grabs you by the throat. Audacious in its simplicity, you are compelled to listen as lyrics unfold in tatters around your feet. And this in fact, points to the multi-talented artist’s other strength – he’s got something to say. “My process is simple-organic. Everyday I pick up the guitar, play and write. The new songs are like snapshots… an amalgam of thoughts, insights and stories from the road.” Cue The Able revisits classic themes but throws down Miller’s unique take on life buffeted by experience and observation. It is authoritative, urgent and beautiful… his music has the power to subdue.

Since the release of Out of the Box and his 2008 breakthrough Adelaide, this authenticity of sound and message has earned him glowing reviews, considerable airplay at college and public radio, and licensing for over 20 shows on MTV, E! Network and the Oxygen Network. All Access Magazine made note of his “very persuasive and effortless delivery that wraps around the listener.” Wildy’s World wrote: “Miller…makes it sound like he’s living it as he sings.” OnMilwaukee added: "Think of Michael Penn singing the songs that Jakob Dylan and others write on their best days."

Miller’s 2009 EP Sessions Lamar featured a cover of Cat Stevens’ iconic “Father and Son” and new acoustic versions of three songs from Adelaide. On this collection, Midwest Record observed, “Nick Drake may be dead and not coming back unless another commercial discovers him, but until he does come back, Drake fans can please themselves with Miller and his new batch of songs and remixes.” “Miller is an intelligent and lucid singer/songwriter/musician that encapsulates everything you would want to hear from an indie artist.” [Muzikreviews ~ Keith Hannaleck]

In 2010, he released an acoustic guitar/mandolin version of “St. Louis” (originally from his first album) as a standalone single. While developing songs for Cue the Able [2012], he took on a outside assignment: putting music to the words of novelist Eyre Price to create Six Feet of Peace, a soundtrack experience based on Price’s novel “Blues Highway Blues.”

Of his many years of live performances in his home region of Dallas and beyond, Miller says, “some of the best, most inspiring moments of my career have been onstage at The Bitter End in New York City, playing for 20 people. When you’re making a connection, that’s all that matters.” He is one to be reckoned with live. His arresting voice and emotionally charged shows are electric, and have earned him a loyal following. Among the venues he regularly cut his teeth at are the Prophet Bar, the House of Blues and Opening Bell Coffee in Dallas, the local equivalent to Hollywood’s famed Hotel Café. “Over the years I’ve done hundreds of gigs from Maine to California - bars, clubs, festivals, colleges… it’s all good.”

Miller’s latest… Cue The Able: raw and unapologetic, it bangs out penetrating, magnetic songs that speak of the human condition with unadulterated musicality and conviction.

For more info: http://www.timmiller.com

Instrumentation

Tim Miller - Vocals / Guitar

Discography

- "Cue the Able" - LP (release date 10/30/12)

- "Six Feet of Peace" - LP (released 6/26/12)

- "St. Louis (Alt-Mix)" - Single (released 7/20/10)

- "Sessions Lamar" - EP (released 9/22/09)

- "Adelaide" - LP (released 5/6/08)

- "This Life" - Single (released 12/10/06)

- "Out of the Box" - LP (released 7/24/04)

Official Website

http://www.timmiller.com

Links

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Last.fm
• MySpace
• Youtube

Audio

• Going Fast
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• Roses
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• Wiser Ground
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• I Want You Still
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• Good as Gold
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• Small Numbers
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• Cue the Able
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• All My Life
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• Love, Your Broken Home
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• I Quit
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Lyrics

• Going Fast (Lucky Like That)
• Roses
• Wiser Ground
• Good As Gold
• I Want You Still
• Small Numbers
• Cue the Able
• All My Life
• Love, Your Broken Home
• I Quit

Video

Roses (Live Studio Recording)

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Press

• Indie Music Digest [+ Show ]
  

  “At the end of the day people don't buy plastic and paper, they buy emotions. This is why Tim Miller...“At the end of the day people don't buy plastic and paper, they buy emotions. This is why Tim Miller has so much potential as an artist. His music has an amazing amount of emotional depth to it. You will find honesty, vulnerability, pain, joy all delivered with a simplistic purity that is without any pretense. But above all it’s sung straight from the heart, and from a deeply honest perspective. The music of Tim Miller does not attempt to hide the truth in any way, shape, or form. In fact it tells it with bold honesty and genuine conviction via Tim’ smooth voice, and his world class songwriting. . . . You simply have got to get your hands on some of his music and see what all the hype is about.”
  

• Midwest Record [+ Show ]
  

  "Nick Drake may be dead and not coming back unless another commercial discovers him, but until he do..."Nick Drake may be dead and not coming back unless another commercial discovers him, but until he does come back, Drake fans can please themselves with Miller and his new batch of songs and remixes."

• Muzikreviews.com [+ Show ]
  

  After releasing the critically acclaimed Adelaide (we liked it) Tim follows up with a 5 track EP tit...After releasing the critically acclaimed Adelaide (we liked it) Tim follows up with a 5 track EP titled Sessions Lamar.
  Miller is an intelligent and lucid singer/songwriter/musician that encapsulates everything you would want to hear from an indie artist. I appreciated his innate sense of rhythm with his guitar playing, then to weave the lyrics around the music so emotionally… it all coalesces beautifully and during each track you end up in a free fall right into the story.
  The songwriting and musicianship is vibrant, fresh, and incredibly catchy. Although only five songs are offered here the impact is tremendous on every recording. The Cat Stevens song “Father and Son” is very powerful and Miller sounds a lot like the originator of the song, which in turn prompts chills to go up and down your spine. The rest of the EP is equally attractive lyrically and musically and basically has the same effect. “Man Overboard” is exceptional as well and it closes out the EP with Miller wearing his heart on his sleeve, as he does throughout the CD.
  This is an impressive EP and hopefully just a teaser to a full length release that will be following.

• Skope [+ Show ]
  

  "Tim Miller is the real deal. . . . He has an element of satisfying charm about him through his musi..."Tim Miller is the real deal. . . . He has an element of satisfying charm about him through his music that comes across to the listeners in a huge way."

• Wildy's World [+ Show ]
  

  "....Tim Miller is the sort of singer-songwriter I can easily picture still performing in the popula..."....Tim Miller is the sort of singer-songwriter I can easily picture still performing in the popular realm 20 years from now. Perhaps not as the superstar flavor of the minute type, but the long term singer-songwriter who builds up a resume of respect and awe amongst his fans and those within the industry. Give him a listen. You won't regret the time."

• All Access Magazine [+ Show ]
  

  "Miller has put together an uncomplicated and unfussy collection of thirteen songs that are melodic ..."Miller has put together an uncomplicated and unfussy collection of thirteen songs that are melodic and soothing. Miller is more of a songwriter/singer than the other way around… that is not to say vocally he lacks—the opposite is true as he has a very persuasive and effortless delivery that wraps around the listener. However, his delivery is such that it doesn’t blanket his songwriting which at times seems quite autobiographical yet with mass appeal.
  Meaning? You may find yourself or someone you know in this moving compilation."

• OnMilwaukee [+ Show ]
  

  "A strong collection of songs delivered in a seemingly effortless but still winsome manner. Think of..."A strong collection of songs delivered in a seemingly effortless but still winsome manner. Think of Michael Penn singing the songs that Jakob Dylan and others write on their best days."

• Left of the Dial
  

  "...Miller has honed his craft into beautiful songs..."

• Tim Miller @ Club Dada [+ Show ]
  

  "Occasionally an artist comes out of the woodwork that you've never heard before and you wonder why...."Occasionally an artist comes out of the woodwork that you've never heard before and you wonder why. Tim Miller is that kind of a musician."

• Smother.net [+ Show ]
  

  "His voice is sincere pocketed with melodic notes that sugar coats each line from his impressive son..."His voice is sincere pocketed with melodic notes that sugar coats each line from his impressive songbook."

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