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Benjamin
Rush Miller
Third Border's CD "Sun of Water, Sea of Light" is available for purchase at Amazon.com , this website, and CDBaby. Along with 12 songs written by Miller, the release includes a version of Syd Barrett's Jugband Blues.
THIRD BORDER is now recording at The Kennel, working on their third release. This is being produced by Wharton Tiers with Jim Santo assisting at the helm in their brand new studio in beautiful Bushwick, Brooklyn, NYC. Stay tuned!
Ben Miller/degeneration consists of semi-structured soundscapes on a prepared, modified-to-stereo guitar w/electronics. Cultivating his technique since 1982, he creates a sonic stereo soundscape that defies standard guitar playing. His most recent release, "Sirens of Phobos" (see Products For Sale) includes Spin 17's Motoko Shimitzu and Ed Chang on several tracks. Primarily as solo performance, he also plays with Motoko Shimitzu, Brian Osborne, Roger Miller, Denman Maroney, and Matt Weston.
The Push-Pull Quartet released their debut CDR At The Stroke of Twelve on Tigerasylum Records in July 2008. Miller composes and plays saxophones for this ensemble with Chris Welcome on guitar, Shayna Dulberger on upright bass, and John McLellan on drums.
The Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra formed in April, 2008 as a 15-member ensemble, and is currently working on Miller's first symphony, which will premiere late 2008.
In 2000, Miller joined Burningword, an electronic publication, as a contributing writer. He is featured in the webzine The Tin Lustre Mobile and The Brand New Big Bridge. In 2006, he became one of the on-line music composers for The Mad Hatters Review , another literary ezine.
Last year, Miller completed his first novel "On The Brink"; a surrealist-absurdist look at a country bumpkin trying to escape a murder conviction, amongst other things, by way of time travel. This book will soon be made available here on this website.
As a guitarist / saxophonist, Miller has explored psychedelic songwriting, freeform-based improvisation and notated scores in quasi-tonality. Miller was raised in the late 60's, Ann Arbor, MI having since formed and collaborated with various groups focusing solely on original music.
...an amusing tidbit of information I stumbled on recently: Ben Miller @ Wikipedia
Contact Ben Miller at info@benmiller.info
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