hi hi yo! hello...
These are newish Things:
WANNA join my/Very Much Recording's email list?!= interested in receiving occasional emails about shows, new music, projects and the life in between? if so, EMAIL me literally me any message d@ calebarthurmiller@icloud.com to join the list!
FOLLOW me on Bandcamp= https://calebmiller.bandcamp.com/follow_me
NEW GAULT album "Mirth"= https://calebmiller.bandcamp.com/album/mirth
luck enough to be on a track on :00= "Children of Cimmeria" (unifactor) by Kouns and Weaver (feat= Havadine Stone, Ilyse Krivel, Fire-Toolz, Zack Kouns, Rick Weaver, Morgan Garrett, me/ Caleb Miller, Jeremy Harris, Nadejda)
https://unifactor.bandcamp.com/album/children-of-cimmeria
** "Hunting" by Taylor K. Conrad (VMR023)= https://taylorkconrad1.bandcamp.com/album/hunting
** "The Four Immeasurables" (VMR021)= OUT RIGHT HERE!
The first release from THE Zack Kouns and myself....! It's a collection of tracks based on our relationship to presence practices/ meditation. It was a real treat to rip this one with Zack... absolutely deepened by relationship to my own practices/ Zack himself.
https://calebmiller.bandcamp.com/album/the-four-immeasurables
"This is Alanis Morisette's New Album"= OUT MEOW!
Freshest release from Zack Kouns / Rick Weaver that I was lucky enough to be on/ master! It's a wild ride that (mostly) has to do with a real-life scenario involing the 90's star-child of that same name.
https://kounsandweaver.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-alanis-morissettes-new-album
"A Spittle Filled Blather" by Sun Trash (VMR019)= OUT NOW!
Latest release from the long-time friendship/ process duo of myself and Nick Weckman (Worms Rise Up, Zack Kouns). It's mostly a bunch of songs on de-tuned instruments I wrote at the drumset... We think of it as a record of "depature" truly for the sake of it. It came together during the peak of the pandemic. Nick made the wild art/ play a bunch of clarinet/ brought in a Black Sabbath cover ("Children of the Grave") while I recorded it and played bass/ drums/synths. VERY happy with it's fruits! Out on tape and digital!
https://suntrash.bandcamp.com/album/a-spittle-filled-blather
"I Was Wrong About Most Things To Do With Other People" by Caleb Miller's Here Here (VMR016)
This is the first release under my "intentionally rotating" project Here Here (different musicians/ people every time). "I Was Wrong" is an 8tet work I about all that is the title. It features the following cast of amazing Columbus musicians:
Alto Sax: Alex Burgoyne
Trumpet: Lee Tucker
Guitar: Abhilasha Chebolu
Tenor Sax: Andrew Kovaleski
Bass Trombone: Nick Weckman
Keyboard/Synth/Vox: Caleb Miller
Drum set: Troy Kunkler
Bass: Eric Strattonhttps://calebmiller.bandcamp.com/album/i-was-wrong-about-most-things-to-do-with-other-people
SOME SHOWS (not all but some...):
Sep 1-4th (date TBA)= pincer @ "Big Noise Candy Mountain"
Sep 8th= Fuse Factory Residency Series #4 feat. Worms Rise Up (cbus)
Sep 16th= Zack Koun's Insatiable Orchestra @ Rambling House
Sep 18th= Taylor Conrad Trio @ Dirty Dungarees
Sep 20th= Gault @ Cafe Bourbon Street (7pm-9pm)
Sep 30th= pincer @ The Smiling Skull in Athens, OH
Oct 25th= pincer @ Dirty Dungarees
Oct 27th= Musicians for Silent Film perform "Dr. Caligari" @ Bexley Library
Nov 2nd= Francis Bacon Band opens for Xiu Xiu @ Ace of Cups in Cbus
Nov 10th= Fuse Factory Residency Series #5 (the final one!)
Nov 16th= pincer @ Cafe Bourbon Street
Nov 30th= Gault @ Dick's Den
Humane Tech= I think better= www.humanetech.com/
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Sincerely,
* CALEB
personal bands
present and past bands I write / organize for
Gault
Caleb Miller (keyboards), Seth Daily (drums), Alex Burgoyne (sax), Trent Sampson (bass), Abhi Chebolu (guitar)
pincer
A band of songs feat. myself, Fred Pfening and Troy Kunkler
An intentionally rotating project of music/ styles / people.
Caleb Miller (keyboards, winds, percussion, voice), Nick Weckman (guitar, winds, effects, voice)
Caleb Miller (synths, winds), Caleb G. Miller (synths, percussion)
Caleb Miller (keyboards), Jordan Reed (saxophones), Nick Simko (trumpet), Eli Chambers (bass), Seth Daily (drums)
See See
Caleb Miller (piano), Carolyn Cline (piano)
Mugwort and Wormwood
Caleb Miller (keyboards), Zack Kouns (guitar), Eve Lenker (bass), Troy Kunkler (drums)
VIDEOS of bands/ projects:
Calebs/ "We Grew Up Between Five and Seven Miles Away From Each Other"
Sean Marshall and the Near Miss
friend's bands and projects
projects I am apart of or have been recently
Zack Kouns and His Insatiable Orchestra
The Amy Gadd "Finally Something" Band
The Ryan Craycroft Quartet
Dust Holds
Favorite Daughter
The Capital Pride Band of Columbus (accompanist)
Sean Marshall and the Near Miss
Mario Bosca Quartet
Silky Johnson
wambam
Tinsel Pig
Yumbambe (sub)
Hoak, Wail and Moan (sub)
Nobrow Music Collective (sub)
Very Much Recordings
This is my record label. It was birthed in 2019 with the goal of celebrating "the newness of midwestern music and the people surrounding".
VMR001: Sun Trash- "Absolutely Immaculate" https://suntrash.bandcamp.com/album/absolutely-immaculate
VMR002: Sun Trash- "Flagellants" https://suntrash.bandcamp.com/album/flagellants
VMR003: Amy Gadd- "Finally Something" https://amygadd.bandcamp.com/releases
VMR004: Mystery Hole- "Gravity Works" https://mystery-hole.bandcamp.com/album/gravity-works
VMR005: Worms Rise Up- "Worms Rise Up" http://wormsriseup.bandcamp.com/
VMR006: Ryan Craycroft & Caleb Miller "Fleeing/Seeing" https://calebmiller.bandcamp.com/album/fleeing-seeing
VMR007: tmptyng- "Where I Am": https://tmptyng.bandcamp.com/album/where-i-am-single
VMR008: tmptyng- "In a Room on the Second Floor": https://tmptyng.bandcamp.com/track/in-a-room-on-the-second-floor
VMR009: Taylor K. Conrad/ Caleb Miller- "Conrad/ Miller" https://taylorkconrad1.bandcamp.com/album/conrad-miller
VMR010: Caleb Miller- "Portage": https://calebmiller.bandcamp.com/album/portage-3
VMR011: Victoria- "Hers" EP: https://vvvictoria.bandcamp.com/album/hers-ep
VMR012: Calebs- "Intensely Regional": https://calebs.bandcamp.com/releases
VMR013: Troy Kunkler- "Problems": https://troykunkler.bandcamp.com/releases
VMR014: Troy Kunkler- "Image": https://troykunkler.bandcamp.com/album/image
VMR015: Caleb Miller's Here Here- "I Was Wrong About Most Things..." https://calebmiller.bandcamp.com/album/i-was-wrong-about-most-things-to-do-with-other-people
VMR016: Taylor K Conrad- "Dancing: https://taylorkconrad1.bandcamp.com/album/dancing
VMR017: Troy Kunkler- "Dark": https://troykunkler.bandcamp.com/track/dark
VMR018: Sea State- "Music for Aquairums": https://sea-state.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-aquariums
VMR019: Sun Trash- "A Spittle Filled Blather": https://suntrash.bandcamp.com/album/a-spittle-filled-blather
VMR020: The Francis Bacon Band- "Unsettled": https://francisbaconband.bandcamp.com/album/unsettled
VMR021: Kouns and Miller- "The Four Immeasurables": https://calebmiller.bandcamp.com/album/the-four-immeasurables
VMR022: Columb Fieldhum- "March 2023": https://columnfieldhum.bandcamp.com/album/march-2023 (live-series from BenT.)
VMR023: Taylor K. Conrad- "Hunting": https://taylorkconrad1.bandcamp.com/album/hunting
VMR024: Columb Fieldhum- "prothers, snurch, others live at diry dungarees": https://columnfieldhum.bandcamp.com/track/prothers-snurch-others-live-at-dirty-dungarees
VMR025: Columb Fieldhum- "Zack Kouns and His Insatiable Orchestra": https://columnfieldhum.bandcamp.com/track/zack-kouns-his-insatiable-orchestra
Labels we/I love: NNA Tapes, Astral Spirits, Hausu Mountain, Joyful Noise, Two Rooms, Cuneiform, Sound American, International Anthem, New Amsterdam, New Atlantic, Sunnyside Records and many others!
UPCOMING releases from: Caleb Miller, See See, Zach Pennington
* Submissions are welcome! (email me= calebarthurmiller@icloud.com)
other personal projects
Whatever You Niche
A podcast I hosted/ recorded/ helped organize from 2017-2019. It was a podcast about having conversations with people who are very much into a particular topic or are apart of a misunderstood community... Topics included: the fury-fandom, bread making, paganism, woodworking, drug addiction, dungeons & dragons and much much more! Hope to get it going again in 2020 to some capacity.
JNCO
The Jazz/ Noise Collaborative Orchestra. Was a monthly-series myself, Reggie Purdue and Nick Weckman have hosted at Cafe Bourbon Street 2016-2020... There is a featured act (local/ midwest/ touring) and a "JNCO" performance (featuring a cast of rotating improvisers from around Columbus). We have celebrated over 40 events and past performers include: James Mckain, Stephan Haluska, Mike Forbes, Bobb Hatt, Sfyria Trio, D.Turner Matthews, Chris Pitsiokos and others...
discography
RELEASES
Confusions- Live @ Victory's (self, 2023)
Taylor K. Conrad- Hunting (VMR, 2023)
Kouns and Weaver- Children of Cimmeria (unifactor, 2023)
Kouns and Miller- The Four Immeasurables (VMR, 2023)
(audio work) Kouns/Weaver- This is Alanis Morissette's New Album (self, 2022)
Sun Trash- A Spittle Filled Blather (VMR,2022)
(artwork)= Sea State- Music for Aquariums (VMR,2022)
Live Columbus Series Park Show- 10/23/22, Sweet Teeth, Caleb Miller, Confusions (self)
Francis Bacon Band- Unsettled (self, 2022)
Taylor K Conrad Trio- Dancing (VMR, 2022)
Caleb Miller's Here Here- I Was Wrong About Most Things To Do With Other People (VMR,2022)
Taylor K Conrad/ Hudson Quartet- Hunting (single, 2022)
(audio work)= Troy Kunkler VMR "Single Series"- Dark (VMR,2022)
(audio work)= Troy Kunkler VMR "Single Series"- Image (VMR,2022)
(audio work)= Troy Kunkler VMR "Single Series"- Problem (VMR,2022)
Calebs- Intensely Regional (VMR,2021)
Caleb Miller- Portage (VMR,2021)
Taylor K Conrad & Caleb Miller- Conrad/Miller (VMR, 2021)
tmptyng- In a Room on the Second Floor (VMR, 2021)
(audio work)= Sara Renberg- Butch Spring (Antiquated Futures, 2021)
Ryan Craycroft & Caleb Miller- Fleeing/ Seeing (VMR, 2020)
(audio work)= tmptyng: https://tmptyng.bandcamp.com/album/where-i-am-single (VMR, 2020)
Taylor K Conrad- 16 (self-released, 2020)
Hudson Ensemble- Hudson Ensemble (live/demo 2020)
Hello Emerson- How to Cook Everything (Anyway Records, 2020)
Worms Rise Up- Self-titled (VMR, 2020)
Fables- Fables (Flytown Records, 2020)
Radarhill and the Ohio University Wind Symphony- Ampersand (Mark Records, 2019)
Amy Gadd- Finally Something (VMR, 2019)
Ryan Jewell Quintet- Vibration! (Two Rooms Records, 2019)
The Francis Bacon Band- Familiar (self, 2019)
Sun Trash- Flagellants (VMR, 2018)
Sun Trash- Absolutely Immaculate (VMR, 2018)
Sun Trash and the Ohio University Wind Symphony- Sent Way (self, 2017)
Deciduous/ Midwestern Edition Vol. 1- self titled (Edgetone Records, 2017)
Radarhill and the Ohio University Wind Symphony- Lucidrome (Mark Records, 2017)
Sun Trash- Swept and Wept (self, 2017)
Mario Bosca Quartet- untitled (self, 2017)
Radarhill and Nick Weckman- Any Given Day (self, 2016)
Radarhill- Something's (self, 2016)
knots- Doesn't Do Anything Around the End (self,2015)
Radarhill- The Yeilds (self, 2015)
Matthew Burtner- Deep Earth (NoBrow, 2014)
Leaning Away- A Way (RTI, 2014)
Mark Markowski & Ohio University Wind Symphony (soloist)- Mothership (Mark Records, 2013)
Mindfish- Mindfish (Brickcity Records, 2012)
Hot Air Ballooning- Hot Air Ballooning (self, 2012)
Releases/ Projects Before 2012: Telemetrics, "Stocks" (EP, Caleb Miller), various recordings with Kevin Mckraney
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bio
Caleb Miller is a keyboardist, saxophonist, composer and educator currently residing in Columbus, OH. His work mostly focuses on midwestern perspectives surrounding improvisational-based music and projects. In Columbus, Caleb plays, writes and subs in many jazz-adjacent projects (Gault, Sun Trash, Here Here, Yumbambe, Radarhill, Ryan Jewell Quintet, Troy Kunkler 4tet), songs-oriented groups (Zack Kouns and His Insatiable Orchestra, pincer, Keating, Fables, Francis Bacon Band, Taylor K Conrad), contemporary classical settings (dance accompanist, classical pianist) and other settings (solo work, audio work, Very Much Recordings, music videos, album artwork, improvising/ creative ensembles). As output he is most interested in productions that show a true synthesis of perspectives, sounds, individuals and communities. Music and projects that truly strive for some form of “newness” regardless of the setting, people or situation. Simply stated things that try to be "their own” in some way or another. Caleb also currently operates the Columbus-based recording label Very Much Recordings and teaches in the American public (!) school system.
heroes are real people
Joseph Argiro
Alex Burgan
Carolyn Cline
Ryan Craycroft
Seth Daily
Justin Dickson
Mark Dutton
Kevin Holland/ Jennifer Dutiel
Troy Kunkler
Chris Lute
our cat Odessa
Jah Nada
John Phillip Allen
Jen Powers
Rich Purdue
Tony Rice
Andrew Sais
Daniel Seibert
Ben Sheidlower
Nick Simko
Anna Siriano
Sonnedecker Records
Jason Snoddy
Jake Webb
Nick Weckman
contact
for booking/ bands/ VMR/ almost anything
calebarthurmiller@icloud.com
***** interested in receiving occasional emails about shows, new music, projects and the life in between? if so, EMAIL me at calebarthurmiller@icloud.com to join the list!
I and all/ most of these projects (including VMR) exist in the "social" realms as well but I despise their current business models and prefer any other form of contact (humane tech= yes yes= www.humanetech.com)
