HEY ya hi ya!
Lastest Things:
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"A Spittle Filled Blather" by Sun Trash (VMR019)= OUT NOV 4th!
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
"Music for Aquariums" by Sea State (VMR018)= OUT OCT 8th!
Another BRAND spankin new release from Very Much Recordings! This time from the Columbus-based percussion trio/ heroes that is Sea State. Daniel/ Zach/ Jim have been slinging these tunes for a while and it's been an honor to help them put this collection out. It's a revolving/ conintual collection of music recorded on their phones over the last few years... it speaks and pulls you in from the very beginning. PLUS the tape has this new album on the A side + their first record "RE:Salt" on the B side...! Digital and tape...!
https://sea-state.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-aquariums
"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 Jayanthi
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 9th= Here Here + friends @ Dirty Dungarees, door @7pm, music @ 8pm
Sep 24th= Kunkler/ Miller @ Cafe Bourbon Street, 9pm
Sep 29th= Gault @ Dick's Den, 10pm-2am
Oct 1st= What You Will in Sunbury, OH
Oct 2nd= Chillicothe county fair w/ Zack Kouns
Oct 7th= Francis Bacon Band release show @ Cafe Bourbon Street (cbus), door @8pm
Oct 8th= Sea State (cbus percussion trio) album release show (VMR) @ Columbus Cultural Arts Center
Oct 20th= duo gig w/ Troy Kunkler @ Dirty Dungarees, 8pm-11pm
Oct 22nd= 3/4pm godslots (duo w/ Abhi Jayanthi "Punk Porch" in Columbus (Clintonville)
Oct 22nd= duo gig with Zack Kouns @ Cafe Bourbon Street in cbus
Oct 29th= "Spoon" Halloween tribute show with Troy Kunkler and friend
Nov 4th= Sun Trash release show of "A Spittle Filled Blather" (VMR) @ Cafe Bourbon Street
Nov 1oth= Kouns/Lenker/Kunkler/Miller @ Cafe Bourbon Street
Nov 11= Turner Matthews Residency Performance @ Columbus Cultural Arts Center
Nov 19= 58 Steps Loft Series Perf (44 N High Street)
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Sincerely,
* CALEB
personal bands
present and past bands I write / organize for
Caleb Miller (keyboards, winds, percussion, voice), Nick Weckman (guitar, winds, effects, voice)
An intentionally rotating project of music/ styles / people.
Gault
Caleb Miller (keyboards), Seth Daily (drums), Alex Burgoyne (sax), Trent Sampson (bass), Abhi Jayanthi (guitar)
Caleb Miller (keyboards), Jordan Reed (saxophones), Nick Simko (trumpet), Eli Chambers (bass), Seth Daily (drums)
Caleb Miller (synths, winds), Caleb G. Miller (synths, percussion)
See See
Caleb Miller (piano), Carolyn Cline (piano)
godslots
noise duo of Caleb Miller and Abhilasha Jayanthi
Mugwort and Wormwood
Caleb Miller (keyboards), Zack Kouns (guitar), Eve Lenker (bass), Troy Kunkler (drums)VIDEOS of bands/ projects:
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
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
VMR
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
UPCOMING
See See- Very High Up (VMR, 2022)
Caleb Miller- See You In the Ground (Down and to the Left) (2022/2023)
RELEASES
Sun Trash- A Spittle Filled Blather (VMR,2022)
(artwork)= Sea State- Music for Aquariums (VMR,2022)
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)
photos
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 and subs in many jazz-adjacent projects (Gault, Radarhill, Sun Trash, Yumbambe, Ryan Jewell Quintet, Waves De Ache), songs groups (Zack Kouns and His Insatiable Orchestra, Taylor K Conrad, Keating, Fables, Francis Bacon Band), contemporary classical settings (dance accompanist, classical pianist) and other settings (solo work, audio work, Very Much Recordings). As output he tends to be most interested in productions that show a true synthesis of perspectives, sounds, individuals and communities (striving for some form of "newness"/ "things that are their own" always). 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
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@
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