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Caleb Miller

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  • 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 Stratton

     

    https://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/

     

     

     

     

    :-0

     

     

    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

    Here Here

    An intentionally rotating project of music/ styles / people.

    Sun Trash

    Caleb Miller (keyboards, winds, percussion, voice), Nick Weckman (guitar, winds, effects, voice)

    Calebs

    Caleb Miller (synths, winds), Caleb G. Miller (synths, percussion)

    godslots

    noise duo of Caleb Miller and Abhilasha Chebolu

    Radarhill

    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"

    Caleb Miller/ "Portage"

    Caleb Miller/ "Portage" (2)

    Radarhill

    Ryan Jewell Quintet

    Ryan Jewell Quintet (2)

    Fuse Factory Residency #1 

    Fuse Factory Residency #2

    Fuse Factory Residency #3

    Francis Bacon Band

    Sun Trash

    Sun Trash (2)

    Worms Rise Up

    NoBrow Music Collective

    Radarhill (2)

    knots

    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

    Confusions

    Worms Rise Up

    Francis Bacon Band

    Taylor K Conrad Trio

    Ryan Jewell Quintet

    Carr and Company 

    knots

    Keating

    Mosses

    Fables

    Hudson Ensemble

    Waves De Ache

    The Amy Gadd "Finally Something" Band

    Deciduous

    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

    Leaning Away

    October Ember (sub)

    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

     

    THE VIDEOS

     

    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.

     

    https://soundcloud.com/whatever-you-niche

    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

    Anyway Records

    Seth Alexander

    Joseph Argiro

    Sam Bodary

    Alex Burgan

    Alex Burgoyne

    Kirsten Carey

    Center for Humane Technology

    Eli Chambers

    Carolyn Cline

    Alison Colman

    Taylor Conrad

    Devin Copfer

    Gerard Cox

    Ryan Craycroft

    cringe.com

    Dan Dapiero

    Seth Daily

    Justin Dickson

    Jack Doran

    Mark Dutton

    Ryan Folger

    Amy Gadd

    Joey Gurwin

    Keith Hanlon

    Jay Harmon

    Kevin Holland/ Jennifer Dutiel

    Abhilasha Chebolu

    Zack Kouns

    Troy Kunkler

    Chris Lute

    our cat Odessa

    Sean Marshall

    Turner Matthews

    Jeff Mellott

    Caleb G. Miller

    Jeff Miller

    Jah Nada

    Alex Paquet

    Zach Pennington

    John Phillip Allen

    Jen Powers

    Rich Purdue

    Aaron Quinn

    Jordan Reed

    Henry Ross

    Scioto Records

    Tony Rice

    Andrew Sais

    Jake Schlaerth

    Ryan Scott-Long

    Daniel Seibert

    Ben Sheidlower

    Drew Sherrick

    Nick Simko

    Anna Siriano

    Sonnedecker Records

    Jason Snoddy

    Mike Sopko

    Two Rooms Records

    Heel Turn Records

    AJ Vanderelli

    Jake Webb

    Nick Weckman

    Keith Wecker

    Rick Weaver

    Ben Willis

    Scott Woodward

  • contact

    for booking/ bands/ VMR/ almost anything

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    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)

     

     

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