Ryan Miller (musician)
Ryan Miller | |
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Background information | |
Born | November 21, 1972 |
Origin | Lubbock, Texas, US |
Genres | Alternative |
Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter, screenwriter, composer, writer, host |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, bass, piano, keyboards |
Ryan Matthew Miller (born November 21, 1972) is an American musician. He is the lead singer for the alternative rock band Guster playing guitar, piano and bass.
Life and career
Ryan was born on November 21, 1972, in
He majored in
.Film Composer
Miller composed the scores for films Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), The Kings of Summer (2013), In a World... (2013), Tig (2015),The Fundamentals of Caring (2016), Mr. Roosevelt (2017) and The Last Summer (2019) and How It Ends (2021), the television show Playing House (2017).[4]
Songwriter
Miller has had several collaborations with other artists such as "Your Hand I Will Never Let It Go" written by Miller for
Television host
Spurred by a move from NYC to Vermont, Miller created a TV series on
Miller has appeared as a guest several times on The George Lucas Talk Show, as well as providing multiple theme songs for their various fundraisers and the theme song for their current weekly broadcast. He appeared on the 2017 stage show performance titled Thank the Maker, as well as their May the AR Be LI$$ You Arli$$ marathon fundraiser, and The George Lucas Holiday Special in 2020. During the pandemic, Miller hosted a web series that featured guests like Mike Gordon.[9]
Writer
Miller is co-writer, with director Rob Perez, of the 2009 movie Nobody and served as the film's composer.[10]
Miller has written about his experience as a touring musician during Covid for The Atlantic, articulating his experience headlining Red Rocks "I Performed A Career Highlight Show, Then Delta Hit"[11] and "Omicron's Blow To Live Music".[12] He also has a series in the Vermont arts weekly Seven Days, "Deep Dives", where he reports on dive bars in and around Vermont. Miller also has frequent bylines in Whalebone Magazine.[13]
In 2021, Miller launched a Substack newsletter called Weird And Wonderful World where he writes about sandwiches, tiny museums, haunted houses, art installations and other weird/wonderful places and things.[14]
Animation project
Miller and Alex Plapinger co-created the animated short series "Pretty Good Story", a 10-episode series hosted by Miller and with hand painted frames by musician/artist John Andrews (Woods, Cut Worms).
References
- The Galveston County Daily News, Retrieved November 27, 2010 ("After Miller graduated from Berkner in 1991 he decided to attend college at Tufts University near Boston....")
- ^ Geller, Mitchell (1 November 2010). Makes it Rain, The Tufts Daily, Retrieved November 27, 2010
- Courier News (New Jersey), Retrieved November 27, 2010 ("Guster formed about seven years ago when Ryan Miller vocals guitars Adam Gardner vocals guitars and Brian Rosenworcel percussion were freshmen at Tufts...")
- ^ "Ryan Miller". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
- ^ Kreps, Daniel (2017-06-14). "Hear Stevie Nicks' Soft New Song 'Your Hand I Will Never Let It Go'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
- ^ "Guster's Ryan Miller Calls Donald Trump a Clown in "30 Days, 30 Songs" Track". pastemagazine.com. 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
- ^ "Sharon Van Etten Shares "Words", New Song from Tig Notaro Documentary". Pitchfork. 2015-07-14. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
- ^ "Makin' Friends With Ryan Miller on VermontPBS.org". Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ Jambase https://www.jambase.com/article/mike-gordon-guster-ryan-miller-islands-in-the-quaranstream
- ^ "Nobody (full credits)". IMDB.com. Retrieved Nov 9, 2012.
- ^ Miller, Ryan (2021-11-15). "I Performed a Career-Highlight Show. Then Delta Hit". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
- ^ Miller, Ryan (2022-01-28). "Omicron's Blow to Live Music". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
- ^ Miller, Ryan. "Music Of The Movement".
- ^ Miller, Ryan. "Weird And Wonderful World". weirdandwonderful.substack.com. Retrieved 2022-02-27.