Joe Miller
For more information, email Joe or call him at (415) 480-9618
Joe Miller's reputation as a teacher has brought him thousands of students, including famous musicians like Dr. Elmo, Country Joe McDonald, and John Fogerty's son Sean.
His reviewers call him "Mesmerizing", "Stunning", and "Vastly Entertaining". Joe is an established guitar and ukulele teacher in the Bay Area, and has taught at the San Francisco
Community Music Center, Mt. Tamalpais Community Education, Eric Schoenberg Guitars in Tiburon, Puget Sound Guitar Workshop, and Freight and Salvage in Berkeley. His teaching
emphasizes good technique, rhythm, and knowing basic music theory. He teaches students from 5 to 95, and beginners are welcome.
HISTORY
Joe Miller is a humorist, singer-songwriter, and an award-winning acoustic guitarist. He pokes fun at modern life with songs like "Racing Off to Yoga Class" and "Are You From Berkeley?".
Playing a custom-made Martin guitar, Joe has performed across the U. S. and Canada. His off-beat humor and dazzling instrumentals have been well received from Berkeley's Freight and Salvage
to festivals in Canada, California and the eastern U. S.
After studying classical guitar, sitar, and Renaissance music in Toronto, Miller settled down to master his original instrument, the acoustic steel string flat top. He moved to the Bay Area in
1978, and won both the California State Flatpicking Championship and the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship in Winfield, Kansas. He has published articles in Acoustic Guitar and other music magazines.
JOE MILLER'S CD'S AND STUDIO RECORDINGS
Joe's two CD's "West Coast Music for Guitar" and "Semi-Traditional Guitar Solos", including two duets with mandolin master David Grisman brought rave reviews:
Mesmerizing, astounding... a virtuoso in every sense of the word.
- The Daily Californian.Awesome solo acoustic... a real talent.
- Guitar Player.Stunning, vastly entertaining... you have to marvel at the man's technique.
- Folk Roots, London.
Other reviewers compared him to John Renbourn and Leo Kottke, who are among Miller's musical heroes. Both of Joe's CDs of traditional and contemporary instrumentals are available on iTtunes.
JOE MILLER ON THE WEB
You can see Joe on Youtube, performing instrumentals:
- Ivory Coast; Fortune Cookie; Gary's Stomp; For Elise Blues; and Two Songs at One Time.
- Teaching: Fire on the Mountain; Old Joe Clark; Beginning Guitar Basics.
- Singing: Two Little Flowers (by Charles Ives).
You can also hear him on Pandora.com, performing Long Road; Ivory Coast; Limerock; Dejavalse, The Green and Gold Take the Cakewalk; and other pieces.
