• southmiller   (mp3 format; 4:45 -- 5.7 Mbytes)
• ambimiller   (mp3 format; 5:40 -- 6.8 Mbytes)
• maximiller   (mp3 format; 7:09 -- 8.6 Mbytes)

The story behind the three pieces on this page: One day while wandering the halls of the CMC, I heard some amazing blues-guitar riffs coming from the (rather spartan) office Miller had selected for his stay with us. I was surprised, because I knew Miller primarily did 'high modernism' musical work, even though I was aware of a potential musical alter-ego. What I heard was pretty snazzy guitaristry, so I quickly asked Miller if I could grab a recording of his playing. Turns out he had about 1.5 hours already recorded; he uses his guitar to test out new DSP and controller ideas.

Armed with this arsenal of Puckette-ish guitar recordings (and finally grabbing a bit of time to work on them months after Miller had returned to Southern-CA), I put together the above pieces. Nearly all the sounds come from Miller's recordings. Many I heavily-processed after-the-fact, obviously. The only exceptions are a few drum samples in the first piece and some additional guitar-work by Yours Truly in the first and second pieces. Hey, I couldn't resist another chance to jam along with Miller.

So this is my feeble "thank you" to Miller for the excellent visit with us. We miss ya!


Brad Garton
June, 2011