Drummers, songwriters, instrumentalists, and thinkers from a whole slew of genres.
My drumming is most heavily influenced by Billy Martin of MMW, Jon Theodore of The Mars Volta, Dave King of The Bad Plus, Joey Kramer of Aerosmith, and of course John Bonham of Led Zeppelin.
My songwriting draws from Secret Machines, Duncan Sheik, love, life, friends, and family...that sort of stuff.
......Miles Arntzen is a drummer/songwriter/musician from Greenwich Village, NYC. He is 18 years old and goes to high school at Friends Seminary. He will be studying in the NYU Jazz Studies program next year. He is involved with many projects with many different people, and this is the place to keep track of them. He leads and plays his music with Evening News. He plays drums for What Fuzz, a popular indie rock band that plays frequently around downtown NYC. He drums behind the upcoming Burnham Brothers Band. He plays drums for 3 Generations of Jazz, a family jazz band. He also plays drums for TLAB, his dad's folk rock band.
Miles is currently studying with Billy Martin (of Medeski Martin and Wood). He has taken lessons with Dave Anania (of Blue Man Group), Fred Klatz (at the Drummer's Collective), Mike Campenni (of Meetinghouse Jazz Orchestra), Matt Wilson (of various jazz thangs) and Clem Waldmann (of Blue Man Group).
CONTACT: milesarntzen@gmail.com
HITT MUSIC GROUP, 2008:
"At the tender age of seventeen, Miles Arntzen is already honing his skills as a talented musician, who has a supreme love for playing, listening, discovering and learning various genres of music. Influenced by industry greats who range from Incubus and Secret Machines, to Dave Grohl of The Foo Fighters and Jaco Pastorius, alike, Arntzen has created a musical blend of his very own; one that he likes to refer to as ‘Genre Soup’. Being born and raised in Greenwich Village, located in New York City, Arntzen has always been saturated in the arts. As a musician, Arntzen has been playing the drums for the past eleven years, and lends his drumming skills to various performances that are staged at Sullivan Hall, as well as The Cornelia Street Café, alongside his fathers jazz band. With the confidence to share his own original music, brewing over the past two years, Arntzen creates songs with the intentions of enveloping his listeners into an intimate, thought provoking space. Arntzen prides himself on delivering a quality of music that clues the world in on the fact that he is a dedicated artist, whose compilations are an extension of his character and evolving spirit.
Already, Miles Arntzen has recorded two, full fledged demos, Lido and City Songs. City Songs is the more recent project, as the quality of the albums sound, as well as the evolution of the lyrical content, in comparison to Lido, is more sophisticated. City Songs has become the staple of Arntzen’s career at this point, for the track is set to go live on iTunes. Arntzen presently has two live recordings to his credit, as he has contributed to his family jazz band called, 3 Generations. Both projects were produced and manufactured in Canada. As Arntzen continues to contribute his musical talents to such groups as The Fuzz and 3 Generations, he ultimately wishes to dedicate his entire life to the art form. Arntzen enjoys crossing the borderlines that classify genres, for his future shall be dedicated to delivering music that stems from the Heart and Soul of his being and experiences."
The recordings on this website are written, performed, and recorded entirely by Miles Arntzen. Miles' "City Songs" is available now, and his early demo "Lido" is on iTunes.
-MAY 2009: Miles had a great gig at the Highline Ballroom with 3 Generations - they rocked the house. His birthday was May 13th - he's 18! Other than that, this month he is on the down low, getting ready to graduate in June. He'll be attending NYU next year (!!), so he's staying around town. In the meantime, check out his new Youtube vids, see the link somewhere on this page.
-APRIL 2009: Gigs, gigs, gigs! Check the calendar for gigs with both What Fuzz and Evening News. Miles also is in contact with upcoming youngster rock group Burnham Brothers. They're sure to be big one day, and Miles is psyched to be part of it. What Fuzz also has some new music up and in the works, so check their Myspace out. Word.
-MARCH 2009: Miles has a couple new updates. He ended his fun run with Haakon's Fault. They are awesome, and he hopes to play again with them in the future. Miles also has the big college decision to make, which is very exciting. He'll be majoring in music at some sweet college somewhere. Miles has a few gigs coming up in April so stay tuned.
-JANUARY 2009: Miles is kicking in the new year with a bunch of gigs in February and March with What Fuzz and Haakon's Fault. Check the upcoming shows list. Also, Miles established a relationship with a world beat band, Gachupin, so stay tuned for some future shows or projects with that group. Check em out at http://www.myspace.com/gachupin.
-JUNE 2008: Miles has just joined a sick rock group called Haakon's Fault. They are really the shit and have a nice little buzz going on. Check 'em out at www.myspace.com/haakonsfault.
-MAY 2008: Miles is constantly updating his YOUTUBE homepage so check it out. He is working on a drum solo to enter into the Modern Drummer Undiscovered Drummer Competition.
-APRIL 2008: Miles' 6-song demo, "City Songs", is now available. Miles' early demo, "Lido", is on iTunes.
-MARCH 2008: Miles is on YOUTUBE! Check out his channel @ www.youtube.com/milesa.
-FEBRUARY 2008: Friend Miles' dad, Leif Arntzen on myspace @ http://www.myspace.com/leifarntzen.
-JANUARY 2008: TLAB has a new CD out, entitled "Ain't Beauty Strange". Miles drums on the whole thang...buy it! See the link for TLAB above to buy.
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We love your new page! Glad your gonna be able to play with us on June 10th! Looking forward to it! Happy Birthday (belated) and congrats on upcoming graduation!
awesome! sounds cool! it's all good here. I've had a gold rush of ideas lately haha! but I haven't worked much on making the album 'cause my friend's computer died :/.. so we're stuck for now lol but I'm buying a used mac myself so when I do we can keep recording. but I'm gonna be playing some shows in the meantime. so it's pretty good. I'm actually playing on his release show for his new album :) so it's gonna be great! can't wait for that! good luck on your other shows man! so did you decide on studying at Berklee?
awesome man! that's really cool! and thanks! yup! he's a friend of mine and he does recording and producing so he's helping me make my album and stuff :] we already recorded one track but I haven't put it up yet hahaha! but I will soon! Oh and the song I have up now was that one poppy song I told you about, remember? lol I wish the best on everything for you and I'm really glad all is good over there!
sure thing man! hahaha! it tired me out too hahah! I miss it now, though. and I think the program was just great! brilliant! Sort of strange waking up and having nothing to do, too haha! so what have you been up to since?
hey!! I'm good! and you? Thanks for the add! I just got home yesterday really late haha! What's up? how's it going? Love the music, by the way! the solo is awesome man!
hey buddy! we had pops concert the past 2 nights, totally bummed u couldnt come!!i owned. its was my last performance :( ill send u a recording when i get it
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