Tom Miller generally writes, records, performs, produces and directs his own works. He occasionally employs the assistance of talented friends for certain audio art projects. Tom thanks Ron, the President and Executive Director of FREDInk Records for maintaining the largest archive of Miller's writings, recordings, videos, and art. Ron has also been a frequent collaborator on several Miller CDs. Miller also thanks Sal Mollica for providing encouragement and support so that Miller can continue his creative efforts.
Influences
Tom is influenced by a great many people in art and music. A small selection includes Andy Warhol, John Cage, Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zepplin, The Minute Men, Ryuichi Sakamoto, The Cocteau Twins, Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Eddie Taylor, Jr., Robert Johnson, Billy Branch, Yoko Ono, The Beatles, and of course, the creators of South Park.
Sounds Like
Miller's range is extreme. From one minute to the next, his audioworks can sound like Cage, Beethoven, Beatles, Crimson, New Age, Hendrix, or sometimes, a variety of intolerable experimental works that hardly anyone can happily listen to.
Tom Miller (born October 5, 1965 in Hialeah, Florida) is an American writer, artist, musician, and performance artist.
Beginning a career in Gainesville, Florida in 1984, his eclectic songs and performance elicit both laughter and shock from his audiences. Notably, Miller performed in the bands Middle Earth, Plastic Age, The Screaming Helens, The Bill Perry Orchestra, Penguin, NDolphin, and Chicago's Vini and the Demons as the bass player. He is a published author of 40 Chapbooks, and has over 40 "AudioArt" CDs to his credit. He is the director of more than 75 independent VideoFilms. Miller is also known for notorious stunts including Gainesville's First Naked Press Conference, a 17 hour marathon reading of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood", Hosting a decade of Gainesville's Hemp Fests, Painting portraits of Chief of Police Wayland Clifton as Elvis, and his frequent UFO Secrecy Protests.
The Tom Miller Show has been a staple of avant-garde entertainment in Gainesville, Florida for over 20 years, from 1984 to the present day.
Mr. Miller has received significant press coverage for his many writings, artworks, performances, and activism in Gainesville, Florida over the last two decades. He continues touring with live performance art shows, poetry readings, videography, and currently performs as his alterego, Slam Gunther on electric bass in the 60s style musical group, The Righteous Kind.
As an independent artist & musician, Tom Miller is the producer and author of some 40 CDs, which he makes available through his "imaginary" record label, FREDInk Records, or through Miller's personal web site at http://www.geocities.com/fredink/
Extensive archives of Miller's CDs, Paintings, Records, Photographs, Writings and Videos are maintained by the President of FREDInk Records, Ron, in Gainesville, Florida.
Tom Miller generates private works exclusively through the kind donations of his many fans and supporters. To contribute to Tom's continuing efforts in the arts, e-mail Tom at millerworks@hotmail.com or donate at the homepage: http://www.geocities.com/fredink/
I had a brain tumor! Could you tell everyone at Brophy's that I'm sorry for whatever I did? I tried to add a bunch of people and got rejected. I have no idea why?...
Just a small note that Edward Dennis Fogell, the Artistic Director at The Chicago Actors Studio will be doing a radio interview on “Nobody Dances Here” broadcast on the School of the Art Institute Chicago’s internet radio this Saturdays 6:30pm-8pm and re-airs Sundays 8pm-9:30 pm Ed has been cast and presently shooting on series “The Green Hornet” as mob figure, Mangnani. Look for more info and behind the scene photos at Ed’s myspace profile at http://www.myspace.com/edwarddennisfogell and The green Hornet facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Green-Hornet-Web-Series/128727753169 About the Show: “Nobody Dances Here” It’s the multimedia concept of art journalist Quintin X. Roper. NDH skillfully combines the aspects of a blog, radio show and video podcasts bringing focus to current and popular topics such as art, fashion, music, politics, fitness and other issues affecting today’s twentysomethings. Listen to the live show www.freeradiosaic.org Catch the podcast on ITUNES http://...com/ndh-radio Facebook Fan Page http://facebook.com/nobodydanceshere Myspace Music Page http://www.myspace.com/nobodydanceshere Twitter page www.twitter.com/nobodydances Looking forward to your comments afterwards at: http://www.myspace.com/edwarddennisfogell My heartfelt thank you for your love and support.
Here's a lil' teaser of what can be expected from the "Specimen 001" DVD by Human Factors Lab that is due out later this year.
Footage is from the VIRTUAL BACKSTAGE PASS while on an East Coast tour with MushroomHead, Autumn Offering, and X Factor 1 during the month of October, 2008.
WOLFMAN hosted the 24/7 non stop filming and documenting of the tour and you can expect nothing short of brilliant jackassary. Oh, and lot's of Teet-Ta's!!!!
Hello my friends! It has been too long since I've done a nice and mellow acoustic show. I am FINISHED with graduate school (Yay!) and will be jumping back into music with both feet. I have new songs, new instruments, and am working on new recordings about which I am very excited!
I am playing with a new musician who will back me up in an acoustic duo on everything from bass to banjo. We're playing at Beef 'O' Brady's in Alachua on July 3 and July 11. It's a great atmosphere on an outside veranda and it's FREE! Let me know if you can make it, I would love to see you!
