2009-09-04
Hudson Music Launches Russ Miller "Head 2 Head" Rh
2009-01-01
January 1st. 2009
2008-07-19
July 2008
2008-01-01
Jan. 1st 2008!
2007-08-30
Russmiller.com Web Store Launch...
2007-08-06
"Arrival" available now!
2007-03-20
"Arrival" is Available! Order Now!
2007-02-01
Russ' new solo album "Arrival" to be released 3.20
2006-12-02
Russ with Psychedelic Furs in December
2006-07-10
Psychedelic Furs Tour ends great!
2009-01-01
January 1st. 2009
Russ' newest instructional DVD "Arrival-Behind The Glass" is finally finished and to be released 1.15.09 at the 2009 NAMM show by Hudson Music.
RUSS MILLER’S 3-DISC “ARRIVAL: BEHIND THE GLASS” DVD/CD SET COMBINES STELLAR PERFORMANCES WITH GROUNDBREAKING INSIGHT, INSTRUCTION AND PLAY-ALONG OPPORTUNITIES.
Presenting one of today’s leading drum artists along with a host of LA’s top studio musicians and more than a dozen of the world’s best-known drummers and percussionists, “Arrival: Behind The Glass” (Hudson Limited) by Russ Miller is an unprecedented, three-disc package that contains a full-length audio CD, a minus-drums play-along CD and a jam-packed DVD with artist interviews, extensive instructional content and documentary footage of these historic recording sessions.
“I had been working on the concepts and material for a new record more than two years when the idea of exploring an individual musician’s interpretations of “rhythm and pulse” came to me. Nine of the ‘superstars’ of the drum world agreed to be involved,” Russ explains. “We composed pieces featuring two full drum kit parts, based on the different styles of the nine drummers I was going to play with. Then, those pieces became the inspiration for the songs with the band. This was a huge project and a very humbling, exciting and incredible learning experience for me.”
“Arrival”, the featured 80-minute audio CD, is Miller’s third independent record project and features ten new compositions performed by an all-star line-up of musicians, including world-class percussionists Pete Lockett, Luis Conte and Richie Gajate Garcia. Interspersed with these ensemble performances are nine “Rhythmic Conversations”— original drum duets between Russ and modern drum heroes Steve Gadd, Steve Smith, Jeff Hamilton, Rick Marotta, Zoro, Johnny Rabb, John "JR" Robinson, Akira Jimbo and Wolfgang Haffner.
A second CD containing minus drums tracks and printable transcriptions of both parts of the drum duets, gives players an opportunity to sit in with some of the greatest drummers in the world and learn a variety of challenging rhythmic concepts and techniques.
Completing the multi-media learning system is a 3-hour and 20-minute DVD in which Miller demonstrates and explains how to analyze, play and develop many of the musical ideas used in the Arrival pieces. The DVD also includes interviews with all the drummers and documentary footage taken throughout the 3-year production process. Additional bonus features on the DVD are split-screen video for multiple views of the recording sessions, DTS 5.1 surround sound and an e-Book with printable charts and exercises as well as Pro-Tools® data files that allow the listener to re-mix the tracks.
One of Los Angeles’ top studio musicians, Russ Miller has recorded with a wide variety of internationally-acclaimed artists. He has also performed on more than 300 albums including multiple Grammy® award winning recordings as well as the soundtracks of many feature films. The five-time Modern Drummer Readers Poll winner has also released two books, three videos and two solo albums while remaining active as a clinician and part-time inventor of drum accessories.
Arrival: Behind The Glass has a suggested retail price of $39.95 and is available at the RM.com web-store, leading drumshops and music stores everywhere. For more information, please contact Hudson Music at tel: (888) 796-2992, fax: (914) 246-5282, e-mail: hudsoninfo@aol.com, Internet: www.hudsonmusic.com. Hudson Music DVDs and books are distributed by the Hal Leonard Corp., 7777 W. Bluemound Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53213, tel: (414) 774-3630, fax: (414) 774-3259, Internet: www.halleonard.com.
