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Forest Miller

About Me

Forest is a young violinist fluent in jazz, bluegrass, classical and rock violin.
He has been studying for seven years and has hundreds of live performances behind his belt. He plays frequently with blues and cajun band Delicious Blues Stew.
He has performed at many of Nashville's top venues and has done many house concerts for fans in Los Angeles, Detroit and Nashville.
Forest was featured in a news story in the Tennessean where he played in a popular Japanese restaurant to celebrate his 500th consecutive day of violin practise.
Forest plays fretted and fretless bass guitar. He has been playing for 2 and a half years. Forest's first CD "Look...See...Wonder is currently available by contacting him at his myspace address. His next Cd is still in production. He will play violin, sing and play electric bass on it. Forest has also started writing more songs. He writes a wide range of genres from his long, droning, harmonic pieces, to his singer-songwriter and classic rock songs, to his gypsy-jazz, mainly improvisational works.

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Member Since: 22/11/2006
Band Members: I play semi-frequently with the cajun-blues band Delicious Blues Stew as their violinist. I am also trying to organize my own band with some friends. I mostly play solo or with my father.
Influences: Stephan Grapelli, Mark O'Connor, Tracy Silverman, Yes, Jimi Hendrix, Chicago, Eric Clapton, Cream, The Doors, The Beatles, Steely Dan, Chuck Rainey, Regi Wooten, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Giles Giles and Fripp, Loggins and Messina, Crosby Stills and Nash, Dave Pomeroy, James Taylor, Miles Davis, Allman Brothers, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, Joni Mitchell, and Jaco Pastorius, Weather Report, Billy Joel, Joe Bonamassa, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, Queen, The Rippingtons, Rush, Sting & The Police, The Who, ZZ Top.
Sounds Like: I'm my own brand, Violin solo's like Jimmy Page, Plays bass like Chris Squire/Jaco Pastorius/Chuck Rainey, John Paul Jones, Amateur guitar player, Sings- combo of theatre singing/Jon Anderson/ Kenny Loggins.
Record Label: Little Eden Records
Type of Label: Indie

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