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IT'S ALIVE!!! The long-awaited CD release by BUG, titled "Murmur" is now available for purchase, directly from www.bugtet.com , CD Baby or .
Features all original compositions by James & Jeff Miley, recorded live in the studio at Cuesta College during the band's Fall 2006 World Domination Tour.
Thanks for all your support.
bug is the accidental brainchild of Brian Hamada.
Following a successful 2004 performance at the Cuesta College Central Coast Jazz Festival in San Luis Obispo of the Peter Epstein Quartet (featuring Jeff Miley, Roger Shew and Brian Hamada), James Miley (then director of jazz studies at Cuesta College) began scheming ways to bring the group together again for a repeat performance at the college. A date was secured, schedules confirmed, and then James got the idea that it might be fun to take on a new faculty position at Virginia Tech and move 2600 miles due east. Rather than allow the gig to fall through, Brian convinced James to join the group himself--and they ended up booking a few more dates in Southern California so he could fly out from the east coast to "sit in" on piano and bring along a few new tunes in the process.
bug was born. The rest is history.
A typical set list might include anything from Radiohead to Monk to Ellington to ABBA in addition to diverse originals by Miley, Miley and Epstein.
Expect the unexpected.
Rinse. Repeat. Enjoy.
As things currently stand, we are a band apart, with just under two weeks spent together in the past two-and-a-half years. James lives in the mountains of Southwest Virginia, Peter in Reno, Nevada, Jeff in Los Angeles, Roger in Fullerton, CA, and Brian hails from Fresno (the 'NO!). Yet somehow we still manage to get together and play every now & then and things just fall into place each time as if we'd been performing together for years.
Thanks for flying with us.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 13/12/2006
Band Website: www.bugtet.com
Band Members: Peter Epstein, saxophone
Jeff Miley, guitar
James Miley, piano
Roger Shew, bass
Brian Hamada, drums

Influences: fertile soil, dumpsters, roadkill, hackers, leafy vegetation, animal waste, damp corners, beta software, light bulbs, porch screens, brackish water, humidity
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Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Blogging Sucks

OK. That was great fun! Trying to think of what to write is a pain in the ass. Kudos to all bloggers who manage to write regularly and remain entertaining and informative.Hope College is cool.Big B...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:15:00 GMT

music is good

UMich was great fun! We had a good time sharing our music with the students in the small group class--some talented & creative musicians there. One of the groups had a clarinet player who played wit...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:10:00 GMT

WWE in Ann Arbor!

nothing like getting to sleep @ 2 am only to find out three hours later that your neighbors in the next room over are apparently professional wrestlers practicing for the big show that night. very coo...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:32:00 GMT

MUST SLEEP NOW!

OK... So the trip up to Michigan was uneventful... rained a bit, stopped in Columbus to see an old friend from college who teaches at Otterbein, made it to Ann Arbor at 7 pm after 9 hours in the car.T...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:48:00 GMT

iTUNES!

Hey EverybodyMURMUR is now available on iTunes. Check out the link in the bio section.See ya'bug
Posted by on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:05:00 GMT

The CD is here!!

Hi EveryoneThe CD is finally available. It should be up on CD Baby within the week, and iTunes shortly thereafter. We're also working on getting the website (www.bugtet.com) up and running so you ca...
Posted by on Fri, 04 May 2007 20:00:00 GMT

More New Music

"Open," another track from the new disc is now on the player. Absolutely beautiful solo from Peter on this one. CD should be available by early April. Stay tuned to this space!Cheers,James
Posted by on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:33:00 GMT

New Track from CD up and running!

By popular demand (okay, because of the one person who asked), Inflatable You from the new CD has been uploaded to the player. See ya'
Posted by on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:39:00 GMT

BUG it is!

ok...We're back to bug as the official band name. The new disc is coming along nicely--final mix and mastering are at the end of the month & artwork is nearly complete (thanks, Bruce!). We should be...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:41:00 GMT

New Tunes!

Hi All... new stuff from the upcoming disc is up on the page, now. Check out Brine and Don't Be Difficult. Will post more new noise in the next few days.
Posted by on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:14:00 GMT