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Born and raised in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, much has changed around Miles on the streets he grew up on. He began playing drums at around the age of 9 on a cheap no-name set from a street fair. He has played with numerous bands all over the New York City area since that time such as The Squabs, The J.D.'s, Wax Museum, Donathen and the Eight Balls, The Shy Snipers, Djibouti, and many more. He is currently playing for Grandmaster Mele Mel (of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five), The Boom Bits, Band X, and The Utopian Prophets, but he is always available for gigs, session work, and local NYC lessons in any genre of music. He is most proficient in funk, jazz, soul, hip-hop/rap, rock, latin, reggae, and blues.

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Member Since: 6/28/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/boombits
Band Members: Miles Moran: Drums, percussion, etc.Feel like reading some poetry? Sure you do...Read Miles' words below.http://www.geocities.com/milesdrummer/main.html
Influences: Al Jackson Jr., Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Clyde Stubblefield, Jabo Starks, Idris Mohammed, Akira Jimbo, Mitch Mitchell, Art Blakey, Michael Shrieve, Greg Erico, Ginger Baker, Billy Cobham, Max Roach, etc.

Just plain influencial people: His Royal Hipness Lord Buckley, Gil Scott-Heron, Billie Holiday, Spike Mulligan, Charles Bukowski, James Joyce, Garvey, MLK & Malcom, SunTzu, Confucious, Orwell, Vonnegut, Hitchcock, Rod Serling, Laurel & Hardy, the late 80's 49ers, Ali, Miles, Coltrane, Monk, Dolphy, Little, Pharaoh, Otis, Pickett, Stevie, etc.

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie