Recording Experience: *Featured vocalist on hip-hop debut of Mr. International (Billboard /Bubbling Underground Charts) singles: Remy and Alize.. and Tomika*Member of the all-girl trio Exxact*Featured vocalist on Quiet Noise, Llc. (Cinncinatti,OH) various demo projectsMusical Background: Began singing at the age of four at First Glory Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit, MIHoned her skills as a member and vice-president of J.W. Scott High School choirHas performed in concert w/ Big Pun, Montell Jordan, Joe, MC Lyte, and many others in order to get her name outRegularly performing with the East River Drive Band in venues around the greater Toledo and outlying areas to a following of an average 350-400 per night (schedule can be found on www.eastriverdriveband.com)Biography:Carmen is a soulful songstress and energetic performer who brings the best of what people love about music together in one total package: a HOTT stage show and a QUALITY sound. Her voice is soothing and sensual in a way that makes you want to hear more. She also has the ability to invoke a party anywhere with all of the excitement she brings to a track. Carmen Miller has been crafting lyrics and melodies since she was 12, and has developed into a very prolific songwriter. She can emote feelings on a mass-appealing level with a sincerity that comes through every note and every word. She can make you FEEL it.Ms. Miller is a very dedicated artist. She spends her time in the studio very focused and intent on creating a great project. When onstage, she is an athletic/frenetic/and captivating performer. Audiences have embraced her across age, cultural, and socio-economic lines. She gets EVERYBODY up and dancing. To see her w/ the East River Drive band is to experience something unlike anything else.Her musical influences include (but are not limited to): Brian McKnight, Chaka Kahn, Duran Duran, Annie Lennox, Whitney Houston, Sade,Common, Mos Def, Sarah Vaughn, Donna Summer, Prince, Earth Wind and Fire, INXS, Beyonce and David Bowie. And as diverse as they seem, the common denominator is that being exposed to their various sounds have given Carmen is the ability to find a soul and a truth in any genre. Carmen intends to bring it in an original and funky way that is all her own. Her sound is like nothing you've heard before.
Jesus(oneday),Common,Maya Angelou,Larry Fishburne,Andy Garcia,Robert DeNiro,Tavis Smiley,Cornell West,Chaka Kahn,Mos Def,John Taylor (bass player),Tim Gunn,Iman,James McAvoy,Clive Owen, Jude Law,Some of the girls from Oprah's school (they have been through so much and I'd like to be an inspiration and encouraging figure to them) ..
Common, Teena Marie, Duran Duran, the Police, David Bowie, Prince, Robin Thicke, Mos Def, Erykah Badu,Bilal, Corrine Bailey Rae, Maxwell, Chaka Kahn, De La Soul, Erurhythics, Brian McKnight, Mint Condition, D J Quik
(anything by Kevin Smith *yes even Jersey Girl), Crash, Be Cool, Ace Ventura (I & II), Hotel Rawanda, the Godfather trilogy, Untouchables, Antwoine Fisher, Dreamgirls, Fame, Flashdance, Pretty in Pink, Party Monster, Alfie, Closer, Children of Men, Domino, Jackie Brown, Last King of Scotland
Detroit S.W.A.T., First 48, American Justice, Ancient Mysteries, Great Hotels, My Name is Earl, Scrubs, Good Times, City Confidential, Notorious, Bodies in Motion with Gilad, The Tudors
the Bible, Covenant with Black America, A Taste of Power, Left Behind (series), (anything by Stephen King), Revolutionary Suicide, To Die for the People, Soledad Brother, Autobiography of Angela Davis,
Diary Lynn Billops (my mom)R.I.P.,Elaine Brown, Huey P. Newton, Daniel Pearl Fred Hampton, Tavis Smiley, Prince, Anita Baker,Christ Jesus