Incredible tone, playing and tips from the Australian instrumentalist
Welcome to the show. It is our great pleasure to welcome the wonderful Adam Miller to the show! Adam hails from Newcastle-Upon… Pacific. (That’s Newcastle, Australia.)
In his earlier career, Adam was known predominantly for his acoustic guitar playing, but over the years has gravitated to more and more electric stuff, fusing incredible jazz-blues sensibilities with creative approaches to looping, self-accompaniment and small-ensemble playing.
In this video we get up to speed with Adam’s most recent work while checking out his new Nik Huber guitar and getting schooled in looping.
Please check out more of Adam’s output via your favourite streaming devices, via his courses on TrueFire… and of course please get out to see him play live if you can!
https://www.adammiller.com.au/
Enjoy the show!
Interesting bits and go to sections…
0:00 Adam plays Blues For Bert
3:30 Hello & welcome
5:00 What’s that guitar?
8:15 Why no tone control?
9:38 How gainy do you get?
10:45 Providence SOV-2
11:38 Treble overdrive, bass clean
13:14 Vemuram Budi G
16:58 Acoustic & electric approaches?
19:52 Simulating the upright bass
21:51 Dan’s Tommy Emmanuel story
22:45 Adam’s Tommy story
24:35 Transition from acoustic to electric
28:32 Gallery and improvisation
30:45 Where did Gallery begin?
35:00 Light & Shadows looping demo
39:48 It’s Called Art looping demo
44:50 Fender Frontline magazine?
45:45 Reverse textures a la Bill Frisell
49:40 What was that chord?
51:08 A Lydian texture
56:05 Groove – thanks Charlie Hunter
1:01:38 Becoming your own artist
1:07:30 Nerdy pickup talk
1:08:28 Guitar picks?
1:10:28 What’s next for Adam?
1:13:20 Adam plays Adam Levy
Pedals & Stuff used in this show
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• Vemuram Budi G
• Free The Tone SOV-2
• Chase Bliss Audio Mood
• Strymon Flint
• Line 6 DL4 MkII
Guitars in today’s show
• Nik Huber Adam Miller Signature Prototype
Amp used in today’s show
• Two Rock Classic Reverb Signature 100/50 & 212 cab with TR1265B speakers
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What a lovely chap mr Miller is!
I found I could rarely sound like the guitarists I admired. Every time I picked up a guitar, I still sounded like me. When I played with other people, they always wanted to play the tunes they knew. So, I learned a bunch of music theory, so I could play along with whatever they wanted to play and serve the music as best I can.
Of course, I never tried to make a living with the poverty box. Every time I play, it is an experiment. IMHO the essence of commercial music is repeatability. People don't know what they like, they like what they know. I could care less about repeating some tune 3 nights a week for 30 years.
We got dangerously close to talking about super and hyper modes on TPS there for a second!
Great stuff. Deco has me wanting to work on some bass line and melody playing.
Does Michael Bolton play set neck guitars or bolt-on?
Adam! A true GEM 💎! He was gracious enough to come on my channel and he is an amazing player but, an even better human!
Adam is honest, humble, creative, passionate and intelligent! A rare breed! Thanks to TPS for getting him on the show! A pleasure to watch (and learn). ❤
Keep on cooking Adam! 👏🏻
Peace,
Shawn
Its funny I bought my first and only amp because of adam and tps, the two rock classic reverb. Him describing it as the soundboard of an acoustic guitar is so perfect, because i'm primarily an acoustic guitar player and it pickups, I only play it on clean because i'm still new to it, so much beautiful clarity and dynamic range. Anyways thank you very much to all of you guys for steering me that way, cheers!
Thank you for the very inspiring episode! It made me get over a plateau period on guitar.
I discovered Adam about a year ago and instantly connected with everything about his playing. His choice of notes, the amazing dynamics, the grooves and that wonderful tone his hands create are just phenomenal! He's very similar to my other favorite guitar player (Trey Anastasio) When i think about how I want to play and sound, this guy, Mr. Adam Miller is exactly how I hear it in my head! So inspiring. I've become a huge fan!. Thank you D&M for having him on!
The "like" button seems grossly insufficient right now, doesn't it?
Niiice! He name dropped Charlie Hunter! @OfficialCharlieHunter
I thought I caught that vibe in his playin the two parts so distinctly.
Guys, this was amazing.
You’ve really -set the tone for a lot of people’s weekends.
Tremendous effort
Tone is in suede kimono 🙂
OMG…that is some of the most beautiful music I have ever heard!
What an excellent episode. Thank you for introducing me to this awesome guy!
Great show! Beautiful music!!
Great interview. What a solid tasteful player.
His mastery of dynamics, especially individual string dynamics is jawdropping.
That’s one beautiful piece of guitar. Loved the first tune, too 😊
"Mick on the floor here,… hullo!" 🤣🤣
Thank you soooo much for showcasing Adam and his talent. It is a great opportunity for more people in the world to be exposed to his music & talent. What a great show.
As an Aussie I was ashamed I had never heard of Adam. Such a great player and loved the nerdiness.
Thank you so much for having me! It was such an honour to finally be in the TPS studio. And was so much fun to talk about all the crazy music & gear things I spend way too much time thinking about!!
Perfect timing. Been wanting to incorporate my looper
That was a real discovery for me. Amazing player and I like his touch.