Hello, my name is Jon Miller. I was born in the mountain hills of a run down paper town in Pennsylvania. When I was four, I moved to Pittsburgh with my family. Music was something that has always brought me a lot of joy. I remember when I was young; my grandfather would play old polka tunes on the Sunday drive to church. My father was a piano player, my uncle a guitarist, whose legacy (or the lack there of) is becoming my biggest muse.
At the age of 13, I got my first bass guitar. I toyed with it for a few years. When I was 15 I joined my first band. We were a group of young guys, just starting out, without any substantial knowledge of song writing, melody, or even keeping our guitars in tune, but we played. The times when I didn’t know right from wrong, good from bad, those are the days when everything seemed pure. Until I was 20, I was in and out of a few bands: Autumn’s Embrace, MAZAM, An Offhand Way. An Offhand Way was my most successful musical stint. We played anywhere we could, traveled like the road was our backyard, and partied like the rockstars we weren’t. We recorded two records. One of which was produced by Rich Resigno at Mountain Side Studios in Tobyhanna Pennsylvania.(MxPx, Element 101, Veronica, Stevie Nicks, The Juliana Theory). Working with Richie taught me a lot about being a songwriter who captures “moments.” Throughout my musical career I had opportunity to share the stage with Boy Sets Fire, The Juliana Theory, Zao, New Found Glory, Alkaline Trio, Snapcase, The Grey AM, The Aniversary, Punchline, and many more.
For a year and a half, I took some time away from music. I thought I was finished with it. At the time, I decided I was going to play for myself, but in doing so, I felt very unfulfilled. Music should be shared, not bottled up. I needed that feeling again, the feeling when, for that 45 minutes, nothing else matters. The feeling of wearing my heart on my sleeve, and giving everyone else the opportunity to step all over it, the feeling that, this is me, take it or leave it.
To date, these songs are who I am, what my world looks like, the color of my sky. My songs are how I see you and how I see myself through situation of sarcasm, turmoil, pain, enlightenment and lust…better known as life.
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