Russ Miller (musician)

Russ Miller
GenresPop, Session
Instrument(s)Drums, percussion

Russ Miller is an American session drummer.[1] Miller grew up in Ohio.[2]

As a multi-platinum recording artist, Miller has played on multiple Grammy award-winning recordings with combined sales of over 26 million copies.[3] He has worked with over 50 international artists, including Ray Charles, The 5th Dimension, Cher, Natalie Cole, Tina Turner, Bobby Caldwell, Andrea Bocelli, Nelly Furtado, The Psychedelic Furs, Al Jarreau, Hilary Duff, Daniel Bedingfield, and Meredith Brooks.[3] Modern Drummer Magazine Readers Poll voted Miller as one of the top five studio drummers in the world three years in a row.[3] Miller has performed on more than 300 albums, and dozens of international movies such as Chicken Little, Fracture, Rugrats Go Wild!, Boondock Saints, Resident Evil Apocalypse, Silent Hill, and Garfield.[3] Along with his album credits, he has two solo albums, Cymbalism and Arrival, both on R.M.I Records.[4][5]

Miller has authored two books: "The Drum Set Crash Course" and "Transitions," along with his accompanying videos, "The Drum Set Crash Course" and "The Drum Set Crash Course Tuning Edition" from Warner Brothers Publications.[6] A five-time Modern Drummer readers poll winner,[7] Miller's solo projects were voted the No. 1 educational books and videos in the world. [7]

Miller also invented the Yamaha Wedge and Cascara Wedge. He is also a contributor to creating the Yamaha Subkick.[8] These items were discontinued from Yamaha since Miller signed up for Mapex Drums, where he developed the SONIClear bearing edge and his signature snare drum "The VersVersus."

  1. ^ Flans, Robyn (May 2007). Russ Miller-Doing It All: Studio Vet, Touring Pro, Master Clinician, And Product Inventor, Modern Drummer, Retrieved December 8, 2010[dead link]
  2. ^ Russ Miller Interview, The Drum Ninja, Retrieved December 8, 2010
  3. ^ a b c d "Russ Miller". russmiller.com. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  4. ^ Cymbalism by Russ Miller on Apple Music, 2006-01-01, retrieved 2024-02-27
  5. ^ "Russ Miller - Discography". russmiller.com. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  6. ^ Bili-Book.
  7. ^ a b "Modern Drummer's Readers Poll Archive, 1979–2017 | Modern Drummer Magazine |". Modern Drummer Magazine. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  8. ^ December 2007, MusicRadar 10 (10 December 2007). "Yamaha Subkick review". MusicRadar.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)