MATT MILLER performs the song "GRAVEYARD FULL OF HEARTS" for BalconyTV.<br />Subscribe to us right now at http://bit.ly/15yj4oc <br /><br />'Like' us on Facebook - http://Facebook.com/balconytv<br />Follow us on Twitter - http://Twitter.com/balconytv<br /><br />PRESENTED BY ALYSSA JACEY<br /><br />NASHVILLE – He’s barely twenty-one, but already the singer, songwriter, and guitarist Matt Miller is working and recording with the R&B and pop legend who co-wrote “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” and who John Belushi told to “play it, Steve” in The Blues Brothers, Steve Cropper.<br /><br />That’s Steve playing those delicious, funky guitar licks on “The Hunter,” an R&B/Rock flavored Cropper/Dunn/ Jackson/Jones/Wells, classic, and on the Cropper/Gore/Miller “Last Ride;” two of the many highlights on Matt’s debut album.<br />But to understand the amazing variety of Matt’s songs, it’s vital to realize that his influences are not just the Blues and R&B of artists like Steve Cropper, but also a completely different style of music: Grunge.<br /><br />“I love the angst and the rawness of Nirvana which is the initial inspiration for me to start creating my own music,” Matt says in a Music Row conversation a few weeks before his 21st birthday. ‘It’s what spoke to me during a pivotal time in my life.”<br /><br />“I love playing live,” Miller says, smiling as he recalls shows his high school power trio Shred Rot played. “We captured a feel of pure raw energy. We just got on stage and gave it our all. Our shows were wild! A lot of our fans - our posse - were like us, outcasts, who came to our shows to express themselves.”<br /><br />https://www.reverbnation.com/mattmiller<br /><br />Tune in again to BalconyTV //
