Natasha Miller: News

It was such a beautiful nostalgic scent... the first spring rain.

Finished up adding a KILLER horn section to the new songs. Brilliance is being born! I'll let you know soon when you can listen.

About to start my day. Hope everyone has a really good one!

Natasha

Well, today was Day#1 in the studio. What a blast! It was like hanging out with friends all day, except that we recorded 5 KILLER tunes! Matt Clark, John Shifflett, Jeff Marrs, and Adam Theis. This is the power-team! Stay tuned for more info on this. Not sure when it will release.

Have a good week. Do a good deed!

OK, not "me" exactly, but my voice/song... "The Bank Job" opens this Friday March 7, and my version of Bobby Sharp's song "Unchain My Heart" is in it!

If you want to hear the song, go to www.cdbaby.com/nmiller3. More about the movie here www.thebankjobmovie.com

How cool is that?

I'll be back in the studio in late March to begin working on a new CD. This one will be standards-centered, and will have hot new arrangements by Adam Theis of the Jazz Mafia!

Hi everyone-

Last year was pretty good. I enjoyed an incredible success with my Christmas CD, and thank you to all who have it or came to the parties and concert!

I'll be working on a new standards CD, and I'm in the beginning stages of planning my entire year of performances and special projects!

Keep doing what you love, or start doing what you love! Either way, don't waste any time.

Happy New Year!

Natasha

I've made my "White Christmas" a free mp3 download from now until Christmas day. Enjoy! Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! Season's Greetings! Bah Humbug... whatever makes you smile!

I'm off to freezing, snow-covered Des Moines, IA for a few days. I hope to come back without strep throat! Wish me luck!

Natasha

Click Here to get the song!

http://natashamillerweb.com/music.html

It's after Thanksgiving. Time to start playing that Christmas music! Get "The Season" here http://cdbaby.com/cd/nmiller5 !

Merry Christmas and Season's Greetings!!!

Hi-

Friends are throwing parties for me to release my CD "The Season". Check out the calendar dates and see if you can make any of them. There's one that's not listed that is on Nov. 17. Email me if you want to go to that one, I'll give you the 411.

Natasha

Singing holiday songs in July and August isn't as strange as it sounds. It's been SO much fun! We have a beautiful collection of songs both from the live at Yoshi's taping and new studio tracks featuring Steve Erquiaga on nylon string guitar, and Adam Theis on trombone! I think our arrangement of "Amazing Grace/Twinkle Twinkle Little Star/Silent Night" will blow everyone away. It's incredible, and the arrangement was delicately crafted by Josh Nelson in L.A. Release date is tentatively scheduled for November 8. I'll let you know more when I know...
Have a good labor day!

Natasha

Help me help the Midway Shelter for abused women and children. I'm going to be presenting and performing in a concert on Fri July 27th and I'd really appreciate it if you could come, or donate if you cannot.

Natasha’s Summer Concert for the Midway Shelter - 7:30p
Friday, July 27th, 2007
First Presbyterian Church :: 2001 Santa Clara Avenue Alameda CA 94501

Featuring Natasha Miller, Jeremy Miller, Marcie Brown & Isabelle, Dan Foltz and his students and special guest Jeff Oster and Kelly Park!

Price: $15/adults, $10/seniors, $5/kids
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR/PRE-TICKET SALES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST BY CONTACTING GINNY AT (510) 523-2377 OR KATHY AT (510) 748-8410

Please come with your family and friends and support this wonderful Alameda organization!
SPONSORS: BANK OF ALAMEDA, FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH & ALAMEDA HOMELESS NETWORK.

To make a donation: Alameda Homeless Network, P. O. Box 951, Alameda, Ca., 94501. For information call 510 523-2377

Hi everyone. Well, tomorrow I play a Bread & Roses concert at Chrysalis in Oakland. I'll be solo/acoustic gtr and singing. I'm glad to be doing it, but it makes me sad sometimes to see people hurting so.

Then on Fri I'm performing in Oakland at noon, then Anna's in Berkeley in the evening. Come out if you can... would be nice to have smiling faces in the crowd.

I'm looking forward to a week of cycling, running and hanging out on the beach as much as possible. How about you?

So, I went down to LA for a quick visit to the LA Film Festival with a friend. It was a beautiful day, just perfect for a red carpet sighting. We had front row seats to the stars as we hoovered down a burrito before the screening of the opening film "Talk to Me". Here's who was there: Don Cheadle, Martin Sheen, Cedrick the Entertainer, Andy Garcia. The movie was excellent. Very well done, and a great story.

The party after was fun. They put out a good spread which I avoided in lieu of free flowing Cosmo's. Boy was I tired the next day! I met a lot of really great and interesting people, who were all very intrigued that i wasn't in the "business". I danced to a DJ with complete strangers and made a bit of an ass of myself I think. I talked to Don Cheadle who I admire very much, and told him of course how wonderul he was in the movie. Then I asked him if he had gained weight for the part (first mistake), and then when he said "no" I followed up with, "Wow, the camera really does add 10 pounds" stammering I added, "That's a good thing". Thankfully he had no idea who I am, and we will probably never meet again, but that doesn't keep me from feeling like a total idiot! It's good to be annonymous sometimes!

Is that correct grammer? Anyway, I had a wonderful recording session on Fri at Bay Records. We re-recorded "As the Years Come and Go" with a beautiful arrangement by Larry Dunlap that included a string quartet which meant I sang, and played 2 violin parts! I was exhausted after that!

On Sun I sang to a sell-out crowd of 36,000 people at the A's game (it was father's day) both the National Anthem and God Bless America. It was incredible to hear the crowd singing along with me!

Then I headed over to the hotbed of activity in Danville, where I took in a show of the very witty Johnny Steele and a few of his friends. That was certainly a different kind of night than I'm used to, but refreshing to do something different.

Oh... and I saw an incredible movie. It's called "Once" and was shot in Ireland. If it comes to your town... please see it! http://www.oncethemovie.com

I'll post the new arrangement of As the Years Come and Go soon.

N

It was a BEAUTIFUL night! I was with good friends, and stood on the field as people passed by. A VERY good looking crowd. I saw many people I knew (Drew Harrison, Jim Harrington, Dawn, Larry, Kris). It was certainly an event. Seen and be seen for sure!

But then the Police came out and played flawlessly, but with a maturity the crowd (even me) wasn't ready for. They re-harmonized, transposed and rearranged the songs sometimes to the point I didn't recognize them except for the lyrics. Sting sang the harmony, ditching the melody a lot of the time. You couldn't even sing over his harmonies because they had changed the chord progression so that the original melody clashed. UGH! How frustrating! They nailed Roxanne though, and if they hadn't I would have been one seriously disgruntled fan. They are my ALL TIME FAVORITE band. I just wish I could have had a nostalgic experience, and not such a confusing one.

Stewart Copeland played his ASS off, was in great shape with an incredible energy. Sting was practicing his tantric restraint I guess, and Andy was just happy to be on the stage again. He's a terrific player, but could have shown off a bit more for my tastes.

We walked to the BART after with about 20,000 other people. I was sure the overpass walkway was going to collapse. While waiting for Jaci and David to join us, I was told by a few that I looked like Sigourney Weaver, and had I heard that before. Funny. Some people actually think I am her. Isn't she about 15 years older, and about 6 inches taller? Things could be worse, I guess.

Would I see the Police again? Not unless I could be their musical director. In my dreams...

Hi there- I just scheduled my June newsletter to go out. If you're not on the list, please send me an email that says you'd like to be added to it.

I've also added and updated a bunch of things on my "Friends and Fun" link. Check it out! http://www.natashamillerweb.com/links.html I haven't added all the books I've read because there are too many. I hope to have it looking better soon.

Tonight I saw Dayna Stephens at Yoshi's! Wow! Friday was Aja Vu then later Michael Mannring at the Jazzschool. Incredible!!! Last night I saw a KILLER movie... "Knocked Up". I was really surprised and impressed. It was so well written and acted and directed! The birth scene was a little too much, sort of like the Borat Wrestling scene in comfort level.

The BiG thing for this week will be the Police show on Wed! I'm so excited, I can't stand it! I have good seats too, and will enjoy every last dripping moment!!!

As always, thanks for listening!

xo, N

Click here for a great video. Watch at least half of it. It will make you smile for sure!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uFY4uJMpm0

I have attended 3 benefit funtions in the last 7 days. I think it's important to see the world outside your own, and do what you can do to help. Tonight's event was the Alameda County Food Bank's Empty Bowls soup dinner fundraiser. http://www.accfb.org What an eye opener to the incredible need for feeding our own neighbors, friends in THIS country.
Last night I went to a fundraiser in Oakland for Babtunde Lea's daughter who was a star athlete and suffered a terrible injury that has changed her life. An incredible outpouring of the Oakland music community as well as all over the Bay Area came out to perform to help raise money to help Tanya and her family. It was a spectacular night of music that lasted 4 hours!
Last Thursday night I went on a "Blue Moon" Sail that was a benefit for the Treasure Island Sailing Club http://www.tisailing.org and their at risk youth program. There are so many opportunities for giving out there. Look for them when you can, and consider what you could do to make the world more comfortable for someone else.

Thanks for reading.

xo N

I just uploaded a new song that I recorded at Bay Recorders in Berkeley. It's called "Hypnotized" and it's written by Joel Evans of Cinemasters. Cross your fingers he places it in a feature film. That's what he does...

Click it:
http://www.natashamillerweb.com/audio/NATASHA_MILLER-Hypnotized.m3u

As many of you know, I wrote a song on my first CD called "Zena" after meeting this clairvoyant in NYC. Well, after 6 years, I went to see her last night. I took my daughter with me, but she couldn't give her a reading because she's not yet 16.

I had a reading and just enjoyed the mysticism and drama about the whole thing. Zena is a great personality- wouldn't allow us to photograph her, though she is a beautiful woman in her 60's I would guess. Listen to the song here: http://cdbaby.com/cd/nmiller to get the "vibe".

I'm back from NYC and am already planning my next trip!

I was (once again) feelin' fine until I got up this morning. OUCH! The Bay to Breakers was truly spectacular! It was a perfect day in so many wonderful ways. The weather was cool, then warm. Sun shining, blue skies and a million strangely dressed (or completely undressed) people parading, running, walking, waddling through San Francisco. I did my best to run up the Hayes Street hill (1/2 mile) but decided one block short of the top to rest. Next year I'll catch it!

The concerts will start up in June, so I'll see you at one, if not before.

xo N