Dominic Miller

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Dominic Miller

| image = Dominic_Miller_and_Sting_at_PoriJazz_2006.jpg

| caption = At Pori Jazz, 2006

| birth_name = Dominic James Miller

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1960|3|21}}

| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| origin = Racine, Wisconsin {{clarify|date=May 2023}}

| genre = Rock, pop, classical, jazz

| occupation = Musician, composer

| instrument = Guitar

| years_active = 1980–present

| label = Naim, Decca, ACT, Q-rious, ECM

| associated_acts = Sting

| website = {{URL|www.dominicmiller.com}}

}}

Dominic James Miller (born 21 March 1960) is a British guitarist. He has worked most of his career as a sideman and guitarist for, among others, Julia Fordham, Eddi Reader and notably Sting. He has also released several solo albums.

Career

Miller was born in Hurlingham, Argentina,{{Cite web |date=2011-04-08 |title=Dominic Miller, un argentino en la cumbre del pop |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/musica/dominic-miller-un-argentino-en-la-cumbre-del-pop-nid1363689/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=LA NACION |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Inzillo |first=Humphrey |date=2025-02-26 |title=Dominic Miller, el guitarrista de Sting, fue homenajeado en su ciudad natal: "Estoy orgulloso de ser de Hurlingham" |url=https://es.rollingstone.com/arg-dominic-miller-el-guitarrista-de-sting-fue-homenajeado-en-su-ciudad-natal-estoy-orgulloso-de-ser-de-hurlingham/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Rolling Stone en Español |language=es}} to an Irish mother and an American father who worked for Johnson Wax.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ticotimes.net/2015/10/06/guitarist-dominic-miller-present-solo-work-costa-rica|title=Guitarist Dominic Miller to present his solo work in Costa Rica|last=Arias|first=L.|date=6 October 2015|website=The Tico Times|access-date=2016-09-24}} When he was ten, his family moved to Racine, Wisconsin, where the Johnson headquarters was located, and moved to London two years later.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dominicmiller.com/ask-dominic/miscellaneous/|title=Q&A session|last=Miller|first=Dominic|website=www.dominicmiller.com|access-date=2016-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927002219/http://www.dominicmiller.com/ask-dominic/miscellaneous/|archive-date=27 September 2016|url-status=dead}} Returning to Racine, at fifteen, he performed publicly for the first time at a club in Racine as the only white person in a soul music band.{{cite web|last1=Mead|first1=David|title=One for the road: Dominic Miller|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/one-for-the-road-dominic-miller-627792|website=Music Radar|access-date=21 August 2016|date=2 October 2015}} He moved to London and studied at Guildhall School of Music, then returned to the U.S. and took a summer course at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He also took lessons from Brazilian guitarist Sebastião Tapajós.

In the 1980s, Miller toured as a guitarist for World Party and King Swamp. As a session musician he recorded with the Pretenders, Phil Collins, Paul Young, and Level 42. Since 1990, he has recorded and toured with Sting.{{cite web|last1=Giles|first1=Jeff|title=Sting's guitarist Dominic Miller is a Renaissance man|url=http://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/stings-guitarist-dominic-miller-is-a-renaissance-man/Content?oid=2483699|website=Riverfront Times|access-date=21 August 2016|date=16 June 2010}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SfoIS___cK8C&q=%22Dominic+Miller%22&pg=PA55|title=The Soul Cages | last = Gable | first = Christopher | year = 2008 | work=The Words and Music of Sting|pages=55|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=9780275993603 |access-date=14 June 2010}} He co-wrote the hit song "Shape of My Heart" with Sting. He released his debut solo album, First Touch, in 1995, followed by Second Nature and Third World.{{cite web|last1=Little|first1=Guy|title=Dominic Miller {{!}} Acoustic Magazine|url=http://www.acousticmagazine.com/interviews/dominic-miller/|website=Acoustic Magazine|access-date=14 May 2017|date=24 April 2014}}

In 2003 he released the classical album Shapes, with interpretations of Bach, Beethoven, Edward Elgar, and Tomaso Albinoni.{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited| location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 366}}

His son Rufus (b. June 1985 in Hammersmith) is also a guitarist performs with him.{{Cite web |date=2017-02-09 |title=Sting features new songs alongside classics by the Police |url=https://www.ocregister.com/articles/sting-743599-set-rock.html |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Orange County Register |language=en-US}} His daughter Misty Miller is a singer-song writer who has released the album The Whole Family Is Worried.{{Cite news |last=Empire |first=Kitty |date=2016-04-10 |title=Misty Miller: The Whole Family Is Worried review – grungily honest, impeccably tuneful |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/10/misty-miller-the-whole-family-is-worried-review |access-date=2025-02-26 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}{{Cite web |last=Smyth |first=David |date=2016-01-22 |title=Misty Miller on the Brixton Windmill, punk rock and her kind of feminism |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/misty-miller-interview-if-i-m-on-stage-in-my-bra-with-armpit-hair-that-s-a-kind-of-feminism-that-people-can-t-quite-deal-with-yet-a3162676.html |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=The Standard |language=en}}

Currently, Miller lives in the south of France.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-08 |title=Dominic Miller: I Want to Work with Musicians Who Understand Space and Colour |url=https://insounder.org/dominic-miller-i-want-work-musicians-who-understand-space-and-colour |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=insounder.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Prown |first=Pete |date=2024-04-03 |title=Dominic Miller {{!}} Vintage Guitar® magazine |url=https://www.vintageguitar.com/61348/dominic-miller/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |language=en-US}}

Discography

The Latin/Jazz Guitars of Dominic Miller and Dylan Fowler (Music Factory, 1984)
Music by David Heath & Dominic Miller (Grapevine, 1985)
First Touch (EarthBeat!, 1995)
Second Nature (Rutis/BMG, 1999)
New Dawn with Neil Stacey (Naim, 2002)
Shapes (Decca, 2004)
Third World (Alula, 2005)
Fourth Wall (Q-Rious, 2006)
In a Dream with Peter Kater (Point of Light, 2008)
November (Q-Rious, 2010)
5th House (Q-Rious, 2012)
Ad Hoc (Q-Rious, 2014)
Hecho en Cuba with Manolito Simonet (Q-Rious, 2016)
Silent Light (ECM, 2017)
Absinthe (ECM, 2019)
Vagabond (ECM, 2023)