Miller was only fifteen when he played his first New York gig on the synths in a pop-punk band. As a kid, he’d begrudgingly taken piano lessons, but it wasn’t until he met piano teacher Anthony Rufo, who taught him basic song composition and encouraged him to sing, that he started to take music seriously. “I wanted to be a professional musician right out of high school,” he says. His Seventies-inflected, piano-based pop is the result of years spent honing his craft-first spurred by suburban boredom, then, upon realizing his talent, by the drive to forge a career. Retreating from the bright lights of the big city for his follow-up, Miller issued Surviving the Suburbs in 2018.Shirt by Duckie Brown. The following year, his slick debut album American English arrived. In 2015, he released his debut EP, Headlights. After leaving NYU, Miller caught the ear of music executive Daniel Glass ( Phoenix, Mumford & Sons, the Temper Trap), who signed him to his Glassnote Records label. By age 19, he was studying during the day and performing at night, gaining early exposure at various New York City clubs.

Inspired, Miller began taking piano lessons and eventually began honing his craft while attending New York University's Clive Davis School of Music. It was during these trips that Miller's mother introduced him to the music of Elton John, David Bowie, Billy Joel, and other '70s and '80s artists. For a year, he carpooled with his mom two hours to and from school in Brooklyn. A native of Brooklyn, Miller first became interested in music at age 12, when, after his parents separated, he moved with his mother to a small town in New Jersey. Singer/songwriter Tor Miller is a passionate vocalist with a knack for writing lyrical, literate songs.

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