Amos Miller began playing piano by ear at age 5 in Seattle, WA. His early influences had a wide scope, ranging from classical piano to RUN-DMC, Stevie Wonder to James Taylor, The Police to Michael Jackson. By the time he was a freshman in high school he was writing and recording his original music.
At an early age he was struck with inequities and imbalances of class, race and gender. As a result, he has worked as Teaching Artist since 2000, fusing his love for music with his desire to give back to the community by facilitating music production workshops that aim to deconstruct the negative messages of mainstream pop culture and empower youth to express their truths through music.
In 2001, he released his first album, Amelation, which gained attention locally for its soulful sound that blended hip-hop with a live band. In 2002, Amos received a scholarship to study jazz theory and audio engineering at Seattle's Cornish College of the Arts where he graduated in 2005 with a Bachelors of Music.
In 2006, he produced Ethiopian emcee Gabriel Teodros' full-length album "Lovework" (Massline) which received critical acclaim from Rolling Stone Magazine. In 2007, he produced soulstress Toni Hill's full-length R&B album "Only Love" (206 Vintage/B-Girl Media) and the song "Heavy" by Choklate, which appeared on BBC's Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Bubblers (Brownswood Records UK).
In 2008, he began writing music with his child hood friend Jake One which has resulted in collaborations with recording artists such as Chali Tuna from Jurassic 5, Mayor Hawthorne, Bilal, Freeway and Brother Ali.
In 2009, Amos received a yearlong fellowship from local arts non-profit Arts Corps to work full-time making music with young people in the community. The fellowship included facilitating a youth run record label, Youngstown Records.
In February of 2010, Amos' service to the community was rewarded when he chaperoned youth to The White House in honor of Black History Month. On this historic trip to the Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement in the East Wing, Amos and the youth met President Barack Obama and the First Family. They witnessed intimate performances of protest and justice songs, by Bob Dylan, Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, and Yolanda Adams, and were in the company of distinguished civil rights leaders such as Julian Bond and Micheal Eric Dyson.
Later that year his music was recognized internationally when he co-wrote the song "Salute" by platinum recording artist T.I. The record currently has sold over 400,000 units worldwide. In 2011, he was asked to speak at The University of Washington on the state of hip-hop in Seattle.
Amos has shared stages with the likes of Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard, Zap Mama, and Saul Williams to name a few.
Amos' path has led him to believe in the importance of using music as a vehicle for social change. He insists his future is only as bright as the community he serves. By continuing to push his own music to the next level, and engaging in collaborative music projects that cross lines of class, race and sexual orientation, he continues to utilize music to empower community by creating safe spaces to express truth, giving voice to a world of artists that otherwise would never be heard.
