His debut album, American English, was released on September 30, 2016. His debut EP, Headlights EP, containing four songs that includes the positively reviewed "Midnight" was released in February 2015. Miller was signed to the independent label, Glassnote Records in early 2014 and subsequently dropped out from NYU due to scheduling problems (especially since he played music in a number of NYC venues). He also spent his weekends playing piano at places such as Rockwood Music Hall, The Bitter End, and the burlesque bar, Slipper Room in the East Village.
When he was 18 years old, Tor Miller went to New York University, specifically Clive Davis School of Recorded Music. During his high school, he started a pop punk band. From there, Miller started to develop singing and writing songs. He started to play piano after his parents set up a lesson with a piano teacher who he said was, "a laid-back New Jersey wedding singer". "Ziggy Stardust, Elton John’s Greatest Hits, and Rumours by Fleetwood Mac, so I just listened to those non-stop, back and forth, all the time." To counter the boredom during the long drive, Miller's mother gave him albums to listen during the commute, including David Bowie, Elton John and Fleetwood Mac, which sparked his interest in music. 2 on Glassnote Records.Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Miller moved with his mother to New Jersey after a brief separation of his parents, although his school was still located in the city. Look for Miller's debut EP, Headlights, out Feb. During that time I was getting very into all these biographies and autobiographies about the '70s punk scene… 'Midnight' was almost like a love note for the city and in a strange way an homage to a bygone era." Miller makes a strong impression with the song's first line: "Jeff Buckley's Grace was playing loud as hell, in the back of an old dive bar/so I step outside and light a cigarette, take in the fumes of the passing cars." "When I wrote 'Midnight,'" he tells Billboard, "I had just flown to London for a long period of recording. Miller pushes his voice in unexpected directions, adding color and texture with bursts of swooning falsetto. Gradually the song picks up new elements: touching group harmonies, a distant guitar, then percussion and a string section. "Midnight" is elegantly crafted, starting with nothing more than Miller's voice and sparse, gospel-sounding piano. Billboard is exclusively premiering "Midnight," a powerful piano ballad from the young singer. Twenty-year-old Tor Miller belongs to the second camp.
Some artists develop a better grasp of song dynamics as they grow older and gain more experience others seem to be born with an understanding of the build-and-release that makes pop so satisfying.
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