Jane Miller Artist Series

Guitarist, composer, arranger, and Berklee Associate Professor, Jane Miller has roots in both Jazz and Folk circuits. Explore intermediate topics and Jane's original compositions through her comprehensive teaching style.

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Jane Miller shares some original compositions and discusses intermediate topics in her Artist Series lesson set.

Lessons in this Series:

Lesson 1

Artist Series Introduction

Jane Miller introduces her new Artist Series and explains what you may expect from the lessons to come.

Length: 2:40 Difficulty: 0.0 Free Sample Lesson
Lesson 2

At Spag's

Jane Miller shares "At Spag's," an original song inspired by a popular retail store in western Massachusetts.

Length: 20:26 Difficulty: 1.5 Member Only
Lesson 3

Magazine Beach

Jane Miller shares another original tune called "Magazine Beach" in this lesson. First, she talks about where the idea for the song came from. Then, she goes on to explain the development.

Length: 26:11 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Lesson 4

All I want

Jane Miller talks about her song "All I want," which came to her through another song by the same name. She discusses how she made it her own and demonstrates how to play it.

Length: 19:17 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Lesson 5

Once Around the Sun

Jane Miller shares an original tune called "Once Around the Sun." She uses this song as an example of how to create a song through an exercise.

Length: 25:58 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Lesson 6

Happy

Jane Miller shares her original song called "Happy" in this lesson. She talks about what happened to inspire this song and how it developed from there.

Length: 17:36 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Lesson 7

Same Tie, Different Shirt

Jane Miller shares another original tune, "Same Tie, Different Shirt" in this lesson. Jane explains the idea behind this song, her process in creating it, and more.

Length: 12:04 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Lesson 8

Boats

Jane Miller shares "Boats," an original song named after her love of boats at the time. As with other songs in the series, explore with Jane how the song was written and the inspiration behind it.

Length: 20:29 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Lesson 9

Inspiration

Jane Miller talks inspiration in this lesson. She gives her take on where it comes from, ways to be prepared when it strikes, and more.

Length: 20:20 Difficulty: 0.0 Member Only
Lesson 10

Gratitude

Jane Miller talks about "Gratitude," an original song that stemmed from one chord. Jane talks about that chord and how the song developed form there.

Length: 25:11 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Lesson 11

Amigo

Jane Miller shares an original tune called "Amigo," a slow bossa nova style ballad that was originally a funk tune. Jane plays the tune and talks a little about the process of writing it.

Length: 6:19 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
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