Building an Empire One Brick at a Time Russ Miller is known throughout the music industry as a go-to session musician, top-level music creator, in-demand educator, and an incredibly successful businessperson. He has spent his nearly 40 years as a professional musician making smart, long-term choices that have not only won him accolades and notoriety as a player, but which have also built a career focused on longevity. All of this has allowed him the freedom to make the musical choices he feels are the most aligned with the legacy he is creating. How did he build all of this? One brick at a time. When did you know that you wanted to play drums? Well, it’s funny. I started playing guitar when I was eight years old. It took me six months to learn the theme to Batman, which is like four notes, so I figured guitar wasn’t for […]

September 2021 Issue