Jeff Miller, Trumpeter turned Furniture Maker shares how a major illness forced a career rethink and this led to a portfolio career in another creative discipline.
Jeff Miller’s first career as a professional musician has had an enormous influence on both his furniture designs and the way he makes that furniture - something he’s been doing for the last 37 years. Music has also impacted the way he teaches, but probably not his writing of books and articles. Read the transcript on Medium.
QUOTES
“No amount of practice gets you around yourself.”
“I was never a composer in music, but I feel that as a furniture designer that I’m a composer.”
“Having learned music, it seemed so much easier to learn something else.”
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PODCAST TEAM
Production Support from Molly Jenkins
Audio Engineering from Frazer Ruddick
Theme Music Composed by Danna Yun
Theme Music Performed by Jasper Ly
RECORDED
12 April 2021.