ROBERT MILLER BIO

Robert Miller is an acclaimed Bassist, Songwriter and Singer. He’s released 14 albums as the leader of his band, Project Grand Slam (including a Billboard #1), and a number of singles. He’s done recordings with the following World Class musicians.

Mindi Abair (2x Grammy Nominated)
Michael Abene (Grammy Winning Arranger)
David Amram (National Treasure: NY Philharmonic)
Randy Brecker (Blood Sweat & Tears)
Tony Carey (Rainbow)
Billy Cobham (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Pat Coil (Michael McDonald; Carmen McCrae)
Anton Fig (David Letterman Show)
Antonio Farao (Herbie Hancock)
Al Foster (Miles Davis)
John Helliwell (Supertramp)
Mark Lettieri (Snarky Puppy; The Fearless Flyers)
Jon Lucien (Weather Report)
Kerry Marx (Grand Ole Opry)
Deobrat Mishra (Indian Superstar)
Jim Peterik (The Ides Of March; Survivor)
Elliott Randall (Steely Dan)
Tim Ries (The Rolling Stones)
Kat Robichaud (The Voice)
Peter Tiehuis (Metropole Orkest)
Judie Tzuke (UK Chart Topper)
Lucy Woodward (Snarky Puppy)

EARLY YEARS

When he was young Robert’s dream was to become a Rock Star. He came from a musical family - his father played the trumpet at weddings, Bar Mitzvahs and parties. He started Robert on the piano at age 5. But Robert eventually switched to the trumpet and he played the trumpet through junior high and high school.

He came of age musically during the 1960s after The Beatles captured the world, and in the British Invasion era in particular. He taught himself guitar and bass. He played in rock bands throughout high school, studied bass with Jimmy Garrison, John Coltrane’s bassist, and then returned to college in Boston and became a mainstay of the music scene there in the 1970s with his fusion band, Sagov. He was sure that he was on track to be a rock star.

But like for many people, life got in the way of his dream. Marriage, kids, job, obligations. He thought he could work a day job and play music at night, but that became impossible. He actually stopped playing music altogether for 15 years and woke up one morning and realized that his dream had slipped away.

But the dream continued to burn inside him. Finally, he forced himself to get back into music when he was in his 40s, recording his first album (“Miles Behind”) in 1994, and began performing at clubs and festivals with his band, The Robert Miller Group. But it was still more like an avocation or hobby.

It was only when he turned 60 years of age that he realized it was now or never to really go after his dream. How many more chances would he have? So he made a decision to give up everything else and figuratively jump into the deep end of the pool. It was the best decision he ever made.

Project Grand Slam

First thing, he reorganized his band, Project Grand Slam. He surrounded himself with a group of young, extremely talented, musicians - mainly from foreign countries - who had come to NYC to make their mark. He began writing music again and rehearsing and gigging with the band. Slowly but surely the band began to make progress - bigger and better gigs, openers for several major stars, festivals and concerts.

Robert and PGS have now released 14 albums including a Billboard #1 (Trippin’), have had millions of video views and streams, played festivals and concerts around the world, and opened for artists like Edgar Winter, Blues Traveler, Boney James and Mindi Abair.

Robert realized that he had accomplished something that was unique and inspiring - becoming a successful musician in his 60s, an age when most Baby Boomers were contemplating their retirement. Along the way he had developed a path into pursuing and succeeding at one’s dream, and felt that he could inspire others to follow and succeed at their dream.

Follow Your Dream Podcast

During the depths of the pandemic, musicians were frozen in time - they couldn’t perform, rehearse or record. Robert knew that he needed to do something creative. Someone suggested that he start a podcast, but he had no idea what that was; he had never listened to one. However, after thinking about it further Robert decided that a podcast could provide a much deeper level of engagement than ordinary social media.

So in March 2021 he launched his Follow Your Dream Podcast. He had no audience and no guests, but he had a goal: to inspire and motivate people to follow their dream, just as he had done. The podcast has grown and developed since then. Robert focuses on famous and amazing musicians and other creatives including actors, directors, and photographers - all of whom have followed their dream to success. With his musician guests Robert does what he calls a Songfest where they select a handful of their best works and Robert plays a bit of them and they talk about the backstories. No other podcast does this!

The podcast has become a much bigger success than Robert could ever have imagined. For quite some time now the podcast has been ranked in the Top 1% of all podcasts (actually the Top .1%) and has listeners worldwide on every continent in 200 countries! As Robert likes to say, each episode is like going on a World Tour for him and his guests.

Robert infuses his music into the podcast. Each episode features a different one of Robert’s 100+ songs underneath the introduction and at the end, which he selects in order to fit with the guest or theme of that episode. From time to time he also does Bonus Music Episodes and also Special Episodes and solo episodes.

Robert now releases all of his new music through the podcast. In this way his music goes to thousands of listeners all around the world. For Robert it’s like playing a concert to a worldwide audience!

And the icing on the cake is Robert’s musical collaborations with a number of his World Class guests, as noted above.

The podcast celebrated its fourth anniversary in March 2025, with over 480 episodes and nearly 3 million cumulative downloads.

Follow Your Dream Handbook

In 2021 Robert wrote The Follow Your Dream Handbook to accompany the podcast. The Handbook is a combination memoir of Robert’s personal story plus a how-to achieve success with one’s dream. The Handbook was released in August 2021 and immediately became an Amazon #1 Bestseller!