RSS 2.0 FeedSeptember 3, 2010, Merrick Life
Sam Miller saves the music
Levy-Lakeside sixth grader lends talent to VH-1's annual event.
Levy-Lakeside School sixth-grader Sam Miller has plenty to share with his fellow students when school reopens next week. “Sam began seriously playing guitar about two-and-a-half, three years ago” according to his dad, Jack. “He always loved music and saw Aerosmith live when he was just three.”
Thanks to a few videos he uploaded to YouTube, Sam was discovered by the folks at Redbull beverages. They signed him (with Dad’s OK) to play a few shows on their stage in SoHo for VH1’s “Save the Music” and “Break ‘n Through.”
Sam’s performance of two Jimi Hendrix songs thrilled the crowd; dad filled in the void on bass and there was a backing drum track for the performances. After the “Save the Music” show, Sam was asked to come back a few nights later to play a benefit show for Skateistan – a nonprofit organization of people who raise money so that children in Afghanistan can have a place to go skateboarding.
He was also invited back by Redbull to play again in the future.