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Hannah Miller | Singer/Songwriter

“I wrote my first song around the age of four,” Hannah says.  But it’s only in the last four years that she’s pursued music as a career full-time.

Of her latest songs, collected on Into the Black, she says, “I loved every minute of the three weeks I was in Nashville working on the new record.” 

Now she’s touring, writing, and doing all the things a professional musician has to do. “It is tough to keep going some days, and I suppose the reason I do is that I'm convinced this is what I'm supposed to do with my life.” 

How will Hannah know she’s succeeded?  “Success has two parts, one is the practical, just getting to a point where I'm out of debt and can actually make a little money.  The other is getting my songs to people, having them say something someone needed to hear.”

Find Hannah’s music and her calendar of upcoming shows at hannahmillermusic.com

More from Hannah:

On how she works:
Well, I  try to spend time every day playing guitar.  I always have songs
in process, it seems, but I never know when I'm going to finish one.  Rarely do I sit down on purpose to finish a song.   It is something I cannot really force.

On what inspires her work:
Different things, sometimes it is my own experience, sometimes I try to
write outside of my own experience.  Listening to great music always makes me
antsy to go write something.

On her ultimate playlist:
I love the old school stuff, Simon and Garfunkel, Tom Petty, The Eagles,
old country like Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash.  Everyone should absolutely  check out  Over the Rhine.  I discovered them in  early high school, and I think they've definitely influenced me.  Their latest record, The Trumpet Child, is great.