Pat Milliken's music expresses emotions of the heart and truths which
are immediately felt and understood. They are songs that soothe the soul and
tell stories which draw on a dramatic and highly personal instrumental language
in place of words.
Pat's playing has been called "rich" and "iridescent." Widely-published music
critic Josef Woodard praises Milliken
as "a fine instrumentalist whose approach to acoustic guitar music combines
technical facility with a flair for mesmerizing sonorities." He has an ability
to produce great sound-tones of "ringing open strings that give this music such
a shimmering surface," according to Woodard.
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| Milliken has shared the stage with guitarists: |
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Pierre Bensusan |
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John Renbourn |
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Laurence Juber |
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Peter Finger |
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Peppino D'Agostino |
| Quotes: |
| "There is no doubt that he is communicating his inner visions and emotions
with a growing maturity and obvious sense of musical poetry. I've been touched
by his music and recommend it to anyone..." |
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-Pierre Bensusan
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| "Pat Milliken is a breath of fresh air in today's frantic world." |
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-Peter White
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 About
Pat Milliken and his Music
The highest kind of music
for me, is music that captures the bitter-sweet dichotomy of life. In other
words, music that is both mourning and comforting. There's nothing more beautiful
to me than when an artist can reveal that fragile, yet courageous state we are
all in, called being alive!
Pat's music, his artistry and
who he is as a person captures this in a way that is so gentle and so genuine
that it is nothing short of the grandest kind of, well, spiritual pudding. What
can I say! Pat Milliken is just an extraordinary human being. He has a tremendous
amount of love to give and he gives it abundantly through his expression. It's
just a beautiful thing to witness and be affected by. In getting to know Pat,
I've learned some very interesting things about him. I think one of the reasons
his art is so healing is because he's been close to death much of his life.
And if there's something I've noticed about life, every negative brings back
a positive equivalent - even when it seems like you're screwed and there's no
way out. I love to know people who've been close to the edge. They laugh harder,
feel deeper and if they are living like artists they help to bring more compassion
into this world, like Pat does so well.
Although I prefer to hear Pat
in a focused setting, I've also seen him transform rooms of noise and clutter
into mystical realms of joy. But that's what love can do. That's what giving
can do. I think people respond to Pat because he has depth, because he has modesty
and it's damn refreshing and it's damn beautiful. He is an artist of soul and
I believe his commitment to this purpose makes the world a much better place!
-By Jennifer Terran
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