Astoria Art Loft
features frames
in new exhibit
Artisan fair
to be held
OYSTERVILLE — The Oysterville
Schoolhouse Artisan Fair will be held
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday at 3322 School Rd.
The fair will feature artists from the
Long Beach Peninsula. A variety of prod-
ucts will be available to purchase, includ-
ing pottery, garden art, metal art, min-
iatures, fi ber art, glass art, jewelry,
paintings, prints, cards, art t-shirts, stained
glass, handmade soaps and bath products,
windchimes, woodcarvings and more.
Hot dogs and baked goods will also
be available.
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Daniel Miller during a performance.
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great-great-grandfather on my mom’s side,
I guess, made a living in Germany before
the war by just playing music. I think he
played 30 or 40 diff erent instruments, from
glockenspiel to really anything else you can
name.”
Miller also believes his skill derives from
something more instinctual — and is some-
thing that resides in all people.
“I think most people enjoy making
some kind of noise, especially when you’re
younger. Kids, you give them a harmonica
or a pot and pan, and they know what to do.
… Everybody has music in them. It’s just a
matter of how much they allow themselves
to let it out,” he said.
Although he tries not to let other music
infl uence Idanha’s songs too much, Miller
said he draws a lot of his inspiration from
1960s popular music, such as Tommy James
and the Shondells’ “Crimson and Clover”
and Lee Dorsey’s “Working in the Coal
Mines.”
“It’s inevitable that you do (get infl u-
enced). Everything is a derivative of some-
thing to a degree. But you defi nitely don’t
want to rewrite ‘Crimson and Clover.’
That’s not the thing I’m going for,” Miller
said.
Instead, he focuses on writing “stripped
down” music that he can rework into a cer-
tain style later. That means most of his writ-
ing happens on an acoustic guitar or piano
without any plans for harmonies, chords or
other instrumentation that help defi ne a par-
ticular genre.
Miller tries to avoid “going too far all
over the place” when it comes to his sound.
ASTORIA — The Astoria Art Loft will
host an exhibit featuring picture frames
from Thursday to July 22 at the loft, 106
3rd St.
An opening reception will be held from
1 to 4 p.m. on July 10. Michael Bruhn, a
local framer, will host a presentation during
the event. A video by the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, “The History of Frames,”
will also be available for attendees to watch.
The exhibit will feature frames of all
kinds, with historical information dating
back to the 11th century.
Most of his songs include elements of the
classic country, folk and jazz genres.
Lyrically, Miller aims to “paint a picture”
with the words, while still keeping the con-
tent vague enough to relate to many people.
The best topics tend to be those that refl ect
everyday life, he said.
Miller started Idanha in late 2019.
Although Idanha was not a direct product of
the coronavirus pandemic, the “isolation” of
quarantine helped Idanha’s upstart, Miller
said.
“I’m pretty lucky because I wasn’t really
too dependent on a bunch of touring stuff .
I was actually working on building out my
studio here, so I was able to focus more on
my studio stuff and just change gears a bit.
… All the stuff I do with the Idanha project
is just me playing all the instruments, so iso-
lation wasn’t really a big deal,” Miller said.
Still, Miller looks forward to playing live
shows with friends as health and safety reg-
ulations related to the pandemic ease. He
plans to set up his own touring band later
this summer or fall to play some of the fi rst
live shows of Idanha’s music.
“I’m hoping to get out and do some trav-
eling a little bit. … I’d like to go over to
Europe and do a couple short tours there, as
well,” Miller said.
In the meantime, Miller will continue to
release new singles from Idanha throughout
the year.
“I’m extremely fortunate. It’s not the
path that I necessarily thought I was going
to go, but it happened,” Miller said of his
musical career. “And it allows me to do
what I want to do. It allows me to continue
to make music, so I certainly can’t complain
about that.”
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