Girl from the Cornfields © 2019 - Music & Lyrics: Irene Miller Fyler - Guitar Music: Andy Pinkham - Vocals: Irene Miller Fyler - Guitar: Andy Pinkham - Producer: Andy Pinkham @ Revolution Sound Studio - Mixed and Mastered: Revolution Sound Studio
Another Year © 2014 - Music & Lyrics: Irene Miller Fyler - Music: Andy Pinkham - Heather Smist: vocals - Irene Miller Fyler: keyboards - Blaise Collard: drums - Eric Alper : asst. recording engineer - Andy Pinkham @ Mortal Music: guitars, recording engineer, mixing, music production, mastering
Can I Come With You © 2014 Music & Lyrics: Irene Miller Fyler - Music: Andy Pinkham - Heather Smist : vocals - Irene Miller Fyler: keyboards - Blaise Collard: drums - Eric Alper : asst. recording engineer - Andy Pinkham @ Mortal Music: guitars, bass, synth, recording engineer, mixing, music production, mastering
Sail Away © 2014 Music & Lyrics: Irene Miller Fyler - Heather Smist : vocals - Irene Miller Fyler: keyboards - Eric Alper: asst. recording engineer - Andy Pinkham @ Mortal Music: guitars, recording engineer, mixing, music production, mastering
Foghorn © 2013 Music & Lyrics: Irene Miller Fyler -Irene Miller Fyler: vocals & keyboards - Devin Schaffner : original drum track - Anthony Esposito @ Esposito Productions: recording engineer, mixing
Origami Bird © 2010 Music for Piano /Cello & Lyrics: Irene Miller Fyler - Irene Miller Fyler: vocals, keyboards - cello: Jan Hyer - Parr Audio: recording mixing
Test the Water © 2009 Music & Lyrics : Irene Miller Fyler - Irene Miller Fyler: keyboards ,vocals - drums: Chris Seidel - bass: Tom Howland - DigItAll Studios: recording mixing
On the Moor © 2007 Music: Irene Miller Fyler - Irene Miller Fyler: piano Audiolutions – recording mixing
Shifting Gears © 2016 Music & Lyrics: Irene Miller Fyler - Vocals: Ryan Brooks Guitars, Recording Engineer, Mixing: Mortal Music, Boston
Music was an essential part of my life growing up. There was always music in my home. My Mom had a beautiful voice and I remember her playing piano while I sat underneath, listening to her sing. I remember my Dad playing saxophone in the attic, where he said the acoustics were good, and also the times when my Dad and his cousin would sit side by side at the piano, hamming it up playing swing music. My sister played classical piano seriously and would practice, practice, practice. I have fond memories of my brother playing his rock and roll music in his room. I’d fall asleep at night as the music came wafting through the walls to my ears. I studied classical piano for years and enjoyed many performance opportunities as a child.
My career path has been varied. I worked as a professional dancer in NYC and ran my own dance company there for years, choreographing and performing. I taught dance and worked in other small dance companies. I’ve worked as a church pianist and as a singer. I founded an acappella group on Martha’s Vineyard (Island Acappella) and ten of us performed locally for years. I put myself through on-line courses and worked as a professional photographer, shooting mostly weddings and portraits. I’ve also been an alternate DJ on MVY.org, a local radio station, been a financial administrator, an acting executive director, a paralegal and a Mom.
Writing music came kind of late in life. My love of music runs deep and I listen to everything. Even though I’ve always played piano/keyboards and written poetry, for some reason I had never put the two together. I think writing lyrics is uniquely different from writing poetry, as the musical component adds a whole other dimension. The music sort of unfolded for me and I look at it as a gift. Since then, I’ve come to trust the creative process. I know the songs will come if I just let it happen and I work at it once they appear. People ask if my songs are autobiographical and some of them are. Lately, I’ve been writing about different things. It could be an idea from a snippet of conversation I’ve heard, a character study of a person or place (which is often a character out of my imagination), or something I read in the news that has hit a nerve, or simply something I’ve been thinking about arbitrarily.
I love being a songwriter. I would love to work with other songwriters and composers to co-write, to have my music used in films or TV. I’d love to perform more. And one day I’d love to use THINK BIG MUSIC as springboard for other aspiring musicians.
Irene Miller Fyler is married and lives on the island of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. She has four incredibly talented sons. All are grown now and live in various states in the US.