Dave Milliken • Guitar, Bass, Piano, Singer • Ottawa • Guitar Lessons

Dave Milliken
guitar bass piano vocals

Performer • Teacher • Songwriter

613-247-1402
milliken@sympatico.ca

Dave Milliken with his Yamaha acoustic guitar


	home SERVICES: Music for Weddings & Events - Solo Music for Weddings & Events - Duo Bands Guitar, Bass & Piano Lessons Based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, I perform on guitar, bass and piano, sing, write songs and teach guitar, bass and piano lessons in a wide variety of musical styles. Please contact me at milliken@sympatico.ca or (613) 247-1402 to book me or any of my bands, or to enquire about guitar, bass or piano lessons. You'll get a quicker response with email. To find out about the different groups that I play with, check out the projects page. For info about me as a teacher, refer to the guitar lessons page. A discography of CDs that I've played on and written songs for is included on my bio page. Upcoming Shows • Recent Shows • News • Past Shows Upcoming Shows (Shows listed in this colour are by invitation only.) Saturday, January 21, 2012 (7:30 pm): Steel Moon CD Release Party with special guest Andrea Simms-Karp at the NAC Fourth Stage, 53 Elgin St, Ottawa BUY TICKETS HERE Wednessday, February 8, 2012 (4:00 pm): Dave Milliken at a charity event at Lago Bar & Grill, Ottawa Friday, February 17, 2012 (9:30 pm): The Priorities at Tucson's, 2430 Bank St at Hunt Club Rd, Ottawa Saturday, April 7, 2012 (4:15 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding ceremony and cocktail hour at Restaurant 18 in Ottawa Saturday, May 5, 2012 (4:15 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding ceremony and cocktail hour at the Courtyard Restaurant in Ottawa Friday, May 11, 2012 (2:45 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding ceremony at St Michael's Church in Carp, Ontario Saturday, May 19, 2012 (3:15 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding ceremony at Lago Bar & Grill in Ottawa Saturday, June 23, 2012 (2:15 pm): Duo Capriccio at a wedding ceremony at Giuseppina Palace in Ottawa Saturday, June 23, 2012 (3:15 pm): Dave Milliken at a cocktail hour at Giuseppina Palace in Ottawa Saturday, July 7, 2012 (2:45 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding ceremony at Paroise de la Très-Sainte-Trinité in Rockland, Ontario Saturday, August 11, 2012 (4:15 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding ceremony and cocktail hour at the Lone Star Ranch in Ottawa Saturday, August 18, 2012 (3:45 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding ceremony at Stanley's Olde Maple Lane Farm in Metcalfe, Ontario Saturday, September 8, 2012 (3:00 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding ceremony at Saunders Farm in Munster, Ontario Sunday, October 7, 2012 (4:15 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding ceremony and cocktail hour at Strathmere in North Gower, Ontario TOP Recent Shows (Shows listed in this colour were by invitation only.) Thursday, January 12, 2012 (6:45 pm): Dave Milliken performs instrumental background music for a dinner party in Ottawa Saturday, December 17, 2011 (6:30 pm): Dave Milliken at an office Christmas party at the Chateau Cartier in Gatineau, Quebec Friday, December 16, 2011 (7:30 pm): Dave Milliken at a staff Christmas party in Ottawa Wednesday, November 30, 2011 (3:45 pm): Dave Milliken at a business open house in Ottawa Sunday, October 30, 2011 (3:30 pm): Duo Capriccio at a baptism dinner at Sala San Marco in Ottawa Friday, October 21, 2011 (12:45 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding ceremony in Arnprior, Ontario Saturday, September 17, 2011 (8:00 pm): Steel Moon as part of the Rasputin's Beard show at the Westboro Masonic Hall, 430 Churchill Ave N at Byron Ave, Ottawa Saturday, September 10, 2011 (12:45 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding ceremony at "The School House" in Munster, Ontario Thursday, September 8, 2011 (6:00 - 10:00 pm): Dave Milliken at D'Arcy McGee's Orleans, 260 Centrum Boulevard, Orleans, Ontario Friday, September 2, 2011 (7:00-11:00 pm): Dave Milliken at the Black Bear Pub (Bay Street Bistro & Bar), 160 Bay St at Albert St, Ottawa Friday, August 26, 2011 (9:30 pm): The Priorities at Tucson's, 2430 Bank St at Hunt Club Rd, Ottawa Saturday, August 20, 2011 (1:30 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding at the Rideau Tennis Club in Ottawa Saturday, August 13, 2011 (3:00 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding at the Herb Garden in Almonte, Ontario Saturday, August 6, 2011 (6:00 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding reception at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa Saturday, August 6, 2011 (2:45 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding ceremony at Andrew Haydon Park in Ottawa Thursday, July 21, 2011 (7:00-11:00 pm): Dave Milliken at the Black Bear Pub (Bay Street Bistro & Bar), 160 Bay St at Albert St, Ottawa Saturday, July 9, 2011 (2:45 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding ceremony at the Rockcliffe Gazebo in Ottawa Monday, June 27, 2011 (6:45 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding ceremony and cocktail hour at "The School House" in Munster, Ontario Saturday, June 25, 2011 (2:15 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding ceremony and dinner at a private residence in Ottawa Thursday, June 9, 2011 (6:00 - 10:00 pm): Dave Milliken at D'Arcy McGee's Orleans, 260 Centrum Boulevard, Orleans, Ontario Saturday, June 4, 2011 (8:30 pm): Steel Moon and Kim Fontaine at O'Reilly's Pub, 43 Gore St E, Perth, Ontario Saturday, June 4, 2011 (2:45 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding ceremony at St. Bernard Church in Ottawa Saturday, May 28, 2011 (2:00 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding ceremony at Tews Falls, Ontario Saturday, May 14, 2011 (2:45 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding ceremony at St Andrews United Church in Pakenham, Ontario Saturday, April 30, 2011 (3:15 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding ceremony at a private residence in Ottawa Saturday, April 23, 2011 (4:15 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa Sunday, April 17, 2011 (7:00 pm): Larocque & Milliken as part of the Great Canadian Song Along at Whispers Pub & Eatery, 249 Richmond Rd, Ottawa Saturday, April 9, 2011 (3:45 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding at the Courtyard Restaurant in Ottawa Friday, March 25, 2011 (9:30 pm): The Priorities at Tucson's, 2430 Bank St at Hunt Club Rd, Ottawa Saturday, February 12, 2011 (9:00 pm): The Priorities at the Royal Canadian Legion, 26 Beckwith St E, Perth, Ontario Thursday, February 3, 2011 (4:00 pm): Dave Milliken at an office party at Lago Bar & Grill, Ottawa Saturday, January 29, 2011 (5:00 pm): Dave Milliken at a wedding ceremony and cocktail hour at the Museum of Nature in Ottawa TOP News January 2012 The new Steel Moon album is available on iTunes: The CD can be ordered at CD Baby. They also offer it as a digital download. December 2011 The new Steel Moon album is available now! - in Ottawa at Compact Music (Glebe) 785 1/2 Bank St 613-233-8922 - in Perth at Shadowfax 67 Foster St 613-267-6817 May 2011 Larocque & Milliken have chosen a new name: Steel Moon. Visit the new website here. March 2011 Larocque & Milliken will begin recording at Gallery Studios at the end of this month in prepartion for a CD release in September. January 2010 I've started bringing my new keyboard out for some of my solo shows. It had its debut at the Highlander Pub, where I played a few songs in each set on it. December 2008 I'm now offering beginner piano lessons. A song that I wrote with Katelyn Dawn and Andrea England, "Good Thing", is featured on Katelyn's new album "The Window". September 2007 We're moving into a new home at the end of the month which will have an expanded studio for teaching, recording, rehearsing & jamming. August 2007 My Namaoke project was featured on the CJOH-TV News on August 23, the fifth day of our shows at the Central Canada Exhibition in Ottawa. Fashionably Unconscious is gearing up for a reunion concert in October. It will feature all the musicians who used to play at various times in this eclectic cover band. February 2006 MILLIKEN's show at the Mercury Lounge with Camp Best Friends and the Watters Brothers was a big success. We raised almost $1000 for Oxfam Canada. Thanks to everyone who came out. March 2005 A song that I co-wrote with Andrea England called "Another Day" was used on the CBS TV series "Joan of Arcadia" which is on Fridays at 8:00 pm. It was featured as background music on the episode "Secret Service" which aired on March 4, 2005. Check out www.cbs.com/primetime/joan_of_arcadia/index.shtml for info about the show. September 2004 The new MILLIKEN EP has been mastered and will soon be available at our shows. Check out the mp3's on the MILLIKEN page. MILLIKEN has added a new member. Mary Gellner joins the band on drums and percussion. She will share the stage with our current drummer Gerard Loehr, adding her energy and groove to the mix. One plays drums while the other adds flavour on congas, bongos, shaker, cowbell, triangle and whatever else they can dig out of their trick bag. Then they trade places. July 2004 This month MILLIKEN is recording at Arnie's Head Studio with producer Casey Conner. We're doing four songs: Annie, Whatever Comes My Way, Let Go Of My Hand, and I Can't Carry You. Once they're mixed and mastered, we'll be putting them on the site as mp3's. Stay tuned. May 2004 Andrea England's new CD entitled Lemonade will be released on May 18, 2004. This will have national distribution through Maple Nationwide/Universal Music. I co-wrote three of the songs which appear on the album and am featured playing guitar on several tracks. The first single from the record is the song Be, which has already been released for radio play. Request it! April 2004 This month I'm in the studio with Junkyard Symphony. We're recording several tracks with producer Andy Zeitz at Pebble Studios. The songs include Shine, Darkness, Walk on the Water, and Angel. For now, the recordings will be used as a demo to showcase the talents of the group; but later they will form part of a full-length album. The photo at the top of this page is by Gordon Metcalfe. TOP
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