ernie,
by lessons with miller, i assume you mean the ones i got by reading his book, never having met him (sorry if i'm missing something- i was dropped on my head daily for the first three years of my life).
i have found some the information in his books to be quite helpful: the spectogram of changing vowels on one pitch in 'training the tenor voice, in the same book, the elaborate detailing of the construction of the vocal folds, his explaination of vowel modulation, etc.
the problem i find with a lot of the 'this is what the meat is doing while you sing' books, is, that most of them don't go on to make a directly connected proposal for the practical application of the information. a book i found this summer, 'singing and the actor' by gillyanne kayes, is the only one i have come across that does this. ms. kayes is a follower of jo estill and meribeth bunch (ms. bunch's first book, title escapes me, is one i have found useful. miller used a lot of her illustrations in his books. she includes cadaver photos, which i find helpful in that they demonstrate the organic nature of the anatomy that illustrations don't).
miller's personal style is, unfortunately, unpleasent. i find him myopic and pompous. occasionally, he is amusing, but, not enough for me. and i sometimes feel that he mixes the exposition of scientific information with his campaigning of his own viewpoints.
mike
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