▁music ▁is ▁intern ation ally ▁recognized . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Early ▁years ▁▁ ▁G row ing ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁Hollywood ▁Hills , ▁Mil o ▁had ▁access ▁to ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁artists ▁on ▁the ▁west ▁coast . ▁In ▁his ▁te ens , ▁he ▁studied ▁with ▁the ▁ren owned ▁drum mers ▁Bill ▁Doug lass , ▁Charles ▁Fl ores ▁and ▁Joe ▁Por car o . ▁At ▁ 1 5 ▁years ▁old , ▁he ▁began ▁studying ▁timp ani ▁and ▁orch est ral ▁per cussion ▁with ▁William ▁Kraft , ▁who ▁introduced ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁classical ▁orch est ral ▁re per toire ▁and ▁contemporary ▁music . ▁Mil o ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁study ▁with ▁Kraft ’ s ▁own ▁teacher , ▁Sa ul ▁Good man , ▁at ▁the ▁Ju illi ard ▁School . ▁ ▁New ▁York ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁Mil o ▁was ▁accepted ▁into ▁the ▁Ju illi ard ▁School ▁to ▁study ▁timp ani ▁and ▁per cussion ▁with ▁Sa ul ▁Good man ▁and ▁E ld en ▁C . ▁“ B uster ” ▁Ba iley . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁and ▁also ▁at ▁Ju illi ard , ▁he ▁began ▁studying ▁composition ▁and ▁contemporary ▁music ▁analysis ▁with ▁Stanley ▁Wol fe , ▁who ▁encourag ed ▁him ▁while ▁writing ▁his ▁first ▁pieces . ▁ ▁Between ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁he ▁worked ▁in ▁numerous ▁orch est ras ▁and ▁ens emb les ▁at ▁Ju illi ard ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁fre el ance ▁per cussion ist ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁and ▁out lying ▁areas . ▁He ▁was