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Andrew

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Welcome!!!Feel free to look around and write if you feel the desire to do so.
I'm Looking to work with others of similar interests. Willing to work on inspired projects and recordings as well. Available for gigs through Rose booking agency.

Marlene Tseng Yu
Forest Wind II
ABOUT THE MUSIC... You get to hear it first..right here... THis is my work in progress as I gear up to write and record an albums worth of new Songs! Very exciting!
HERE I AM- Remember that day when you stepped outside and everything was vivid and alive.. What was different? You? The air? Or your frame of reference? You know you feel it coming.(Original)
1st jam as the new band UNITY BOOST. Funk/ JAm / Vox/ whatever we feel. Drummer Rob Otto
WALKING ON THE MOON- An acoustic cover tune of the police version with my own touch added.
JONAHS WAY-Into and under and out of... the deep sea. (Original)
NOT AFRAID- IN process Original
All compositions, songs, vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, keys, and djembe drum are performed, produced and written by Andrew.
(Exceptions are as follows-any drum loops. The song, Walking on the Moon is a great little song written by the Police. The song Knocking on heavens door was written by Bob Dylan)
Thanks for taking a look around, feel free to visit again.
Andrew

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 28/07/2005
Band Website: unityboost.com
Band Members: Andrew -All Original Music, Words, Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keys and Djembe.
Be sure to check out Andrews band UNITYBOOST in the friends list below.
I'm working in pleasure (mostly) putting the finishing touches on about 3-5 more originals..check back in the upcoming days for demo's.Peace to you and yours.

Influences:
The Beatles, Kings X, Ravel, Schoenberg, Eric Dolphy, Pink Floyd, Toru Takemitsu, Steve Reich, Jazz, Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan, Jeff Beck, Al Green, Wayne Krantz, Cecil Taylor, Jaco Pastorious, Buddy Guy, Roger Waters, Motown, Marvin Gaye, Joni Mitchell, Jack Dejohnette, Seal, Matt Monro, David Foster, Kurt Weill, George Gershwin, Scott Henderson, John Coltrane, Bach, Beethoven, Stravinsky,Tower of Power,Down Tempo w/ live musicians, Malmsteen, Rage against the machine, Sound garden, Chris Cornell, Noam Chomsky, Sly and the Family Stone, Tomasz Stanko Quartet, Charlie Hunter, Grant Green, The Temptations, Carl Orff, Rick Peckham, The Moody Blues, Miles Davis, Mahavishnu orchestra,Tribal Tech, Joe Henderson, Incognito, Take 6, Wes Montgomery, Dennis Chambers, Michael Brecker, NHPR, John Laporta, Roberta Radley, Oprah, All good natured people and otherwise, Steve Kahn, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Soulive, Led Zeppelin, Eliot Smith, The Funk brothers, James Jamerson, George Garzone, Turtle, Bo Ramsey, Bill Frissell, Andy Summers, Beatles, The Police, Larry Carlton,

McCoy Tyner, Greg Brown, Gnarls Barkley, Franz Marc, Cubism, abstract art, Delauney, Lionel Feinenger, Klimpt, Kandinsky, Ray Charles, SRV, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Isley Brothers, Earth Wind and Fire, James Brown, Chicago, Michael Brecker,Ray Charles, Berklee College of Music, Joe Henderson, Miroslav Vitous, The Meters, Duncan Sheik, The Slip, Erikah Badu, Zap Mama, Jill Scott, Ben Monder, Living Color, James Taylor, America, Harry Connick Jr, Pink Floyd, Youssou N Dour, Ravi shankar, D'angelo, Lazlo Gardony, Yoga, Henry Miller, Joseph Campbell, Hermann Hesse, Walt Whitman, Alan Watts, Debussy, Stravinsky, Jeff Cressman(trombone) Chester Thompson, Jeff Buckley, Doug Pinnick, Herman Hesse, Maslow, Susanne Langer, Nietzsche, Feldenkrais, Germany, German history,The Bauhaus, John Steinbeck, Erich Fromm, Gregory Bateson, Rilke, Thich Nhat Hanh, Vaughn Williams, Erik Truffaz, Black Star, Gustav Landauer, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Kuhn, Ingmar Bergman, Wilhelm Reich, Bob Marley, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Maze, Leo Fender, George Fullerton,Frank Loyd Wright Bill Withers, James Brown, John Scofield, Medeski Martin and wood, Turtle, Tower of Power, Larry Carlton, Sly and the family stone, Annie Lennox, The Temptations, Sigur Ros,Elvin Jones

Forest Wind I by Marlene Tseng Yu



“Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring, through obeying the blind urge”

"Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is overlooked not only by the public, but very often by the artist himself. In becoming an end it defeats itself.

"Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself." Henry Miller

Grant Green

Painting by FRANZ MARC
HERE I AM- SONG by Andrew
Sounds Like:
We all create, build, and add our own to what preceeded and continues to inspire...Hats off respectfully to all those below:

Debussy, Pink Floyd, Toru Takemitsu, Kings X, Jazz, Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan, Wayne Krantz, Cecil Taylor, Zero 7, Jaco Pastorious, Motown, Marvin Gaye, Joni Mitchell, Jack Dejohnette, Dexter Gordon, Seal, Jeff Beck, Beatles, Scott Henderson, John Coltrane,Ravel,Bach, Beethoven,Matt Monro, David Foster, Kurt Weill, George Gershwin, Doyle Bramhall, Doyle Bramhall II, Joshua Radin, Return to the sea, Stravinsky,Tower of Power, Malmsteen, Rage against the machine, Sound garden, Chris Cornell, Noam Chomsky, Sly and the Family Stone, Incognito, Charlie Hunter, The Temptations, Carl Orff, Rick Peckham, Miles Davis, Mahavishnu orchestra,Al Green, Tribal Tech, Dennis Chambers, Michael Brecker, Steve Kahn, Massive Attack, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Soulive, The Funk brothers, James Jamerson, George Garzone, Turtle, Bill Frissell, Andy Summers, The Police, Larry Carlton, McCoy Tyner, Greg Brown, Bo Ramsey, Ray Charles, SRV, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Earth Wind and Fire, James Brown, Isley Brothers, Chicago, Michael Brecker, Gnarls Barkley, Ray Charles,

, Berklee College of Music, Joe Henderson, Miroslav Vitous, Duncan Sheik, The Slip, John Mayer, Erikah Badu, Zap Mama, Jill Scott, Ben Monder, Living Colour, James Taylor, America, Harry Connick Jr, Pink Floyd, Youssou N Dour, Ravi shankar, D'angelo, NHPR, NPR, Lazlo Gardony, Yoga, Henry Miller, Joseph Campbell, Walt Whitman, Alan Watts, Ravel, Stravinsky,Jeff Cressman(trombone) Chester Thompson, Jeff Buckley, Doug Pinnick, Wilhelm Reich, Bob Marley, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Bill Withers, James Brown, John Scofield, Medeski martin And wood, Turtle, Tower of Power, Larry Carlton, Sly and the family stone, Annie Lennox, The Temptations, Sigur Ros,Elvin Jones, Marlene Tseng Yu, Joe Henderson, Eric Dolphy

Hey yall. Here is some music you may not have heard yet? Check out this artist. Bon Iver.
Rage against the machine

Patsy Rodenburg- artist/voice coach/actor/director on why she does theatre work(why the arts are important) This also relates directly to most of the arts including music and the role of a musician/artist/actor in society.

NICK DRAKE
Karlfried Graf Durckheim

Record Label: www.wilderness.org

My Blog

I could write a book- Jazz cover

Ok so tonight..Saturday the 18th of april.Kelli lin Knott and I decided to record a standard.Well this is our first take of it. Took us about 2 hours and an icecream break.Maybe work some more on it t...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:25:00 GMT

"Hey man...its in the lyrics" or "How you are being brainwashed to eat Cheerios"

We do enjoy music in our own ways. I tend to enjoy lyrics ALOT.Some people love to think in concepts...to them its fun....for others..they don't want to think too much or it takes them out of the musi...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:08:00 GMT

"Eat Pray Love" author talks about creating....applys to music as well. (VID)

I was forwarded this in a Derek Sivers email. It is a vid taken from a TED conference.Here is the link... Also...If you like the vid....PLease check out his page and blog if interes...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:54:00 GMT

MUSICIANS-Do you enjoy your practice time? Can you get yourself to practice regularly?

Maybe this will help someone who reads it, so I will take the time to post it.Just 15 minutes a day...every day...and you'll be practicing almost 2 hours a week.Because once you REALLY have a habit of...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:21:00 GMT

What is the role of a musician in society? (The role of the bard (travelling musician, singer)

The Role of the Bard I've been questioning the role of a musician in society. Looking back historically I am learning that I can find the earliest identity of singers, musicians by looking into teh ro...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:27:00 GMT

THE ROLE OF THE ARTIST IN SOCIETY- John F Kennedy Remarks

President John F. Kennedy: Remarks at Amherst College, October 26, 1963The following is an excerpt from a speech given by President John F. Kennedy on October 26, 1963 at Amherst College in Massachuse...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:56:00 GMT

We will rise= new song idea Oct 23rd 10pm

Came up with this last night.I wrote my first thoughts about this raw song last night on the www.myspace.com/UNITYBOOST site.Anyways...this is part of what a musicians process is like, therefore its w...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:42:00 GMT

Why post IN PROCESS SONGS?

Well...Guess I want to post them as is....as they develop and grow into what they will become.I basically make these on a free recording program called "GArage band." I find that it lets me do what I ...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:29:00 GMT

Eric Dolphy- article

http://www.salon.com/05/reviews/dolphy.html
Posted by on Thu, 22 May 2008 17:29:00 GMT

Great poem- Will get authors name soon.

Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside youAre not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,Must ask permission to know it and be known.The forest brea...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:49:00 GMT