Andrew Colyer plays Rachmaninoff Prelude in Eb Major, Op. 23, No. 6

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I sit between the professional and the amateur...I approach my work with the skills and the standards of a professional, and seek to produce professional quality works. But I still have the enthusiasm of an amateur...it is a joy for me to create and produce music, and I am willing to go that extra mile because I enjoy what I am doing, and don't mind putting in that extra time needed.

I co-write, collaborate and perform with others.  I also enjoy putting my own ideas together in rough format and learning recording and musical techniques by covering material written by others.  I'm learning how to use DAW software and am currently using Cubase Elements 9.0. I don't think I have a specific style, rather I tend to be all over the place and that keeps it very interesting for me.

Yamaha and Muse Receptor sponsored artist Andrew Colyer has played piano, keyboards, trumpet, and sung across the United States, Canada, and Japan, including three times at Carnegie Hall.  His classical training includes the Juilliard School, and his teaching lineage places him five steps down from Beethoven.

Rock/pop experience includes performing and collaborating with Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, King Crimson), Jon Anderson (YES), The Tubes, Ryche Chlanda (Fireballet, Renaissance), Max Flyer (CBS Records), 10th Planet, the Prog Rock Orchestra, Circuline, and the Progressive Rock Tribute Band, Downing Grey.

With regards to jazz and big band music, Andrew has performed with Clark Terry, Louis Bellson, Marvin Stamm, Nick Brignola, and the Avalon Jazz Quartet.

Andrew has composed original music for commercial radio and video, and for Indie film producer Luke Franek’s award-winning film, “Tingle”.

You might have seen Andrew singing and playing keyboards on the “iProg – Your Classic Prog Playlist on Shuffle” tour with Downing Grey during 2013.  Andrew recently performed on keyboards/vocals with the Prog Rock Orchestra on the Moody Blues Cruise and the Yes-headlining Cruise To The Edge in April 2014.  One of the core members of the modern progressive rock band Circuline, Andrew has been performing live on keyboards/vocals with Circuline since November 2014, and composed/performed on Circuline’s debut album (released April 2015).  Andrew is currently scheduled to perform live at the 2016 NAMM convention in Anaheim, California.

In addition to group collaborations, Andrew also composes and performs his own original music.  His first CD, Gift to Gaia (co-produced with Lilli Farrell for Japanese popular artist Kirk Reinert), toured Japan and sold over 3000 copies.  The latest CD of original music from Andrew, About Time, was released December 2014.  He lives between New York City and Woodstock.