Korg, Roland, ROLI, Yamaha, and Muse Receptor sponsored artist Andrew Colyer has played piano, keyboards, trumpet, and sung across the United States, England, 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, Robert Berry's 3.2 band, Frank Wyatt (Happy the Man, Oblivion Sun), Sound of Contact featuring Simon Collins, Ryche Chlanda (Fireballet, Renaissance), Max Flyer (CBS Records), Rian Adkinson, Awaken, 10th Planet, Cell15, 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, video, and film, which includes Indie film producer Luke Franek’s award-winning film, “Tingle”, and Nelson Blish’s 2016 short film “Turnabout”, which was featured at the 2017 Chautauqua and Buffalo-Niagara international film festivals, and the 2018 New York F.A.M.E. Festival.
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. In early 2020 Andrew got the rights back to Gift to Gaia, and the album was released as a 20th Anniversary Edition in summer 2020. The EP of original music About Time was released December 2014, and the solo piano and video single, “One Thing”, was released in September 2017. Andrew’s November 2018 release, Christmas Time, a collection of solo piano improvisations, garnered Top 20, Top 50, and Top 100 lists, and won a bronze medal from the Global Music Awards. Andrew’s most recent release Mists of Time was released on November 20th, 2020, to immediate positive reviews, international sales, and FM and Internet Radio airplay. He lives between New York City and Woodstock.
About Time (EP)
Comes in a beautiful CD digipack, with liner notes on the inside. A beautiful, eclectic mix of solo piano and keyboard orchestrations from an award-winning composer and classically trained rock musician. This was Andrew's first solo album, an EP of five pieces, released December 30, 2014.
Christmas Time
This album was a Global Music Awards Bronze Medal Award Winner, in two categories: album/new release and holiday music.
Comes in a beautiful gatefold digipack, with artwork by Circuline's Darin Brannon. The colorful CD looks very cool with the "AC" logo embedded on it. 😀
This album is a dangerous experiment! Natalie Brown said, “I wish everyone could hear what I hear when you are just noodling around.” So in the spirit of creative spontaneity, we have captured the first improvisations of all of these pieces. Without arrangement, without thought, without refinement. Here it is, warts-and-all! I hope you enjoy this collection of traditional and new music, no matter how you celebrate your holiday.
Released November 16, 2018
Recorded on a Yamaha 6’1” acoustic piano, engineered by Edwin Dolinski. Mixed and mastered by Alek Darson. Artwork by Darin Brannon. Cover image by Smit/Shutterstock. Back cover photo by Greg Thompson Photography. Inside spread photo by Subbotina Anna/Shutterstock. Copyrighted songs licensed through EasySongLicensing.com.
This album is dedicated to Natalie Brown - without her, it would not exist.
Gift to Gaia
The original 20-year anniversary Compact Disc with beautiful 8-panel artwork by American artist and Executive Producer Kirk Reinert. Released exclusively in Japan in 2000, selling thousands of copies, now obtained from Harmony Art USA for sale worldwide.
If you like New Age music from the 80's and 90's such as Patrick O'Hearn, Mike Oldfield, and Karl Jenkins' Adiemus, then hopefully you'll like this music from award-winning composer, recording artist, and performer Andrew Colyer.
Written between 1998-2000, the album was produced by Lilli Farrell, featuring artwork from Executive Producer Kirk Reinert. The music was written and arranged specifically to be a "soundtrack" for Kirk's artwork, and for the Japanese audience where Kirk has been one of the top-selling artists for over 25 years.
The instrumentation that Andrew used for the album includes:
--1908 Steinway "Vertegrande"
--Roland RD-300
--Roland JX-1
--Roland Sound Canvas
--Kawai K4 Sound Module
--Boss DR-660 Rhythm Composer
Track 3 - "Winter Reflections" is the only solo piece on the album. All other tracks have additional instrumentation.
Tracks 9 and 10 - "Synchronicity" into "Aurora Dream" - were recorded on the first take, one long 20-minute recording without stopping.
released November 10, 2000
All music written and performed by Andrew Colyer
Arrangements by Andrew Colyer and Lilli Farrell
Produced by Lilli Farrell
Executive Producer - Kirk Reinert
All piano tracks were recorded live
Percussion on "Skywatchers" by Gary Burke
Effects on "Synchronicity" by Frank Moscowitz
Creative Input on "The Call" and "Synchronicity" by Kirk Reinert
Written and recorded at Inner Nova Studios and Harmony Art Studios, USA, Red Hook, New York
Mixed and Mastered by Frank Moscowitz at Nevessa Production, Woodstock, New York
Paintings by Kirk Reinert
Album artwork direction and design by Kirk Reinert
Additional layout and design by Leon Kouyoumjian
A very special thanks to Yoshie Sunada for her support
Mists of Time
Comes in a beautiful gatefold digipack, with artwork by Circuline's Darin Brannon. The colorful CD looks very cool with the "AC" logo embedded on it. 😀
This album was created during a very interesting time in my life, and in history. I hope you enjoy it! Inspired by Brian Eno and other artists, this is the best I could do at this time. Thank you for listening and supporting my Artistic endeavors. - Andrew Colyer, New York - August 2020
“Rain Notes: Storm” - Inspired by Brian Eno. Initial improvisation February 9th, 2020.
“Oliver’s Journey” - Inspired by Oliver Prehn - thank you so much, Oliver! June 4th, 2019.
“In Alex’s Orbit” - Inspired by Alex Wurman - thank you so much, Alex! May 10th, 2020.
“Climb” - Exploring more of Oliver’s concepts. Captured improvisation on June 16th, 2019.
“Strings of the Ocean” - Initial improvisation June 16th, 2019.
“One Thing (Remastered 2020)” - Single released in 2017, remastered for this album.
“Rain Notes: Forest” - Inspired by Brian Eno. Initial improvisation February 28th, 2020.
“A Thoughtful Moment” - Post "3.2 featuring Robert Berry" tour. Captured improvisation on November 21st, 2019.
“Ghosts of Aberfan” - Inspired by “The Crown” on Netflix. December 1st, 2019
“Moons of Jupiter” - Inspired by John “Skippy” Lehmkuhl - thank you Unify! April 12th, 2020.
“Overcoming” - Captured improvisation on April 1st, 2019, during a very frustrating time.
“Serenity” - Resurrected from 2003-2004 - thank you Fred and Steve for your help!
Released November 20, 2020
Improvised, written, arranged, and recorded at Inner Nova Music in Red Hook, New York.
“Serenity” mixed by Fred Schendel and Steve Babb at Sound Resources in Chattanooga, Tennessee. All other tracks mixed and mastered by Alek Darson in Toronto, Canada.
Thank you Evenant Online and Sync Academy for continuing education. This album would not exist without the love, support, ears, and insights of Associate Producer Natalie Brown.
Art illustration/graphics/CD design by Darin Brannon of dbstudio Productions. Cover image and inside spread photo by Andrew Colyer. Back cover photo by Greg Thompson Photography.