Andrew and I met in 2017 at the Valencia International Performance Academy & Festival (VIPA) in Valencia, Spain. We were both participants at the conference - taking part in workshops, lectures, performances, lessons - but made it a point to explore the city, hang out on the beach, and drink plenty of fresh aqua de Valencia.

After several years of living, working, and gigging in NYC, Andrew provides great insight for anyone who is considering the musician experience of the Big Apple.

Some of the things discussed:

“There is nothing that can encapsulate the experience of living in NYC until you’re there”

The benefits of composing and doing work in the morning

“The time I spent outside of music, when I come back to it it’s just totally refreshing”

Shout out to Ben Damann

The Social Dilemma

Stephen King's On Writing

How do you deal with separating the energy you put into creating a proposal and the desired outcome?

“my band performed on a trailer that pulled us around the city of Lancaster”

Shout out to Andrzej Karałow

Texting with flip phones and purple potatoes