Hey there,

My debut album "The True Riches of Life" is now available to purchase thru my website at

http://www.andrewhandrick.com

Payment by paypal/credit card

or http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/andrewhandrick

or you can always try make it to a live show..pick one up in person..

I have uploaded some new songs on my page...

Cheers
Andrew

Hey all,

Check out a live performance of "Learning Curve" thanks to those wacky people at www.balconytv.com

Here is the link....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQn4NJEkevw


WATCH IT ON BALCONYTV.COM, AND THEN YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT TO YOUR IPODS!!! the wonders of technology...


From the heights above Dame St, Dublin Ireland... it was fun and the closest I get to doin a U2.... he he...


Peace and stuff
Andrew
www.andrewhandrick.com

Food poisoning on the plane cold shivers, not a recommended way to travel. Arrived just as the month long rain stopped, it was all in the timing. Crashing on a friends floor surrounded by musical instruments, somewhat inspiring. Sitting in Golden Gate Park playing songs after eating half a huge sandwich from a store on Arguello, always saving the rest for later... big portions here..two meals for the price of one. First TV studio recording experience, great fun, great people..First gig in a laundromat, hard to get peoples heads out of their laptops, always a challenge. Headed for a hostel, didnt want to overstay my welcome on friends floors. Hostel life begins as does the drinking..the pub crawls..the cheap cans..the games of pool, and a cool open mic..Met some great people from all over the world, some characters..Luke you will be missed..life is short, have some fun.  Stepped out of that life back into my own and continued playing..Got a free place to stay.a place to call home..Death masks on the wall freaked me out, wierd dreams, more than a few scares, all did me good..Got a cool gig once a week in a great Irish bar played my first gig in Oakland, competed with an Amtrak for some of the gig..met some great people from Portland, wonder if they won the yacht race..????  My buddy and I beat all comers with our drunken pool skills...Watched some cool movies, fell asleep during some..ehh..sorry! spent some time at the beach, got taken to see Neil Youngs concert film at the Red Vic for my birthday(hey you).probably the closest I will get to see him playing live, he fucking rocks!(no excuses for the language) Checked out the museums on the free Tuesdays...haha amazing!! Will be going back there for sure. Apparently I am a pretty decent dart player! Had some amazing conversations with an amazing person! Read some great books and continue to do so. Saw a beautiful sunset. Natural highs cannot be beaten.... Climbed on the roof of my place and then realised the ladder was faulty..oops! Ran down the street like some guy from an 80s teen movie(you really had to be there)..Watched Citizen Cane in Union Square...ate some amazing food all through the trip.Thai, Japanese, Chinese, Mexican, Cuban..the list goes on..Coconut Ice cream, Fresh Donuts at 3am...living the American dream!!! Wrote some great songs...Managed to lose about 18lbs go figure...Left on a hot sunny day..arrived back in Dublin on a hot humid day, was not expecting that.

To all I met, thank you for making it the best experience I have had in years!!

Miss the place and the people like crazy...

See y'all soon

Well I did my first TV studio session yesterday and it pretty much rocked..

Did a short interview and recorded about 6 songs or so. It was a great experience and the crew were all cool people..thanks to Cee and all the crew.. It will not be airing until sometime in May...

I hope to have some photos and songs up on myspace whenever I figure out how to do it all... I'll keep you posted..

Just another day in sunny California!!!

Peace and love

Andrew

Here's a link to an interview I did back in Feb on Phoenix FM... Dublin...

Listen

May take a minute or two to load as it's around 30 mins long.

Enjoy

Andrew

Well I am back in Ireland recovering after my adventures in the US.. 

Spent a month in California, travelling in and out of San Fran, sleeping on couches and generally just enjoying the sun, met up with some friends, wrote some songs, went to the speedway though there is more crash than speed and had some fun playing songs for joggers and skaters in the park...discovered a new vegetable(forgot its name)

Went to Austin, TX, saw some great music at the ACL and some other cool gigs too, like Willie Nelson, what a guy! Highlights would have to be Thievery Corporation at Stubbs, and Wilco at ACL. I went and got a burger when Coldplay were on and enjoyed my meal very much...lol....I could do nothing about the background music...he he

Met some great musicians down in Austin, got bittten by many mosquitos, almost got kidnapped by some very drunk people from New Braunfels, sat at a bar with David Carradine or Keith Carraidine there was some confusion from Jeremy Scott Echols onstage..lol... played some music here and there, missed out on thanksgiving completely, made good use of public transport and met some interesting characters in the process, saw 6th street on halloween, wrote more songs, realised small dogs are not for me, rekindled my love of cats, almost missed many planes, threw my back out, hallucinated while taking a a flu medicine, talked too much about politics, started drinking Harp, realised my country is just as corrupt as everywhere else - just greener!

Cheers to everyone I met