Composer
"Music is a gift, given to humanity to teach us to become better listeners"

 

Wasserman earned his Bachelor of Music degree in Composition and Jazz Studies in 1982 from the New England Conservatory, Boston. He is a BMI artist and owns a publishing company with over 70 compositions that have been released and distributed both nationally and abroad for TV and radio.

 

Wasserman owns his own publishing company "Andrew Roy Music" as a BMI composer, songwriter and recording artist.

BMI maintains a current catalog of 73 published works and 142 registered recorded tracks with Wasserman as songwriter and composer. Scroll down to the bottom of this page to view the list of his 142 compositions registered with BMI.

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SEPTEMBER, 2020 UPDATE: Follow Andy Wasserman on Bandcamp! Check out his many recent recordings of all original compositions for piano:

 


Wasserman entered into digital music distribution beginning in June 2007 with licensing to Apple iTunes, Amazon.com, Spotify, iHeart Radio, YouTube Music, BeatsMusic, GreatIndieMusic, PayPlay, GroupieTunes, Napster, Tradebit, MusicIsHere, BuyMusic, SNOCAP and Verizon.

Andy's compositions and performances have aired on network television stations CBS, NBC, ABC and Cable networks that include A & E, The Lifetime Network, History Channel, Travel Channel, TBS, Nickelodeon, Turner Network, Learning Channel, among others. His work has been broadcast internationally on TV, radio and film in countries that include Japan, Argentina, Canada, Hong Kong, Italy, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Ireland, Australia, Brazil, Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom and France.

JUNE 2023 UPDATE: Andy Wasserman presented his 155th consecutive weekly Sunday evening Livestreaming Concert series entitled "The Listening Experience" featuring live performances of his original music: solo piano improvisations, compositions, Jazz and Blues, performed on his beautifully restored classic 1924 Steinway Model "M" grand piano.

He has presented over 1,000 new compositions during the three years since the Couch Tour began in June, 2020.

CLICK TO VIEW the livestream and watch previous performances in the archived video-on-demand playlist

The January, 2021 issue of The New York City Jazz Record includes a music review written by Jazz author, poet and musician John Pietaro of Wasserman's "PoleStar" live stream solo piano concert (December 13, 2020), appearing in the NY@Night section.


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~ LATEST NEWS: Andy Wasserman's solos, compositions and arrangements for piano TRANSCRIBED from recordings. These videos allow you to enjoy note-by-note transcriptions as they scroll, synchronized to the audio tracks. Watch, follow and listen! Sheet music PDF files available! (View this playlist on the home page of this website.)


After writing and recording an original score for a WABC-TV (N.Y.) Eyewitness News advertising campaign through Mike Davis of New York Communications and Prime Productions, Wasserman signed a compact disk deal with the Pyramid Music Library. This exclusive needle-drop library of production music is only available to major film studios and television broadcasting networks here and abroad. The product was originally distributed internationally by Micheal Nurko of TRF Music Production Libraries, one of the largest distributors of music-for- visuals in the United States. The CD features 59 edits of 22 original compositions performed on solo acoustic piano by Wasserman.

Andy Wasserman recorded a second solo piano CD for the "All-Star Composers Library" with Andy Mark as Producer. It was recorded at Clinton Studios in New York City and consists of themes for film and TV in 9 different stylistic genres. It was licensed for release as part of the TWI North American Music Library. Other clients that have commissioned Andy to create original music scores include AT&T, Panasonic, Mastercard, Prentice- Hall, Castrol Motor Oil, Digital Cable Radio, Altered Image, Sanofi- Winthrop Pharmaceuticals, Atlantic Mutual Insurance.

Andy continues be very active composing and arranging for both Western and non-Western instrumentation. He writes for piano, synthesizers, samplers, electronic percussion, as well as arrange for bands and orchestral ensembles in addition to specializing in world music influenced pieces that incorporate his collection of instruments from around the world.

Many of his original works have been commissioned as collaborative projects for choreographers and dance ensembles. Additionally, Andy has spent many decades creating and presenting Holistic Music Healing concerts and workshops of original music.

The heart of Wasserman's inspiration as a composer comes from his mentoring in the LCCOTO by it's creator George Russell and his world renowned theory of tonal gravity "The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization."

 

Andy Wasserman's BMI catalog contains the following registered original music works:

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AMBASSADOR OF THE ANCESTORS
ANY STATE OF MIND
AS TIME WENT BY
BASICALLY COUNT
BEAD BLESSINGS
BIG SKY
BLACK RIVER LULLABY
BOOGIE CHASE
BOOGIE WOOGIE ROCK
BUMPITY BUMP
CEREMONIAL BERIMBAU
CLOUDLESS SKY
COCKTAIL NOODLES
CONFIDENCE IN HIM
COOL DE SAC
COUNT BASICS
CRUISE TO RIO
DAILY DJEMBE
DUKE S DESTINY
FLAT ROCK JOURNEY
FRIENDSHIP
GAMELON TRANCE
GRACE IN THE EYES OF THE LORD
GRATEFUL FOR NICI
GRUSIN JAMES
HAPPY CHASE
HEADING TO CHURCH
HUMMINGBIRD MOTHER
IN THE LAND OF STRAYHORNS
INNERMOST THOUGHT
INSPIRATIONAL CHORDS
JAZZ MODERN
JERRY LEE
JUNGLEWIRE
KEYS TO THE KINGDOM
KINDRED SPIRITS
KOTOLAND
LAND OF TOMORROW
LATIN LADY
MARCHING DOWN MADISON
MOCCASIN DANCE BALANCE AND JOY
MOCCASIN DANCE GRATITUDE AND LOVE
MOCCASIN DANCE PEACE AND BEAUTY
MOCCASIN DANCE STRENGTH AND HEALING
MOCCASIN DANCE UNITY AND TRUTH
MORROCKEN SOCKEN
NATIVE PRAYER
NEW DAY CLEAN HEART
NIPPON BLUES
ON MY MIND
PASTORAL
PEANUT SOUP
PHANTOM OF BROADWAY
PLANETSCAPE
POIGNANT MOMENTS
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RESTFUL PEACE
ROOMINATIONS NO 1
ROOMINATIONS NUMBER ONE
ROSIE S CHEEKS
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SOAPY WATERFALL
SPIC N SPAN
STORY WATER
SUNRISE
SUNSET
SWINGERS
TABLA TALK
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TIS SO SWEET
TOP SPEED
TOUCHING
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WALK WITH GOD
WINSTON TASTES GOOD
WOLF TEACHER