Andy wrote his first piece for orchestra at school in the 60s, “Piece of Sound” which involved a traditional orchestra but also pyrotechnics and woodwork. Andy began his professional career at AIR studios, London (1971-75) working with the Beatles' production team and, in particular, producer George Martin, assisting him on orchestral arrangements. He then went on to produce successful chart hits, as a producer, engineer, songwriter/composer and artist. He also worked in a mixed media group La Bouche, inspired by working with John Cage, Merce Cunningham and Luciano Berio.

In 1991 he went ‘legit’ and moved to Australia, eventually becoming Professor of Music at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). He has written on and researched in music, served on many boards including The Queensland Orchestra, The Australia Council and the Prime Minister’s Music Education Advisory Group. On meeting Darren Clark he felt he had met someone who was always asking the right questions. Deepblue is really an extension of what he started at school - except, to everybody’s relief he no longer plays trombone.

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