≈ Andrew Rothman ≈

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Summer 2008 :: I am currently working on the website for the Cleveland Composers Guild, as well as preparing for CVLT's 79th Season - if you're in Northeast Ohio, please consider buying a subscription!

Other than that it's mostly wedding planning (end of August). I may be drumming a few gigs with the Chuck D Experience over the summer. For the moment you can get your fix of my music with this little webcam video I posted on YouTube.

I've been designing websites since 1996 and have created over 30 websites for various artists, musicians, and independent businesses in the Cleveland area and beyond. I design entirely with web-standards XHTML and CSS -- although this techy-stuff may not mean anything to you, the important benefit is that sites I design will perform consistently across all of the major browsers on the market today, and will be accessible to older and future browsers as well. They're also much faster and easier to update and redesign than sites built with older methods.  I design at the base rate of $80/hr, but I'm very flexible and willing to work with your budget or on a barter basis for your goods or services.  Most of the sites you see here cost under $2000 to complete.

Web Site Design Examples

Below are screenshots of a number of my website designs -- click for full-size images.*

* Because websites are dynamic works, the live site may no longer look like my original design, or may no longer exist. And may I suggest that you install Firefox rather than using Internet Explorer... it's a much better web browser!

I've been creating music even longer than I've been designing websites. I studied percussion for several years as a child, learned guitar during college, and have been singing since I learned to speak. I discovered tape recorders around age 6 and went on to study audio and video production in college. I have written, recorded and performed music a good deal over the last few years. My credits include:

• Finalist for WJW Fox 8 Cleveland Idol 2008.
• Composed the theme music for the .NET Magazine podcast (listen to it here).
• Won the 1973 edition of the 'Coverville Idol' contest with a cover of the Temptations' Papa Was a Rolling Stone (listen to it here).
• Composed electronic soundtrack for the lunar landing program at the Shafran Planetarium at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
• Composed/recorded 'Our American Dream', and subsequently composed background music and engineered/produced the highly-acclaimed 'The Talkative Turtle and Other Tales' for, Kulture Kids.
• Performed as drummer/backing vocalist for Serious Aeolian Belfry (1999-2002), a quirky rock/r&b/jazz/jam/reggae outfit which was a semi-finalist in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Battle of the Bands and performed both New Years Eve and Thanksgiving at The Grog Shop in 2001 and 2002.
• Composed music for Ohio State University's 2004 production of Inherit The Wind

MP3 Samples of Original Songs (1999 - 2002)

• Lullaby for the Fairy Princess
  
• Final Mile - collaboration with Gareth Lancaster (a.k.a. Pamplemousse)
• Dust to Dust
• Speechless
• Say Goodbye

Instrumental Tracks, including work from the Planetarium project

• Nada Bossa Mi
• Catch 22 - featuring Dan Shramo (guitar)
• Elli Imanpour - collaboration with DJ Drunken Master

Remixes & Cover Tracks

• No Fool (Mr. Solid Grind Mix - remix of a track from Robin Stone's CD, "Rushmore"
• Dancing with the Goddess (Blissful Drum & Face Mix) - Remix of a track by Atman
• R U A Game Junkie? - Club medley of 80s video games for "Game Junkie" store opening 
• Alpha Blues - downtempo cover of a blues track by Ted Lehman
• Away From You - house mix of a track by Ricki Gerald

I am currently serving on the board of directors at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, managing the website, creating artwork, writing press releases, managing the database, and laying out playbills. When I've got time to perform, I do. Here are a few of my acting credits...

• Murder By The Falls :: 2005 / 2006 / 2007 (co-authored) :: Chagrin Valley Little Theatre - "Inspector Gotcha"
• Forever Plaid :: 2007 :: Rabbit Run Theater - "Francis" - 'Bunny Award' Winner: Best Actor & Best Show
• The Last Five Years :: 2006 :: Weathervane Playhouse - "Jamie Wellerstein"

"Rothman makes the joy of a new love and the excitement of a career that’s off to a spectacular start believable."

-- David Ritchey (The West Side Leader)

• I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change :: 2006 :: Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
• Those Seven Little Words :: 2000 - 2006 :: Various Venues - drummer, vocalist
• Biloxi Blues :: 2001 :: Chagrin Valley Little Theatre - "Eugene Morris Jerome"
• Into The Woods :: 1999 :: Chagrin Valley Little Theatre - "Rapunzel's Prince"

My work with musicians, theatres and other organizations has called upon me to create graphic art from time to time.  I work primarily in Adobe Photoshop, piecing together original and stock artwork into collages for advertisements and other uses.  Below are a few samples of work I've done...