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What's in your crate?: Ambient, Breakbeat / Breaks, Downtempo, Electro, Hip-Hop, House, Minimal, Noise / Glitch, Reggae, Techno, Tribal, Trip-Hop

How would you best describe your industry role?: DJ, Producer, Artist, Clubber, Promoter, Music Lover

In the booth, what media do you prefer to use?: CD, Vinyl

Who and what are your influences? Current and Past...: Entirely too many to mention.

Please tell us about yourself.: Andy’s primary inspiration for music came at a very early age from his Father who was in fact, a DJ himself. Specializing in Disco, Funk, Jazz and the groovier side of Rock’n’Roll. However, it wasn’t until a move to Manchester and what was to become regular visits to the now legendary Hacienda that the idea of buying Turntables popped into Mind.
Upgrading from bedroom to club dj, Andy played clubs & bars all around Manchester and Leeds before taking an offer to cross the Channel and venture onto German territory. There, with Hamburg as his base he continued dj’ing on various circuits including Amsterdam, Ibiza, Barcelona and major events such as Love Parade, Mayday & G-Move which took him into the studio for the 1st time to experience the world of production.
Since making the move to the States Andy has been fortunate enough to have spun in various cities including Atlanta, New york, Philadelphia, Miami, Seattle & Tampa. Now a family man Andy is settled in St. Petersburg where he now calls home and is mastering the art of production under the moniker of “All Wheel Drive”. You Can catch him regularly at venues in Tampa Bay area especially the now infamous "SNATCH" nights at Hyde Park Cafe.
Keep your eyes and ears open for releases by All Wheel Drive as there are no brakes in this ride.

Recently (as of March 2008) i've been using "REASON 4" for my productions. Propellerheads have made some changes including a NEW SYNTHESIZER, ARPEGGIATOR, REGROOVE & very improved SEQUENCER. I highly recommend that anyone into serious music production give it a whirl . . . surprise is a guarantee!!

Mmmmm Music. I'm seriously into a lot of electronic music, House, Tech-House, Progressive, Breaks, Electro, Techno, D & B, Acid Jazz, Trip-Hop, Hip hop (not rap), Ambient, Abstract (some). I'm also into Soul, Funk, Jazz, Blues, Gospel (i'm not religious but i love the voices) Dub, Reggae, Rock (some) & Classical.
Here's a few examples of artists that have had my head nodding during my time on this planet (in no particular order) - Tribe called Quest, Run DMC, The Roots, Black eyed Peas, Common, Mos Def, Fat Boys, Mantronix, Whodini, Sugarhill Gang, Big daddy Kane, Kool Moe dee, Kurtis Blow, Ice T, Black Sheep, Stetsasonic, Tone loc, Malcom Mclaren, 808 State, New Order, Depeche Mode, Electribe 101, A Guy Called Gerald, Doug Lazy. Toni Scott, Young MC, KLF, Renegade Soundwave, Todd Terry, Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, Joy Division, Inspiral Carpets, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, James, Lenny Kravitz, Led Zepplin, Def Leopard, Deep Purple, Oasis, A Certain Ratio, The Orb, Orbital, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Handel, Vivaldi, Strauss, Aphex Twin, Sven Vath, T-Coy, M People, Soulwax, Simple Minds, UB40, Leftfield, Underworld, Laurent Garnier, Plastic Man, Groove Armada, Chemical Brothers, Norman Cook, Carl Craig, Jeff Mills, Inner City, Juan Atkins, Sabres of Paradise, F.S.O.L, Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk, George Clinton, Ray Charles, Theo Parrish, Terence Parker, Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, Prodigy, LTJ Bukem, 4Hero, David Morales, Frankie Knuckles, Graeme Park, Dave Haslam, Mike Pickering, Bomb the Bass, Nightmares on Wax, Stereo MC's, Justin Robertson, Two Lone Swordsmen, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Truby Trio, Massive Attack, Smith & Mighty, Galliano, Lamb, Portishead, Jamiroquai, Derrick Carter, Mark Farina, John Digweed, Sander Kleinenberg, Terry Francis, Damian Lazarus, Steve Bug, Vincenzo, Mazi, Three, Danny Tenaglia, Tiefschwarz, Sean Q6, Randall Jones, Phillip Charles, Josh Wink, Black Strobe, Goldfraap Pier Bucci, Gui Boratto, Mark Henning, Trentemoeller, Rekleiner, Dan Berkson, Gaiser, 3 Channels, Adultnapper, Dj Emerson, Maetrik, Matthias Tanzmann, Dapayk, Oel & Polygon, [a]pendics.shuffle, Heartthrob, Luciano, Ricardo Villalobos, Pan-Pot, Lulu Rouge, Lykke Li and many more . . . .

I often wish it was Dark longer . . . . . . I Love Working at Night.

Do you have an Official Website?: http://www.virb.com/andymara

Myspace or Facebook?: http://www.myspace.com/andy_mara

My Mixes (starting with most recent) & other widgets.

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SNATCH 12.27.08

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Asia

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North

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EAST

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WEST

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Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy

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All Wheel Drive a.k.a Andy Mara's Mix

So, a few months ago when Gas prices were sky rocketing . . . . Again!! They (News & other media informants) said that this was going to effect the cost of food/groceries due to shipping costs (Trucks run on Gas). I understood that. I wasn't pleased about it but i understand the trickle effect.

Here we are a month or two later. Gas prices have dropped (at least here) by 50 cents. However, everytime I visit the Grocery store prices have risen 4 or 5 cents . . . . . and i mean… Continue

Posted on October 9, 2008 at 8:06am — 2 Comments

Insomnia

Yep . . . i've got it. I mean . . i slept 3hrs last night. woke up, Got my daughter ready for daycare. started working on music. Got through the day. Fell asleep around 11:00pm only to wake up around 11:50pm groggy, but unable to fall back asleep.

If your having similar patterns. this might help. I'm going to try them one by one.

41 Simple Tips to Help You Get to Sleep, including some we're quite sure you've never seen before.

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Posted on October 2, 2008 at 10:58pm

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At 12:56pm on October 27, 2009, Emilie said…: I know how modest you are~!!!LOL

At 10:58am on October 27, 2009, Emilie said…: You are my idol, I would follow you anywhere!!! :)

At 2:41pm on August 17, 2009, carlostampa00 said…: i heard that andy, sucks to missed it, got lay off one week ago and the budget is pretty tight, defenitelly great community over here, keep up the good work andy, we'll be in touch.

At 2:05pm on August 17, 2009, carlostampa00 said…: yes bro, that carlos, how everything???

At 9:04am on August 12, 2009, bill more said…: listened to that mix ......me likie, i need you #

At 2:21pm on August 10, 2009, Jennifer Lynn Busby said…: Awww now what's that suppose to mean Andy? I'm new and a little lost, need some advice Dr.!

At 1:40pm on August 9, 2009, john p shannon said…: yea... its going to take me a minute to play around and figure it out. i still have not unpacked my music. just unpacked the turntables yesterday. this site is definitely getting me fired up. now i just need to get busy. good to hear from you. i hope cari and daya are doing good. spread my love. talk to you soon.