{"id":12,"date":"2020-01-06T10:41:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T18:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.longhouse.co\/andre-pienaar\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2023-12-06T12:41:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T20:41:56","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/andrepienaarmusic.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Perhaps I should have focused solely on music (my passion) from the start. I did after all take classical piano lessons from age 5 until I fell off a bicycle and broke my elbow when I was 13 years old. However, I ended up building a successful career in Accounting and Finance over 30 years with Deloitte and Touche while managing to keeping one foot in the musical arena. Over the years, in my spare time, I managed to grab a few opportunities to write and produce music for companies that I worked for (never got paid for it though – my bad!) I also composed some songs for myself and others, some of which I had arranged and recorded in studios, but it was a hobby, and so I never actually attempted to have them published. (Also this was pre-internet and so easy self-publishing was not an option).<\/p>\n

Having retired from my \u201cday job\u201d in 2015, I was finally able to focus on my inherent passion for music.<\/p>\n

The few songs I recorded and sung myself over the years are included on this website, but please be aware that I am not presenting these to promote myself as a singer or performer. <\/p>\n

I have now embraced the fact that that at the core, I have always desired to be a composer, lyricist and playwright. Fortunately, I have always had a \nclose working relationship with Tony Drake at Lightway Music Studios, \nwho has collaborated on most of my songs with arrangements and music \nproduction.<\/span><\/p>\n

My first major project was to finally complete a musical which I started scripting about 25 years ago:  “Ascension the Musical: The Final 40 Days” is intended to be a sequel to Jesus Christ Superstar. The concept album has been released on Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music and most other streaming networks.<\/p>\n

Now I am focused on writing contemporary commercial music for others.
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To reiterate:  I would love to write music for you, collaborate with you and\/ or have you cover my songs.. <\/span><\/p>\n

Simply <\/span>Contact me<\/a> to discuss.
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