Andrew’s musical, What A Man’s Gotta Do, now has its own website! You can listen to tracks from the album, read audiences’ survey responses and even watch some clips from the tour of the solo version of the show.

Go to What A Man’s Gotta Do if you wanna check that out.

For a summary of that project, just go to “What A Man’s Gotta Do” on this website.

Below is a little info about Andrew as a singer/songwriter and comedian.

Singer/Songwriter
Andrew has won numerous state and national songwriting awards including ASA National Songwriter of the Year (2000) and WAM Song of the Year (2003).

His current releases are What A Man’s Gotta Do, the soundtrack album, and Georgie Boy.

What A Man’s Gotta Do
In 2000, Andrew began writing a musical that would not actually hit the stage until 2007, by which time many of the songs had already won state and national awards.

The final soundtrack album features performances by cast members of the first production and some of WA’s finest bands, singers and musicians, including:

The Kill Devil Hills
Bobby Blackbird and The Bluejays
Libby Hammer and Hip Mo’ Toast Big Band
Rachael Dease (Schvendes)
Sascha Ion (One Horse Town)
Pete Stone
Mo Wilson
Ric Eastman (drums)
Daniel Susnjar (drums)
Matt Willis (bass)
Glyn MacDonald (piano)
Steve Hearne (guitar/piano)
Troy Greatz (drums/percussion)
Alex Millier (clarinet)
Jess Ipkendanz (violin)
Graham Wood (piano)
Anthony Cormican (string arrangement)
Evan Pritchard (drums)
David Gordon (bass)
Marty Pervan (trumpet/trombone)
Ben Phillips (saxophone)
and local harmonica legend
Jean-Guy Lemire.

If you like, you can buy the CD on this site.

The sountrack was recorded and mixed by Kieran Kenderessy at Loop Studio, except for the tracks by The Kill Devils Hills which were recorded by Ben Franz at Couch and mixed by Ben and Peter Grandison at Shanghai Twang. Mastering by Shaun O’Callighan at Couch. The album was produced by Andrew Horabin and the engineers.

Andrew gratefully acknowledges funding from ArtsWA to assist with the recording of the soundtrack and Drinking Lizard Entertainment and Country Arts WA for the solo tour.

Georgie Boy
With the prizes from the WAM Song of the Year (2003), Andrew was able to record the song “Georgie Boy” at Rhythm with the wonderful Eddie Parise. Matt Willis played Bass and Troy Greatz was on Drums and Percussion.

At Studio Couch with Shaun O’Callaghan, Andrew reworked “(I’d Really) Father Not” and “The Wanking” from his first CD and recorded four new acoustic tracks.

These were added to songs already recorded with Anthony Cormican at Loop for his acoustic 2001 release, “It’s A PC 2001 New Millennium Romantic Arrangement” and became a 17 track album, mastered by James Hewgill.

The tracks on the album are:
Georgie Boy
It’s A PC 2001 New Millennium Romantic Arrangement
(I’d Really) Father Not
How Pigs Behave
The Wanking
Welcome to Australia
You Will Never Grow Up
Affirm Your Masculinity
September 11
Head Turner
Blame Someone
The Elders’ Lament
Come Morning Light
Christianity Took My Girlfriend
Choose Love
And the Addict Sings …
God Only Knows (It’s A Mystery)

If you like, you can buy the CD

Comedy
Andrew started performing comedy at Werzel’s Comedy Lounge in 2000.

Shortly after starting, he formed a sketch comedy group called TheLab with Werzel and Stevie D, recruiting Stuart Packham, Andrew McDonald, Suresh and Malcolm Dix. The group then added David Wood and Ian Reiser to shoot and edit video pieces.

Andrew has MC’ed for or supported some of Australia’s biggest acts, including Wil Anderson, Tripod, Peter Rowsthorn, Akmal Saleh and Dave Callan.

Over the years, Andrew has mostly performed live at The Comedy Lounge at the Hyde Park Hotel (formerly Werzel’s). The Lounge has now moved to the Charles Hotel and Andrew has now moved to Melbourne but hopes to perform at The Comedy Lounge whenever he returns.

Around 2001, Andrew created a character called “Mick the Demotivational Speaker”. “Mick” has become and enormously successful comedy character, working all around Australia and overseas. It was just meant to be a joke. Funny how things go in comedy.