The Unison just launched the new College Liftoff site on Monday! http://collegeliftoff.org
College Liftoff helps families of all financial and educational backgrounds invest in higher education. The Columbus, OH headquarters launched in May 2009.
If you were like me coming out of high school, paying for college did not seem like a pressing issue. I was fortunate to get some scholarships here and there but with the easily attained loans I never felt the need or urge to really explore all of the free scholarship and grant money that is out there. Since I never saw the money it never bothered me to just add to my student loan debt.
Looking back after being out of college for 3 years and paying on all of those loans, I realized that I did myself a great disservice by not preparing myself financially for the costs of a college education. This is a big problem with many college grads and can become a huge burden that can limit their future career and lifestyle. (Here is a great article from USA Today about Generation Y’s steep financial hurdles: Huge debt, no savings)
Recently at The Unison (a web design company based out of Columbus, Ohio) we have become involved with Aaron Greene and College Liftoff. They are a relatively new company that specializes in helping students and families find the right school and education while decreasing the financial burden that comes along with a college education. From school and scholarship research to financial aid seminars they can be a huge resource to set college students up for long term success.
Here is a video of me playing a song that I arranged awhile back for the A Christmas to Cure Cancer 4 album that was released in 2008. I have always loved this song growing up and when asked to do a song for the album this sounded like a great one to arrange!
If you head to http://myspace.com/andrewrothmusic, you can hear the original recording in its entirety.
I was able to do all of the recording myself using Adobe Audition, a Yamaha MW10 USB audio board and a Shure SM81 microphone. It also allowed me to break out my cello and lay down a few tracks which is always fun!
If you like the song you can purchase the album at http://achristmastocurecancer.org/actcc4_cd/index.php and remember all of the money from the sale of the album goes to support cancer research!
NOTE: If you are wondering what guitar I am playing in the video it is actually my late Dad’s guitar. It is an Aspen (now defunct) AD28-SH and was manufactured in Japan in the 1970s. It has an incredible sound with a great bass response that I feel rivals higher end Martins and has quickly become my favorite guitar to play over my Ibanez AW300CE!
