Andrew Roth

New College Liftoff Site is Live!

Andrew Roth — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 03:18:09 +0000

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.

College Planning with College Liftoff

Andrew Roth — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 02:38:33 +0000

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.

In the Bleak Midwinter

Andrew Roth — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:05:04 +0000

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!