About

Music is the universal language

Mainly a guitar player, sometimes a band leader, often a bandmate, Andy has enjoyed a growing career as a full time musician for over 15 years while based in Lancaster PA. Music degree from Lebanon Valley College (2009). Writing, arranging, organizing and touring is what gives Andy purpose in life - music as a language.

USAF BAND

Andy is currently serving as guitarist and musical director for Max Impact - the US Air Force Band’s premier rock band in Washington, DC.

AMFM

AMFM (Andy Mowatt’s Frequency Movement) is an original project formed from the years of listening, learning, playing, touring and creating. The arranging of the instruments and each part, but mostly the presentation of a melody and how powerful that can be is what inspires Andy beyond the guitar.

JACK OF ALL TRADES

Lessons, original master classes, writing, producing, recording, touring, guitar for hire, transcriptions, original arrangements, etc. If you have questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to ask in the CONTACT section!

Press

"Consistently stellar" (Price, PA Musician Mag), AMFM is a funk-driven movement from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, led by guitarist Andy Mowatt, "an absolute musical genius" (Devoy, Tellus 360) and "jazz-rock flamethrower on guitar" (Gigspots). “Incredible musicians; “they mastered meshing together jazz, jam, rock, funk, soul and blues”…Mowatt's "bright arrangements keep things sounding fresh" (Kelley, PA Musician), "and yet, through many influences, each tune retains a sound that is distinctly Mowatt's" (Fly Magazine). "Confident, to-the-point, and elegant" (Rocha, The Flinging Times).