Andrew Brel was born in 1960 in Johannesburg. He lives in London and travels extensively working with words and music. His first book 'The Emergency Bouzouki Player' is a personal account of Conscription in South Africa's Apartheid War and has become the best selling book on the Border War conflict outside of South Africa. His second book is a political thriller, One Day in Paris, one year in the life of Dan Blake, a soldier with special skills.Andrew has two sons, twenty years apart, skis, cares about and for the homeless, always gives money to buskers who play in tune, practices kindness and yoga, rides bikes and horses, continues a lifelong study of ethics, religion, depression and Africa, plays tennis, lives in the moment and in gratitude, mostly for being Greek. Andrew is an accomplished dog trainer and collector of stringed instruments. He has previously; performed thousands of gigs as a professional musician, emigrated penniless from Johannesburg to London, owned recording studios and a record label, made and lost money in share trading, developed property, organized meaningful fund raising concerts, lived on very little, played a lot of tennis, indulged an appetite for fine dining, married once, watched his home flood twice, visited many great vineyards, raised Wallace of Riverbank, for 15 years the worlds finest Schnauzer, written good songs, performed with extraordinary musicians and discovered loyal friendship as life's great gift and betrayal its greatest disappointment. Andrew has written and produced a number of meditation and wellness music albums which can be found by googling Andrew Brel Music.