Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
00:21 - All At Once
05:09 - Raw
09:32 - Machinery Of The World
13:44 - Banner Year
18:04 - Hot Minute
21:44 - I Can’t Wait
25:47 - Cassette Generation
On a late-summer Tuesday evening, August 26, 2025, MadLife Stage & Studios in Woodstock, Georgia became the setting for a milestone: the first-ever live performance of original music by composer and performer Andrew Doss. For those in the room that night, it was immediately clear they were witnessing not just a debut, but the unveiling of an artist stepping fully into his own identity.
Backed by The Werks, a group of seasoned Atlanta musicians and personal friends whose precision and energy elevated every moment, Doss delivered a set of high-energy pop songs that brimmed with urgency and vitality. The band, consisting entirely of longtime recording and performing collaborators with Doss, featured Harriet Williams on vocals, Ed Rogers on guitar, Eric Sands on bass, and John Presti on drums. There was a sense of fresh discovery in the air, familiar in the way pop hooks can instantly grab the ear, but undeniably new in their character, shape, and voice. The songs carried a brightness and immediacy that made them feel alive from the very first downbeat.
What makes this live album remarkable is not perfection. It is presence. The recording captures the sound of songs meeting their audience for the first time: the adrenaline in the performances, the unfiltered edges, the moments where the music takes flight and surprises even the musicians themselves. You can hear a band locking in, song by song, as if mapping out a new territory together.
Live albums are often documents of established acts refining their catalog in front of an audience. This one is different. It is the first snapshot, the musical equivalent of a first breath, preserved live with studio precision. There is no looking back here - only forward momentum, the sound of possibility expanding in real time.
For Andrew Doss, this concert marked the crossing of a threshold: from composer, collaborator and band member into songwriter and frontman, carrying his own material into the public space. For listeners, it offers the rare chance to hear not just songs, but an artist at the very moment of becoming.
This album is more than a record of a night in Woodstock. It is a live debut in its purest form: a bold, joyful, and electrifying beginning. Rewind!
Recorded live at MadLife Stage & Studios in Woodstock, Georgia, USA as part of the "Breaking Bands" showcase.
Lead Vocals, Keyboard and Programming: Andrew Doss
Backing Vocals: Harriet Williams
Guitar: Ed Rogers
Bass: Eric Sands
Drums: John Presti
MC: Steven Morrison
Recording Engineer: Ben Gardner
Videography: Ben Gardner
House Sound Engineer: Steven Morrison
Lights and Video Wall: Joey Klouda
Mixed and Mastered by Ed Rogers
Titles and Video Editing: Andrew Doss
Produced by Ed Rogers
Follow for more @ AndrewDoss.com
00:21 - All At Once
05:09 - Raw
09:32 - Machinery Of The World
13:44 - Banner Year
18:04 - Hot Minute
21:44 - I Can’t Wait
25:47 - Cassette Generation
On a late-summer Tuesday evening, August 26, 2025, MadLife Stage & Studios in Woodstock, Georgia became the setting for a milestone: the first-ever live performance of original music by composer and performer Andrew Doss. For those in the room that night, it was immediately clear they were witnessing not just a debut, but the unveiling of an artist stepping fully into his own identity.
Backed by The Werks, a group of seasoned Atlanta musicians and personal friends whose precision and energy elevated every moment, Doss delivered a set of high-energy pop songs that brimmed with urgency and vitality. The band, consisting entirely of longtime recording and performing collaborators with Doss, featured Harriet Williams on vocals, Ed Rogers on guitar, Eric Sands on bass, and John Presti on drums. There was a sense of fresh discovery in the air, familiar in the way pop hooks can instantly grab the ear, but undeniably new in their character, shape, and voice. The songs carried a brightness and immediacy that made them feel alive from the very first downbeat.
What makes this live album remarkable is not perfection. It is presence. The recording captures the sound of songs meeting their audience for the first time: the adrenaline in the performances, the unfiltered edges, the moments where the music takes flight and surprises even the musicians themselves. You can hear a band locking in, song by song, as if mapping out a new territory together.
Live albums are often documents of established acts refining their catalog in front of an audience. This one is different. It is the first snapshot, the musical equivalent of a first breath, preserved live with studio precision. There is no looking back here - only forward momentum, the sound of possibility expanding in real time.
For Andrew Doss, this concert marked the crossing of a threshold: from composer, collaborator and band member into songwriter and frontman, carrying his own material into the public space. For listeners, it offers the rare chance to hear not just songs, but an artist at the very moment of becoming.
This album is more than a record of a night in Woodstock. It is a live debut in its purest form: a bold, joyful, and electrifying beginning. Rewind!
Recorded live at MadLife Stage & Studios in Woodstock, Georgia, USA as part of the "Breaking Bands" showcase.
Lead Vocals, Keyboard and Programming: Andrew Doss
Backing Vocals: Harriet Williams
Guitar: Ed Rogers
Bass: Eric Sands
Drums: John Presti
MC: Steven Morrison
Recording Engineer: Ben Gardner
Videography: Ben Gardner
House Sound Engineer: Steven Morrison
Lights and Video Wall: Joey Klouda
Mixed and Mastered by Ed Rogers
Titles and Video Editing: Andrew Doss
Produced by Ed Rogers
Follow for more @ AndrewDoss.com
