Andy McKee

Andy McKee is one of the world’s finest acoustic soloists. After receiving over 20 million views collectively for his Youtube videos which were posted by the independent record label “Candyrat”, Andy’s success is a testament to the changing nature of the music industry as well as people’s desire for something new and interesting to listen to. At one point, Andy held the 1, 2 and 3 positions for Top-Rated Videos of All Time on the hugely popular website. His videos are still among the highest rated on Youtube. Consequently, Andy has performed to sold out shows in all over the world.

After starting with an interest in electric guitar, Andy turned to the acoustic guitar at the age of 16 and began enjoying and studying the music of Michael Hedges, Don Ross, Billy McLaughlin and Preston Reed. To this day he still sites these four musicians as his primary influences in acoustic music. At the same time, Andy draws inspiration from various other musicians and groups such as; Earth Wind and Fire, The Yellowjackets, Bjork, Imogen Heap, Pantera, Eric Johnson, Peter Gabriel, Dream Theater, Bruce Hornsby, and many others.

While there are countless amazing guitar players in the world, it is Andy’s attention to song structure and melodic content that elevates him above the typical guitarist. It can be observed that Andy likes to try different things with the guitar such as; altered tunings, partial capos, percussive hits, and tapping. But in the hands of Andy these are not mere parlor tricks, they are compositional tools used to create some of the finest crafted music for the steel string acoustic guitar.

Andy was born in Topeka, Kansas and still lives there today. He performs between 100-200 shows annually across the world.

Management:
Eric Hoppe

Booking Agency: Monterey International 
Kevin Daly, Jerry Lima
CD's By Andy McKee

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Dolphins
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Rylynn
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Spirit of the West

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Don Ross & Andy McKee : The Thing that came from Somewhere

Acoustic Music

The new cd includes duets versions of five familiar tunes composed by each guitarist, two duet arrangements of compositions by Russell Ferrante and Mike Marshall, and two solo tracks by each of Don and Andy for a total of 11 great performances.

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Gates of Gnomeria
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Ebon Coast
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Dependant Arising

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Andy McKee : The Gates of Gnomeria

Solo Acoustic Guitar

Gates of Gnomeria is a collection of Andy McKee original songs and two covers. His cover of Björk's Venus as a Boy is a stunning multi-track arrangement of one of her best known songs from her debut. Joined by Bassist Jeff Schmidt on two songs, A Sphere and Dependant Arising, the songs on Gates of Gnomeria as a collection are more laid-back than on Art of Motion and convey larger musical ideas at the same time.

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Rylynn
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For My Father
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Drifting

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Andy McKee : Art of Motion

Solo Acoustic Guitar

In my humble opinion, Andy is the most innovative and exciting fingerstyle guitarist to emerge in years. Still in his 20's, Andy has developed a mastery of the 6-string guitar and the harp guitar that leaves me speechless. He is the most textural player of the instrument since Michael Hedges, and he creates sonic architecture worthy of the great modern composers for any instrument. - Don Ross

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Common Ground
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Africa
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Dreamcatcher

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Andy McKee : Dreamcatcher

Solo Acoustic Guitar

Andy McKee's 2004 release, Dreamcatcher contains many fan favorites such as his cover of Toto's Africa and The Friend I Never Met, which Andy wrote as a tribute to the late Michael Hedges. In Dreamcatcher, you can already hear Andy's unique voice on the instrument that has gained him fans worldwide. His song-writing draws in listeners and pulls-out emotions through the power of his music.

DVDs By Andy McKee

Andy McKee : Antoine Dufour : DVD

DVD

The DVD is pack with sixteen songs, eight each from both Andy McKee and Antoine Dufour, many of the YouTube favorites and some new and unreleased performance as well. Discs are universal format (playable on any DVD player in the world)

Andy McKee Sheet Music (Guitar Tab & Standard Notation)
Andy McKee Guitar Tabs

Andy McKee : Guitar Tabs & Standard Notation : Set 1

This download comes with four songs in MP3 format and matching (Guitar Tab & Standard Notation Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF format for the following songs:

Drifting

Heather's Song

A Sphere

When She Cries

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Andy McKee Guitar Tabs

Andy McKee : Guitar Tabs & Standard Notation : Set 2

This download comes with four songs in MP3 format and matching (Guitar Tab & Standard Notation Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF format for the following songs:

Africa

Art of Motion

7-14

All Laid Back and Stuff

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Andy McKee Guitar Tabs

Andy McKee : Guitar Tabs & Standard Notation : Set 3

This download comes with four songs in MP3 format and matching (Guitar Tab & Standard Notation Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF format for the following songs:

For My Father

Nocturne

Keys to the Hovercar

Dreamcatcher

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Andy McKee Guitar Tabs

Andy McKee : Guitar Tabs & Standard Notation : Set 4

This download comes with four songs in MP3 format and matching (Guitar Tab & Standard Notation Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF format for the following songs:

Shanghai

Practice is Perfect

Samus' Stardrive

She

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Andy McKee Guitar Tabs

Andy McKee : Guitar Tabs & Standard Notation : Set 5

This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Guitar Tab & Standard Notation Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF format for the following songs:

Rylynn

Ouray

Common Ground

I Will See You Again

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Andy McKee Guitar Tabs

Andy McKee : Harp Guitar Tabs & Standard Notation

This download comes with four songs in MP3 format and matching (Harp Guitar Tab & Standard Notation Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF format for the following songs:

Into the Ocean (Harp Guitar)

Building a Memory (Harp Guitar)

The Friend I Never Met (Harp Guitar)

Schindlers List Theme (Harp Guitar)

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