Andy McKee

年轻的指弹吉他大师 Andy Mckee，1979年出生于美国堪萨斯，13岁生日的时候Andy的父亲送给Andy一把古典吉他，不久Andy又得到了一把电吉他，就这样Andy开始了自己的吉他生涯，但开始的时候影响Andy的并不是指弹吉他音乐，而是摇滚乐，那时候的Andy喜欢的是Metallica, Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, Dream Theater.也经常模仿演奏他们的音乐。而影响Andy日后向指弹风格所转变的是在他16岁生日的时候，他观看了一场美国指弹大师Preston Reed的音乐会，并被Preston Reed的音乐，吉他技巧，演奏方式所深深感染，这也奠定了Andy日后发展的方向！随后Andy便接触了更多的指弹音乐大师的音乐象Michael Hegdes, Don Ross, Billy McLauglhin…;…;并深受这些大师的音乐风格的影响当Andy20岁的时候，他不再满足于演奏大师的作品，于是开始尝试着自己写些东西，没过多久便发行了自己的第一张唱片“;Nocturne”;,…;…;2001年的时候22岁的Andy参加了全美指弹吉他大赛（National Fingerstyle Guitar Competition）并取得了第三名的好成绩，他也是这项传统比赛中历史上最年轻的前三名获得者，Andy创造了一个奇迹…;…; 2003年Andy开始了自己的巡演生涯，被邀请到台湾与Jacques Stotzem, Isato Nakagawa, Masaaki Kishibe同台表演，现场演奏的经验与日具增，同年在自己家乡举行的原声吉他大赛（Kansas Miscellaneous Acoustic Instrument Championships）中获得了冠军！同年还发行了自己的第二张唱片“;Dreamcatcher”;,随着不段增长的演出经验，Andy得到了一bass大师Michael Manring同台演出的机会…;…;并且又赢的了两项比赛的优胜，分别是Kansas Fingerstyle Guitar Competition的第一名，Canadian Fingerstyle Guitar Competiton的第二名！随后的Andy得到了更多的演出机会，分别在日本，中国，比利时，加拿大，英国进行表演受到了乐迷的认可和喜爱！2005年Andy加入了著名的Candyrat唱片公司，并开始与Candyrat公司旗下的超级原声吉他大师Don Ross同台表演！使得Andy真正的迈入了一线原声吉他大师的行列…;…; 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.