Andy McKee Interview: HAD A TOTAL “BRAIN FART” RIGHT ON STAGE!
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
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On this Andy McKee Interview: His early years as a musician, his experiences playing with Prince, and his approach to songwriting and alternate tunings…. the emotional expression he finds in acoustic guitar music, his approach to playing guitar in altered tunings and the challenges and rewards it brings. He also talks about the inspiration behind his song 'For My Father' and the emotional connection it has with his audience. Andy shares his experiences touring with Eric Johnson and Dream Theater, as well as his involvement in the Michael Hedges documentary… balancing his music career and family life, and his struggle with social media. McKee also mentions his signature guitar models and his love for video game music… the importance of staying true to yourself as a musician, biggest change in his personality over the years, and more. Lovely, sincere guy, great convo!
Originally from Topeka, Kansas… Andy’s an awesome finger style guitar player - he’s released 7 LPs and 2EPs, and he’s also played on records by Josh Groban, Lee Ritenour, and he hosts a lot of guitar workshops. He initially became well-known when a few of his videos blew up on UA-cam back in the early 2000’s, including his song Drifting - which has over 60 Million views. And at one time, the top 3 videos on YT were all Andy McKee’s. This opened doors for Andy to play literally thousands of concerts all over the world, sharing the stage with artists like Prince, Eric Johnson & Dream Theater. Andy has a new finger style “supergroup” LP out featuring himself, Calum Graham and Trevor Gordon Hall. The band, and the LP are called Tripliciti
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction and Background
08:57 Touring with Prince and Surreal Experiences
16:05 Exploring Alternate Tunings and Beautiful Melodies
36:23 Touring with Influential Guitarists
45:17 Navigating the Pressure of Social Media
53:02 Arranging Video Game Music for Guitar
59:32 Staying True to Yourself as a Musician
01:08:34 Beyond the Guitar: Interests and Hobbies
01:17:25 Discover 'Tripliciti' Courses
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Great interview Craig, and great questions! That "Preston Reed live" moment that Andy had was the exact same experience that I did when I first saw Andy live in 2006. I caught Andy at a club in Colorado along with a couple great Canadian players; Antoine Dufour and Erik Turnbull. I went because of a local headliner and favorite, Trace Bundy. Already familiar with Trace's music, I knew somewhat what to expect, but nothing could have prepared me for what I heard that night. I think tickets were less than $15 dollars lol! I was so unprepared to hear the acoustic guitar like that, and was especially taken by Andy and Antoine's music. I left that show inspired like no other show I've ever been to, and will never forget it. Up to that point, I was primarily an electric guitarist, but then sold all of that gear and picked up acoustic exclusively.
That discover led me to loving the genre in general and I've discovered many other greats in the process.
Thanks for your kind words @smandez2023 and glad you enjoyed this 👍🏻🎸♫ Stay tuned for a Preston Reed show sometime in the next few months!
Stumbled on your channel Craig. Thank you for doing what you do!
Huge Andy fan!
Great interview, I learned a lot about this great player/storyteller.
Thanks man, glad you enjoyed the show @lifelongfan07, Rock on! 🎸🙌🏻🔥🎶
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Hey Craig.
In a interview you referenced a device that keeps a guitar from falling off your lap and I'm trying to find it.
Do you remember what it was called?
I've got the bends real bad😊
Thank you for listening @SoundCastle00! 🎉🔥😇 It's called guitarslipnomore.com - good luck!
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