小档案 　　外 文 名 Andy Mckee  　　国    籍 美国  　　出 生 地 美国堪萨斯  　　出生日期 1979年4月4日  　　职    业 美国吉他大师  　　代表作品 《Blue Liquid》  　　主要成就 Joyland 　　  　　艺人资料 　　Andy Mckee，1979年4月4日出生于美国堪萨斯，美国吉他大师，中国指弹音乐乐迷最熟悉的大师之一。 　　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俱增，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。 　　  　　专辑和单曲 　　专辑《Nocturne》（2001） 　　专辑《Dreamcatcher》（2004） 　　专辑《Art of Motion》（2005） 　　专辑《The Gates Of Gnomeria》（2007） 　　单曲《Common Ground》（2009） 　　专辑《Joyland》（2010） 　　单曲《Mythmaker》（2014） 　　2016IFSGF国际指弹吉他音乐节，他与指弹大师押尾光太郎和Vitaly Makukin一起奉献了2016指弹界最顶级的豪华盛宴。 　　  　　Life and career 　　Andy McKee (born April 4, 1979 in Topeka, Kansas) is an American fingerstyle guitar player who has released several solo albums and been the subject of several popular YouTube videos. 　　In 2001, McKee independently released his first album, ‘Nocturne’. That same year, he was placed third at the National ‘Fingerstyle Guitar Competition’ in Winfield, Kansas. In 2003, McKee toured in Taiwan with Jacques Stotzem, Isato Nakagawa, and Masaaki Kishibe, and earned first place in the Miscellaneous Acoustic Instrument contest of the New Jersey State Fiddling and Picking Championships with a Ron Spillers harpguitar he purchased from Stephen Bennett in 2002.The instrument can be heard in a number of his songs on later albums, such as "Into The Ocean" and "Gates of Gnomeria". Only 1,000 copies of ‘Nocturne’ were ever produced and the album is now out of circulation. 　　McKee released his second album, ‘Dreamcatcher’, in 2004. The album includes his cover of Toto's "Africa" and "Theme from Schindler's List," as well as a harp guitar tribute to Michael Hedges entitled "The Friend I Never Met." McKee used the title track to win the opportunity to perform with bassist Michael Manring, with whom he has since toured. Additionally, he placed second in the ‘Fingerstyle Guitar Competition’ of the ‘Canadian Guitar Festival’ that year. The album was later re-released by McKee's label in response to the popularity he garnered on YouTube. 　　McKee's third CD, ‘Art of Motion’, was released on Candyrat Records in November 2005. Most of McKee's biggest YouTube hits appear on the album, which has a handful of tracks carried over from ‘Dreamcatcher’ as well. During the early stages of McKee's success on YouTube in late 2006 and early 2007, Art of Motion was the only album of his carried by Candyrat Records, and saw the most mainstream exposure as a result. 　　After his popularity due to his performances on YouTube and touring extensively throughout much of 2007, McKee returned to the studio to record his fourth CD, ‘Gates of Gnomeria’. The album contains six new songs, four songs which had been previously release on McKee's ‘Nocturne’ album, as well as two cover songs. McKee spent the majority of 2008 on tour throughout the world, performing with other Candyrat artists and promoting both ‘Gates of Gnomeria’ and his collaborative album with Don Ross, ‘The Thing That Came From Somewhere’. He released a split DVD that same year with labelmate Antoine Dufour, each artist contributing eight songs to the disc; two of McKee's from ‘Gates of Gnomeria’. 　　In between touring extensively, and helping promote his duo guitar record with Don Ross, McKee recorded an EP of 2 re-recordings of songs from his Dreamcatcher album, and a cover song by Japanese guitarist Masaaki Kishibe. The album was released digitally only, along with videos available on iTunes that include his performance of his two compositions. 　　McKee announced in May 2009 that he was intending to finish touring in the second half of the year and concentrate on recording his upcoming album. He stated in July 2009 that it will most likely be titled "Joyland", the title track of the album which originally went under the name "Music For A Vacant Amusement Park." The song was inspired by an amusement park in Topeka, Kansas named Boyle's Joyland that was open from 1951 to 1988. The album was completed in November 2009 and was released in iTunes on March 23, 2010, and in stores on March 30, 2010 on Razor & Tie Records. According to McKee, "On this album I've branched out a bit and included some instrumentation on a couple of songs. There's also a new harpguitar tune and a couple of covers such as "Layover" by Michael Hedges and Tears For Fears' "Everybody Wants To Rule The World." The album also features a DVD full of 75 minutes worth of additional video material, including a documentary called ‘Andy McKee: Joyland’, and four new performance music videos. 　　Self-described as "just this guy from Topeka, Kansas, who kind of blew up on the Internet about a week before Christmas", McKee became one of Candyrat Records' best-selling artists after their video of "Drifting" was promoted by users at Digg. For a time, three of McKee's videos were concurrently the three most watched on YouTube. In the wake of this exposure, he appeared by invitation on Woodsongs as well as Last Call with Carson Daly, and his online store sold out of his various guitar tablature books. Due to the increased demand, he began to offer sheet music for nearly all of his songs on his official website. He also contributed to Josh Groban's 2007 Grammy-nominated Christmas album, ‘Noël’, playing guitar on the song "Little Drummer Boy". Groban's album went on to become the best-selling CD of 2007 in the U.S., hitting #1 on the U.S. ‘Billboard’ 200. 　　In 2010, McKee contributed to Lee Ritenour's CD 6 ‘String Theory’ that also features guitarists like Steve Lukather, Slash, Neal Schon, Tal Wilkenfeld, and Mike Stern. 　　In 2012, McKee played alongside Prince on his Welcome 2 Australia tour. He played with Prince's band during the concert on Purple Rain, Sometimes It Snows in April, Mountains, Dance Electric, and Love, Thy Will Be Done. He also kicked off the Melbourne concert with Ebon Coast, Drifting, and The Friend I Never met. 　　Single “Mythmaker”was released in April 2014. 　　In June 2016,he performed at International Finger-Style Guitar Festival in Singapore.