Andy Garrett's interest in music began at age 9 when he won a school competition to conduct the Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra. He then took up the guitar at age 10, wrote his first song at age 13, and began teaching professionally at age 16 for the Palmer School of Music. At age 17, he began playing live in various musical ensembles both at school and in his own locally formed bands. At age 22 he then wrote, recorded, and produced his first EP with the band Horizon. They performed at many live shows and went on to back up such acts as Black Oak Arkansas and Rare Earth. Shortly after this, Andy landed a job at a major guitar-string company (Dean Markley/American Winding) as their exclusive string-tester, which landed him in Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine. He also got a degree as an Honor Graduate in Recording Engineering through AIA and started an independent record label called GBM RECORDS with his brother, Jeff Garrett, in 1994 to release promo tapes and CD-R's of his music throughout the world (See my photo history under "Pics"). In 2004; Andy's first Interactive Instructional Guitar CD-ROM was released through the best guitar site on the internet "Chops From Hell" demonstrating 200 of his favorite licks, musical sequences, and advanced techniques.
Currently; Andy has a brand new independent label called "YOG Records" and is beginning to release CD's in the style of Flatpicking Bluegrass / Western Swing guitar. His new CD is called "Reflections Volume 1"; and is a tribute to great players like Roy Clark, Chet Atkins, Les Paul, and Doc Watson to name just a few. He also has a "Reflections Volume 1" Performance DVD and "Christmas Classics" CD available.
Andy Garrett is a proud user of Fender Guitars, Epiphone Guitars, Dean Markley Strings, D'Addario Strings, Cakewalk recording software, Hruska Audio Sonic Implants, and Discmakers CD's.
Over 30+ years of performing, teaching, and recording experience. Professional Instructional Guitar CD-ROM and Free Columns available at:
Chops From Hell.
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Download and listen to Andy's free Shred Guitar demos from GBM Records at:
Download.com and
Soundclick.com.
Also, check out my cool guitar videos at:
YouTube.
