About Me
Andy Till is a Manchester based professional bass guitarist. Andy is experienced in touring, travel, live performance, studio, recording and music media.
Andy has spent the last ten years playing bass guitar, an instrument he started to play at fourteen, but took up and had a serious interest from the age of nineteen.
Before Andy's bass career Andy was a drummer for Nine years working on a drumming career, but after taking up the bass guitar made the switch and has been playing bass and enjoying the life of been a bass player.
Starting out at nineteen on bass Andy joined various Northwest cover bands before moving on to working with an origional band gigging and writing material, looking for a record deal. After this period of time Andy joined a few bands working semi - pro and moved to playing various venues and clubs.
After a period of time working with the semi - pro bands Andy joined full time established touring bands and acts working through out the UK playing the professional venues, events, festivals and Live music venues.
From the full time touring bands Andy has carved a career working as a freelance session bass player.
Andy has toured with various live bands hired in to cover for bass players working on the road, playing recored bass lines and also performing origional music and doing promotional tours for a chart single, origional band promotions and working with the working bands.
Andy is also exeperienced in working in the studio and doing various recording sessions, recording bass on various origional CD albums and promotional CD's.
Andy has also worked on recording bass lines already written, but also worked on sessions writing with bands and writing bass parts and arrangements.
Along with Andy's bass playing, Andy has spent a number of years working as a Televison Background artiste and working in media.
Andy has took his media experienced and started to take his Bass playing into featuring on music videos, music photo assignments and music televison, Andy is experienced as a bass player in front of the camera for various promotional work and music features and video's.
Andy has also been succesfull doing interviews and various music articles about his bass playing and advice for bass players starting out as a professional musician.
Andy Bass influences come from a hand full of players from Paul Mccartney of the Beatles, Bruce Foxton from The Jam, Phil H Mitchell from Dr Feelgood, James Jamerson from Motown, Herbie Flowers session player and session bass player Pino Palladino.
Andy loves all music and will give various styles of music a listen, His personal taste in music comes from Motown, Paul Mccartney, The Jam, Stax, The Who, The Hollies, Oasis, The Love Affaite, The Selecter and Dr Feelgood to mention a few.
Andy's bass playing is influenced mainley by Pop, Rock, Reggae, Ska, Swing and has a love for the famous bass lines that have been created over the years that people know and love.
The main thing is the music and making people dance!
With a great groove and feel, Andy plays for your music live and in the studio, Playing recorded bass lines live with bands of all kinds on the road, Andy has 10 years experience in bass playing and working in music.
See below for Andy's work history upto date.
Work credits include:
PP & the Floorshakers,
Touring Band.
JC & THE GROOVE,
Professional Band.
Alternative Influence,
Touring, Recording, Writing, Television & Film.
George Agan,
Singer songwriter, Studio work, recording
debut CD, filming music video's, Photo shoots.
The Deadbeats,
Touring Band.
MamaRoux,
Touring Band.
Definitely Mightbe,
Touring Oasis Tribute.
Adorded,
Stone Roses Tribute
The Replicators,
Function Band.
The Jamm,
The Jam Tribute Touring.
The Kommitments,
Touring Commitments Tribute, Soul Band.
Groove Nation,
Touring band.
Seven Days,
Professional band.
Elbowroom,
Professional Band.
Jimmy Cricket,
Comic.
Mr Methane,
Comic.
Ronan Keating, support
The Animals, support
The Love Affaire, support
The Selecter, support
The Weather girls, support
Heatwave, support
Andy has performed at many venues from small venues and functions to festivals,
live music events and live music venues.
Andy has worked on events The Pop Party Tour's, Festival's of the 60's, 70's, Soul & Motown festivals, Live unsigned festivals, Dawen Music festival, Manchester United Football Stadium, Leister Walker stadium, Events and performances at Oxford, Manchester, Sheffield, London, Cambridge universitys, Bistro Live chain, Butlins, Warners, Chicago Rock, Jumpin Jaks, Old Trafford Cricket Club, Dublin Castle Camden, London, Lincoln Drill Hall, Manchester Hilton, Royal Victoria Sheffield, Buxton Opera House, various UK Theatres and Blues festivals, Tour of the Netherlands and Germany and many more.
Music Media credits. (As bass Guitarist)
George Agan music video's for www.georgeagan.com
and studio tracks:
George Agan It's my way music video 2007
George Again Running for your time video 2007
George Agan Get off your feet video 2007
Alternative Influence Live at Satans Hollow Manchester
Live DVD 2006.
Alternative Influence Take a look inside music video
2006.
PP & The Floorshakers Live at Showcall Showcase, Barry Stardust
Theatre. Live DVD 2003.
PP & The Floorshakers Blackpool 2005, Live DVD.
Bubble Hits TV 2006.
Hello Magazine, Media work
George Agan photo shoot for debut CD - Album
BBC 1, Channel Four, ITV, Bubble Hits.
Contact Andy here or at WWW.ANDYTILL.COM for all session
infomation, Enquires.
See below for various music video's Andy's featured on, cheers for watching!
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