CandyRat Records

CandyRat Records
Founded 2005
Founder Rob Poland
Genre Fingerstyle, Percussive fingerstyle
Country of origin United States
Location Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin[1]
Official website candyrat.com

CandyRat Records (also stylized as CANdYRAT) is an independent American record label and online music store located in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.[1] They primarily represent instrumental guitar artists, but include electronic music, alternative rock, singer-songwriter, and progressive rock, with musicians coming from many countries.[2][3]

Rob Poland founded the label in 2004, first signing fingerstyle guitar talent Don Ross,[4] followed by Andy McKee,[5][6] Antoine Dufour, and three other artists before officially opening in 2005.[7] CandyRat Records has been called the "biggest acoustical guitar label in the world".[8] The label gained fame after videos on its official YouTube page, 'rpoland', gained viral success.[9] As of November 2014, the most popular video on the channel, a live recording of Andy Mckee's "Drifting", garnered over 50 million views.[10][11] Their YouTube channel has over a half-million subscribers and almost four-hundred million views.[12]

CandyRat Guitar Night Tour features CandyRat Records' guitar virtuosos traveling the U.S. and the world.[13][14] For 2017, Antoine Dufour and Ian Ethan Case will be touring.[15] CandyRat is also a festival partner for the Wilson Center Guitar Competition & Festival, with Rob Poland and the CandyRat headliners as some of the judges for the fingerstyle competition.[16][17]

Artists

CandyRat Records has a community of over 50 signed and independent artists as of August 2017.[18]

Current

Former

References

  1. 1 2 "CandyRat Records". AllRecordLabels.com.
  2. ↑ "Home | CandyRat Records". www.candyrat.com. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  3. ↑ "Intervista a Rob Poland, fondatore dell'etichetta CandyRat Records - Fingerpicking.net". Fingerpicking.net (in Italian). 7 April 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Don Ross & Calum Graham | Daily Hive Vancouver". dailyhive.com. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  5. ↑ "Andy McKee - Biography | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  6. ↑ Chen, Jeff Z. "INTERVIEW On YouTube, musicianship, and guitars - The Tech". tech.mit.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  7. ↑ "CANDYRAT Web Store Official Launch" (PDF). 2006-05-15. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  8. 1 2 "On this month's Acoustic Presents CD… | Acoustic Magazine". www.acousticmagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  9. ↑ "Q&A with Andy McKee". The Badger Herald. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  10. ↑ Rao, Akshay (2015-11-13). "Flying fingers: CANdYRAT Records". livemint.com/. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  11. ↑ ""Drifting" Official Video". YouTube.
  12. ↑ "Candyrat Records". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  13. ↑ "Tours | CandyRat Records". www.candyrat.com. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  14. ↑ "CANDYRAT GUITAR NIGHT - Apr 6 2013, 7:30PM". vanlarkins.com.
  15. ↑ "Guitar virtuosos Antoine Dufour & Ian Ethan Case to play Lakeward Spirits Event Center". Buffalo Rising. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  16. ↑ "Wilson Center Guitar Festival". Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  17. ↑ "2017 Guitar Fest Judges". Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  18. ↑ "CandyRat Artist List". CandyRat Records.
  19. ↑ "Brendan Power Harmonica". www.brendan-power.com. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  20. ↑ nurun.com. "High River guitarist shares stage with mentor". High River Times. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  21. ↑ Fanelli, Damian (2017-04-18). "Chris Mike Premieres Solo Guitar Arrangement of "Bohemian Rhapsody"". Guitar World. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  22. ↑ "Chris Woods Groove - Guitarworld". www.guitarworld.com.
  23. ↑ "Video Finds: Daniel Voth "Brazil"". Guitar World. 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  24. ↑ Hatherly, Tara (2013-08-15). "Beach native, Ewan Dobson, becomes online music star". InsideToronto.com. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  25. ↑ "Guitar virtuoso Gareth Pearson, AKA the Welsh Tornado, touches down in Ottawa". Ottawa Citizen. 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  26. ↑ "An Evening with Candyrat Recording Artist Ian Ethan Case". St. Louis Magazine. 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  27. ↑ "Meet Luca Stricagnoli, the Guy Who Can Play Two Guitars at Once". Social News Daily. 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  28. ↑ "Matthew Santos". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  29. ↑ "Reign of Kindo - Biography | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  30. ↑ "Van Larkins – House Concerts Australia". www.houseconcertsaustralia.com. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
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