CandyRat Records

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]

CandyRat Records
Founded2005
FounderRob Poland
GenreFingerstyle, Percussive fingerstyle
Country of originUnited States
LocationMenomonee Falls, Wisconsin[1]
Official websitecandyrat.com

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] and the two-handed tapping technique of playing the guitar to produce bass, rhythm, melody and harmony, which is practised by many of its artists, has become known as the CandyRat style.[9] The label gained fame after videos on its official YouTube page, 'rpoland', gained viral success.[10] Recording sessions are filmed and uploaded, contributing to the success of the albums.[11][12] As of November 2014, the most popular video on the channel, a live recording of Andy Mckee's "Drifting",[13] garnered over 50 million views.[14][15] Their YouTube channel has over a half-million subscribers and almost four-hundred million views.[16]

CandyRat Guitar Night Tour features CandyRat Records' guitar virtuosos traveling the U.S. and the world.[9][17][18][19][20] For 2017, Antoine Dufour and Ian Ethan Case toured.[21] 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.[22][23]

Artists

CandyRat Records had a community of over 50 signed and independent artists as of August 2017.[24]

Current

Former
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References
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  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-15. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  8. "On this month's Acoustic Presents CD… | Acoustic Magazine". www.acousticmagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  9. ESTWICK, DOUGLAS (10 April 2013). "No average joe strummer". South-West News. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  10. "Q&A with Andy McKee". The Badger Herald. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  11. Ward, Nick (1 May 2008). "Disconcerted by a bone-shaker". The Nelson Mail. p. 14. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  12. Reich, Josh (12 February 2009). "Power keeps blowing hot". The Nelson Mail. p. 11. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  13. Condran, Ed (8 February 2008). "Obscure no more. YouTube exposure does wonders for Andy McKee". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, New Jersey. p. 23, jersey alive!. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  14. Rao, Akshay (2015-11-13). "Flying fingers: CANdYRAT Records". livemint.com/. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  15. ""Drifting" Official Video". YouTube.
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  17. Steinberg, David (23 March 2012). "Guitarists' road shows a success so far". Albuquerque Journal. Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. p. 3, Venue. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
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  19. "Playing beautiful music". Sunshine Coast Daily. 22 September 2017. p. 19. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  20. "CANDYRAT GUITAR NIGHT - Apr 6 2013, 7:30PM". vanlarkins.com.
  21. "Guitar virtuosos Antoine Dufour & Ian Ethan Case to play Lakeward Spirits Event Center". Buffalo Rising. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  22. "Wilson Center Guitar Festival". Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
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  29. "Video Finds: Daniel Voth "Brazil"". Guitar World. 2014-03-13. Archived from the original on 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  30. Hatherly, Tara (2013-08-15). "Beach native, Ewan Dobson, becomes online music star". InsideToronto.com. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  31. "Guitar virtuoso Gareth Pearson, AKA the Welsh Tornado, touches down in Ottawa". Ottawa Citizen. 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  32. "An Evening with Candyrat Recording Artist Ian Ethan Case". St. Louis Magazine. 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  33. "Meet Luca Stricagnoli, the Guy Who Can Play Two Guitars at Once". Social News Daily. 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
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