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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, with a focus on acoustic guitar, but include
electronic music ,
alternative rock , singer-songwriter, and
progressive rock , with musicians coming from many countries.
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[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] 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.
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[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.
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Artists
CandyRat Records had over 50 signed and independent artists as of August 2017.
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Current
Former
References
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"Home | CandyRat Records" . www.candyrat.com . Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
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"Intervista a Rob Poland, fondatore dell'etichetta CandyRat Records - Fingerpicking.net" . Fingerpicking.net (in Italian). April 7, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2017 .
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"Don Ross & Calum Graham | Daily Hive Vancouver" . dailyhive.com . Retrieved August 21, 2017 .
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"Andy McKee – Biography | Billboard" . www.billboard.com . Archived from
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"INTERVIEW On YouTube, musicianship, and guitars – The Tech" . tech.mit.edu . Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
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"CANDYRAT Web Store Official Launch" (PDF) . May 1, 2006. Archived from
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"On this month's Acoustic Presents CD… | Acoustic Magazine" . www.acousticmagazine.com . Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
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"No average joe strummer" . South-West News . Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Retrieved May 10, 2019 . [
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"Q&A with Andy McKee" . The Badger Herald . Retrieved August 21, 2017 .
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"Disconcerted by a bone-shaker" . The Nelson Mail . p. 14. Retrieved May 10, 2019 . [
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b Reich, Josh (February 12, 2009).
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b Condran, Ed (February 8, 2008).
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" "Drifting" Official Video" . YouTube.
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"Candyrat Records" . YouTube . Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
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e Steinberg, David (March 23, 2012).
"Guitarists' road shows a success so far" . Albuquerque Journal . Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. p. 3, Venue. Retrieved May 10, 2019 .
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"Tours | CandyRat Records" . www.candyrat.com . Retrieved August 25, 2017 .
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"Playing beautiful music" . Sunshine Coast Daily . September 22, 2017. p. 19. Retrieved May 10, 2019 . [
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"CANDYRAT GUITAR NIGHT – Apr 6 2013, 7:30PM" . vanlarkins.com . [
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"Guitar virtuosos Antoine Dufour & Ian Ethan Case to play Lakeward Spirits Event Center" . Buffalo Rising . May 3, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017 .
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"Wilson Center Guitar Festival" . Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts . Retrieved August 25, 2017 .
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"2017 Guitar Fest Judges" . Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts . Archived from
the original on August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017 .
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"CandyRat Artist List" . CandyRat Records.
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"Brendan Power Harmonica" . www.brendan-power.com . Retrieved August 22, 2017 .
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"High River guitarist shares stage with mentor" . High River Times . Archived from
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"Chris Woods Groove – Guitarworld" . www.guitarworld.com .
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"Video Finds: Daniel Voth "Brazil" " . Guitar World . March 1, 2014. Archived from
the original on August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2017 .
^ Hatherly, Tara (August 1, 2013).
"Beach native, Ewan Dobson, becomes online music star" . InsideToronto.com . Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
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"Guitar virtuoso Gareth Pearson, AKA the Welsh Tornado, touches down in Ottawa" . Ottawa Citizen . July 2, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
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"An Evening with Candyrat Recording Artist Ian Ethan Case" . St. Louis Magazine . November 1, 2016. Archived from
the original on August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2017 .
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"Meet Luca Stricagnoli, the Guy Who Can Play Two Guitars at Once" . Social News Daily . July 1, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
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"Matthew Santos" . Billboard . Retrieved August 22, 2017 .
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"Reign of Kindo – Biography | Billboard" . www.billboard.com . Archived from
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"Van Larkins – House Concerts Australia" . www.houseconcertsaustralia.com . Retrieved August 22, 2017 . [
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