Biography

Tyler Andal

"They call me Fiddles"

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"There's just nothing he can't do; he's so coordinated," Anger says. "He's an incredible rhythm guy. That's a lot of what I look for because that's what this group is about, creating a groove that's never been heard before." San Francisco Chronicle

Tyler began playing the fiddle in May of 2000. He had taken about 20-40 classical violin lessons prior to this in 1999 and had the desire to look into other styles of violin music.

His parents took him to the Glasgow Scottish Highland Games where he heard Daniel Carwile playing, and he knew instantly fiddling was for him.

Being homeschooled allowed him to have much latitude in his musical experiences. He heard Casey Driessen at IBMA one year and instantly wanted to learn how to add his percussive technique to his playing. Studying under Casey he picked up many new skills and has shared these with many other fiddlers at workshops and through lessons as a teacher.

He attended multiple weeks of summer camp at his most beloved camp, The Swannanoa Gathering in Swannanoa, NC on the campus of Warren Wilson College. He realized there multiple styles of playing he wanted to pursue. From that moment on he has enjoyed playing fiddle music of many different styles-Bluegrass, Old-time, Jazz, Swing, Funk, Alternative and contest fiddling. Now he even has gone back to Classical since joining Futureman's Black Mozart's Ensemble.

Since graduating college at the age of nineteen, and being the youngest ever for that university in that department, he has been concentrating on sessions, engineering, and traveling with Roy 'Futureman' Wooten. He has engineered for musicians out of a studio in Shellbyville, TN and is currently recording an Old-Time CD with fellow musicians from MTSU in Nashville.

Tyler graduated college December 2007 from Middle Tennessee State University from the College of Mass Communications with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Recording Industry Production and Technology Music Industry Minor. He continues to tour Internationally with Futurman and the Black Mozart Ensemble. He is proficient at engineering, producing and session work. He also has some personal projects on the side-one being finishing his own fiddle under the apprentice of John Silakowski- the luthier of the fiddles he plays on stage. He owns three Silakowski's with two of them being 5-strings, necessary for his percussive sound.


	Tyler Andal "They call me Fiddles" Home · News · Biography · Schedule · Resume · Production & Engineering · Press · Discography · Filmography · Photo Gallery · Contact · Guestbook · Links "There's just nothing he can't do; he's so coordinated," Anger says. "He's an incredible rhythm guy. That's a lot of what I look for because that's what this group is about, creating a groove that's never been heard before." San Francisco Chronicle Tyler began playing the fiddle in May of 2000. He had taken about 20-40 classical violin lessons prior to this in 1999 and had the desire to look into other styles of violin music. His parents took him to the Glasgow Scottish Highland Games where he heard Daniel Carwile playing, and he knew instantly fiddling was for him. Being homeschooled allowed him to have much latitude in his musical experiences. He heard Casey Driessen at IBMA one year and instantly wanted to learn how to add his percussive technique to his playing. Studying under Casey he picked up many new skills and has shared these with many other fiddlers at workshops and through lessons as a teacher. He attended multiple weeks of summer camp at his most beloved camp, The Swannanoa Gathering in Swannanoa, NC on the campus of Warren Wilson College. He realized there multiple styles of playing he wanted to pursue. From that moment on he has enjoyed playing fiddle music of many different styles-Bluegrass, Old-time, Jazz, Swing, Funk, Alternative and contest fiddling. Now he even has gone back to Classical since joining Futureman's Black Mozart's Ensemble. Since graduating college at the age of nineteen, and being the youngest ever for that university in that department, he has been concentrating on sessions, engineering, and traveling with Roy 'Futureman' Wooten. He has engineered for musicians out of a studio in Shellbyville, TN and is currently recording an Old-Time CD with fellow musicians from MTSU in Nashville. Tyler graduated college December 2007 from Middle Tennessee State University from the College of Mass Communications with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Recording Industry Production and Technology Music Industry Minor. He continues to tour Internationally with Futurman and the Black Mozart Ensemble. He is proficient at engineering, producing and session work. He also has some personal projects on the side-one being finishing his own fiddle under the apprentice of John Silakowski- the luthier of the fiddles he plays on stage. He owns three Silakowski's with two of them being 5-strings, necessary for his percussive sound. ©2007 The Music Note