Manassas, Virginia
Singer-Songwriter

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BIOGRAPHY

Over the past few years Washington, D.C. based singer songwriter Andy Zipf has built himself quite a cottage industry by constantly writing, touring and building a fan-base one friend at a time. With two independent releases and almost 300 dates under his belt in the last two years, Andy has attracted the attention of the Today Show, XM Satellite Radio, The Washington Post, Paste Magazine, Performing Songwriter Magazine, VH1 and MTV by building a growing and sustainable model that relies on a stunning live performance, amazing music and a close connection to his audience.

Andy has shared the stage with a wide variety of great performers including The Cold War Kids, Badly Drawn Boy, Joshua Radin, Delta Spirit, Evan Dando, The Ataris, The Wrens, Dave Bazan, Nicole Atkins and Mary Lou Lord.

GENRES

Singer/Songwriter, Rock , Folk

PUBLISHING COMPANY

Zipf Publishing, I own my own publishing

Contact

Label: Keep On! Music
Booking: andyzipfbooking@gmail.com
Administrative: Andy Zipf

P.R.O.

BMI

INSTRUMENTS

bass / acoustic guitar / electric guitar / harmonica / keyboard / percussion / piano / synthesizers / tambourine / vocals

INFLUENCES

The good stuff.

DAY JOB

This is it.

I AM INTERESTED IN

in co writing online
in co writing in person
in networking with songwriters
in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv
in getting a publishing deal

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

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