Andy Anderson (born September 15, 1969) is an American-born

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, and is a four-time

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-winning music producer. Anderson also appears on "Keys to the Kingdom", "Walking On The Stars", and many more. Anderson produced several songs on many

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's albums and releases, including the ''

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'' album and ''Faster'' EP. His work ranges in many styles of music production from EDM electronic, to rap, modern pop and soul. Anderson began songwriting at the age of 16. In 1993, Anderson attended Orlando's

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and graduated with a degree in audio engineering. In 1996, Anderson began producing and writing on his own and working with independent talent in

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, and currently operates VRS Studios in Orlando. Since then, Anderson has produced and engineered at some of Central Florida's largest studios. In 2001, Anderson began producing/engineering professionally, and working with some of music's most influential artists of yesteryear, such as

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, songwriter Tony Battaglia,

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from

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and more. Anderson is still producing and songwriting to this day. Anderson currently has produced and co-written music for comedic celebrity

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, also known as Mad TV's Bon Qui Qui, for her comedy rap album, ''Gold Plated Dreams'' for

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. Anderson also produced popular Gotee Records Christian artist Ryan Stevenson's EP titled "Yesterday, Today, Forever". Anderson also produced and wrote songs for ''

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''s David Willis in 2014 for his debut EP. In 2018, Anderson produced six songs with alternative rock band The American Love Story, out of Orlando. Anderson has had many of his songs and productions on popular TV shows such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Moms' Night Out'' (2014), ''

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'', ''

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'' and more.

References

External links

"Outta Space Love" music review
* "Ordinary Dreamers Group 1 Crew
" VRS Studios, Andy Anderson's Studio"

"Ryan Stevenson"

David Willis American Idol
* BON QUI QUI- Angela Johnson 1969 births Living people American record producers Remixers American male songwriters {{US-music-bio-stub