Andrew Pfeiffer

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About Andrew Pfeiffer

Award-winning songwriter, professional musician, and educator. My specialty lies in music composition, performance, marketing, and education. I received a B.A. in Music from Wesleyan University in the Spring of 2013. I have performed up and down the east coast of the USA over the last decade and have taught instrumental, choral, and general music education in elementary, middle, and high school contexts both in the USA and abroad. More about my band FeelFree! Sounds to help you FeelFree. Formed in Alexandria, Virginia by childhood friends Andrew Pfeiffer (vocals/guitar/trombone), Evan Hulehan (vocals/guitar) and Garrett Clausen (keyboards/vocals), rock reggae band FeelFree's smooth, soul-soaked sound fuses feel good songs with anthemic horn lines to create an original sound brimming with sky high vibes. The band has independently written and produced three albums, garnered millions of streams across digital streaming services while cultivating a small but dedicated local and global fanbase with their 2018 LP Define the Free winning a "WAMMIE" for Washington DC's Best Reggae Album of 2018. The band is currently at work on their fourth full length album after releasing the 5 song Overdue EP in March of 2023. Pegged as "the sound of summer" by Northern Virginia Magazine, FeelFree has sold-out shows around the DC, Virginia and Maryland area, playing some of the mid-Atlantic’s biggest festivals like FloydFest, LOCKN’, and Jampacked, and shared the stage with critically-acclaimed internationally and nationally touring acts like Steel Pulse, Lettuce, Everclear, Sister Nancy, The English Beat, Sublime w/ Rome, The Movement, and The Elovaters to name a few. The seeds of FeelFree were first planted in 2004 when Pfeiffer and Hulehan began playing music together in band class while enrolled at George Washington Middle School in Alexandria, VA. After adding Clausen in 2010, FeelFree was officially formed. The band immediately began releasing songs on the internet over the course of 2010-2013 resulting in two albums worth of material: In The Hills (2012) and The Ebb Tide EP (2013) and then hit the road touring up and down the east coast. In 2015, the band entered the legendary Arlington, Virginia Inner Ear studio to work with critically acclaimed producer Don Zientara (Minor Threat, Fugazi) to begin work on their third album Define the Free. After a few band personnel changes in 2016, Kevin Raitz joined the band full-time on drums in 2017. In 2022, founding member Garrett Clausen moved from bass to keyboards filling out FeelFree’s vibrant live sound.