andrew linde

Biography:

Written By: Dan Pederson.
Photo By: Lee Stanford.



"50% creative, 50% business." Andrew Linde is the sum of these two parts. Though, in this split lies no conflict. "I feel like my two halves are exactly equal. One minute I'm writing lyrics, and the next I find myself frantically jotting down some crazy new business scheme." That's certainly not a bad combination to have when you're trying to forge new ground in the modern entertainment industry.

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in the outskirt town of Corcoran, Andrew began his musical training early, at age 4, with piano lessons. After ten years, he changed his musical focus to the drum set, producing three albums with his band, downcyde. During his formative years in high school, Andrew worked with his friend and band mate, Jake Wagner, to construct an in-home project studio. It was here that they honed their production skills through broad experiential learning. In his final year at Maple Grove Senior High, he began working for Tinderbox Music: a Minneapolis based music promotions firm. It was through this that he attended music conferences such as SXSW, Midpoint Music Festival, and more.

Shortly after graduation Andrew moved to New York City to intern at ASCAP's TV and Film Department, as well as talent scout for industry giants Grubman, Indursky and Schindler. After his months in NYC, he moved to Boston where he completed his Bachelor of Music in Contemporary Writing and Production at Berklee College of Music in just two and a half years. It was then, immediately upon graduation, that Linde was hired to develop media for Berklee's City Music Network.

In the Fall of 2007, Andrew came home to Minneapolis to begin writing and producing modernsextrash, an electronic rock band. Since returning home, he has also founded Panacea3, an innovative "neo-label" designed to position various entities in the digital space. In 2009, Linde teamed up with fellow musician, John Waltmann of Four Letter Lie, to launch 2012 Threads: a clothing line centered around the lore and hysteria the year 2012 brings to our culture.

In the winter of 2009/2010 Andrew moved to Cabarete, Dominican Republic -a small coastal surf town- to avoid the harsh Minnesota Winter, to take up kiteboarding, surfing, and to fulfill a writing sabbatical for modernsextrash, assembling their first full-length release. New partnerships and opportunities are on the horizon for 2010, and Andrew looks forward to each of them as an exciting and enriching challenge.