Andy LaViolette

Jazz Guitarist, Filmmaker, Entrepreneur

Andy LaViolette is a musician and filmmaker where he has co-owned his company, “Mr. Magic Carpet Ride
Productions” (MMCRP), with his wife, Christi, since 2006. His studies in jazz guitar started in 1994 where he
studied with Dr. Bob Lawrence at The Dallas School of Music up until his time at the University of North Texas
(UNT) in 1998. After three years of study in the Jazz Performance program at UNT, Andy played professionally as
a guitarist in an original, progressive-rock band called “bagg” and other local, Denton, Texas musicians. In 2006,
Andy returned to UNT and completed his Jazz Guitar Performance degree in 2010 while he played professionally
with numerous musicians including Dave Alexander’s Western Swing Big Band, Willie Dees, and other local jazz
musicians.

It was during that time that Mr. Magic Carpet Ride Productions became a larger part of his professional life and the company evolved into specializing in multi-camera, live music recordings. After working on numerous projects with a band called, “Snarky Puppy”, the partnership culminated several hundred million views of live music films on the web and earned three Grammy awards with Andy as the Director of Photography. Mr. Magic Carpet Ride
Productions has since made countless films with other notable musicians such as Charlie Hunter, David Crosby,
Bokanté, Banda Magda, Forq, The Quebe Sisters, Shaun Martin, Mark Lettieri, and many others.

Since 2017, Andy has worked as a Senior Video Editor, Senior Manager of Content Solutions, and as a Senior
Manager of Content Acquisition as Shutterstock, where he works with some of the largest brands in the world
through a library of commercial music, photos, footage, 3D objects and more. He continues to create new films and other creative projects through Mr. Magic Carpet Ride Productions and through a creative series of “How To” videos on his original show called, “Life at the House.” More importantly than any professional accomplishment,

Andy is a proud husband and father and enjoys a quiet life at home being creative and spending time with his family.