Mark Arneson - How are you doin?

Hi Everybody...... thanks for stopping by,..Im single and available, and i do the music thing here in Minneapolis.......and ive been doing it for quite some time now, all over the country......lets seeee.....Besides this site. if you want, you can find out more about me if you google me.... alsooooo i was also featured in the "Mineapolis Star Tribune" through Jon Breams' columns and Tom Surowiczs' writings, even CJ had a thing to say ... yikes....ill tell you more about that later......... Otherwise....basically, im using "this" site to meet people and promote my music ......... sooooooo if your interested in me....please feel free to contact me here or any of my other web sites......... but first of alllll i would like to quote my favorite poem...... "O pointy bird a pointy, pointy, I annoint thy head annointy nointy".... pretty good huh?.....(smile)..... the rest is what i do here im minneapolis..... please contact me if interested.... take care...for samples of my some of my music... www.cdbaby.com/mava --- or --- www.tcmusic.com ---....----============ Press quotes;........============================================= "Instrument Ace!" - Jon Bream - Minneapolis Star Tribune----"Very Talented!" - Skip Taylor - Dreamworks Records/ President----"Man of vision, Hooks, and Chops Galore" - Tom Surowicz - Minneapolis Star Tribune-----"Great Guitar Player" - Jeff Skunk Baxter - Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan----- ============================================================ Mark Arneson is the Los Angeles born, Producer, Arranger, Songwriter, Mixing Engineer and Multi-Instrumentalist for his CD called "City Stories". -----------Mark has also played guitar, Produced and/or worked in the studio with such prominent Minneapolis bands/people such as: the Jazz/Fusion band Northcoast, the TC Jammers,--the David K Band, -- the R-Factor with Emil Campbell II,-- the Mark Arneson/ Margaret Cox band,-- the Sugar Divas, Seminars and Jazz fusion gigs with Minnesota Orchestra Bassist Dave Anderson (the Radiators) for the Minnesota Orchestra, currently on the roster with them also,-- the Christian Rock/funk Band "2by2" featuring; Lauren Dubbels, Samantha Dubbels, Jacob Levoir and Drew Russell, Marks been a Featured guest on KQRS with Mae Young, Jazz 88.5 with Tom Surowicz, and Cities 97 -- Other bands and artists include - Minneapolis Gospel sensation Jodie Sellars, the Good News Big Band, R&B and Pop vocal band Belladiva with Lisa Marie Furth, Lisa Pallen and Jenny Sanford,-- Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers),-- Ricky Peterson (Keyboardist for David Sanborn, John Mayer),-- Tommy Barbarella (Prince and the New Power Generation),-- Billy Peterson (Steve Miller Band),-- Linda Peterson,-- The Jane Gang featuring, Jane Aleckson,-- the Metheny-like Jazz Fusion group "the Halfsteppers".-- the Steely Dan influenced Flammable Jammies,-- George Faber and the Icons,-- the Lowertown Jazz Quartet,-- the Mark Arneson quartet with Bobby Vandell, Doug Nelson, Billy Franze, and Jon Einwick,-- Saxophone Legend Ed Berger,-- the Twin Cities Jazz Guitar society Guitarathon,-- the Daly Planet with Steve Daly and Cynthia Johnson,-- Fabian,-- Featured artist at the Narrows with the Patrick Allen Band, David Gonzalez (Whitney Houston, CeCe Winans),-- Del Shannon,-- Tommy Roe,-- Rocket,-- Dirty Work with Dave Eiland, Gordy Knutsen, Steve Jennings, Ernie Laviolet, Mario Dawson, Ronna Jay, Rufino Ochoada, Mike Patrick, Raymond -June- Hornsby LTD., and LeAnne Thompson,-- the L.A. Thompson band,-- and Big Walter Smith and the Groove Merchants,-- Colleen Wold....... He has also played sax with; the Lights Out Committee,-- Raggs,-- Dannys Reasons and the Margaret Cox/ Mark Arneson band..... Mark has played Keys with Raggs,-- the Celebrators,-- the James Zackery band and Midnight rider...... And Mark has also played bass with; the BellaDiva band,-- Bonedaddy,-- the Dean Weisser Band,-- the ebc jazz band, etc....He has also programmed drums for the Dennis Landeen Project,-- LeeAnne Thompson Project,-- Colleen Dorsey and countless Liquid 8 Records c.d.s.......He has arranged, written for and directed an 18 piece orchestra, called the EBC Hit Parade. Doing Sammy Nestico, Count Basie, and Maynard Fergusen charts.......besides producing multiple projects in the Minneapolis area, Mark has also produced Hosanna Lutherans 25th. Anniversary C.d.======================================================= He has also performed with Calvary Baptist in Minneapolis, Woodland Hills in St. Paul, Grace Church in Eden Prairie and Celebration church in Lakeville.....he is currently on staff at Calvary Baptist in Minneapolis with Jodi Sellars and teaching at Bethany Academy/ Bloomington Baptist..... ========================================================= Press;"World Class Musician"-- "Its safe to say he was a child prodigy"-- "True Genius"; "Upper Room with Joe Kelley" radio show / Live Mondays 4-8pm EST. WVOF 88.5 FM in Fairfield CT. www.wvof.com -- Also "Upper Room with Joe Kelley and Gi Dussault" 24/7 Internet Radio Show www.upperroomwithjoekelley.com Featured on PRINCES' official website.==================================================== ===== (CD Liner Notes (edited)Can a veteran of blues jams and countless bar bands be the new Svengali of pop soul? Might a journeyman guitarist, a rumour in his own time and town, pull off a fascinating concept album of urban R&B? Is Mark Arneson, the guy I met after-hours so many years ago at a White Castle slider shop, secretly an auteur of sophisticated funk, a cat blessed with panoramic vision? Amazingly, the answer is "Yes" to all of the above.Though all the singers and players featured on City Stories are based in Minneapolis/St.Paul, or the nearby suburbs, the CD truly sports an all-star cast, with global renown. Including such Minneapolis Legends as: Cynthia Johnson (Funkytown, the Sounds of Blackness), Margaret Cox (Prince, and Dr. Mambos Combo), Minneapolis' best jazz singers; Linda Peterson, Debbie Duncan, and Gwen and Kandi Matthews. Also incredible R&B singers; Billy Franze (Jonny Lang), Mark Lickteig (Dr Mambos Combo), Kathleen Johnson (Prince and the New Generation), Gwen Lewis (Flyte Tyme), Big George Jackson, Big Bob Scoggin, Colleen Wold, Emil Campbell II, Steve York (Robert Palmer), Fancy Ray McCloney, Steve Daly (High and Mighty), Lindsey Holl, and the late great Jasmine Jones to name a few...Mark says; "I never thought about doing something like this, until I heard Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation, Arneson explains. Here were two guys -- Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis -- writing music from the perspective of Janet Jackson, who's a woman. I thought that would be a good creative challenge. They filled up every nook and cranny of space, with sounds and samples flying around. I thought that was very cool. My album is kinda like putting that concept on top of some hip Steely Dan Chords. It's a combination of two elements - that busy Jam & Lewis-style productions, with the killer drum machine sounds and other Flyte-Time-Y stuff, plus some jazzy Steely chords underneath."Project leader Arneson may still come off as a journeyman, as the behind-the scenes co-star of his own album. But no less a guitarist than Eric Clapton has called himself a journeyman, so that's no too shabby a thing to be. With a little luck and promotion, jobbing gutarist Arneson may soon be better known as a hit songwriter. His City Stories -- catchy and undeniable slices of pop/rock/funk as polished as "Where It Comes From", "Because of You" and "Now or Never" -- deserve to be heard (and danced to) in a lot of urban locales, both here and abroad.The swirling soundscapes of Grammy-winning super producers Jam & Lewis. The sophisticated musicality of meticulous megabucks critics' darlings Steely Dan. Those are big names to drop, high goals to set. But Arneson's clearly up to the challenge. He long ago swore off the white castles for the joys of Thai curry - the hotter the better! And his City Stories project is plenty spicy - an-all-you-can-eat sizzling soul affair. Tom Surowicz - Minneapolis Star-Tribune ======================================================== More Reviews about the "City Stories" C.D. and Mark;HELLO READERS! - wvof 88.5, Fairfield Conneticut - Reviewed by; Gamillah; (Check out his other reviews at the Upper Room with Joe Kelley website)----This week I will talk to you about Mark Arneson project. (Mark Allen Arneson) www.markarneson.com.----The CD lasts 57. 29 min. divided on twenty tracks. Most of them last approximately 4 to 6 minutes each. This CD is a mix of different styles of music; you can hear Pop, Rap, Funk, Hip-Hop, and Jazz with many Minneapolis singers and musicians. I have the feeling listening to this CD, that many artists had joined Mark to create their own CD in one CD. Mark is that amazing that his musical colleagues love to collaborate with him. We have many talented artists on this City Stories Project, and Mark Arneson produced this CD. It is a CD with 20 tracks; where Mark played all instruments extremely well. I like very much when he plays sax and when Big George Jackson comes to speak at many spots, to change the beat between each track and continue after to let us know the great voices of different female artists like Cynthia Johnson, Debbie Duncan, Linda Peterson, Kathleen Johnson, Margaret Cox, who all sing delightfully. (Margaret toured Europe with Prince's New Power Generation). My favourite tunes are: Track # 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16. I like when Fancy Ray presents the track 12 on the track 11... It is a highly recommendable CD with soft musical motifs and funky beats and a cast of all-star musicians helmed by Mark Arneson. ----Gamillah-----Produced by Mark Arneson for Trimark Productions www.markarneson.com [email protected] ========================================================= "Great Guitar Player!" - Jeff Skunk Baxter (Steely Dan & The Doobie Brothers)====="Incredibly Talented" - "Ultimately satisfying piece of work" - Freedom the DAWN experience (UK Premiere Prince Website).======"You're a Genius!" - Bobby Z. (Drummer for Prince and the Revolution, - appears in the movie "Purple Rain")==== "Very Nice!" - Carolyn Peterson (DJ) Smooth Jazz 100.3 -Minneapolis' newest jazz station======"Amazing!" - "A documentation of the Minnesota Music Scene" - "Best in the Business" - Mei Young (DJ) KQRS - Minneapolis' coolest rock station.======"Im honored and excited to be part of this c.d.,A genius piece of Work!" - Nancy Rosen - One of Minneapolis' Leading DJ's and voice over pros( Target, among other major commercials).========"Fantastic Project!" - "I call him Amadeus - the Mastermind - the man with the plan!" - Fancy Ray McCloney - one of Americas newest and most innovative comedians. And a great spokesman. (Numerous commercial credits)======"Nice Engineering, Mix, and Songs" - Tommy Barbarella (Prince and the New Power Generation)======"I wish you worlds of good luck with the c.d. and Im happy I got to be a part of it!" - Linda Peterson - Minneapolis' Premiere Jazz Vocalist======= "Mark, You're an Innovator!" - David Eiland (Flyte Tyme, Jonny Lang Band)======="Great Job! It flows very nicely and it is great to hear a bunch of my musical friends on it." Mick Sterling - Minneapols' premiere blues vocalist.=======Nice playing! Way to go! - Larry McCabe (Maynard Ferguson, Jonny Lang)========"Great C.D. Mark! I love it!" - Margaret Cox - (Prince) check her c.d on cdbaby too.======"Wonderful c.d.!" Cynthia Johnson (Lipps inc., Sounds of Blackness, Funkytown)======"Really nice c.d.! Nice work." - Bobby Vandell (Bonnie Raitt, T.C. Jammers)======="A history of Minnesota music, must've been a fun project to do." Ken Abdo - Abdo and Abdo. (Minneapolis' Top Music Lawyer}======"Thanks for the music. Great playing - KEEP SWINGING!" - Ed Berger - (Minnesotas top saxophonist)======="Your sax playing was Fantastic!" - Todd Olson (from the Country's no.1 classic rock band - RAGGS)======="Mark, you more than deserve all the Praise." - Steve York (Dr.John, Manfred Mann, Bo Diddley) - (Thanks Steve, I just give it all to the man upstairs! Without him, it just doesn't happen - Mark)======================================================= ======Mark is also producing/or produced projects with; LeAnne Thompson, Margaret Cox, Cynthia Johnson, Lucia Newell, Colleen Dorsey, Dennis Landeen, Kym Parmater, Head Games video games, 2nd Wind Excercise, etc.======================================================== =Mark is also Producing/ or Produced;Hosanna Lutherans' 25th Anniversary C.D. - Featuring Worship Leaders Jon Russell and Becca Mowrey. The C.D. also features the Music staff consisting of Kathy Rosenbush, Annika Swanson and Choir Director Jim Detloff. It also features musicians from the worship team and the Choir. ======================================================== == Liquid 8 Productions==== Smooth sax christmas to Mariah Carey - Trimark Productions inc.=====Guitar Tribute to the Red Hot Chili Peppers - TriMark Productions Inc. - Liquid 8 Records, Minneapolis Mn.====Guitar Tribute to the Smashing Pumpkins - TriMark Productions Inc. - Liquid 8 Records, Minneapolis Mn.====Guitar Tribute to Dashboard Confessional - TriMark Productions Inc. - Liquid 8 Records - Minneapolis Mn.=====Guitar Tribute to Franz Ferdinand - TriMark Productions Inc. - Liquid 8 Records - Minneapolis Mn.=====Smooth Sax Tribute to the Black Eye Peas - TriMark Productions Inc. - Liquid 8 Records - Minneapolis Mn.=====Guitar Tribute to U2 - TriMark Productions Inc. - Liquid 8 Records - Minneapolis Mn.=====Guitar Tribute to Modest Mouse - TriMark Productions Inc. - Liquid 8 Records - Minneapolis Mn.====Smooth Sax Tribute to Jennifer Lopez - TriMark Productions Inc. - Liquid 8 Records - Minneapolis Mn.============= Smooth Sax Tribute to Michael Jacksons "Thriller" - TriMark Productions Inc. - Liquid 8 Records Reviewer: [email protected] "mistermaxxx" (usa) - See all my reviews ----i don't care what nobody says Michael Jackson is One of the Greatest Musicians Ever period. He is a timeless Musical Genius,whose Music I'll always champion. "Thriller" is still one of the standards of Pop Music making.it's cool to see a tribute to the genius of that Album.some of the Arrangements work&some are aight.but when they hit they truly hit.the thing about Thriller is that I expect a whole word wide creation on this Album from various countrys.this is a Nice tribute to the King of Pop. =======Smooth Sax Tribute to Bob Marleys "Legend" - TriMark Productions Inc. - Liquid 8 Records----Guitar Tribute to Cat Stevens - TriMark Productions Inc. - Liquid 8 Records - Minneapolis Mn.-----Guitar Tribute to O' Brother Where art Thou - TriMark Productions Inc. - Liquid 8 Records - Minneapolis Mn.---- Sax Tribute to Van Morrison - TriMark Productions Inc.- Liquid 8 Records - Minneapolis Mn.-----Sax Tribute to Aretha Franklin - TriMark Productions Inc. - Liquid 8 Records - Minneapolis Mn.------Sax Tribute to Shania Twain - TriMark Productions Inc.- Liquid 8 Records - Minneapolis Mn.-----Sax Tribute to the Bee Gees - TriMark Productions Inc. - Liquid 8 Records - Minneapolis Mn.-----Sax Tribute to Los Lonely Boys - TriMark Productions Inc. - Liquid 8 Records - Minneapolis Mn.-----Sax Tribute to Cher - TriMark Productions Inc. - Liquid 8 Records - Minneapolis Mn.-----Sax Tribute to Tina Turner - TriMark Productions Inc. - Liquid 8 Records - Minneapolis Mn.----======= Sax Tribute to the Isley Brothers - TriMark Productions Inc. - Liquid 8 Records - Minneapolis Mn. ----Review:...Great Tribute to the Greatest Band Ever, July 24, 2005 Reviewer: [email protected] "mistermaxxx" (usa) - See all my reviews ;I always enjoy the Smooth Jazz tributes to Artists Music that I enjoy&this One is no exception.the Isley Brothers are the Greatest Musical band Ever to me. there Music is timeless&captures all Eras,Styles&Moods for almost 50 years.the Arrangements&Musicianship here is timeless&Nice. ====================================================Flammabl e Jammies - Flam Jam Productions - Electric Fetus----Big Bob Scoggin - King Size - Celebration Records===================================================== =====Mark has been featured in/on; Minneapolis Star Tribune; with Jon Bream/ C.J.'s column/ Tom Surowicz weekly picks -------WVOF 88.5 fm/ Upper Room With Joe Kelley Radio Show - Featured on Princes' official Website------Minneapolis City Pages------KQRS; with Mei Young/ Fancy Ray------KMOJ---CITIES 97-----KBEM 88.5; with Craig Eichorn/ Larry Wolfe/ Monday night Jazz show with Tom Surowicz-------Smooth Jazz 104.7-----Fargo Forum----Valley City Times Record etc. etc. =============== Thanks section-------"I know many people have never had the opportunity to play or work these incredible singers and musicians. I feel very honored and humbled to say I have. Every one of you have been an inspiration for me...Especially the one and only Bobby Vandell, the outrageously funny and talented Ricky Peterson, the late great and wonderful Doug Nelson, Jodi Sellars, Bryan Moak, Tony Axtell, Jason Peterson, Mark Licktieg, Jon Einwick, Lucia Newell, Todd Marx, David Gonzalez, David K, John Dunn, Larry McCabe, Brian Simonds, Eddie Berger, Linda Peterson, Lisa Marie Furth, Lisa Pallen, Jenny Sanford, Colleen Wold, Fancy Ray McCloney, Jeanette Thulin, Jodie Sellars, Skip Taylor, David Eiland, Nathan Hartmann, Charles Hayes, Steve Daly, Cynthia Johnson, Billy Larson, Lisa Wenger, Chad Elliot, Mikki Nord, Tom Surowicz, Rufino Ochoada, Ronna Jay, Steve Jennings, Todd Olson, Mike Patrick, Raymond -June- Hornsby LTD., Patrick Allen, Ernie Laviolet, Bobby Z., Leanne Thompson, Also, Jon Russell, Becca Mowrey, Kathy Rosenbush, Annika Swanson, Jody white, Jim Detloff, Jane Allison, and of course the Lord above.. may you bless and watch over these gifted and wonderfully talented artists and musicians." - Mark Arneson