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About Me

I live in the hills of the Okanagan...I make rhythm with my feet... scoops and stomps on a little wooden box I found in my grandfathers tool shed. I make melodies with my fingers and tongue and teeth and lips. I play the guitar. I travel.It's a work in progress, but it is getting acclaim from the strangest places. Famous people that have recently said cool stuff about it include Riley Inge (Temptations), Tegan Quin (Tegan & Sara), Wil (Minimnaugh), Andrew Smith, Damien Rice, Gil Zsabo, Terry Kaiser, Rik Leaf, Bill Kennedy, Joel Kroeker. It's a cross between highly ambitious flailing live one-man action, folk rock, contemplative swooning, drunken craziness and dark lullabies, with a heavy seasoning of humor throughout. Thank you for stopping by!

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 07/03/2006
Band Website: arineufeld.com
Band Members: Cds available online: old man songs by a boy (for a girl), http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/arineufeld1 ari(el) the (medical) tapes, vol II, http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/arineufeld2Musican guests: Chris Neufeld (voices), Sara Ciantar (voice, accordion), Richard St Onge (Cellos), Chris O'Neil (percussions), Ryan Peters (percussion, voice), Sean Neufeld (violin, voice), Jon Anderson (production, texture, color, percussion, Buena Vista Audio Langley), Paul Reimer (production, Revolution Sound Abbotsford), Brian Weibe (production, Solarnest Studios Kelowna), Colin Stewart (production, Hive Studios Vancouver)
Influences:
Sounds Like: Loons near Oyama Lake. Sounds like East meets West. Sounds like the song borne of a thousand questions and answers, vibrating with gold leaves and a rapid heart beat.
Record Label: (sometimes called Lion of God Renderings)/unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

streaming cafe

Wow...Most people didn't know what was going on when I sent out my invites for the show last night. The Streaming Cafe is a very cutting edge venue that gives indepedent, unsigned, relatively unknown ...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:39:00 GMT

Sept. 8 and... bring on the world!!!

My knuckles are totally bruised on my right hand, from knocking on things during yesterday's shows. My evening show at Salty's Beachouse every night has me in this tight little tiki shack like nook of...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:28:00 GMT

Check out this event: ARIS TOUR OF VANCOUVER!!!

Hosted By: ari(el) When: 29/03/2008Where: Wired Monk, Roxy, Cafe Deux SoleilAll over Van CityVancouver, British Columbia|56 CanadaDescription:ari(el) Click Here To View Event
Posted by on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:29:00 GMT

bring in the new year!!!! (this blogs a gooder, but long)

What a year!!What a rich and complex elixir of grace and clumsiness. What an intoxicating blend of learning and aptitude! Not just music. Not just the poetry that makes my life an interesting read. Ev...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:22:00 GMT

Taking life by the f***ing horns and givin’ ’er

This year is my crowning achievement in this life. I guess that that changes with each year that passes. But I feel like I'm on the edge of something really really special. If I were a surfer, this wo...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:01:00 GMT

Ireland

shitt as....wow. I'm in the city of Cork once again, and the mist hangs low over this little smelly, beautiful place. What rich memories of tainted people with such complex generosity... such a wonder...
Posted by on Tue, 15 May 2007 06:15:00 GMT

update on my penticton digs

alright... have I mentioned that my new life is crazy? it is... This week I played 5 different shows at totally unique venues, including the habitat gallery benefit for the violence against women prev...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:45:00 GMT

My new account is finally open!!

So I finally signed up with MySpace! There have been so many wonderful people interested in the new things in my life, eager to hear some of the new music I'm working on, wanting to know when and wher...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 09:33:00 GMT