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Infobox musical artist | name = Ari Hest| image = Ari Hest 05112011 Saint v2 400.jpg| caption = Ari Hest performing at The Saint (music venue)|The Saint in Asbury Park, NJ , May 11, 2011| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1979|6|16|birth_place =Mt. Sinai Hospital. Manhattan , New York|NY , United States|U.S. http://www.theahsa.com/aboutariinline.htm#genBackground About Ari - General Background, Interviews of Ari for TheAHSA.com from October 2002 and April 21st, 2003. Accessed on February 5, 2007.| death_date =| origin =| instrument = Singing|Vocalist Guitarist Keyboardist Harmonicist Percussionist | genre = Rock music|Rock , Acoustic music|Acoustic , Pop music|Pop | occupation = Singing|Singer Musician | years_active = 1999–present| label = Columbia records|Columbia Records (2004-2007) Project 4 Records (1999-2004; 2007-Present)| associated_acts =| website = http://www.arihest.com| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Ari Hest is an American singer-songwriter and a native of Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale in the Bronx borough of New York .
Biography
Early life
Ari took piano lessons as a child and later, as a Adolescence#Teenagers|teenager , taught himself to play his mother's Classical guitar|nylon string guitar by ear with influences from both his parents' record collection and radio artists. Artists cited as influences are Paul Simon , The Beatles , Dave Matthews , U2 , Smashing Pumpkins , Tears for Fears , The Police , Nirvana (band)|Nirvana , and Pearl Jam among others. As a child, Ari aspired to become a professional baseball player and continued to play through the end of high school . During Ari's childhood, his father wrote jingles for toy commercials on television for which he sometimes recruited Ari to sing. One jingle noted by Ari as an example was a commercial for a girl's toy puppy from Hasbro branded "Sweetie Pups". Although he did not win, Ari competed in a Battle of the Bands contest in 11th grade playing Pearl Jam 's "Nothing Man" and Led Zeppelin 's "Thank You" with another young musician . Ari wrote his first song in 1996 that was titled "Surrounded By Surprise" and is defined by Ari as "something involving a made-up girlfriend and a hot-air balloon". Ari began playing in his first band called Synapse between 1997 and 1999. The band played venues such as New York City clubs and graduation parties. Ari's songs "Fade" and "Consistency" were born from this group. Ari attended Cornell University in Ithaca , New York|NY beginning in 1999 and later transferred to New York University , where he received a degree in Communications in 2002.
Career
While attending NYU, Ari began to focus on his musical career by touring college s and clubs across the United States . Under his own Independent record label|independent recording label , Project 4, Ari released one Extended play|EP , Incomplete and two albums, Come Home and Story After Story , selling approximately 20,000 Compact disc|CD s. In March 2004, Hest signed a recording contract with Columbia records|Columbia . He recorded his first studio album Someone To Tell with producer David Kos Rolfe, which was followed by a five-song Extended play|EP "Guilty Hearts EP" in the fall of 2005. His sixth album, The Green Room Sessions , was recorded on a laptop personal computer using Apple Inc.|Apple 's GarageBand software. Ari performed all vocals and instruments to include acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, harmonica, and percussion for this album. Ari sometimes gives demonstrations of GarageBand at Apple Store (retail)|Apple Stores that are both free and open to the public. http://www.arihest.com News: Live At The Apple Store - Ari To Give Garageband Demonstrations and Performances - January 13, 2007. Accessed on January 31, 2007. Ari has completed the recording of his seventh album, The Break-In with producer Mitchell Froom . A single (music)|single from the album ''I've Got You'' was released on Apple Inc.|Apple 's iTunes in January 2007 and the full-length album was released by Columbia in May of that year. After leaving Columbia in 2008, Ari embarked on an ambitious project he called "52". For the entire year of 2008, Ari wrote, recorded and released a new song every week for 52 weeks and sent them via email to subscribers who paid a one time fee to receive all 52 songs throughout the year. The project was extremely successful, garnering Hest much praise in the media and from fans. In 2009, he released Twelve Mondays , a collection of 12 fan-selected songs reworked and rerecorded. It was self-released on Ari's Project 4 Records. In 2010, Ari went back into the studio to record his next album with producer Alex Wong. The result was Sunset Over Hope Street, released on March 1, 2011.
Family
Ari's father plays a number of different Horn (instrument)|horn instruments and is a college music professor. When Ari was a child, his father wrote jingle s for children's toy Advertising#Type|commercials . His mother is currently a cantor. Ari's older brother, Daniel Hest, managed Ari for several years but now attends business school to receive his MBA. http://www.starpolish.com/news/article.asp? id=683 On The Road: A Manager's View of SXSW 2004, Danny Hest - Monday, April 12, 2004. Accessed on February 6, 2007.
Television & Radio Appearances
Television
New York, NY , WPIX|WPIX-TV 11 Morning News. Monday, August 9, 2004 at 8:45am North American Eastern Time Zone|EST . Live acoustic performance.
CNNfn "The Biz". Tuesday, August 10, 2004 at 12:30pm North American Eastern Time Zone|EST . Interview.
Chicago, IL , WGN-TV 9, Wednesday, September 8, 2004. Musical guest. Live performance and interview.
" Last Call with Carson Daly ". September 24, 2004. http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx? tvobjectid=192264& more=ucepisodelist& episodeid=4280255 Last Call with Carson Daly Episodes - TVGuide.com. Accessed on January 31, 2007. The episode also featured Jim Breuer , Bill Bellamy , Paul Rodriguez and No Use for a Name . Live performances of "They're On To Me" and "A Fond Farewell" from the album "Someone To Tell". This was Ari's network television debut.
ESPN "Cold Pizza". Tuesday, October 26, 2004. Live performance.
Philadelphia, PA , WCAU 10, Tuesday, December 2, 2004 at 9:30am North American Eastern Time Zone|EST .
CBS "Saturday Early Show, Second Cup Cafe". January 1, 2005 at 7:00am North American Eastern Time Zone|EST . Live Performance.
Kansas City, KS , WDAF-TV 4's "the Noon News", Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 12:40pm North American Eastern Time Zone|EST . Live performance and interview.
Austin, TX , KTBC 7, Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 12:00pm North American Eastern Time Zone|EST . Live performance and interview.
Radio
Multiple radio stations. Acoustic cafe|Acoustic Café , August 23, 2004. Recorded performance.
WXPN|WXPN Experimental Pennsylvania Network (88.5 FM broadcasting|FM ) at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA . World Cafe , August 25, 2004 at 2:00pm North American Eastern Time Zone|EST . Live performance and interview with David Dye .
List of XM Satellite Radio channels#Rock|XM Cafe (45 XM Satellite Radio|XM ), "Build Your Own Show". September 6 , 8th-10th, 2004. Live performance at XM Studios w/ Ari Hest#Band members|Rob Calder .
KMTT|KMTT The Mountain (103.7FM) in Seattle, WA . January 19, 2005. Live performance at the Mountain Music Lounge.
WRLT|WRLT Radio Lightning , (100.1 FM broadcasting|FM ) in Nashville, TN . Thursday, March 10, 2005. Live performance.
WFUV|WFUV Fordham University's Voice (90.7 FM broadcasting|FM ) in New York, NY . Sunday, March 13, 2005. Live performance and interview on Pete Fornatale's "Mixed Bag".
WBOS|WBOS Boston (92.9 FM broadcasting|FM ) in Boston|Boston, MA . Saturday, April 30, 2005. Live performance for the 12th Annual 92.9 WBOS EarthFest at Boston|Boston's Hatch Shell . Headliner: The Wallflowers . Other artists: Low Millions , Carbon Leaf , Five for Fighting .
WBOS|WBOS Boston (92.9 FM broadcasting|FM ) in Boston|Boston, MA . Saturday, July 14, 2005. Live performance at the Copley Square Concert at 7:15pm North American Eastern Time Zone|EST .
WBOS|WBOS Boston (92.9 FM broadcasting|FM ) in Boston|Boston, MA . Saturday, January 6, 2007. Live performance and interview from Bretton Woods Mountain Resort Slopeside Pub in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire|Bretton Woods, NH .
The Acoustic Lounge on KSFS podcast in San Francisco, CA . Released on June 20, 2007. Live performance of the May 13th, 2007 Bottom of the Hill concert and interview.
Music videos
A small budget music video was recorded of the single (music)|single "They're On To Me" featuring Ari moving through several New York cityscape s and playing a sold-out album release concert at New York City 's Bowery Ballroom venue on August 10, 2004. The video was directed by Steven Oritt.
On March 22, 2008, Ari performed a live, interactive concert for his fans at DeepRockDrive . Songs performed include "Sleep Tonight", "Anne Marie", and "I've Got You".
Ari's video for So Slow was shot in Northport, Long Island and Washington Square Park in New York City.
Ari's video for "Dead End Driving" was shot in Phoenix, AZ and directed by Josh Franer
Band members
Current
Rob Calder • Bassist
Often tours with Ari and can be seen in the 'making of' video on the "Guilty Hearts EP" compact disc|disc as well as in the music video for "They're On To Me". In addition to working with Ari, Rob has performed and/or recorded with Angus & Julia Stone, Declan O'Rourke (on "Mag Pai Zai"), Paul Kelley/Angus Stone, John Southworth, Fiction Plane , Michael Brunnock, Findlay Brown, Will Stratton, Pete & J/Harper Blynn, Cutters, Kanye West, The Break & Repair Method, Colin Smith and Ghostface Killah to name a few.
Doug Yowell • Drummer
Thad DeBrock • Guitarist
Former
Scott Seiver • Drummer
Matt Beck • Guitarist
A-Team
The http://www.arihestateam.com A-Team is a grassroots group of individuals who promote Ari's music with postcard s, poster s and through Word of mouth marketing|word of mouth . Additionally, members of the team are encouraged to record his live shows, publicly distribute them free of charge, and send a copy of the recording to Ari's website to be distributed over the internet via mp3 audio and videos. Perks for A-Team members include contests with prizes, access to the rep-only website, private rep concerts and exclusive media content.
Covers
Ari covered Fleetwood Mac 's " Fleetwood Mac#Singles|Little Lies " on his album The Green Room Sessions. Ari has covered " I'm On Fire " by Bruce Springsteen , Leonard Cohen 's "Hallelujah", Radiohead 's " No Surprises ", Jeff Buckley 's "Morning Theft", The Doobie Brothers ' " What a Fool Believes " and Elton John 's "Daniel" among many others during live performances.
Management
Ari has been managed by his brother throughout his career. He is now managed by http://www.brickwallmgmt.com/ Brick Wall Management and is booked by http://www.flemingartists.com/index_main.php Fleming Artists.
Discography
Full-Length, Extended Play and Single Albums
Incomplete (EP, 1999), Project 4 Records
Come Home (2001), Project 4 Records
Story After Story (2002). Project 4 Records
Someone To Tell (2004), Columbia Records
Guilty Hearts (EP, 2005), Columbia Records
The Green Room Sessions (EP, 2006), Columbia Records
''I've Got You (Download only single, 2007), Columbia Records/Red Ink
The Break-In (2007), Columbia Records/Red Ink
Live at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts|Quick Center (EP, 2008), Project 4 Records
52 (2008), Project 4 Records
Twelve Mondays (2009), Project 4 Records
Sunset Over Hope Street (2011), Releasing on March 1, 2011, Project 4 Records
Promotional, Soundtrack and Other Albums
Consistency , Live From The Village Underground (2002), Project 4 Records, included with first 1,000 copies of “Story After Story”
Winter Break: The Movie Soundtrack (2003), Various Artists, with “Strangers Again” from Ari Hest
DecentXposure • Volume One (2003). Various Artists, with “Consistency” from Ari Hest
"The Lincoln Lawyer" Soundtrack (2011) Various Artists, with "Now" from Ari Hest.
References
Reflist|25. ^ http://www.oncampusbooking.com Ari Hest at On Campus Booking http://www.archive.org/details/ahest2005-05-26.mk4.nbox.shnf Ari Hest Live at The Roxy on May 26, 2005. Accessed on 02/10/2007. http://arihest.chime.com/newsgreenroom.shtml Ari Hest News. Accessed on February 10, 2007. http://www.arihest.com/ Ari Hest Profile/Biography. Accessed on January 31, 2007. http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Hest,_Ari/Biography/ Ari Hest Biography. Accessed on January 31, 2007. http://www.auralgasms.com/browse.aspx? Redirect=frameArtistMain.aspx? BandID=arihest& SampleID= Ari Hest Biography. Accessed on January 31, 2007. http://www.theahsa.com/ About Ari - General Background. Accessed on February 5, 2007.
External links
http://www.arihest.com Official Ari Hest website
http://www.archive.org/details/AriHest Ari Hest on the Live Music Archive
http://www.brickwallmgmt.com/ Brick Wall Management: Ari Hest's management
http://www.arihestfans.com/ Ari Hest Fans
http://www.theahsa.com/ The Ari Hest Show Archive
http://www.glidemagazine.com/index.php? task=Articles& section=94& id=46636& issue=1& PHPSESSID=3e679 Album Review: Ari Hest - Someone To Tell.
http://www.musicbox-online.com/ah-tell.html Album Review: Ari Hest - Someone to Tell.
http://www.stereosubversion.com/interviews-features/03-15-2008/ari-hest/ Ari Hest Interview at StereoSubversion.com
http://www.soundbitesdog.com/ezine/? id=48 Ari Hest Interview with Sound Bites Dog E-Zine
Persondata | NAME =Hest, Ari | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =June 16, 1979 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Mt. Sinai Hospital. Manhattan , New York|NY , United States|U.S. | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Hest, Ari Category:1979 births Category:American male singers Category:American singer-songwriters Category:Cornell University alumni Category:Living people Category:Horace Mann School alumni Category:New York University alumni Category:People from the Bronx Category:Live Music Archive artists
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