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Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = Diane Arkenstone| image = Diane_Arkenstone.jpg| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| instrument = guitar , Keyboard instrument|keyboard , Flute|wood flutes , Appalachian dulcimer|dulcimer , percussion | genre = New Age music|New Age , World music|World | occupation = singer , composer , multi-instrumentalist | years_active =| label = Neo Pacifica Recordings| associated_acts = Ah Nee Mah, Earth Trybe, Enaid, Adventure Cargo, Marquis Ensemble, Middle Earth Orchestra, David Arkenstone | website = http://www.dianearkenstone.com dianearkenstone.com Diane Arkenstone is a New Age music ian.
Career
Arkenstone wrote her first song at the age of three and started playing guitar at the age of seven.cite web | url = http://www.eversound.com/artists/diane.html | title = Diane Arkenstone at EverSound | accessdate = 2010-06-11 She is trained as an opera singer. In her early career she co-formed with a friend named Melanie the duo Enaid & Einalem.cite web | url = Allmusic|class=artist|id=p356914|pure_url=yes | title = All Music Guide | accessdate = 2011-06-11
Arkenstone's album Jewel in the Sun debuted at number 16 on Billboard charts|Billboard's New Age charts when it was released in 2002, highest position was number 11. In 2005, The Best of Diane Arkenstone was ranked #1 on Zone Music Reporter 's Top 100 Airplay Chart, out of 2800 recordings reported that year.cite web | url = http://www.thescl.com/The_Best_of_Diane_Arkenstone | title = The Society of Composers & Lyricists | accessdate = 2011-06-11cite web | url = http://www.zonemusicreporter.com/charts/Top1002005.asp | title = Zone Music Reporter Top 100 Airplay Chart for 2005 | accessdate = 2011-06-11
In her career, she has done work on more than 45 albumscite web | url = http://www.2indya.com/2010/05/20/interview-with-diane-arkenstone-a-singer-with-a-difference/ | title = Interview with Diane Arkenstone-a singer with a difference | accessdate = 2010-06-11 and played various instruments such as guitar , Keyboard instrument|keyboard ,cite news|title=Reviews & Previews|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=fwgEAAAAMBAJ& lpg=PA25& dq=%22diane%20arkenstone%22%20%20instruments& pg=PA25#v=onepage& q=%22diane%20arkenstone%22%20%20instruments& f=false|accessdate=12 February 2011|newspaper=Billboard|date=Nov 20, 1999 Flute|wood flutes ,cite album-notes |title=Christmas Healing, Vol. 1 |artist=Diane Arkenstone and Misha Segal |year=2006 |format=CD liner |publisher=Neo Pacifica Recordings/Prima Vista Records Appalachian dulcimer|dulcimer , and percussion .cite album-notes |title=Jewel in the Sun |artist=Diane Arkenstone |year=2002 |format=CD liner |publisher=Neo Pacifica Recordings
Arkenstone, together with her ex-husband David Arkenstone , created their own record label called Neo Pacifica Recordings. In addition to releasing their own music on the label, they have included other bands such as Earth Trybe, Enaid, and the Marquis Ensemble.cite web | url = http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003468/David-Arkenstone.html | title = David Arkenstone Biography | accessdate = 2008-08-17
Personal life
She was previously married to musician David Arkenstone .cite web | url = http://www.theacorn.com/news/2002-11-28/Community/023.html | title = Westlake musician plays with heart | accessdate = 2010-05-25
Discography
Diane Arkenstone
Album
Release date
Label
Celtic Passage
Healing: Mind, Body, Spirit (The Wellness Series)
The Healing Spirit
Aquaria: A Liquid Blue Trancescape
Jewel in the Sun
The Best of Diane Arkenstone
Stories
Christmas Healing, Vol. 1
Christmas Healing, Vol. 2
Christmas Healing, Vol. 3
This Sacred Land
The Best of David and Diane Arkenstone
She has also worked with David Arkenstone on the albums Music Inspired by Middle Earth , The Celtic Book of Days and the album Trance World from Earth Trybe. With Misha Segal and Peter Hume she worked on the 3-CD collaboration Christmas Healing .
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