| Arlene Bishop | |
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| Labels | The Twelve Steves |
Arlene Bishop is a Canadian lyricist, screenwriter, artist and singer-songwriter.
Arlene Bishop was born in Churchill, Manitoba and raised in Ottawa, Ontario. She currently resides in Toronto, Ontario. As a songwriter Arlene Bishop has released four CDs independently and has placed several songs in film and television, most notably her song "98 Points" appearing in the Canadian fim "New Waterford Girl" (directed by Allen Moyle) and "The Michael Jackson Story: The Man in the Mirror" for VH1. As a first time music producer (along with Scott Dibble), Arlene released "Begin Again" with two parts: Part One as an acoustic guitar and voice production and Part Two with an array of special guests ranging from Amin Bhatia, Blair Packham, Simon Law (Soul II Soul) and Will Ackerman.
As a screenwriter Bishop penned (along with Blair Packham, David Mackenzie and Brigitte Gall) the Fringe Festival one-woman play Joan of Montreal, which became Brigitte Gall's Joan of Montreal for The Comedy Network, and she has written several unproduced screenplays. As an experimental artist she created the "I, Butterfly" digital collage for Begin Again and as a videomaker she created an animated video series for the same CD.
As a theme lyricist Arlene Bishop has written for "Pandalian", "Pecola", "BeyBlade" and "BeyBlade Metal Fusion", and "Jane and the Dragon" and as a guest singer she has appeared on recordings by Marc Nadjiwan, Scott Dibble and Barenaked Ladies. Arlene Bishop songs and co-writes have appeared on recordings by Blair Packham, John Alcorn, Suzie Vinnick, Jackie Richardson, and Marie Rottrova.
Pinky
Snarky Girlpop
Cut a Man's Heart Out
Begin Again (Part One of Two)