Bio

Arek Religa was born in Poland in 1965.He started playing guitar at the age of 16.His musical talent soon transformed him to major Polish stages,playing with many great named musicians and bands. One of the most memorable performances for Arek was in 1999 when he played the "International Music & Film Festival" in Poznan, Poland. At this festival Arek performed with the band of Robert Janson right next to world famous musicians and bands such as Chuck Mangione,Blues Brothers, Maurice Jarre,Michael Kamen,and others. In 2000 Arek came to America where he found another musical talent - composing and arranging. Few of his many recent achievements are: - 2005 Dallas Songwriter Association Contest - 3rd place in the Instrumental / TV /Film / Classical and Jazz Category with his tune "It's going to be better". - 7th Annual Great American Song Contest - Finalist in the Instrumental category with the tune "It's going to be better" Song called "Hope"was used in a movie by J. Michael Seyfert "Rent a Rasta". -"! Viva! Carlos", another one of Arek's tunes, is placed on 35th position of above 1700 songs in the "Instrumental Rock" category on the popular website known as GarageBand.com. Recently Arek Religa has signed a publishing agreement for few of his songs,with "Black Rose Productions Inc." of Tito Batista. Influences: Peter Gabriel,Led Zeppelin,Deep Purple,United Kingdom,Frank Zappa,Mike Oldfield,Boston,Yes,Toto,Pat Matheny,Clannad,Return to Forever,Les Paul,Al Di Meola,Paco De Lucia,Carlos Santana,Michael Schenker,Michael Angelo Batio,Van Halen,Pink Floyd,Joe Satriani,Steve Vai,David Lee Roth,WhiteSnake ,Sting,Dire Straits,KinCrimson,Kate Bush,Rush,Kansas,Journey... Latest news: "We just wanted to email you and let you know that your song "Beyond horizon" has made it as one of the top 5 in your category in the Song of the Year songwriting contest in January's round" http://www.songoftheyear.com/webawards/a/arekreliga.htm "CONGRATULATIONS! You were selected as the Electric Guitar winner of the Texas Music Project / Dallas International Guitar Festival Guitar Solo Contest on Broadjam.com. Your two songs, !Viva Carlos! and Beyond Horizon, were two of the top entries into the contest." http://www.broadjam.com/submissions/details/winners/ 20_winners.asp?contest_id=156