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With the financial hardships of a struggling musician behind him, Arnold's first paying job as a musician was producing the theme song for his parents’ arts-and-crafts store. Within a year, he'd composed commercial compositions for Valley View
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He is also the author of “A Story of Six
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is a songwriter, musician, composer and producer who specializes in sonic branding, often referred to as "the least known, most heard composer in
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in the early 1950s. Arnold discovered a passion for music at an early age while strumming his guitar in a junior high cover band. He and his family then moved to
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