Diz Heller, born May 8, drinking the Dianetics koolaid

Birthday:May 8
Hometown:East Grinstead, United Kingdom

dizheller@hotmail.com

Born near Salzburg in Austria. Learned to play piano from age four as well as accordion, violin, recorder and guitar. Studied 'Church Music' (Organ, piano, harpsichord playing, Organ building, Choir singing, Choir conducting, etc.) in Graz, Austria, and 'Classical Guitar' in Vienna. Went to Copenhagen, Denmark, worked on a ship (SY Kastelholm) for a few months. Moved to Berlin, then southern Germany where I was a puppet maker and puppeteer for a decade. From there I came to England - and here I am, working at ARC Music as the Assistant Art Director. It's been over 16 years with ARC Music now...


Employer:ARC Music Productions Int. Ltd
Position:Assistant Art Dir



Activities: Creating CDs of traditional and ethnic music from all over the
world.
Interests: • MUSIC, both private and professionally. • TRADITIONAL
INSTRUMENTS from cultures around the world. • MOTORBIKE...
• Sitting at the COMPUTER late at night, filling in forms, like
this one... (arrrghh) ... and... • PHOTOGRAPHY !!

Favorite Music: • ETHNIC music, pure and raw, of any kind and culture.
• GUITARISTS: John McLaughlin, Larry Coryell, Philip Catherine,
Django Reinhardt, Pat Metheny, Chet Atkins, Les Paul, Charly
Christian, Barney Kessel, Kenny Burrell, Biréli Lagrène, Ismael
Reinhardt, Paco De Lucia, Al Di Meola, Paco Peña, Flavio
Cucchi, Jason Carter...

•SINGERS: Niyireth, Gong Linna, Elena Ledda, Suzy, Camille,
Munadjat Yulchieva, Julie Fowlis, Vesna Zornik, Ofra Haza, Zita
Tátrai, Pirjo Aittomäki, Suzanne Vega, Yulduz, Galina
Durmushliyska, Sevara Nazarkhan, Mor Karbasi, Badma-
Khanda...

Favorite TV Shows: None, TV's an utter waste of time! - Never owned one - don't
see any value in it!

Favorite Movies: Notebook, The Milagro Beanfield War, The Story of the Weeping
Camel, Shawshank Redemption, The Last of the Mohicans,
Geisha, The Cave of the Yellow Dog, Billy Elliot...

Favorite Books: All Terry Pratchetts, Writers of the Future series, Motorcycle
Diaries, Ai Pedrito!... lots more

Favorite Quotations: • If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything • Don't Panic!


Diz : Niyireth's beautiful new CD is out! Check it out at her facebook or at myspace.com/niyirethmusicacolombiana or
myspace.com/arcmusic.



AFRICA FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND TOLERANCE, MADINA N'DIAYE, WHY DONT WE DO SOMETHİNG??, In memory
of Jett Travolta, Global Fusion - Tradition and Innovation, SCOTLAND'S GREATEST CLAN!, I Bet I Can Find 1,000,000 People Who Just Want Peace!!, SAY ARTS - The Driving force in SUFI Music and Art, conTESTArte, Sense Experience,Portuguese Guitar, AMIGOS DE MÚSICA PARA EL PIE IZQUIERDO, AMIGOS DE LA MUSICA ANDINA Y LATINOAMERICANA, GondwanaSound - world music adventures., Youth 4 Human
Rights Race Team, Youth For Human Rights, small gods, AMIGOS DE EDUARDO GIL (ENSUEÑOS), Yo también soy fan de Niyireth Alarcón, Tandem Amigos de Intercambio Sprachlernpartnerschaften Language Exchange, blackWhitePhoto ♥, Save Our Supplements, Orchestre de Chambre I Musici de Montréal, Tanya Tagaq, Goran Bregovic is a musical genius, A FILETTA , Zarbang, The drugging of children must stop!, College of aturopathic Medicine (UK & Ireland), Didjitalis group
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