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 American Recording Productions History
Welcome to ARPMUSIC.COM, leaders in the production and distribution of Armenian and Middle Eastern traditional music. In 1991, I founded this world music label and it has always been my intention to create global awareness of the traditional elements of Middle Eastern music. Currently, we are selling our music around the world through our mail order/internet division and in 2,000 major record outlets.
It has been an amazing business, we currently are growing at a rate of four to five new recordings per year. As a musician (kanun player) and enthusiast of Armenian and Middle Eastern music, I have enjoyed producing recordings that have become popular in homes around the world. The support we have received and compliments from our customers have been tremendous. Your support has kept our recordings, and more importantly the type of music we produce, alive and visible. The year 2001 marks out 10th Anniversary of American Recording Productions and we are in the works to commemorate this milestone anniversary.
Our productions have been honored in several ways over these last few years. Borders Inc. has incorporated music from FULL CIRCLE into their telephone on-hold music, FOR THE CHILDREN OF ARMENIA and STRINGED TRANQUILITY have been included in several collegiate plays as well as the PBS documentary "The Armenian Americans." We have also taken part in humanitarian efforts such as donating partial proceeds to Armenian relief causes for children.
We hope you enjoy visiting our web site, we are glad you stopped by to check out our recordings. Make sure to listen to the audio samples, and as always, feel free to contact an ARP representative to answer any and all questions you may have on our music. Thank you for visiting!
Ara Topouzian
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