Arlene Bishop

Arlene Bishop was born in Churchill, Manitoba and raised in Ottawa, Ontario. She currently resides in Toronto. As a recording artists Bishop has placed several songs in film and television. Most notably her song "98 Points" has appeared in New Waterford Girl, The Michael Jackson Story and The Man in the Mirror for VH1. As a first time music producer Bishop (along with Scott Dibble), released "Begin Again" with two parts: Part One as a voice production with acoustic guitar and Part Two with an array of special guests that included Amin Bhatia, Blair Packham, Simon Law (Soul II Soul) and Will Ackerman. The resulting album is titled "Twenty Four is Twelve Twice or Twenty Four for Short". In 2017 Bishop assembled a vocal orchestra she called The Spirit of Adventure and recorded a live concert album called "Together Tonight" and in 2019 she discovered and released a bootleg recording from 1992 at The Cabana Room in Toronto.

As a screenwriter Bishop (along with Blair Packham, David Mackenzie and Brigitte Gall) penned the Fringe Festival one-woman play Joan of Montreal, which became Brigitte Gall's Joan of Montreal for The Comedy Network. She has also written several unproduced screenplays. As an experimental artist she created the "I, Butterfly" digital collage for Begin Again and as a videomaker created an animated video series for the same CD.

As a theme lyricist Arlene Bishop has written for Pandalian, Pecola, Beyblade, Beyblade: Metal Fusion and Jane and the Dragon. As a guest singer she has appeared on recordings by Marc Nadjiwan, Scott Dibble and Barenaked Ladies. Her songs and co-writes have appeared on recordings by Blair Packham, John Alcorn, Suzie Vinnick, Jackie Richardson and Marie Rottrova.

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