Christopher John Arpad (born July 27, 1967) is an American steel drummer based in Tucson, Arizona. He is best known for his solo steel drum performances which combine his own vocals and live steel pan with his custom instrumental and vocal backing tracks to create a full band sounds[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Steel drum soloist for a 2004 "Celebrity Mom" episode of television series show "Live Like A Star".
Arpad executive produced and performed two recordings with Stainless Steel on the World Beat Record Label: A four-song EP, “Know Bounds, No Barriers”, and CD, “What You See”.
June 2011 – Chris Arpad recorded steel pans with VH1 rock reality star Jeramy "Rainbow" Gritter, aka "Beardo", formerly with the band Whitestarr and the rockumentary TV show, The Rock Life. Arpad appears on the song "When I Think of U" – Attack Decay, on the Shoot to Kill records label.
In 2013, Arpad provided song arrangement, vocals, and featured steel pans on Richard Bangs's song called "Cancún Colada" penned by Bangs for a segment piece on Cancún, featured on the series show Richard Bangs' Quest.
Arpad with a steelpan in Malibu.
Chris Arpad, Scottish Highland Drum Competition Santa Rosa Highland Games, 1987.
References
^Bandhauer, Rob. "To The Beat of a Different Drum", "The Good Life", Wichita, KS publication, spring 1991, p 30, 31.