"It’s a concept musicians only have a passing familiarity with, since they are only rarely afforded it. But they know the drill going in. Once you decide to become a musician, you’re stuck for life. You’re always a musician, whether you’re kicking out the jams or breaking up the band, whether you’re awaiting the next high or weathering the latest low. That’s the way it goes. That is your burden. Music becomes your life, and when you are in, you are in...It's probably easier to get out of the mafia" - Charles Stephen Arnest

Founder and Creator of "Q the Music" Entertainment, Detroit Music Award Nominee, studio and touring, musician and producer

Has written, recorded and produced seven original studio albums along with accompanying many artists from here to Chicago

current bands:

Mr. Purps and the Absinthe Minded
Academy

Current Project: Academy (mixing 21 songs for October release); Mr. Purps and the Absinthe Minded (mixing 1/2 of album, and recording for the second half begins sept. 12, 2010)

(Songwriter, Musician, Producer , Q the Music Management/Founder)
1999-current)

Has been supported and opened for the following acts as well as hundreds of others: LOCAL H, Burden Brothers/Toadies , Army of Anyone (FILTER/STP) , Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Captured by Robots , The Verve Pipe , Scott Lucas and the Married Men, Dirtbombs, the Von Bondies, Marcy's Playground, and many more....