David Arkenstone is an American new age musician. His music is primarily instrumental, with occasional vocalizations. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 1, 1952 and is married to Diane Arkenstone, who is also a musician. They have three children - Quillon, Dashiell and Valinor.[1] After moving to California at the age of ten from Chicago[2], he was involved in various high school bands playing guitars and keyboards, whilst also playing baseball in his spare time. He studied music in college and started a progressive rock band named after himself, but he soon discovered the music of Kitaro and was influenced by it. Arkenstone was influenced by writers such as J. R. R. Tolkien and Ian Fleming, and grew up listening to bands like Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Deep Purple and Yes, as well as listening to classical music.[1]