When And If - Music

Ari Hest Is An American Singer-Songwriter. Born In The Bronx And Raised In A Musical Environment His Father Is A Professor Of Music His Mother A Professional Singer Hest Began Writing Songs For The Guitar In His Mid-Teens. Despite His Parents' Professional Interests Hest Considers Himself A Self-Taught Musician. Hest Is A 2002 Graduate Of New York University. A Veteran Of The Small Club Circuit Particularly In And Around His Native New York City Hest Recorded And Issued His First Three Albums On His Own. Incomplete 1999 A Collection Of Six Songs Was Originally Intended As A Demo To Circulate Among Club Owners To Help Secure Performing Engagements. Incomplete Began Selling Well At Shows And Led To The Production Of Two More Full-Length Albums Come Home 2001 And Story After Story 2003 . Hest's First Commercial Release From A National Record Label Someone To Tell Was Released By Columbia Records In 2004. read less