{"id":45,"date":"2014-03-19T12:38:03","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T02:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2015-06-11T20:07:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T10:37:28","slug":"marek-arnold","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/about-upf\/marek-arnold\/","title":{"rendered":"Marek Arnold"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Sax, Clarinet and Keyboards<\/h3>\n<p>German saxophone \/ clarinet player and keyboardist Marek Arnold is the remaining founding member of German progressive rock band &#8220;Toxic Smile &#8220;, which has produced 5 albums (the first one was very successful with a major label in Asia), 1 orchestral DVD and an EP so far!<\/p>\n<p>He also plays with and works as producer, composer and arranger for progressive crossover band &#8220;Seven steps to the green door&#8221;, currently working on their fourth album.<\/p>\n<p>After finishing the study of popular music \/ teaching of saxophone, he played in several bands from jazz, Hip Hop, Pop to Progressive Rock \/ Metal and works as a sax &amp; keyboards teacher at a European grammar school.<\/p>\n<p>Marek was a member of legendary East german artrock band &#8220;Stern Combo Meissen&#8221; from 2010 &#8211; 2012.<\/p>\n<p>After that he also founded melodic prog band &#8220;Cyril&#8221; and added his talents to progmetal band, &#8220;Flaming Row &#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>Since the founding of his studio &#8220;b`side-music&#8221; several recordings, productions, compositions and CDs have been realised.<\/p>\n<p>Marek of course has also significantly contributed to a number of the later MANNING albums where his contribution has garnered much praise in reviews!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marek2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-532 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marek2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Marek2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marek2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marek2-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marek2.jpg 750w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marek-jazz.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-530 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marek-jazz-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"Marek jazz\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marek-jazz-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marek-jazz.jpg 260w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 193px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 193\/300;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marek3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-533 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marek3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Marek3\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marek3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marek3-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Marek3.jpg 720w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sax, Clarinet and Keyboards German saxophone \/ clarinet player and keyboardist Marek Arnold is the remaining founding member of German progressive rock band &#8220;Toxic Smile &#8220;, which has produced 5 albums (the first one was very successful with a major label in Asia), 1 orchestral DVD and an EP so far! He also plays with and works as producer, composer and arranger for progressive crossover band &#8220;Seven steps to the green door&#8221;, currently working on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16,"parent":2,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-45","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n.jpg",720,510,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n-300x212.jpg",300,212,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n.jpg",720,510,false],"large":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n.jpg",720,510,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n.jpg",720,510,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n.jpg",720,510,false],"ultp_layout_landscape_large":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n.jpg",720,510,false],"ultp_layout_landscape":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n.jpg",720,510,false],"ultp_layout_portrait":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n.jpg",600,425,false],"ultp_layout_square":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n.jpg",600,425,false],"et-pb-post-main-image":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n.jpg",353,250,false],"et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n.jpg",720,510,false],"et-pb-portfolio-image":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n.jpg",400,284,false],"et-pb-portfolio-module-image":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n.jpg",510,361,false],"et-pb-portfolio-image-single":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n.jpg",720,510,false],"et-pb-gallery-module-image-portrait":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n.jpg",400,283,false],"et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth-large":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n.jpg",720,510,false],"et-pb-image--responsive--desktop":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n.jpg",720,510,false],"et-pb-image--responsive--tablet":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n.jpg",720,510,false],"et-pb-image--responsive--phone":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n.jpg",381,270,false],"album-thumb":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n-120x80.jpg",120,80,true],"photo-thumb":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/39588_447360919140_1580068_n-160x120.jpg",160,120,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"jacobgates","author_link":"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/author\/jacobgates\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Sax, Clarinet and Keyboards German saxophone \/ clarinet player and keyboardist Marek Arnold is the remaining founding member of German progressive rock band &#8220;Toxic Smile &#8220;, which has produced 5 albums (the first one was very successful with a major label in Asia), 1 orchestral DVD and an EP so far! 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