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Raised in a musical family, Steve McLeod at an early age was exposed to a diverse range of music. His father a guitarist, introduced Steve to the likes of George Benson and Joe Pass while his brother, a drummer, would introduce him to the styles of The Police, Steely Dan, Van Halen, Toto, Donny Hathaway and The Beatles.
With this passion for music, Steve's parents sent him to classical piano lessons, knowing this would give him a solid learning foundation.
It wasn't until Steve saw Prince's Purple Rain did it click. Although too young to understand the movie, he connected with the music. "After seeing Purple Rain, I was hooked. I Would Die 4 U still gives me that feeling when I hear it."
Continuing with classical music lessons, Steve would play at school concerts. He remembers being so nervous that he'd wish to get sick and couldn't play the shows. There was one performance however that he does have fond memories of. At a grade school concert, Steve dressed up as Prince and performed Little Red Corvette. "I was tryna be Prince and I had the dancers (other class members) dress up, all holding pictures of Corvettes....Obviously I had no idea what the song was about at the time."
Enjoying the piano and getting good piano grades, Steve would always see his dad's guitar lying around. The turning point came while watching an NBA game on TV, Chicago Bulls vs Boston Celtics. "I'm a massive Michael Jordan fan - and as a kid, outside of music, basketball and MJ would be my interest. I had watched MJ's "Come Fly With Me" (still do) a million times and I always remembered the line at the beginning, MJ saying "each day I feel I have to improve"...Anyways, I thought, OK, it's half time, today I'm gonna improve. So I picked up my dad's Les Paul Copy and learned 2 chords. C and B. C for Chicago and B for Bulls. I was so excited I went and woke my dad up to show him."
