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Early into high school, Steve being a big Quincy Jones fan, borrowed his uncle's video of Louis Johnson, bass guitarist from the Brothers Johnson. Steve would sit there with his dad's Fender P-bass, studying the tape note after note. It didn't stop there. Loving to play and being lucky to have all types of instruments around the house, Steve would wait until his brother finished drum practice to jump on. "I'd put on a James Brown album, Quincy's 'The Dude', The Police or Nirvana and smash along. In and outta time, I didn't care, I just wanted to play....
"I listened to a lot of music when I was growing up. Most of it came out before I was born but that's what my family listened to. What I grew up on. My dad recalls me going to school listening to Joe Sample when other kids where listening to what was popular on the radio at the time. But I loved that also, Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Jodeci, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Tupac...to me music was music. I didn't pay attention to genre."
But then came more purple. This time, Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix. After receiving a copy of The Best of Jimi Hendrix, Steve heavily focused on the guitar. He would live with his guitar. Learning as much from Hendrix, Richie Kotzen, Prince, George Harrison, Steve Lukather, Eddie Van Halen and George Benson that he could.
After graduating high school and entering into his first year University (Business) he knew this was not his calling. Saving up enough money to buy some basic home studio gear, Steve would record through the night, experimenting with guitar music. His love for Rock, Pop and R&B/Hip-Hop saw him attempt to produce demos of all different kinds of music. The path would lead to Steve playing cover gigs around his hometown of Melbourne, Australia. "Those gigs were fun but I knew that I wanted to be making my own music, in the studio writing and producing".
Steve decided to embark on his first proper solo project, an instrumental Jazz Fusion album. "Doing this album was a great learning experience, not only in regards to musical direction but also recording and engineering. I had some engineer buddies give me tips, but in general I took care of most of it because I wanted to learn through trial and a lot of error."
