Steve was the singer, guitarist and songwriter for the million selling 80s band Autograph on RCA records, who were certified gold with their top 40 smash "Turn Up the Radio". Steve studied record production working on multiple projects with his mentors, legendary producers Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix) and Andy Johns (Led Zeppelin). Following Autograph, he spent 7 years as chief staff writer/producer with All Nations Music, where he learned the music publishing business, produced many albums and had over 200 songs released by artists including The Go-Gos, Kenny Rogers, Vixen and Edgar Winter. Some of the artists Steve has since produced include Graham Nash, Jon Secada, En Vogue, Marc Anthony, Cyndi Lauper and Loretta Lynn.
In the mid-90s, heavily involved in music for film and television, Steve partnered with Spencer Proffer to write and produce music for over 40 movies including "Gods and Monsters," "Rock Star" and "Shake Rattle and Roll." His many television theme songs include "7th Heaven", "The Never-ending Story", "Kojak" and "Summerland". He has served as Music Coordinator for many productions including MTV's weekly series "Live Through This" and worked on productions for CBS, NBC, ABC, VH1, Showtime and HBO. Steve was winner of both CableACE and DOVE award nominations and served as Creative Director at Morling Manor Music and Media where worked closely with Spencer Proffer on the design, strategy and implementation of countless music based projects. In 2002, he became General Manager of Fender records, a label he and Proffer architected for Fender musical instruments.
More recently, he became General Manager of for Meteor 17, a West Hollywood based media convergence company, designing and executing music and strategies for artists and companies. In 2007, he was appointed General Manager of USA-Yahoo! Music, a new music venture between NBC/Universal/USA and Yahoo! to discover and develop emerging talent. Steve also continues to write, produce and license music for his publishing company - Plunksongs and for various projects.
