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Stephen Winston |
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Sunday, 25 July 2010 |
Stephen has written and recorded over 30 original songs at his private studio "Overlook Studio" on his property in Colorado. Stephen performs all lead vocals, some backing vocals, all piano and much of the acoustic guitar work He assembled some of the best session players in Colorado to accompany him on the songs. For orchestration parts on some songs he used members of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra arranged and conducted by Dave Hansen. The material was Co- produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Michael Pfeifer.The songs are all stories about subjects ranging from Ernest Hemingway (The Last Buccaneer) to a friend who perished in the south tower on 9-11 (Lost Soul) to playoff baseball in Yankee Stadium in October (All Quiet in the Bronx) to the snake oil evangelist selling religion (Devils Breath) and many more.
"I taught myself to play piano and guitar mostly in college. I would sneak into the auditorium on campus when it was vacant and play the Steinway concert grand piano for hours on end, learning to play, learning to sing. Graduated, pursued the American dream and did well enough to spend all my time making music. Built my studio in Colorado and began working with Michael Pfeifer, Producer-Engineer, Musician extraordinaire. Moved to California and just completed my new studio, Overlook West and I am back at writing and recording. My songs are all stories about events and people in my life and observations of this crazy world we live in.".
Influences and favorite Artists in no particular order
Dan Fogelberg
Neil Young
Mark Knoplfler
Elton John
James Taylor
Pat Metheny
Sting
Jimmy Buffett- Yes, I am a certifiable Parrot head, been to way too many shows and will continue to do so
Stephen is currently writing and recording new material at his new studio in the San Diego area.
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