At the age of 5, Stephen had two passions; baseball & the desire to play drums. His mom Anna, decided to purchase him a spinet piano instead of the drum set he really wanted. And today, he's grateful to his mom for that decision! By age 6, he learned to play every note of Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" and his passion for music grew.

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Stephen has released eight contemporary instrumental albums in the New Age genre. In 2008, Stephen's debut album "Vertigo" debuted at #3 on the World New Age Top 100 Chart and his next release, "Follow The Mist" was a 1st round GRAMMY ballot choice for Best New Age Album in 2009. In 2017 his ambient

album "Leaving Terra Firma" was a final ballot choice for the 60th Grammy Awards in the Best New Age Album category.  His music has garnished him 6 Telly & Rim Awards. And he received "Best Instrumental Album-Piano" award from Lifestyle Music Awards for his "Follow The Mist" album. Stephen also spent years playing guitar and keyboards in popular cover bands in the Virginia Beach, VA resort area and in other east coast clubs, which garnered him valuable musical experience.     

Stephen has produced over 2000 tracks for his original music libraries, composed national TV jingles, and worked with some of the best music library companies in the  world. Television credits include Amazon, HULU, CSI Miami, Countdown to Red Carpet Academy Awards, Dancing with the Stars, America’s Most Wanted, Access Hollywood, True Hollywood Story, ESPN, Golden Globes Pre-show, NFL Gameday, NBC Nightly News, E ! News Live, Celebrity Apprentice, Meet The Press, The Today Show, 7th Heaven, and MTV,  just to name a few.

As a Sound Designer, Stephen's projects have been wide and varied. Starting in 1990 with his highly successful TECHSONICS PRODUCTION LIBRARIES that features 1000's of specialized sounds he created are now heard on worldwide radio today. In addition he's composed original music and created sound design for many professional and educational regional plays; including Macbeth, The Diviners, Big River, The 3 Musketeers, Glass Menagerie, As It Is In Heaven, Fiddler On The Roof and many others. He also handled the Live Sound Mixing for Theatre with up to 32 live actor mics plus another 15 live orchestra mics for musicals. Stephen comments "as the sound designer I like to drill down on the design and see how sound can make the show more revealing and exciting to the theatre goer."