About
NAMM 2020
VSL Certification web badge
My Pixar interview badge
stuck to the Tao Te Ching
Pixar flew in five people from around the US to interview for a position to be part of Mr. Job’s IT Staff.
Notice the date- 11/23. Same week “A Bug’s Life” was released.
People from the New York Times were everywhere. Dogs were running around. Lot’s of energy.
I’ve been a musician and technologist all of my life. I started classical piano lessons at age five. As I entered my teenage years, I got serious about guitar and bass. I played in one of the best high school jazz bands in my region, (thanks to a very intense band director!) but I fell in love with music theory and composition because, for the first time I learned to speak the language. It was at this time that I got into computing after commandeering a friend’s Apple II. I started out as a Jazz Major during my freshman year of college at The University of North Texas, but after a chance encounter with a music theory professor, I changed my major to Music Theory and Composition. After five years at UNT, I was offered a position at Apple Computer. The convergence of music and technology began here as I spent a many year journey building a home studio.
At the NAMM Show in January 2020, I introduced The Modular Template at the MOTU booth. The Modular Template incorporates many features and techniques I’ve learned over the last few years of template building for some of the industries top composers.
Specialties:
Advanced Templates for Film Scoring
Composition
Music Theory
Touring and session musician. Played piano, guitar, e. bass, and vocals.
Highlights:
Music Theory and Composition Major - University of North Texas
Former Apple Computer Employee
VSL Certified (Vienna Software Certification)
“Steve Steele teaches you what you need to become - not just to become a better player but to become a better musician. Steve taught me how to play smoothly and melodically, and I learned how to move effortlessly around the bass.”