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With his roots firmly set into the folk music scene, Steve Orchard started writing original music, for anyone who would listen, from the age of 16. Coming from a musical family his influences were Classical & Show tunes, induced to play piano at family gatherings were mandatory (at 7 years old!!). He progressed through his teen’s where music was his life blood & his first demo was on ‘spool’ for which he had an audition at the ‘original’ Apple Offices in St James Street London. Bands were formed & he gained some notoriety, with music partner Barry Webb at the infamous Bristol Art Centre, playing a residency there & building loyal following including recordings for the BBC Radio Friday Folk Nights. Steve & Barry were prolific song writers sometimes writing & performing a song within a week. It was a good grounding & a basis for quality composing which continues today.
In the 90’s Steve took on the commercial business of performing ,which included performances, at many 100’s of venues across the country including the armed services. But, not without sojourns into writing & performing original compositions for ‘Untamed Bristol’ album plus a film score for ‘Star Runners’ by Andrew Dymond (later to go on to do ‘Star Hike’) & a... Read More ... live performance of an original composition for channel 5 in there London studios. Inspired by Tomita, Mike Oldfield & Medwyn Goodall his music took on new confidence where you find him today. Based in meditative, relaxing chill out music, he continues to stretch the boundaries of instrumental & lyrical composition. He plays acoustic & electric guitars as well as various Korg & Roland keyboards. What you hear is what you get….It’s REAL! It has been said that “Steve Orchard is different”. That may not always, necessarily, be a compliment but, that is definitely what you get, when you purchase a Steve Orchard album….it is a unique discovery….a more than emotional journey (if you ask his loyal fan base).
In recent years Steve has had a number of successful albums, which can all be sourced & heard on this website, plus all the historical reviews.
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