Me, myself, and I...My sister lays down cello tracks. I record my songs on a analog 4-track and perform all the instruments and vocals. I sometimes use an Alesis SR-16 drum machine.
Influences
Hayden Desser, Nick Drake, Radiohead, Muse, The Beatles, The Eels, Beck, Guided By Voices, Kyuss, Cliff Burton, Chuck Palahniuk novels, Grandaddy, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Tegan & Sara, Belle & Sebastian, Bob Marley, XTC, Pink Floyd, the New Pornographers, the Melvins, Baby Woodrose, Silversun Pickups, The Shins, Depeche Mode, Alice in Chains, Tool, Queensryche, Queens of the Stone Age, Brant Bjork, Mike Patton, Maynard James Keenan, Trent Reznor, Scott Weiland, Phil Anselmo, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Johan Sebastian Bach, Joseph Haydn, Ray Bradbury short stories, Todd Solondz films, Stoner Rock, 70's rock, 80's new wave, 80's hair metal, shoegazer rock, doo wop, barbershop quartets, classical, baroque, opera, indie-pop, porn stars, and honey.
I'm Korean-American, born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.
I take pictures of various things in my spare time. You can see my photos at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewlee/
I began playing piano at the age of four, followed by stints with cello, clarinet, and alto clarinet in my teens. I was taught by my mother, who was a concert pianist in her youth and a Van Cliburn competitor. My sister is a brilliant cello player who was principal chair for the SF Youth Orchestra back in the eighties.
When I was a child, I thought of music as a chore (performance, theory, history, etc.), so my mom "allowed" me to quit playing music at age 15, although I continued to study music theory and classical history in college.
I began my genuine interest in playing & performing music in my mid-twenties, when I picked up guitar and started singing and writing tunes with a couple of old high school buddies. We formed a garage band (called "Topload") that played a total of three house parties. After the group "disbanded" in 1998, I worked on some tracks with my then singer-girlfriend, which comprised of acoustic guitar and dual vocals. We wrote "Pictures & Paper" together.
I then started working on solo tracks in my apartment back in 1999, the initial stages of the "Steve W Lee solo project", and it's continued off and on over the last 10 years or so, while I'm involved in other music projects.
I'm the vocalist/bassist in two Bay Area bands, GRISSOM and BRNR. You can check out the bands' myspace pages at:
www.myspace.com/grissomroxxx
www.myspace.com/brnr
I currently record & practice in a soundproofed studio that I built in the garage of my house. My solo style is mostly acoustic/electric guitar mixed with piano and multi-layered vocals. People have said that my music sounds 60's influenced...
I use a Fender DeVille combo tube amp with my Gibson Les Paul Studio guitar. I also use a Fender 12-string acoustic guitar. I play a Fender Jazz Precision bass, with an Ampeg SVT-3 head and Ampeg 4x10 and 1x15 cabinets. I just bought a Rhodes Mark I 88 Stage Piano on July 10, 2008!! I sometimes use an Alesis SR-16 drum machine when I can't find a drummer. I record it all on a Yamaha 4-track and transfer the tracks to Cool Edit Pro (the 1997 version) on my computer.
If you're interested in getting a free copy of my demos mailed to you, please email me.
Hi Steve W Lee, thanks for accepting my friend request. I appreciate the opportunity to introduce You to the music of ALIEN SKIN.
If you enjoy the MySpace song previews, you can listen to DON’T OPEN TILL DOOMSDAY by visiting my band-website (below) … AND while you’re there, help yourself to the selection of free downloads!
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Hey Steeveee!!! Thanks for the card, I love it!!! It's good you recieved the package... it means that italian post isn't that bad I guess... What are you doin' for Christmas? I'm off to Venice ... can't wait, I'm going there almost every weekend, I totally fell in love with that city. Lots of hugs and have a GREAT Christmas!!! Say hi to the red beardy bear!!! Francy
Leeeeeeeeeeeek I sent you the package the other day, it should arrive this/next week... I had to take out so much stuff though...too heavy. I will give you more food when we'll see each other next time :) Let me know when it arrives. Hugs hugs Francy
You deserve to go to this...we deserve to go to this
- Goon Moon featuring Chris Goss (of Masters of Reality) and Jeordie White aka Twiggy Ramirez (of Marilyn Manson / Nine Inch Nails / A Perfect Circle) - Sun. Dec. 9 @ Bottom of the Hill. Tickets go on sale this Sunday
ICHIBAN !!!!
I like his music...not boring at all u can listen over and over again.
Got to check out his music...you miss out something good if you don't DO SO :)
Hey!!!! here I am the first one to leave a message in your MySpace!!! How cool!
I love your songs, I couldn't imagine you were so melodic, I thought you played harder stuff. It has been such a great surprise! All the four songs are really nice! They brought me into some Sixties world ... good job Leeker!!!!!!!
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