Endless Productions: Music Production

<BODY background="images/parch-blu.gif" link="blue" vlink="#FF00FF" alink="#FFFFFF"> <A NAME="top"></A> <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=TOP><TR> <TD ALIGN=LEFT> <IMG SRC="images/plug1.gif" WIDTH=75 HEIGHT=13 ALIGN=RIGHT></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT> <FONT SIZE=5 COLOR="#000066"><B>Steffen Presley</B> </FONT></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT> <IMG SRC="images/plug2.gif" WIDTH=75 HEIGHT=13 ALIGN=LEFT></TD> </TR></TABLE> <P>   <BR> <IMG SRC="images/steffen-presley.jpg" ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=225 ALT="Steffen Presley"> In January, 2004 <B>Steffen Presley</B> proudly opened <A HREF="studio-tour.html" TARGET="_top">"Song Haven"</A> project studio. Located in lush Tujunga, California, it is easily accessible from most of the Los Angeles area. Previously, Steffen owned <B>E Ticket</B> studio in Hollywood, where he arranged, produced, engineered and performed on hundreds of songs for various artists over nearly a 20 year period. At the same time, Steffen was also in demand as a session keyboardist and alto saxophone player. He has credits on dozens of albums and CDs, including several major labels. He has worked for many name producers including <B>Kevin Beamish</B>, <B>Dito Godwin</B>, <B>Greg Hampton</B>, <B>Richard Perry</B> and others. <P> Although he is most accomplished on piano, Hammond organ and synthesizers, in addition to the alto saxophone, Steffen is proficient on other instruments including drums, electric guitar and clarinet. Other highly developed skills include composing; arranging; producing; sound design programming; recording engineering (including mixing and mastering), and music notation (layout and printing). <P> As a musician, Steffen has also had much experience with live performance, presently fronting his own band, <A HREF="bent-branes.html" TARGET="_top">Bent Branes</A>. Very recently, He has also been the keyboardist with <B>Jack Casady and Friends</B>, featuring <A HREF="http://www.jackcasady.com" TARGET="top"> Jack Casady</A> (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, Jimi Hendrix, etc.). Wowing audiences coast to coast, the band also includes <B>Fee Waybill</B> (The Tubes) on vocals, <B>Matt Abst</B> (Gov't Mule) on drums, <B>Steve Fister</B> (Steppenwolf, etc.) on guitar and <B>Jeff Pehrson</B>. and <B>Jim Brunberg</B> (Box Set), also on vocals. The tour is supporting Jack's first solo album <A HREF="http://www.jackcasady.com/dreamfactor.htm" TARGET="top">Dream Factor</A> on <B>Eagle Records</B>. Steffen played Hammond organ and piano on most of the songs for this recording. In addition to the live line-up, the record features <B>Ivan Neville, Jorma Kaukonen, Warren Haynes, Steve Gorman and Paul Barrere</B>. <P> Just before this, Steffen worked with Texas sensations, rocker <B>Glitter Rose</B> and reggae master, <B>Carlton Pride</B> (son of country star <B>Charlie Pride</B>), performing in concerts and/or recording in our studio and elsewhere. <A HREF="http://www.ditogodwin.com" TARGET="top">Dito Godwin</A> is producing both of these budding stars. <P> You can view Steffen's <A HREF="credits.html" TARGET="_self">extensive list of credits</A> in this window. <CENTER> <P> <TABLE BORDER=0 BGCOLOR="white" ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=510><TR> <TD align=center> <IMG SRC="images/kryptonite.jpg" WIDTH=500 HEIGHT=331 ALIGN=RIGHT ALT="Kryptonite"></TD></TR> <TR><TD align=left valign=top> <FONT SIZE=2>Songwriter/singer Sean Tiwinak's "Kryptonite" band. (Sean sitting in front)<BR> in back from left: producer Dito Godwin; drummer Kevin Valentine (Cinderella, etc.); Steffen Presley (center); bass legend, Tim Bogart (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, etc.) and guitarist Joe Floyd. <BR> In addition to keyboard and sax performance, Steffen mixed and mastered the CD, "Better Days" for Endless Productions, whose <A HREF="carolyn.html" TARGET="_top">art department</A> handled the CD artwork.</FONT> </TD> </TR></TABLE> </CENTER> <P> Today, Steffen's company <B>Endless Productions</B> also has a complete <A HREF="carolyn.html" TARGET="_top">graphics art department</A> in addition to complete music services. Headed by professional artist <B>Carolyn Dulay</B>, Steffen himself is also involved with graphic art development, including CD artwork; book cover design, such as the international best selling book, <B>The Rhythm of the Cosmic Pulse</B> by <B>Sharon Shane</B>; and web-site creation and development, such as the brand new web site for rock star <A HREF="http://www.rickbozzo.com" TARGET="_top">Rick Bozzo</A>. <HR> <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=TOP><TR> <TD ALIGN=LEFT> Steffen began music lessons at age five and began giving public recitals that same year on accordion and piano. In Junior high school, Steffen won a prestigious "Command Performance" award in state competition as a clarinet soloist. In high school, Steffen started playing in bands as an organ player and singer. Some of these bands became very popular in the Central Valley of California where Steffen resided at the time. <B>The Weathervane</B> even got a recording contract in Los Angeles and released a record played on the radio all over California. One of these songs composed by Steffen was re-released as recently as 1999 on a compilation album, "Seeds turn to Flowers turn to Dust", presently available on <A HREF="http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?sourceid=00401402268189606691&ean=053477113322&bfdate=04-09-2004+20:27:27" TARGET="top">Barnes & Noble</A>. One of the members of The Weathervane, <B>Kevin Beamish</B> is currently a top producer living in Nashville and over the course of his career has produced many of the very top name acts in the music business. While Steffen was a college music major, another influential band of which Steffen was keyboardist, songwriter and lead singer was <B>Strange Laughter</B>. Although only together a short time they were well received at many concerts, opening for many of the big name acts from the San Francisco bay area, then the center of the rock music world. Some of the poster art from these concerts are immortalized in a book called <B>The Art of Rock</B> by Paul D. Grushkin, published by Artabras. <P> <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT><TR> <TD ALIGN=LEFT> <IMG SRC="images/sabu2.jpg" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=377 ALT="Sabu"></TD> </TR><TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR="white"> Sabu <BR> <FONT SIZE=2> Steffen Presley, Dan Holmes, <BR> Rick Bozzo, Paul Sabu </FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> After touring the entire United States with various bands, Steffen went to Los Angeles. Soon he joined up with <B>Sabu</B>. This high powered rock band released two major label albums: "Sabu" on <B>Ariola Records</B> and "Sabu II" on <B>MCA International</B> during the time Steffen was with the band. Along with band-members <B>Paul Sabu</B>, <B>Rick Bozzo</B> (Meatloaf), and <B>Dan Holmes</B>, Sabu toured throughout North America, including Canada and Mexico. Although not extremely successful within the United States (due to marketing mistakes), Sabu hit it big in Europe and Japan selling hundreds of thousands of records in these markets! <P> Around this time Steffen became keyboardist for movie superstar <B>Ann Margret</B>, which included performances on numerous television shows very popular at the time, including <B>The Dinah Shore Show, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas</B>, and <B>The Ann Margret Special</B> on CBS. Her only music album, "Ann Margret" - <I>MCA International</I>, on which Steffen is credited as keyboardist, was certified "gold" (one million sales) worldwide. It contained the hit song, "Love Rush". Steffen also played on several recordings for <B>Debbie Jacobs</B> including the song "High On Your Love" by which went to number one on the disco charts. Another song recorded by Debbie Jacobs, "Think I'm Fallin' in Love", was co-written by Steffen. <P> Also around this time, Steffen took part in what was purported to be the first commercially available digital recording, "The Bee Gee's Music"- <I>Orinda Records</I> , by the <B>Glendale Symphony Orchestra</B> conducted by <B>Carmen Dragon</B>. This was accompanied by a live concert at <B>The Dorothy Chandler Pavillion</B> in Los Angeles. </TD></TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER> <TABLE BORDER=3 BGCOLOR="white" ALIGN=TOP> <TR> <TD ALIGN=TOP> <IMG SRC="images/glendale-symphony.jpg" ALIGN=TOP WIDTH=700 HEIGHT=462 ALT="The Glendale Symphony Orchestra"></TD></TR><TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER> <FONT SIZE=2>The Glendale Symphony Orchestra <BR> Conductor, Carmen Dragon-center; Steffen- middle of orchestra, left of center, also in white</FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD></TR> </TABLE> <P> Looking to expand beyond Rock and Pop music, Steffen later played with bands such as the world beat influenced <B>Ska Cha Cha</B> which entertained audiences throughout Los Angeles with a diverse musical ethnicity; concert tours with <B>Bonnie Bramlett's</B> band, "Shake"; and concerts, records and videos (which sold big in Europe) with <A HREF="http://www.bobfetherolf.com" TARGET="top">Bob Fetherolf</A> and <B>The Full Sail Band</B>, as well as concert appearances with Grammy Award winning <B>Thelma Houston</B> (number one record, "Don't Leave Me This Way"). <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER> <TR> <TD ALIGN=LEFT> <IMG SRC="images/thelma-houston.jpg" ALIGN=TOP WIDTH=500 HEIGHT=281 ALT="Thelma Houston"></TD> </TR><TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR="white"> <FONT SIZE=2>In concert with <B>Thelma Houston</B><BR> on the far right is Steffen playing keyboards</FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P> Steffen also got involved with composing music for film and television. This included composing and producing all new music for a set of historic silent films, L. Frank Baum's "The Silent Film Collection of Oz", a four video set from <B>American Home Entertainment</B>. Another credit was composing the score for the HBO movie "Miracle Alley" by <B>Starlight Productions</B>. <P> Finally, the events that led to the formation of his company, <B>Endless Productions</B> included Steffen trying to get studio time to record his own music, but finding studio time prohibitively expensive at that point in time. Putting together his own studio, Steffen felt a need to be able to assist fellow musicians into fully realizing professional recordings within a budget musician's could afford. Offering far more than just a comfortable and classy place to record, Steffen developed his arranging, production and engineering skills to better serve his clients. Also during this time, Steffen released several CDs of his own critically acclaimed original music on <A HREF="terraform.html" TARGET="_top">Terraform Records</A>. <P> <A HREF="testimony.html" TARGET="_self">Hear what people have to say about Steffen and his many talents</A>. <P> <CENTER> <TABLE BORDER=0 BGCOLOR="white" ALIGN=CENTER> <TR> <TD ALIGN=BOTTOM> <IMG SRC="images/vocal-zone.gif" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=597 HEIGHT=457 ALT="Vocal Zone TV show"></TD></TR><TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER> <FONT SIZE=2>"The Vocal Zone" television show <BR> Steffen on left, host Buddy Mix-center <BR> Endless Productions provided studio and arranging services for all of the singers</FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> <P> <HR> <CENTER> <TABLE CELLPADDING=10 CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0><TR> <TD align=center valign=top> <A HREF="studio-tour.html" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="images/knob2.gif" ALIGN=TOP WIDTH=32 HEIGHT=32 BORDER="0"></A><BR> <A HREF="studio-tour.html" TARGET="_top">studio tour</A></TD> <TD align=center valign=top> <A HREF="terraform.html" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="images/cd.gif" ALIGN=TOP WIDTH=32 HEIGHT=32 BORDER="0"></A><BR> <A HREF="terraform.html" TARGET="_top">Terraform Records</A></TD> <TD align=center valign=top> <A HREF="music.html" TARGET="_self"><IMG SRC="images/speaker2.gif" ALIGN=TOP WIDTH=32 HEIGHT=32 BORDER="0"></A><BR> <A HREF="music.html" TARGET="_self">hear songs!</A></TD> <TD align=center valign=top> <A HREF="carolyn.html" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="images/art069.gif" ALIGN=TOP WIDTH=32 HEIGHT=32 BORDER="0"></A><BR> <A HREF="carolyn.html" TARGET="_top">art gallery</A></TD> <TD align=center valign=top> <A HREF="index.html" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="images/repeat.gif" ALIGN=TOP WIDTH=32 HEIGHT=32 BORDER="0"></A><BR> <A HREF="index.html" TARGET="_top">Endless Productions</A></TD> </TR></TABLE> </CENTER> </BODY>