At twenty five years old, Steve Appleton has certainly served his apprenticeship in the music industry. Born and raised in Surrey, Steve made an amazing connection with music while growing up. He started learning the piano age 6, writing classical pieces in the style of Beethoven and Rach- maninoff by age 11. Whilst studying classical piano grades, he decided he wanted to take a new direction with his playing to a more contemporary style, idolizing the likes of Billy Joel, Elton John and Bruce Hornsby, he started teaching himself the piano by ear. From a studio at his home, Steve now writes and produces all of his own music. Aged fifteen, Steve started playing piano in one of London's top West End restaurants. Playing twice a week he built up a huge repertoire of songs, filling the 4-hour shift by improvising around covers of his favorite artists. Steve played in restaurants for 3 years before getting signed to Sony Music. In 2009 Steve was featured in a TV campaign for Smart Car. His single 'Dirty Funk' featured in the campaign as well as Steve being the face of the brand in Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Japan and China. Sony Music Japan were fast to react to Steve's Smart collaboration, and they quickly started to promote Steve, where his debut single 'Dirty Funk' went straight to number one on the airplay charts, staying there for six weeks. Steve ended 2009 with a sell out tour of Japan and started 2010 voted #1 International Artist on Tokyo FM. Steve has an ear fo

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