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Having recently finished production on his fifth studio album, Stephen is more excited than ever about his music. “My music has given me the opportunity to speak a message of hope into people’s lives, it has given me a chance to make a difference,” says Stephen. His unashamedly Christian message comes through his songs, and his faith just oozes out of him. His infectious personality relates the gospel in a real and honest way that comes from the heart. One can just sense that God is real to him and that he wants others to experience that for themselves.
Life
on the road has dominated Stephen’s
time over the last 13 years with over 1,000 performances across Australia.
Stephen says, “I’m just as passionate about performing to a small group of
people in a country church as I am about doing a large concert. Every person
is important and needs to hear that Jesus loves them.” This has given him
the opportunity to share the Christian message with hundreds of thousands of
people and many have had a life changing experience as they’ve asked Jesus
to be their Lord and Saviour. Many more have rededicated their lives to Christ
and have been set free from various situations.
Stephen’s
desire to produce high quality music has seen him release five studio Albums
so far. Many of these songs have gained airplay both nationally and
internationally and he has been included on a compilation album of some of Australia’s best Christian Artists. This has led to him being
described as one of Australia’s premiere Gospel Artists.
During
Stephen’s career he has experienced some incredible highs and also some real
lows. “Doing all this stuff has been great,” says Stephen “and sometimes
you wouldn’t give it up for the world. But there have been some pretty
difficult times when I’ve felt like the pressure was just too great to keep
going. A few years ago I was really overcome by feelings of inadequacy. I had
all these performances booked up and it was a real strain to face the demands
of being in the public eye. I must admit that I began to explore other
options. Thankfully this didn’t last and God took me back to the real reason
why I do this: to save souls!”
Part
of Stephen’s time is devoted to helping other musicians develop their skills
and he regularly produces albums for other artists, holds music workshops,
Artist in residence programs with schools and maintains a part-time private
teaching schedule. He
has also written and performed in several musicals, was a finalist in the
Young Australian of the Year Awards and has University degrees in music and
theology.
