Steve Deal

Steve's music reflects a deep love for the great southland and the God who made it. Most of his instrumental songs were inspired by God and the beautiful Aussie landscape that he grew up in. "As a kid I used to lay down on the trampoline in the back yard and look to the sky as thousands of Galahs flew over head" said Steve. " Scenes like this are so clear and vivid in my memory, I can smell the air, hear the sounds and see the birds, the colors and the awesome sky over Cootamundra in my minds eye and that is what track 2 on my native birds cd or track 2 on the spirit of Australia cd were written out of".

Steve grew up in the small country town of Cootamundra in rural Australia. He learned to play the drums and started playing in a garage band at the age of 15. While backpacking around the USA in 1988 at the age 18, Steve picked up his first guitar and immediately began writing songs. Steve honed his guitar playing skills in clubs around Sydney but mostly by playing in a band in church every week for 10 years. Currently, Steve works as a music director at Christian city church in Atlanta and has 7 instrumental albums signed with Holborne and several worship cds being distributed in many different countries. His music is in demand around the world and Steve often speaks and teaches at conferences around the USA. Steve, his wife Georgie and 3 kids currently reside in Atlanta Georgia but he still calls Australia home.

Steve said recently "When me and all my mates were growing up, we wanted to get out of town and head to the city. Now I live in Atlanta GA, that's a long way from Coota, but I long to go back to Cootamundra and sit by Muttama creek like I used to on an old dirt road just outside of town and play my guitar on the hood of my car like I used to with hundreds of Cockatoos and Galahs flying overhead, endless sky, sheep everywhere, it was awesome".
Steve's favorite thing to do is to take his guitar, find a huge mountain and worship God outside, in solitude and make music. Steve has 7 cd's signed with Holborne, Spirit of Australia, Outback, Mountains, Native Birds, Didgeridoo dreaming, Ancient Rhythms and Marine Life.

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