Growing up on the South Shore of Boston, Steve became interested in music in high school. He joined the local motown band Generation Gap and began studying piano and saxophone more seriously.

In 1997 he joined the R&B band Sugarcoat, writing music for the band and arranging the horn section parts. Sugarcoat played all over the Northeast and was nominated for a Boston Music Award in 2001 in the best R&B/Funk Band Category before it ended it's run in 2002.

Since then, he has been a free-lance musician, playing gigs with many different groups in many different genres. From gigs with Boston's most famous funk band Superhoney, to sold out shows with Dave Matthews Band bassist Steffan Lessard and Bare Naked Ladies vocalist Ed Robertson, Steve has played a wide variety of styles and to many different audiences.

In 2006, he began working with Epic/Original Signal recording artist Pete Kilpatrick playing keyboards and saxophone. Some of the acts he has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with are Blues Traveler, Guster, Mute Math and Jeffrey Gaines. He has also played at many of the largest venues in New England including The Tweeter Center, The Roxy, The Orpheum, and The Maine Center for the Arts.

Since 2001, Steve has also taught both Piano and Sax lessons to many people all over Massachusetts. He is a faculty member at the Allegro School of Music in Stoneham in addition to teaching privately and performing full time.