Stev Cintury

Grew up in a large, loud, music-everywhere household — my father a pianist and choral director filled the house with sound.

I had a lot of fun studying piano and french horn at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School (78–81), then chased the visual side at Box Hill TAFE Art & Design (82).

Qualified as a hairdresser in 85 and worked in a bunch of cool salons while keeping the music going.

The first salon I worked in was owned by an exceptional guitarist, Adrian Costello and we went on to create and perform a lot of music together over the next 20+ years. We still catch up today and Ade will be spanking the plank on some upcoming releases.

Spent the mid-late 80s on keys in a great original band Pure Instinct (85–89), with a group of awesome musicians and writers including Glenn Sutherland (vox/ax), Drew Hacker (vox/bass), Jeff Findlay (drums). Superb songs and lots of fun on the road.

Then years of solo gigs, duos and rotating line-ups through the early 90s. In 95 my neighbor, Brian "Jagger" Lang, another excellent guitarist introduced me to the internet and it looked like a great way to get my music to the world.

Little did I know a new career path — web development would take over, and from 2000 the songwriting went into a drawer. Although not for long.

In 05–06 I formed the Tesla's Invention band — the last sustained burst of writing and performing before the day job swallowed everything.

That band was also heaps of fun with Adrian Costello on ax, Julian Wawruszak on bass and Evan Read on drums.

Our thoughts, love and prayers go out to Evan who is currently battling cancer. Keep fighting champ!! We're all there with you.

Founded TouchPoint Video in 2019, the interactive-video work that pays the rent. And now, twenty years on, the songs from those decades that traverse a bunch of genres are finally seeing the light. And they sound awesome!!

Better late than never.