Steve aims to inspire youngsters with music (From St Helens Star)

Steve aims to inspire youngsters with music at Peter Street Community Centre's Reverberate project

10:30am Monday 20th April 2009 in News By St Helens Star newsdesk

A ST HELENS musician is refusing to ‘hide his love away’ for guitar playing and aims to pass on his wealth of expertise with a new local music scheme for young people.

Steve Kinsey is a director of Music-net, a local community interest group set up to help introduce people to music.

Steve is a self-employed professional musician whose 20-year career has seen him appear on Granada Reports and the Big Breakfast.

The musician is currently running the ‘Reverberate’ project at Peter Street Community Centre in St Helens, a music group for young people aged between 13-18.

Young people will be able to take part in music workshops, free rehearsals and get time in professional recording studios.

Steve started playing guitar and singing at the age of 15 and became a full time vocalist/musician with the help of the government’s enterprise allowance scheme.

Since then he has notched up more than 2,500 solo gigs since turning professional in 1989.

He has toured Germany (Army bases) Scotland, Cumbria, South Wales and throughout the North West performing at a wide range of venues from theatres, open air concerts, ships and hotels to pubs, clubs and holiday camps.

He has also appeared on Granada TV and Channel 4, on Radio 1, R 5 live, GMR and numerous times on Radio Merseyside.

Steve also sang at the Beatles Museum for 15 hours for Children in Need. He recorded an original composition for single release in 1989 was songwriters competition winner at Ronnie Scotts in 1991 and has recorded at the legendary Abbey Road studios in 1993.

For more information on the music group log on to music-net.org.uk