Music
Steve Zio has written music and/or lyrics for over 200 songs, mainly alone but also in collaboration. His music has been played nationally on CBC Radio, he's written a campaign song for a candidate in the New Zealand general elections, and some of his instrumental work has been used as background music on YouTube documentaries and as introductions for textbook CDs. Style-wise, Steve's songs can probably best be described as rock, folk, or folk rock and if you labelled him indie, he'd be happy, if not totally convinced. Steve's first instrument is bass but he can get along on acoustic and electric guitar, drums, harmonica, and - in a pinch - piano.
As a producer and engineer, Steve has recorded around a dozen artists including Mowbray and Mills, the Craig Henderson Trio, Amy Nold, Solveig Nordwall, Elizabeth Farmer, Rob Wickson, Alan Maybee, Joseph Shaules, Andy Eastham, Tim Black, and others. For photos of Studio Zio, located in his house surrounded by North Saanich forest, click here.
As a producer and engineer, Steve has recorded around a dozen artists including Mowbray and Mills, the Craig Henderson Trio, Amy Nold, Solveig Nordwall, Elizabeth Farmer, Rob Wickson, Alan Maybee, Joseph Shaules, Andy Eastham, Tim Black, and others. For photos of Studio Zio, located in his house surrounded by North Saanich forest, click here.
Original Music
Mowbray and Mills - Spin (SZ on bass and drums)
mowbraymills-spin_final.mp3 | |
File Size: | 2574 kb |
File Type: | mp3 |
A fragment from Amy Nold - Bless the Past (SZ on bass, drums, lead, & acoustic guitar)
bless_the_past_fragment.mp3 | |
File Size: | 673 kb |
File Type: | mp3 |
SZ original - Summer Night (SZ on all vocals & instruments except fiddle - Keito Bryce)
summer_night-.mp3 | |
File Size: | 3195 kb |
File Type: | mp3 |
SZ original - Key & the Lock (all SZ except for drum loop)
the_key_&_the_lock.mp3 | |
File Size: | 3829 kb |
File Type: | mp3 |
SZ original - Tide is on the Rise (all SZ)
tide_is_on_the_rise.mp3 | |
File Size: | 3697 kb |
File Type: | mp3 |
SZ original - The Storm (all SZ except for drum loop)
the_storm.mp3 | |
File Size: | 2409 kb |
File Type: | mp3 |
SZ original - Talking to You (all SZ except lead guitars, Robert Zacharias)
talking_to_you.mp3 | |
File Size: | 3048 kb |
File Type: | mp3 |