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average of forty to fifty week-ends a year. Before long, Steve Stine’s music endeavors were no longer a hobby. With teaching, composing, practicing and performing - music was his life. And Steve says he was “okay with that. I loved the life. I was doing exactly what I felt I am meant to do and I was okay with that.” As the years rolled from one January to another, Steve met his soulmate. Her name is Jessica and during Stine’s active rock star guitar playing days performing with heavy hitter names such as Journey, Mötley Crüe, Dokken and multiple others as well as teaching private guitar lessons (at one time as many as 100 a week) Jessica and daughter Lanee stayed, even when Steve was gone on the weekends, which was far more often than not. The road gets old after many years of not being home for birthdays or special family events and as with many hard core performers, time eventually catches up. It doesn’t have to be a bolt of lightning or even a major “crisis” to awaken an individual’s sixth sense. In Stine’s case, it wasn’t either of those. Sometimes it is an overall awareness that there is simply “more” or the happy times could be even happier. In Stine’s mind, it was time to reassess his true passions and goals. As a younger man he knew his love for music would always be a major factor in whatever he did. He just needed to find a way to be able to make and share his music while spending less time on the road his family.
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