Music
Steve Thompson has written songs that have been recorded by Celine Dion, Sheena Easton, Elkie Brooks, The Hollies, The Searchers, Tygers of Pan Tang, Baby Ford, Colin Blunstone, Sarah Brightman, Wavelength, Elaine Page, Bruce Ruffin, Chris Farlowe, Middle Of The Road, Alvin Stardust and many others
In a long and varied career, Steve also wrote and produced key recordings during the ‘New Wave of British Heavy Metal’ (NWOBHM) including Raven, Venom (both huge influences on rock giants, Metallica) and Tygers of Pan Tang. This has earned him the title “North East GODFATHER OF NWOBHM” (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal)
Now accompanied by Barry Race on percussion and Richard Naisbett on keyboards, Jen Normandale and Kirsty Forster both on Backing Vocals and Steve is taking an acoustic show around small intimate venues performing the songs he wrote for the artists mentioned above. The show is being well received with people hearing the songs for the first time as they sounded when they left the songwriter’s pen!
If you would like to discuss any of this here are my contact details:
stmedia@gmail.com or 07795 826 953
Education & Digital
Steve Thompson has been a Steelworker a record producer, a hit songwriter, and an educator. He has been described by “Future Democracy” as “one of Europe’s most original thinkers on community engagement using new technologies”.
He has taught wikis in a Museum in Vienna, social media deep in a forest in Poland, multimedia in Germany and lectured in Heavy Metal at the University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki.
Steve has taught classes in Higher Education at degree level, in Further Education Colleges as well as primary and secondary schools. He also works with community groups often instigating innovative and creative projects involving everyone from the youngsters to those not so young.
“We pay tribute to the innovative and inspiring ‘model’ of ICT learning and support established by Steve Thompson and look forward to seeing it emulated more widely” From “A Sense of Adventure” published by Loughborough University, November 2012.
