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FILMOGRAPHY & THE #1 SONGS!
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This Award Winning Songwriter has been writing about life and relationships over the last decade! The songs's range from Pop, Folk, Rock, Urban, Country, Blues, Jazz, Acoustic, Roots Latin, New Age, R&B/Soul & Holiday music.
"Desert Sun" and "You Are The One" were Top 2 Folk Finalist in the MTV VH-1 "Song of the Year" Contest in 2004 and 2008, respectively! In 2005, Steve's song entries won the LoveJoy Worldwide Peer Contest at a Prominent Indie Site, an honor considering about 100,000+ artists!
In July of 2008 the Top 8 songs on MP3.Com "Easy Listening" charts were held by this versatile songwriter. The same year "Black Ghost" claimed first prize as the "Acoustic Song of the Month" in an International World Song Contest.
Over 85+ songs have charted in various genres on sites such as MP3.COM, RadioIndy, Indie Charts, Yahoo, AOL, SoundClick, Broadjam, MyRecordLabel, ILike.Com, AirSpun, AudioStreet & Indie-Music. The CD, "Good Day In July" is now for sale as well as individual song & Ringtone's from Walmart, I-Tunes, Amazon.Com, MyMusicSite.Com, Yahoo.Com, AOL.com, CDBaby, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Wireless and right here on Steve's site!
The MTV & LIFETIME Cable TV Networks licensed "LASALLE ST.","CARTER'S REVENGE" & "TRAIN TRACK GUITAR" for TV/Film use in 2010! "Matthew's Song" was licensed in a Canadian Motion Picture! EOS Music & SIRIUS Satelite have licensed 24 songs for their use in 2010!
Music to be licensed for TV and Film is at many of the Elite Music Libraries including Audiosparx, Pump Audio, SongCatalog, SmashTrax, LabelSound & Blue Scout Music! Enjoy!
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FILMOGRAPHY:
-- The MTV Cable TV Networks have licensed "Carter's Revenge" for placement in TV/Film in 2010
-- Israeli Short Film...."Casus Belli",(cause to a war). "Lasalle St" & "Bright Lites City Nights" licensed in 2008. (Check Video Tab on Steve Dafoe Site for performance.)
-- TU BETA TS'ENA---Water Is Life.... Motion Picture from Canada licensed "Matthew's Song" in this fiilm. 2009
-- USA Festival Top 10 for Film ("Ole' Ghosts") 2007
-- FOX Sports TV. The New Age songs "Erik's Song" and "Golden Rays" in Pre-Production. 2009-10.
-- MTV & Oxygen TV Networks for TV/Film take "LASALLE ST." (Chicago Piano Blues) & "TRAIN TRACK GUITAR" (Acoustic Guitar) has been licensed for TV/Film 2010
--"Ole Ghosts" on Major Network TV in a Short Film/Commercial Video 2008
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The #1 SONGS CHARTING at MP3.Com, Radio Indy, Indie-Music......
"South Carolina Way" #1 MP3.COM (Easy Listening) 08
"East Of Eden West Of Hell" #1 (Rock) Radio Indy 09
"You Are The One" #1 Radio Indy (Folk) 07-08
"End Of The Road" #1 Broadjam (Chicago Blues)07-08-09
"Tommy" #1 Indie-Music (R&B) 09
"Why Don't You?" #1 MP3.COM (Easy)
"Black Ghost" #1 BroadJam (Roots Rock) 08
"Stay With Me" #1 BroadJam (Country Religious) 07
"Not Finished Loving You" Pop)#1 Radio Indy 09
"For All Things To Come" #1 MP3.COM (Easy Vocals) 08
"Through To You" #1 MP3.COM (Easy Vocals) 08
"Don't Let Me Go" #1 Radio Indy (Country) 09
"Following Lincoln" #1 (Jazz) SoundClick 09
"Bar Of Lost Souls" #1 (New Ctry) Indie-Music 09
"East Of Eden West Of Hell" #1 (Hard Rock) Indie Music 09
"Darling,Have I"(Ctry) #1 MP3.com 09
"Storm Of Days" (American/Alt. Country) #1 Indie-Music 09
"Memories Of You"(Easy Listen) #1 MP3.Com 08
"If I Asked" (Ctry)#1 MP3.Com
"LaSalle St" (Chicago Blues)#1 BJam 09
"Last Great Cowboy" (Acoustic)#1 Radio Indy 09
"Not Finished Loving You" (Pop)#1 Indie-Music 09
"Love And Leaving" (AC) #1 Indie-Music #1 Radio Indy 09
"Shoes Of A Fisherman"#1 BJam 09
"Cape Smokey" #1 (Maritime) MyRecordLabel 2010
"If You Have The Time" #1 Radio Indy 09
"Slow Burn" #1 MyRecordLabel (Acoustic) 2010
"SanGraal" #1 (Latino) MyRecordLabel 2010
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AWARDS, PLACEMENTS & PUBLISHING!
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AWARDS, PLACEMENTS & CD COMPILATION SETS:
- 2008 (JAN) Acoustic Song Of The Month..."BLACK GHOST" at BROADJAM
- 2008 MTV- VH1 Song Of The Year..."You Are The One" #2 in FOLK
- 2006 Winner (Peer Review) LOVE JOY Contest
at BROADJAM (100,000+ members)
- 2004 MTV VH-1 Song Contest....4th place for "DESERT SUN" in the "Folk" genre.
- 2003--2010....15 songs including "Why Don't You", "Distant Thunder", "You Are The One", "Stay With Me", "Slow Burn" and others were pressed onto Nashville Ltd. Special Edition CD's for distribution to Retail and A/R people. Courtesy of the PARAMOUNT GROUP.
- 2006 "Black Ghost" pressed onto "RIDE THE TRAIN" series! Vol # 32. Distributed WorldWide.
Issued By NBT Records.
- 2006 John Mayer Songwriting competition......"Finalist" with "Lone Cowboy"
- Director Award's (12) from Paramount Group for Song Writing Contests. 2004-Current.
- 2008-09 "Holiday Wish" compiled onto the "HOLIDAY ALBUM 2008" for LTD. release in the USA.
- 2008 ISSA Folk Finalist (2nd Place) with "The Last Great Cowboy".(Independent Singer Songwriter Association).
- 2010 EOS Music (a division of SIRIUS Radio) pick up 24 songs for World Web Channel play.
- 2010 60+ Songs/Loops for RingTones placed with Verizon, Sprint & Boost Mobile Wordwide
- PUBLISHING is at NBT Records West Virginia & MERNEE Records Alabama & AUDIOSPARX Florida.
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TOP 10 CHART SUCESS!!!
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TOP 10 CHART SUCESS!
"Slow Burn" #1 MyRecordLabel 2010
"Won't You Stay" #2 (Acoustic Americana) MyRecordLabel 2010
"Love Me Too?" #3 (Acoustic Americana) MyRecordLabel 2010
"SanGraal" #1 (Latino) MyRecordLabel 2010
"Crystal" #2 MyRecordLabel 2010
"Jesus" #8 MyRecordLabel 2010
"Erik's Song" #2 (New Age) MyRecordLabel 2010
"You Are The One" #2 MP3.COM & #1 Folk Religion * & #1 RadioIndy 09 & #5 MyRecordLabel 2010
"South Carolina Way" # 1 MP3.COM & #9 AIRSPUN & #4 RadioIndy & # 7 Indie-Music 09
"Black Pearl" #7(Blues)Broadjam 07/09
"End Of The Road" #1 Broadjam(Blues) 07/08 *
"Tommy" #7 R&B)* & #1 Indie-Music (R&B) 09
"And Can You?" #2 at MP3.COM 08 & #5 (Jazz)* 07-08
"Storm Of Days" #4 (Blues) & #6 (Rock) * & #3 Indie-Music & at Indie Charts 09.
"LaSalle St" #1 (Blues)* 09 & Indie Charts 09
"Why Don't You?" #2 (Jazz) 07 * & #1 MP3.COM 08 #7 (Pop)Audiostreet 09
"Black Ghost" # 1 (Rock)2008-09 *
"Distant Thunder" #10 Broadjam08
"Seeing Through His Pain.." (Folk)Broadjam #10 & #5 (Roots) 09
"Stay With Me" #1 (Country) * & #6 Rock* & # 6 (Roots) BroadJam 09 & #5 MyRecordLabel 2010
"Play Some Country" #3 MP3.COM 08 & at AIRSPUN.
"If I Asked" at AIRSPUN & MP3.COM. & #3 Indie-Music 09
"Blue Ivory" charts AIRSPUN 08 & # 5 (Blues) Broadjam 09
"Darling Have I Not" #1 MP3.COM 09
"Johnny Drop Your Gun" #7(Rock) Broadjam
"Serpo" #275 #9 (R&B/World Beat)*
"For All Things To Come" # 1 MP3.COM 08
"Last Great Cowboy" #1 Radio Indy 2009 # 10 Folk 2009 *
"Desert Sun" #3 MP3.Com 09
"Riding A Rainbow" #6 Indie-Music (Country) 2008-2009
"Soft Wings" (Latino) MyRecordLabel 2010
"Sun Will Shine" #6 MP3.Com 2008
"Good Times In The Badlands" #7 MP3.Com 2009
"Through To You" #1 MP3.COM 08
"Don't Let Me Go" #1 Radio Indy & #2 Indie Music (Ctry) 09
"Bar Of Lost Souls" Charts MP3.Com 09 & #5 Indie Charts 09
"Song For Baylee Almon" # 7 (Blues) Broadjam 09
"Three Sisters" #10 Broadjam(Smooth Jazz)(Ontario)09
"Erik's Song" #7 (New Age) *
"Valentines Day Remorse" #2(Blues) Broadjam 09
"Following Lincoln" #2(Modern Jazz) SoundClick & #6 (Jazz)* 09
"Amor" Top 10 (World Beat) BroadJam 09 & #8 MyRecordLabel 10
"Smooth" Top 10 (World Beat) BroadJam 09
"Home For The Holidays" #8 (X-Mas) MyRecordLabel 2010
"East Of Eden West Of Hell" #1 Indie Music & #1 RadioIndy 09
"Memories Of You" #1 MP3.COM 08 *
"Shoes Of A Fisherman" #7 Radio Indy 09
"Not Finished Loving You" #1 Radio Indy & #1 Indie-Music 09
"Love And The Leaving" #1 Indie-Music #1 Radio Indy 09
"Shoes Of A Fisherman" #1 Broadjam 09
"Travellin' Jack" #10 (Jazz) *
"If You Have The Time" #1 Radio Indy
"Wolf River" #5 (New Age) MyRecordLabel 2010
"Little Boy" #7 (World) MyRecordLabel 2010
"Cape Smokey" (Maritime) MyRecordLabel 2010
"All The Way" #4 (Acoustic Americana) MyRecordLabel 2010
"Leaving It All Behind" #5 Acoustic Americana) MyRecordLabel 2010
"Blending Of The Ages" #6 (Acoustic Americana) MyRecordLabel 2010
"Good Times In The Badlands" #7 (Acoustic Americana) MyRecordLabel 2010
"Finally See The Lite" # 10 (Acoustic Americana) MyRecordLabel 2010
"Quiet Times" # 8 (Acoustic Americana) MyRecordLabel 2010
"Settlin' Down Now" #9 (Acoustic Americana) MyRecordLabel 2010
"Holiday Wish" #5 (X-Mas) MyRecordLabel 2010
"Holiday Time" #7 (X-Mas) MyRecordLabel 2010
"Our Eagle Above" #9 (Jazz) MyRecordLabel 2010
"Brass" #10 (Jazz) MyRecordLabel 2010
"Something Inside Of Me" (Folk Rock) Broadjam 2010
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Steve Dafoe-Songwriter Music
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INFLUENCES & MUSIC LIBRARIES!
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Goo Goo Dolls, Dan Peek , Dave Grusin, Sara McLauglin, Marc Cohn, Eagles, Shawn Byrne, Michel Pagliaro, John Mayer, Bill Conti, REM, Bachman & Cummings, John Denver, Marvin & Gentry, Jason Wade, Eagles and America. I have learned to play guitar by playing their songs. Working the Harmonica since the late 1990's..
Also, the many Indie Artists and the amazing music I hear all the time. And my wife and children let it all happen.
License this music for commercial use through Pump Audio
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License
WEB PAGE: www.stevedafoe.com
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