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Stephen Devassy
Stephen Devassy
Stephen Devassy is a man
who built himself upon his dreams. He did his schooling at 7th day Adventist
high school, Ottapaalam from where he started walking into the world of music.
He got his first ever keyboard of his own, as a gift from his Dad PK Devassy,
from when and where he started to pave his way forth as a musician. Stephen had
started to learn to play keyboard since when he was in the 5th standard. He
used to perform in churches even during his small age which finally gave him
the confidence to present himself in a show before the public, and that too
when he was in the 8th standard. As he made his way to NSS College, Ottapaalam
to do his pre-degree, he had made up his mind not to let go of music ever in
his entire life. This gave him the motivation to develop himself and gave him
the opportunity to do his first tour abroad while he was in the first year of
his pre-degree, with the legendary singer Padmashree Hariharan. The passion in
him grew to know no limits with what he achieved his degree and a record by
completing his 8th grade piano at the age of 16 from Trinity College, London.
His keyboard tutor was Leslie Peter and his Piano teacher was Fr.Thomas
Chakalamattath, Chetana Academy at Thrissur. Stephen Devassy never found
it hard to be active in the NCC too, along with his experiments with music. He
still finds his selection of being one among the only 3 NCC cadets selected
from Kerala to represent the state, for the Republic day parade at Delhi during
the year 1998, as one of the greatest recognitions he has got.
A R Rahman's music has
influenced Stephen to explore more about the technical aspects of Sound
Engineering and Music Production. He started recreating the tones used in ARR
songs. This interest developed at a very fast rate and Stephen started doing
keyboard programming for many leading music directors in Malayalam. Passion for
music took him to next level, when he shifted to Chennai during 2003. His music
programming skills gave Stephen an own identity in the Tamil industry and soon
he became one of the busiest keyboard programmers in the industry. His music
production style took him to the Bollywood scene, where he worked as the
programmer for music directors like Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Anu Malik etc.
He has worked with more than 50 music
directors in many Languages like Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali,
Kannada and programmed over 2000 songs.
In association with Kosmic
Music, Stephen has also set to tune, Sanskrit slokas, Mantras and Verses from
the Upanishads, with the background of western music called "Sacred
Chants" of Kosmic Music. His instrumental albums includes
"Romanza" and "Different Vibes". He has also composed REX
Band's International albums. Stephen's career as a music
producer began to deviate eventually as his need to become a live performer
began to increase. His schedule became filled with more and more shows which in
turn boosted his popularity and thereby making him the most wanted
Keyboard and Keytar live performer in India. He does shows on a regular basis
ranging atleast 10-12 shows a month in India and abroad . Stephen’s playing
accent and the perfection he maintains, made him the youth’s idol. He is
undoubtedly the fastest keyboard player and his swimming fingers on the keytar
have always pushed the audience to the state of awe. The energy he delivers
while playing the instrument makes him enjoy each and every note he plays,
which in turn tells a story to the audience. Any musician or singer is happy to
perform on stage, if it’s Stephen on keyboard. His on stage association
with A R Rahman started with the Jai Ho tour starting with Jai Ho Calicut show.
A call from the man ARR himself was like the perfect catalyst for his caliber
and dedication to music, which he considers to be a gift from God. Stephen always wanted to do
something for the aspiring youth and wanted to provide quality education for
them in the field of Audio and Music. Thus in 2010 with his brother Sam, he
completely developed Muzik Lounge studios, which they had started at Chennai in
2007, into Muzik Lounge school of Audio Technology at Chennai with the latest
state of the art technical support with a vision to provide international
standard education.
His family includes his Dad
PK Devassy, Mother Susy Devassy, Elder Sister Biju Solomon & Elder Brother
Sam Devassy . On 16th November 2010,
Stephen found himself a partner to share his life with, namely Jesna Joy.
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