HELLO! I’m Dr Steve, “Britain’s most innovative bassist, no contest”, according to Bass Guitar Magazine – I also teach, write and take photos. I spent most of 2022 dealing with Lymphoma, which I documented through a series of subscriber-only recordings. I recently finally got my PhD, a practice-led exploration of my audience’s influence on my music. I’ll link to it here as soon as it’s online.
Here you’ll find the music, some info and context about what, when, how and why it is made, 23+ years of blogging, gig news and links to everywhere else you can find me online. My most recent release (in September 2025) is called Amsterdam – listen here:
My main way of releasing music is via my Bandcamp Subscription – it’s sort of Steve’s Ever-Expanding Digital Box Set, a rapidly growing collection of music that represents a wholly new way to think about recording and releasing albums. I put out, on average, between 10 and 12 albums a year – every gig I do is recorded, and if it warrants it, gets mixed, mastered and released.
There’s a huge back catalogue of recordings that are slowly being drip-fed into the subscription too – albums are more like episodes in a story you get to be a part of, rather than stand-alone products that require marketing and promo and radio support.
If you’re already familiar with what I do and enjoy it, this is the perfect way to play a significant part in making it possible, and get all of it, to keep for ever. There’s no version of the Spotify/streaming economy where this is viable, not without moving my attention away from this improvised music journey and focusing on trying to land a track on a “music for relaxation” playlist.
Music deserves better than that, so here’s a model that allows for music to be risky and exploratory and not made to someone else’s marketing brief.
Head over to stevelawson.bandcamp.com/subscribe to watch the intro video and read more about what’s on offer...
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