Alexey Stepin is a famous singer, who took pride of place on the Russian stage. His songs are filled with lyrics and sadness, humor and arrogance. Many songs have become "folk" because they are close and understandable to everyone. He has many fans with whom he easily communicates. He creates and creates for people and sees this as his happiness.
Biography
Hometown of Alexei Anatolyevich Stepin - Kazan. He was born on September 5, 1968. The Steppe family - Elvira's mother and Pope Anatoly - rejoiced at the appearance of a son.
Alexey has been writing poetry since he was 4 years old. Grandmother noticed a penchant for music in him. The boy was assigned to a music school at the piano department. A. Stepin graduated from a state university. Faculty - Economic Geography.
It so happened that in his youth the light and dark sides combined. The bright side is the music school, songwriting and the university, the dark side is the fights and troubles of Kazan courtyards.
After serving in the army in the air defense forces in Azerbaijan, Aleksey returned home. He tried to earn and provide for himself, working as a musician in a restaurant. He earned money on organizing weddings and birthdays. I tried to do business. He worked as a seller of KAMAZ and gas canisters, completed financial transactions, worked part-time in summer cottage construction, and even visited bodyguards.
The dashing 90s left a peculiar imprint on the future life of Alexei. In Kazan, there was both first love, and the first musical experience, and the first understanding of what the soul wants. In Kazan, he finally realized that his happiness was to sing.
The beginning of musical creativity in Kazan
In 1990, he wrote the song “Farewell, goodbye, Kazan dear, ” about which, 10 years later, he talks in many interviews and often answers the question: “Why did the song become“ popular? ”The song reflected the spirit of that dangerous Kazan of the 90s when it was always necessary to keep an eye on the song.The song went to the yards, because it was close and understandable to the people and easy to play on the guitar.
In 1992, the album "Hard Childhood" was released with "children's songs, " as A. Stepin himself calls them, after 10 years.
Musical creativity in Moscow
In 1995, Alexei finally realized that he would not be able to reveal himself as a musician in Kazan. He decided to conquer show business in Moscow. Decided to work in commerce. He earned initial capital and in 1996 released the first full-fledged album "Do not Cry, Anyuta". It is largely associated with the Kazan period of life of A. Stepin, written, as he says, according to fresh feelings and memories.
1997 brought an acquaintance with producer A. Tolmatsky, who offered him a sort of "Russian project." They called the album "Guli-guli". Many songs in it with a Russian folk bias. Stepin often says that it turned out quite naturally. After staying in Ryazan, he got an ambient accent. When he began to record songs, that ambient intonation remained. It turned out quite interesting and original. This is exactly what A. Tolmatsky liked, and in 1998 the album appeared and, as Stepin says, "went to the people."
Since 2000, A. Stepin has outlined "free swimming" in musical creativity. He writes, collaborates, tours, has a rest with friends and empathies. So he calls the fans of his work. He communicates with many on sites and social networks.
In 2002, the album "Road and Guitar" appeared, in 2004 - "Road and Guitar-2", in 2006 - "Homeless Soul".
Musical collaboration
The main principle of A. Stepin is to sing his songs. Even in his youth, playing in ensembles, he was able to perform only his songs.
He almost does not write songs to order, but gives other singers his own songs. He works with performers who really need songs as songs, and not as a tool for making money. About seven years he worked with one Kazan singer, who was successful. The song "Cranes", created by A. Stepin brought luck to the singer. She became a honored artist of Tatarstan. Stepin A. wrote 2 songs for O. Stelmakh, which remained grateful to him for this. He recalls how he collaborated with a novice performer, Alexander Stvolinsky, who with all his heart sings songs written by Alexei. We recorded a joint song, "For Strong Friendship."
Collaboration with radio channels
The closest friendship with A. Stepin struck up with Radio Chanson. In his opinion, television does not really like singers performing in the style of chanson, but the radio channels are good intermediaries between the people and the songwriter.
In 2007, with the help of Radio Chanson, a concert video of A. Stepin’s songs was held at the Giant Hall music club in St. Petersburg. The concert included songs of different years, which he performed live. The result was an excellent DVD-collection, reflecting the versatility of the musical creativity of A. Stepin.
Son's song
A. Stepin's mother died in 2018. She was a good doctor and a kind person. In memory of her, he created a song and recorded a video clip with photos from his family album. The song touches and raises, takes for a living.
Attempt at writing
Alex took up the novel in the criminal genre. He has been writing for several years and the theme of the novel has been tormenting him for a long time. The heroine of the work asks about the existence of higher justice. Is it worth it to wait or can you do it yourself. It’s too early to speak about the release dates of the novel, but A. Stepin is sure that there will be a novel.
