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Bios
Steve Plunkett
Music & Media Director; Producer: M17 & MPM
Steve was the singer, guitarist and songwriter for the 80’s band Autograph on RCA records, who sold over a million CDs worldwide, and were certified gold with their top 40 smash “Turn Up the Radio.” Steve studied record production working on multiple projects with his mentors – legendary producers Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix) and Andy Johns (Led Zeppelin). Following Autograph, he spent 7 years as chief staff writer/producer with All Nations Music, where he learned the music publishing business, produced many albums and had over 200 songs released by artists including The Go-Gos, Kenny Rogers, Vixen and Edgar Winter. Plunkett has produced such diverse artists as Graham Nash, Jon Secada, En Vogue, Marc Anthony, Cyndi Lauper and Loretta Lynn.
In the mid-90s, heavily involved in music for film and television, Steve partnered with Spencer Proffer to write and produce music for over 40 movies including “Gods and Monsters,” “Rock Star” and “Shake Rattle and Roll.” His many television theme songs include “7th Heaven,” “The Never-ending Story,” “Kojak” and “Summerland.” He has served as Music Coordinator for many productions including MTV’s weekly series “Live Through This” and worked on productions for CBS, NBC, ABC, VH1, USA, Showtime and HBO. During this period, Steve was winner of both CableACE and DOVE award nominations and served as Creative Director at Morling Manor Music and Media where he worked closely with Spencer Proffer on the design, strategy and implementation of countless projects. In 2002, he became General Manager of Fender records, a label he and Spencer architected for Fender musical instruments. Recently, he assumed the position of Music and Media Director at Meteor 17, a Los Angeles based media and convergence company, designing and executing music and media strategies for many leading Fortune 100 companies. His recent appointment as General Manager of USA-Yahoo! Music, a newly created music venture between NBC/Universal/USA Network and Yahoo! puts him on the front lines of the latest digital music revolution in discovering and developing emerging talent.
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