Steve Booke, a Berklee College of Music graduate, makes a living as a composer of music for film and television. Aside from composing, he has been teaching guitar for 20 years and has been studying guitar for 24. He endorses Fender Guitars, Larrivee Guitars, Dunlop, GHS Strings, Mogami Cables, Soldano, Peavey, Graph Tech, L.R. Baggs and Digitech. He performs his own music with his 5 piece acoustic world music ensemble, Violet Samudra, in the New York area in addition to playing freelance country, blues and jazz gigs. Steve also works as a session guitarist and is an instructor for the National Guitar Summer Workshop. He currently performs regularly in NYC with different groups several nights a week and is a regular performer at visionary artist Alex Grey's gallery CoSM.

TV Shows that feature Steve's music include:

The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Real World, Bands on the Run, Mind of Mencia, Spy in the Wild, True Life, The Fabulous Life, American Soldier, 2006 FIFA World Cup, The Bible Series, Princess Diana Documentary, Anthony Bourdain.

Networks that feature Steve's music include:

Discovery Channel, A&E, Biography Channel, MTV, VH-1, Comedy Central, The Travel Channel, HGTV, Animal Planet, The Learning Channel, CMTV, Style Network

Some highlights of Steve's work are:

Recorded "Hordes of Locusts" for a Joe Satriani Tribute being released on the Progressive Arts label.
Produced, arranged and recorded all the instruments for a 12 song acoustic instrumental Carpenters CD Produced, arranged and recorded all the instruments for a 10 song x-mas CD for a distribution company from Canada.
Produced, arranged and played guitar on "I Love You Much, Too Much" for an upcoming Santana tribute being released on the Progressive Arts label.
Performed in Las Vegas for an Environmetrics convention sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Had songs from CD, “Rare Earth” played on the MTV show, “The Real World”.
Produced, arranged and played guitar on "Cause We've Ended as Lovers" and "Star Cycle" for a Jeff Beck Tribute being released on the Progressive Arts label.
Scored and recorded music for upcoming indie movie released “Open Mic” scheduled for major distibution or HBO.
Appeared in the January issue of EQ magazine in their “Room with a VU” column.
Have songs on the MTV shows “Road Rules” and “Undressed”.
Have songs on the VH-1 show “Bands on the Run”.
Wrote and recorded an original composition for the second Jason Becker Tribute CD featuring Steve Vai and Marty Friedman.
Several Cable TV music show appearances.
Toured with “Pain Museum” on the U.S and Canadian “Metal Gods Tour” with Halford, Testament, Primal Fear and Immortal.
Played with the Coasters and the Platters.
Won the June 2005 round of the Song of the Year contest in the Instrumental/World/Jazz category.
Featured in the Feb. ’06 issue of Guitar Player magazine.