Steven Malcolmson (born 9 April 1983) – also known as Steve Malcolmson, is a Scottish songwriter, record producer, originating from

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Early life

Steven Malcolmson was born in Glasgow. He grew up in a

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, living in East End,

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with his parents and siblings. Malcolmson attended

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, Dropping out in the year 1998 as the music class was stopped due to a lack of funding.

Career

He began creating music in his early teens, teaching himself guitar and piano from books, using software

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to create his earliest forms of music. Joining the band "theoceanfloor" at nineteen – and later "Co-pilot Effect" – led him to creating

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music. However he later developed a passion for pop. He got in touch with Richard "Biff" Stannard who was willing to mentor him.

2010–present: Steven Malcolmson

Steve wrote the song " The Way Love Goes" which was pitched to platinum selling artist

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. It became the lead single for Lemar's Greatest Hits album, with the song peaking at No. 8 on the UK Singles chart he was signed in 2010 to Major 3rd Music/

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. Writing with music production team

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he began to co-write for X Factor finalists. He worked with

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on his

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album with the song "Feel the Fire" as well as doing production work for

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on the single "

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" which charted at No. 2 in the US. and No 49 in the UK. Steve also worked with

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on the song "Love Love Love" which was leaked onto video-sharing website YouTube resulting in the song not being featured on Kylie Minogue's ''

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'' album.

Discography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malcolmson, Steven 1983 births Living people 21st-century Scottish male singers Scottish male songwriters Scottish record producers Scottish pop guitarists Scottish male guitarists Scottish keyboardists Musicians from Glasgow 21st-century British guitarists