This site includes Steve's schedule for upcoming gigs, performance pics, fun facts, and contact information for those interested in signing up for lessons with Steve!

Have Fun, Play Drums!
Steve is now accepting students young and old -
anyone who has always wanted to play drums. 
Now, is the best time to get started on your drumming journey! Let Steve tailor a lesson plan just right for you, whether you're just starting out, picking up the sticks for the first time in years, or even if you're a seasoned pro looking for a fresh approach. Steve believes that there's a drummer hiding in everyone, it just takes timing. In drumming, like life, timing is everything! And this is the time! Drumming is fun and good for you too!
 
Call Steve now 612-242-6040

Drum Lesson Rates:
My Studio:
30 min lesson-25.00
60 min lesson-45.00
90 min lesson-75.00

Your Studio (or house)
30 min lesson-35.00
60 min lesson-55.00
90 min lesson-85.00

All lessons are one-on-one and payable the day of the lesson, unless previous arrangements are made. Bring in any songs you would like to learn to play!

Steve is also available to play your party, wedding, festival or store opening with 3-piece, 4-piece, 5-piece or 6-piece rock bands and now, by himself playing to tracks!

Performance rates vary.
Call:  612-242-6040
Email:  spaoli34@gmail.com



And now...a little history
The late 60's and 70's were the "Chicago years" -  where Steve's humble beginnings started, jamming in the basement with his friends and playing along to records in his pajamas at his older brothers' parties while their musician friends from The Buckingham's, and Chicago Transit Authority, later known as Chicago, nodded in approval.

Steve spent the 80's and early 90's moving around the country, playing in different bands and living the rock and roll dream of seeing the world from a van! Steve always says that those days were filled with great memories of great bands and the feeling that at any moment they would become rich and famous. Bands like Stinger, Busted, Lezlie Thriller, Battalion, Blatant Risk, Near 90, Whistle Gear, Red Light Fright, Predator, Interface, and The Cheeters.

In 1993, Steve moved from Madison, Wisconsin, to Minnesota and became a member of Austin Healy.
 
From 1994 to 2018, Steve was in Drum Chair#1 for the popular CBO/Casablanca Orchestra. Playing (and singing!) for President Bush in 2005, opening for Pat Benatar and Quiet Riot, and rocking a packed House of Blues in his hometown Chicago, are just a few of the great adventures this drummer has had while performing with this highly energetic show band. 
 
Now a very familiar face on the Twin Cities music scene, Steve has spent the last 29 years playing in and around the "State of Hockey" with a variety of musical acts from Funk to Rock to R&B to Swing to Jazz to Blues to Country to Pop to... well, you get the idea. When the phone rings, Steve and his drums answer!
 
Over the last few years, Steve has stayed busy by expanding his list of side projects to include collaborations with Ragtown, Martin Anderson & The Goods, The Neighbors (SWFL), Eden Road, Bettina V, Mark Allen, Whistle Gear and Relativity. He also lent his talents the Orchestra Pit at Shattuck St Mary's prep school for their 2019 production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee".

If that's not enough, Steve has also reopened his drum studio in the woods and recently began taking students, young or old, who have always wanted to play the drums. "Have Fun, Play Drums" is a uniquely creative method to teach anyone how to play in days versus weeks, or months.