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Esteban's new release with original music including "Sedona Sunrise", "Mediterana", "Flamenco Wind", "Enter The Heart", and other spectacular favorites is receiving worldwide airplay (over 1,500 radio stations nationwide) and is destined to become another international classic. "Enter The Heart" reached number two on BillBoard's New Age Charts.
Esteban is the stage name of Stephen Paul (born 1948). He is from the Pittsburgh area and has lived in Tempe, Arizona since 1976.
He gained commercial success by selling his instructional DVDs and guitars on QVC and HSN.
Esteban had been playing at a Hyatt Regency hotel when he released his first album in 1991. He hired a keyboardist in 1992 and has subsequently added a five-piece band including drummer Joe Morris. Audiences responded well to Esteban's charisma and frequently bought his albums.
In 1999, Esteban came to the attention of Joy Mangano at Ingenious Designs, inventor of the Miracle Mop and other household accessories sold on QVC. She recognized Esteban's charisma and he was invited to play on QVC in November 1999. Soon after, Ingenious Designs was bought out by HSN and Esteban achieved commercial success. He sold 132,000 CDs after two appearances on HSN in the summer of 2000, and two of his albums reached the top 54 entries in the Billboard 200. Esteban quit playing at the Hyatt in 2000. He has since been featured in The Wall Street Journal and People Magazine. From 2001 to 2003, Esteban released over a dozen additional albums, four of which placed in the lower half of the Billboard 200. He has been featured in various infomercials advertising his guitars and instructional DVDs.
Esteban landed his first major CD distribution deal (with Sony RED Distribution) with the release of The Best of Esteban in October, 2006.