Stephen McParland
Writer & Publisher (Sydney, NSW)

Born in Sydney, Australia just as the "Golden Age" of rock and roll was beginning, Stephen grew up with the music. At first its raunchy rhythms and harmonic blends did not catch his immediate attention. However, the beach did. At the age of three he tackled the waves of North Wollongong Beach on his surf-o-plane and by his mid-teens he had progressed to being a proficient surfboard rider. By this time, the sounds of The Beach Boys and other protagonists of the "surfing sound" had also caught his attention. It was also at this point that his ever-present interest in "surfing music" blossomed into the area of record collecting eventually he gave way to collecting and chronicling his favourite musical genre.

Since then, Stephen has become a well-known and well-respected figure in both the record collecting and musical research and documentation fields - an acknowledged worldwide expert on surf music and its related musical offshoots. Stephen's additional credits include contributions to numerous record/CD repackages, both locally and internationally; a limited series of "one-off" publications involving various aspects of his favourite musical genre; the formation of a record label devoted to bringing to life long lost and forgotten archival material; and three self-published magazines.

Currently, Stephen operates California Music, incorporating CMusic Publishing and CMusic Archives; the former responsible for publishing Stephen prodigious output of books; and the latter a resource for record companies, print media, film and TV companies needing material in the field of surf and hot-rod music.

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