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Steal The Sky’s version of Jet’s “Are You Gonna Be My Girl?”
Recorded at Thermal Studios 2021. Engineered, mixed and produced by Stephen McKnight.

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This song was a gift for my friend Tim O'Connell. It featured some of his best friends and favorite musicians. It is a remake of the Beatle's "With A Little Help From My Friends".
Musicians: Vocals: Stephen McKnight, Bill Mattson, Alisa Anderson, Meghan Kraus,  Keli Vale. Drums: Jonny Dee. Bass: Kevin Vecchione. Guitars: Jimmy Marchiano, Reggie Wu and Greg Howe. B3- Jay Davidson

With A Little Help From My Friends

Artist- Edna's Tribe
Produced and mixed by Stephen McKnight at Thermal Studios November 2014

In My Name

Death of a Salesman

Pop rock power ballad with crossover potential

This Is Gonna Hurt

I muted all tracks but his vocal, drums and bass.

Space Oddity Iso

Steal The Sky's cover of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy"

Crazy

Steal The Sky's cover of Elle King's "X's and Oh's".

Xs And Ohs

This is the second song I recorded for Lost in Paris called "I'm not a loser". Nice slow, bluesy old school song. Great strat solo by Jeff G. near the middle.

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lost in paris - i'm not a loser

This is a pop/rock/dance song I did for the PS3/Xbox 360 game called PES 2010 Soccer.
This is an immensely popular game in Europe, Asia and South America. Not so much in the US :-)

stephen mcknight - when she's gone

Here is a mid tempo pop ballad called "Fairy Tale", by my band Star 69. This is off our album called The Black List.

star 69 - fairy tale

This is another song I recorded/produced for Billy Gale's debut EP In Lieu Of Flowers. Billy wanted some Brian May/Muse type lead guitar on it which is pretty cool. Kevin Soffera on drums, Mikey Dreads on bass.

billy gale - from california

This is a jingle I recorded in Japan for Mazda. I have recorded and sang hundreds of TV commercials and sound logos, but this remains the most well known after almost 10 years. It may say this on my tombstone...

stephen mcknight - mazda "zoom - zoom"

This is a song I recorded/produced with Billy Gale. It is the first song of his debut EP called In Lieu Of Flowers. This is called "North Bound Train."

billy gale - northbound train

This is Clay McElwee featuring Kevin Soffera on drums and Kevin Vecchione on bass. Clay is a guitar virtuoso doing instrumental progressive rock. 

clay mcelwee - seven steps

This is a song of Tony Schott's forthcoming EP he recorded with me this past year. Great bluesy voice and song, featuring Shannon Vail and Courtney Jansen on backing vocals. Kevin Soffera plays drums.

tony schott - struggle

This is a song I was hired to do for Konami's Pro Evolution for PS3 and Xbox 360. This is the most popular soccer game in the world, except for the US, where FIFA is king. Recorded at Thermal Studios in 2008 with Kevin Soffera on drums. Disclaimer: There are some silly lyrics for the game- ("Strike! Shoot! Score! And we'll do it some more! :-)


stephen mcknight - ps3/xbox 360 pro evolution 2008 "the game"

This is an uptempo rock track from Star 69's album The Black List. I wrote, produced and recorded at Thermal Studios in 2007-2008. Kevin Soffera plays drums, Leon Karpovich on bass.

star 69 - the things you left for dead

This is a song I was hired to write for Resident Evil 6- Raccoon City. This is a game available on PS3and Xbox 360. For the non-gamer, "Resident Evil" effectively created the survival horror genre of games, established itself as a prominent world recognized franchise, and has cumulative sales approaching 46 million copies sold worldwide. The game has also been made into 5 movies starring Milla Jovavovich. The game will be available in March 2012. I play all instruments with the exception of drums, played by Bobby Pyrilis of Fosterchild/Octane.



stephen mcknight - the spaces in between

This is a song from a band I produced and recorded called Dinner And A Suit. Kind of Coldplay, John Mayer, Lifehouse, etc. The singer was just 17, and the guitarist 18 when we started. I played bass and Kevin Soffera played drums. The record is called Light and Lungs. They are now signed to an indie label called Regenerate, and have relocated to Nashville.They are also on a national tour.

dinner and a suit - who i am

Another song from Dinner And A Suit. This is a long, epic song that was a labor of love. Realy enjoyed recording this one!

dinner and a suit - the bridge

This is the 1st song called "14 Million Yen" from Dinner and a Suit's debut album called Light and Lungs. These guys were just 17-19 years old when I started with them. They are now on an indie label from Nashville called Regenerate. This is from 2007.

dinner and a suit - 14 million yen

This is a track called "Surrender" I co-wrote and produced for Courtney Jansen. This is from her brand new EP called Closer To Eden. All instruments except drums are performed by me. Drums are Bobby Pyrilis, and vocals of course are Courtney! Love this track- check the full EP out on Itunes! 

Courtney Jansen- Surrender

Cover of Queen’s “Hammer To Fall”. All musicians involved recorded their parts remotely during the Corinavirus Pandemic of 2020.


“Hammer To Fall” 
Drums- John Zadeh
Bass- Kevin Vecchione
Guitars- Stephen McKnight
Lead Guitar- Chris Schwartz 
Piano- Vinny DeRenzis
Lead Vocals- Stephen McKnight, (verse 1-chorus) David Simpson, (verse 2-chorus 2) Vinny DeRenzis (bridge- verse 3)
Backing Vocals- Stephen McKnight, David Simpson, Vinny DeRenzis, Misumi Otsuki, Rob Groden, Anastasia Groden
Mixed and Mastered by Stephen McKnight at Thermal Studios 

82 tracks total
58 tracks of vocals

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1990’s Rock/Pop band from Philadelphia.

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