Some samples of recordings i have engineered, mixed and produced.

Thermal Studios

creep- STS2021.wav

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.

are you gonna be my girl- STS 2021.wav

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

Death of a Salesman

Pop rock power ballad with crossover potential

This Is Gonna Hurt

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

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 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

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

One of my favorite bands to ever record at Thermal-Star 69! This is my favorite song from our record called The Black List. I remember watching The Miracle Worker as a 5th grader, so this song has a lot of childhood emotion wrapped in ROCK.

star69 - helen keller

This is the last song of four I recorded with Tony Schott for his EP called Cherrywood. Very cool song with Cara Lynne singing awesome backup vocals. Bass by Tony, drums by Kevin Soffera, all other instruments by me.

tony schott - only friend

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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