A File Songs

SPECIAL THANKS TO JOHN HANTI / THE STUDIOS AT SST (New York City-Weehawken, NJ)
WHO HAS SERVED AS MY MENTOR AND THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF ALL THESE DEMOS
Most files are about 7.5 MB...a 60 second download or less with Cable or DSL

ATTENTION RECORDING ARTISTS AND PRODUCERS:
Licensing is Available. Publishing is Negotiable. Contact Steve: steve@steveacker.com

HITS-TO-GO!

Isn't That a Man's Job
(Steve Acker)

I Only Wanted Your Love
(Steve Acker)
Hannah Bethel-Vocal

Desert Rider
(Steve Acker)
Instrumental Documentary Film Theme Song

Indulgence
(Steve Acker - Roger Hatfield - Doug Thomas)
Lead Vocal by Antoinette
CO-PRODUCED BY ROGER HATFIELD

Let it Go
(Steve Acker)

Little Boy in Memphis
w/Tyler's Voice Mail to Mac
(Steve Acker - Ferdinand McAfee)
Vocals by McAfee

There's No Saving Us
(Steve Acker)
Slow Rock Version
Lead vocal by Emily Mitchell

There's No Saving Us
(Steve Acker)
Dance Club Version
Emily Mitchell. lead vocal

The Dash
(Steve Acker-Shari Schneider)
Lead Vocal by Jayna Lininger

When You're Not That Strong
(Steve Acker)

Lunatic Magnet
Live in the Studio with Blast Furnace
(Steve Acker)

Do Me Baby
(Steve Acker)

My Saving Grace
(Steve Acker)

There's Something in the Air Tonight
(Steve Acker)

That Cry of Love
(Steve Acker)
New song-iPhone video demo
Recorded Nov. 1, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu6zHEL8GsQ

You Can't Fool Me
(Steve Acker-Doug Thomas)
Performed with Blast Furnace

A Place in This World
(Steve Acker-Melody Pesta)

Jump Start
(Steve Acker)

Hold On to Your Dreams
(Steve Acker);

There's No Saving Us
(Steve Acker)
Emily Mitchell. lead vocal

A Simple Melody
(Steve Acker)

It's All About Us
(Steve Acker)

Her Ultimate Man
(Steve Acker)

Make Her Feel Like a Woman
(Steve Acker)
Live at Pesta Palace with Blast Furnace
Mike Flocarrie, drums-Greg Sejko, bass

Rise and Shine
(Steve Acker)

No Time for Tears
(Steve Acker)
Greg Frederick, Bass

Everybody's Got a Heart to Give
(Steve Acker)

The Letter
(Steve Acker - Willa Stewart)
Emily Mitchell, lead vocal

You Touch Me
(Steve Acker)

I Wanna Believe
(Steve Acker -Doug Thomas)

Boathouse Boogie
(Steve Acker)

Jingles TV Show Audition Songs
(Steve Acker)

Listen
(Steve Acker - Willa Stewart - Roger Hatfield)
Shari Schneider--Lead Vocal
TRACK PRODUCED BY ROGER HATFIELD

More Than Words Can Say
(Steve Acker)

If You've Got a Heart
(Steve Acker - Willa Stewart)
Solo acoustic version

If You've Got a Heart
(Steve Acker - Willa Stewart)
Full band version

Unbridled
(Steve Acker)

Don't Count Me Out
(Steve Acker)

When I Get Some Money (Honey)
(Steve Acker - Carol Sweeney)

Finding Myself (Losing You)
(Steve Acker - Doug Thomas)

Still Rockin' in the Valley
(Steve Acker)
Drums-John Sferra, Bass-Bill Lohr

Too Sorry to Forgive
(Steve Acker - Willa Stewart)
Abbe Rivers--lead vocal

That's Poker
(Steve Acker - Tim O'Donnell - John Hanti)
Documentary Film Theme Song

Open That Door
(Steve Acker)

Mr. Right Now
(Steve Acker - Willa Stewart)
Abbe Rivers--lead vocal

Once the Spell is Broken
(Steve Acker)

Blessing in Disguise
(Steve Acker)

God Bless This Love
A Wedding Song
(Steve Acker)

The Man I Used to Be
(Steve Acker)

OH-IO
(Steve Acker--Ryan Ross)
(Ryan Ross--Lead Vocal)

We Are Virginia Tech (We Will Prevail)
(Steve Acker--Carol Sweeney)

The Virginia Tech Fight Song
(Traditional)
Hard rockin' instrumental version a la Joe Satriani

Cajun Sundown
(Steve Acker--Mike Reese)

Blues This Morning
(Steve Acker)

Creepin' Blues
(Steve Acker)

I Think We're Better Than That
Guitar-vocal iPhone demo
(Steve Acker)

Golden Dreams and Silver Wishes
(Steve Acker)
Guitar-Vocal iPhone Demo

My Baby Walked Out This Morning
(Steve Acker-Steve Lawrence)
Steve Lawrence-Lead Vocal

I'm Not That Strong
(Steve Acker)
i-Phone guitar-vocal demo

Let it Go
(Steve Acker)

Come Rule My World
(Steve Acker)

There's a Party Tonight
(Steve Acker)
Dedicated to Sam Abdella and the Aquanaut

Sleeping Beauty
(Steve Acker)
Steve Lawrence-drums and vocal, Mickey Williamson, bass

Rockin' in the Buckeye Tree
(Acker-Parissi)
Lead Vocal-Rob Parissi, Background vocals-Steve

My Mississippi Home
(Steve Acker)
Lisa Palmer-Vocal

STEVE ACKER BIO
THE ONE MAN PARTY

THIS LEGENDARY OHIO GUITARIST-SINGER (founding member of MCA recording artists LAW) IS BACK AND READY TO ROCK!

All the power and charisma that made LAW such an incredible and popular live band is still intact. Steve Acker IS an event--a riveting entertainer--and he'll help to make your event an affair to remember. For more subdued events, Steve's delicate, acoustic finger picking can't be beat.

And listen to this: Because Steve operates his own recording studio and plays all instruments HE CAN RECORD CUSTOM TRACKS TO YOUR SPECIFICATIONS TO FIT YOUR EVENT--ANY SONG, ANY STYLE. And because he is a professional songwriter and jingle producer HE CAN WRITE AND RECORD AN ORIGINAL SONG FOR YOU TOO! Birthday songs, holiday songs, motivational songs, wedding songs, you name it, Steve can write it.

BIO:

Few areas of the country boasted a more dynamic or more exciting popular music scene throughout the 60's and 70's than Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. The entire Steel Valley between Cleveland and Pittsburgh teemed with brilliant talent, great bands, and hundreds of clubs and concert venues for music fans of all ages. Many of the rock era's most celebrated musicians spent their formative years in this area.

One of most popular area bands throughout the 70s was Youngstown, Ohio's LAW. From the band's first rehearsals it was clear that LAW had a special chemistry and magic which very quickly garnered them a regional reputation as an exciting and original club and concert attraction.

At the outset the band was determined to perform original material with the goal of securing a record contract. Even the cover songs they did were performed in their own original style.Within a year of their formation LAW was opening for national acts like Bob Seger, The Eagles, Edgar Winter's White Trash and Alice Cooper. One notable performance took place outdoors at Lake Milton, Ohio before 5,000 fans. LAW not only opened the star-studded program, but also later performed as Chuck Berry's backup band.

In 1975 LAW signed with Atlanta's GRC Records and recorded its first album at the label's studio. Produced by Miami's famed Albert Brothers, the album was sweetened by the Memphis Horns and contained several fine tracks. One song—Ronnie Lee's show opener "Wake Up"--caught the attention of the Who's Roger Daltrey. Daltrey and his manager Bill Curbishly signed LAW to their production company, put the band on tour with the Who, and in turn signed the band to MCA Records.

During this period the band toured with virtually every major act of the era.

Three albums later, in 1978, LAW called it a day. Many people in the Steel Valley still fondly remember LAW as an important part of their youth in a different era, when great regional rock bands reigned and their shows were regarded as Events.

After leaving the band and moving to Jackson, Mississippi to join his family there, Steve began producing records for regional acts and writing an entertainment column for a local weekly paper. In 1980 he wrote and produced a statewide hit record for Mississippi State University titled "Bulldog Blitz." His eulogy for John Lennon was personally selected by Yoko Ono in '81 to appear in the Spirit Foundation book, "A Tribute to John Lennon. he entered college for the first time in '82 and soon landed a job with Mississippi's largest ad agency as a copywriter and broadcast producer. For the next 25 years he worked as a creative force in the Mississippi and Nashville, Tennessee advertising industries, writing and producing numerous national ads, commercials, and jingles.

RE-DISCOVERED: On August 31, 2007 Steve was re-discovered and contacted by a prominent New York City producer and he re-entered the music business full time as a staff writer and producer for The Studios @ SST in New York. Steve now composes songs for other recording artists and for films.

THE ONE MAN PARTY: Now Steve has returned to the Midwest and to the stage as a solo guitarist and singer fronting magnificently self-produced tracks that rock. Classic rock, blues, dance hits, beautiful acoustic ballads, and awesome originals, too. Looking for an all-acoustic solo act? Steve can do that, too!

steve@steveacker.com
740-424-6180

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