@needfor_steve

Composer / Conductor | Creative Director | Artist @livenowculture
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1 year ago
[ VOCAL / PRODUCER / ARRANGER DUMP 🗣️🗑️🎤 ] 1. LIVE on @americanidol w/ @thequintavious 2. Somewhere in “Africa” lol 3. Beethoven X Coldplay: By @stevehackmanmusic ft. @indysymphony 4. @maskedsingerfox Sessions 5. Special❤️‍🔥 6. 🗣️STIYAND ON THE WORD! 7. Somewhere in Europe🤌🏾 8. Where Have You Been x @boysworld 9. I’ll never get over hearing this at the club or parties🤣😭 10. You Don’t Even Know My Name x @tonesandi 11. Find Someone Like You x @snohaalegra 12. Who want it wit ‘Lene?! #LiveNOW⚡️ #VocalProducer #VocalArranger #SteveEpting
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1 year ago
[ 10,000 HOURS ] I started conducting choirs/ensembles when I was 10 yrs. old. Started writing and arranging songs in my basement, and was a drum major in my high school marching band. Who knew that it would one day take me to the Grammys! Thank you @fox32chicago for sitting down with your boy✌🏾Full interview in my bio. PR- @randycbonds FOR MUSIC INDUSTRY CONTENT FOLLOW 👉🏾 @livenowculture 👈🏾 #LiveNOW⚡️ #SteveEpting #Chicago #Fox32 #Grammys #VocalProducer #CreativeProducer
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3 years ago
Restart, by @jacobjonasthecompany , considers the psychological aftermath of illness—making sense of life and death, light and darkness, and everything in between. And all the guests along the way. Restart is about soil: found often for construction, during death to bury one’s flesh into the earth, or in a garden to bring new seeds to life. This questions if one can begin again and re-enter into their deepest humanity. If the question of what happened could be answered and the wounds it left could be healed. So honored to be the choral conductor and creative producer for this show. Catch us in our final show this Sunday at @broadstage_sm ! Tickets on sale now! Vision of @__jjtc__ MUSIC COMPOSITION: @nikkigrier @boreta VOCALISTS: @sim0nealex @amandamikkelofficial @thebrijolieshow @bstings @mychal.brandon @thelandoniv @okaidjamusicofficial CREATIVE DIRECTION: @emmaarielle EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: @_jillwilson_ ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:@peteraltubewalker DANCERS: @emmaarielle @oskiep84 @lorrinbrubaker @paulinadonnelly @alyse_rockett @baptistakawa @_jillwilson_ @jarrettyeary @alexadonnelly @marcopalomino @vospacevera @dahsirr
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1 month ago
[ CHAPTER 33🎈 ] Celebrated another year yesterday. Grateful for my life, my tribe, and my next. Thank you God🥂
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2 months ago
I love singing and I’m grateful for all the things I’ve learned on this journey so far🙏🏾
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4 months ago
PT. 1 Made a big move a decade ago and learned hella lessons😮‍💨
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4 months ago
[ DECADE ] November 2025 made 10 years since I moved from Chicago to LA. Swipe/Read for the journey🌪️ 2015 — 22 years old. Fresh college grad. Joined @p.e.a.c.e.band . Moved to LA with @calvinmartinjr on a $41 one-way with less than $2K saved. Living room was my bedroom, no car, no furniture, no WiFi. Dream: sing background and travel the world. Ephesians 3:20. 2016 — Reality check. Odd jobs, open mics, nonstop networking—on foot and public transit. Booked first TV gigs (AGT, Latin AMAs). Finally got a bed.🛌 2017 — Self-built artist development era. “Sing like it’s your last time.” Launched Live[NOW], hosted vocal masterclasses, started a scholarship. First artist gigs (@kennylattimore , @ddlovato ). Quit my job, produced a Disneyland show, got a car.🚘 2018 — Vision board year. Coachella with @beyonce → OTR II World Tour. Global travel, albums, The Lion King, Homecoming, Black Is King. 2019 — Sunday Service Collective. Creative team, global impact, IMAX film, multiple albums. Composed/conducted 3 operas. First national commercial. 2020 — Released my first single. The world shut down. 2021 — Went all-in as an artist. Second single, better visuals, dance training. More vocal production and contracting. 2022 — Grammy performance with @johnlegend . House band gigs, my own shows, touring and creative producing. 2023 — Vocal produced Lizzo’s Grammy choir. Chose the path of producing and directing big moments. 2024 — House band at NAACP Image Awards & full season of @americanidol . Toured with Hans Zimmer Live. Produced for @dojacat (Tonight Show, Scarlet Tour). 2025 — @kendricklamar Super Bowl tribute (4M+ views). Vocal producing/contracting for major albums, @zacbrownband Sphere residency, @spitfireaudio vocal sample pack. Grateful for 9 Grammy-nominated projects in 10 years.
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4 months ago
[ Tabula Rasa 🗒️ ]
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4 months ago
Tenor Steve Epting reflects on using the voice as a painter’s brush, every choice shaping the emotional arc. The weight of a single word, a vibrato added or withheld, the colour of the tone sculpted to the moment. @needfor_steve #spitfireaudio #mervynwarren #vocalist
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5 months ago
Over the course of the last year @needfor_steve and I have had the pleasure to write vocal arrangements and vocal produce choir on several records for the @zacbrownband . This experience has been an absolute dream, thanks to @zacbrown & @mdmango & the beautiful canvas of songs they created for us to paint on. Big thank you to the amazing voices that lent their talents to this project!!!! Huge thank you to @chrisdeepspace our amazing engineer, we couldn’t have done this without you!!!! And last but not least thank you @robertraab for connecting us!!! Love & Fear OUT NOW! Singers: @keisharenee @amandamikkelofficial @vocal_fiend @sim0nealex @iamnaarai @iamcarmelskye @thelandoniv @just_jawan @im_erik_b @imjeronelle @brandonwinz @lavancecolley @cameronwrightladiva @ashlyisofficial @thebrijolieshow @inmareland @bstings @sing_philly @sheis_jasminerose 🎥 @artefaktlife
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5 months ago
Steve Epting reflects on his first collaboration with Mervyn Warren and the privilege of being part of the Mervyn Warren Choir. He calls the experience an honour and shares his excitement and inspiration at the music this extraordinary ensemble will bring to life. @needfor_steve #spitfireaudio #mervynwarren #vocalist
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6 months ago