Aaron Accetta
Encyclopedia
Aaron Accetta is an American record producer
, songwriter
, and musician
. He has written and/or produced for such names as He is We
, Forever The Sickest Kids
, James Garfunkel, Brooke Hogan
, Deborah Gibson
, Jordan Knight
, Rich Cronin
, LFO
, KeKe Palmer
, Aaron Carter
, Nick Carter
, and Jeff Timmons
.
Born and raised in Mt. Kisco, NY, a small town outside of New York City
, Accetta began his music career at the early age of fourteen; writing his first song on his Fender Stratocaster
. By age sixteen, he started his first band called, The Fuse.
After The Fuse parted ways, Accetta and lead vocalist, Dan Woods, put their efforts towards a new project: JBender, a melodic, hook-driven rock band produced by Sam Hollander
. In February 2001, the band signed a major recording contract with Columbia Records
. The band was later dropped in 2002.
Accetta began focusing solely on his producing and songwriting career after the fall of JBender. In 2002, he teamed up with pop artist, Mandy Ventrice
, and began co-writing with the likes of Shep Goodman
, Kenny Gioia
, and past producer, Sam Hollander
.
In 2003, Accetta was offered an in-house producer and songwriting position for Trans Continental Records based out of Orlando, FL. Shortly after, his credibility as a producer and songwriter grew tremendously; earning him rave reviews in Billboard Magazine, and an RIAA Certified Gold Record commemorating the sales of his production on Aaron Carter
's single, Saturday Night.
Currently, Aaron resides in New York, and is working on projects for both major and independent record labels, as well as developing new talent.
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, and musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
. He has written and/or produced for such names as He is We
He Is We
He Is We is an indie pop band from Tacoma, Washington. The band is made up of Trevor Kelly and Rachel Taylor. They met while working at Ted Brown Music Company, a music store in their home town of Tacoma, Washington. They each realized that the other had talent and began to play small gigs...
, Forever The Sickest Kids
Forever the Sickest Kids
Forever the Sickest Kids is an American pop punk band from Dallas, Texas, who have yet to be signed to a new label after the closure of Universal Motown Records. In issue 228 of Alternative Press, the group was named the number one underground band in the "22 Best Underground Bands". Their first...
, James Garfunkel, Brooke Hogan
Brooke Hogan
Brooke Ellen Bollea , better known by her stage name Brooke Hogan, is an American singer, actress, model, socialite, and television personality, and the oldest child of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan . She appeared on the reality-television series Hogan Knows Best, which focused on her family,...
, Deborah Gibson
Deborah Gibson
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Gibson is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. In 1987 she was pronounced the youngest artist to write, produce, and perform a No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, with her song "Foolish Beat" and she remains the youngest female to write, record, and...
, Jordan Knight
Jordan Knight
Jordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight is an American singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer in the boy band, New Kids on the Block , and actor, who rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s. He is best known for his distinctive falsetto style of singing, influenced by The Stylistics. After New Kids On...
, Rich Cronin
Rich Cronin
Richard Burton "Rich" Cronin was an American singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer and primary songwriter for the pop group Lyte Funkie Ones or LFO.-Early life:...
, LFO
LFO
LFO may refer to:* LFO , an English techno act* LFO , an American three-man pop/rap group** LFO , an album released by the American pop group LFO* Light Finding Operation, a form of mecha from the anime TV series Eureka Seven...
, KeKe Palmer
Keke Palmer
Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer is an American actress and singer who rose to fame for her performance in the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee. She also starred as the title character in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP...
, Aaron Carter
Aaron Carter
Aaron Charles Carter is an American singer. He came to fame as a pop and hip hop singer in the late 1990s, establishing himself as a star among pre-teen and teenage audiences during the early-first decade of the 21st century....
, Nick Carter
Nick Carter
-Athletes:*Nick Carter , Major League Baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1908*Nick Carter , cyclist from New Zealand, who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics...
, and Jeff Timmons
Jeff Timmons
Jeffrey Brandon Timmons is an American pop singer and producer and founding member of the Grammy-nominated pop group 98 Degrees.-98 Degrees:...
.
Born and raised in Mt. Kisco, NY, a small town outside of New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, Accetta began his music career at the early age of fourteen; writing his first song on his Fender Stratocaster
Fender Stratocaster
The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as "Strat", is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares in 1954, and manufactured continuously by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation to the present. It is a double-cutaway guitar, with an extended top...
. By age sixteen, he started his first band called, The Fuse.
After The Fuse parted ways, Accetta and lead vocalist, Dan Woods, put their efforts towards a new project: JBender, a melodic, hook-driven rock band produced by Sam Hollander
Sam Hollander
Sam Hollander is an American songwriter and record producer. He has written and/or produced hits for the likes of Train, Boys Like Girls, Gym Class Heroes, Good Charlotte, Carole King, Neon Trees, Cobra Starship, 3OH!3, Coheed and Cambria, All Time Low, Metro Station, We The Kings, O.A.R., Uncle...
. In February 2001, the band signed a major recording contract with Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
. The band was later dropped in 2002.
Accetta began focusing solely on his producing and songwriting career after the fall of JBender. In 2002, he teamed up with pop artist, Mandy Ventrice
Mandy Ventrice
Amanda Nicole Ventrice , better known by her stage name Mandy Ventrice, is an American recording artist, songwriter, producer and entertainer....
, and began co-writing with the likes of Shep Goodman
Shep Goodman
Shep Goodman is a Multi-Platinum music producer and songwriter. He got his start in the music industry, by fronting the Elektra Records signed rock-act . After the disbandment of the band, he started the music production company Sheppard Music Inc with Kenny Gioia. They were known as "Shep & Kenny,...
, Kenny Gioia
Kenny Gioia
Kenny Gioia is a Multi-Platinum music producer, engineer, mixer and songwriter from New York City, who is best known for working on the #1 hits "Sex and Candy" and "Crush"...
, and past producer, Sam Hollander
Sam Hollander
Sam Hollander is an American songwriter and record producer. He has written and/or produced hits for the likes of Train, Boys Like Girls, Gym Class Heroes, Good Charlotte, Carole King, Neon Trees, Cobra Starship, 3OH!3, Coheed and Cambria, All Time Low, Metro Station, We The Kings, O.A.R., Uncle...
.
In 2003, Accetta was offered an in-house producer and songwriting position for Trans Continental Records based out of Orlando, FL. Shortly after, his credibility as a producer and songwriter grew tremendously; earning him rave reviews in Billboard Magazine, and an RIAA Certified Gold Record commemorating the sales of his production on Aaron Carter
Aaron Carter
Aaron Charles Carter is an American singer. He came to fame as a pop and hip hop singer in the late 1990s, establishing himself as a star among pre-teen and teenage audiences during the early-first decade of the 21st century....
's single, Saturday Night.
Currently, Aaron resides in New York, and is working on projects for both major and independent record labels, as well as developing new talent.
Selected discography
- Four Year StrongFour Year StrongFour Year Strong is an American pop punk band from Worcester, Massachusetts, formed in 2001. The group consists of vocalists and guitarists Dan O'Connor and Alan Day, bassist Joe Weiss, and drummer Jackson Massucco...
, In Some Way, Shape, Or Form (album) (Universal RepublicUniversal RepublicUniversal Republic Records is a record label, owned by Universal Music Group. It is based on the now-defunct Republic Records label founded by brothers Monte and Avery Lipman...
) (producer,engineer) - He Is WeHe Is WeHe Is We is an indie pop band from Tacoma, Washington. The band is made up of Trevor Kelly and Rachel Taylor. They met while working at Ted Brown Music Company, a music store in their home town of Tacoma, Washington. They each realized that the other had talent and began to play small gigs...
, My Forever (album)My Forever (album)My Forever is the debut album by the indie pop band He Is We.- Track listing :# Forever and Ever# All About Us # Everything You Do# And Run# Happily Ever After# Kiss It Better# Prove You Wrong# Blame It on the Rain# Love Life...
(Universal Motown) (producer) - Forever the Sickest KidsForever the Sickest KidsForever the Sickest Kids is an American pop punk band from Dallas, Texas, who have yet to be signed to a new label after the closure of Universal Motown Records. In issue 228 of Alternative Press, the group was named the number one underground band in the "22 Best Underground Bands". Their first...
, Self-titled (Universal Motown) (producer) - Get ScaredGet ScaredGet Scared is an American rock band from Layton, Utah, formed in 2008. They released their debut full-length album, Best Kind of Mess, on July 12, 2011. They also have two EP's, Cheap Tricks and Theatrics and the Get Scared EP...
, Best Kind of MessBest Kind of Mess-Track listing:- Musicians :Get Scared*Nicholas Matthews - lead vocals*Johnny B – lead guitar, rhythm guitar*Bradley Lloyd - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals*Dan Edwards – drumsAdditional musicians*Craig Mabbitt - vocals...
(Universal Motown) (producer) - Kelsey and the Chaos (Tragic HeroTragic heroA tragic hero is the main character in a tragedy. Tragic heroes appear in the dramatic works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Seneca, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Webster, Marston, Corneille, Racine, Goethe, Schiller, Kleist, Strindberg, and many other writers.-Aristotle's tragic hero:Aristotle...
) (co-write/produce) - Tiffany GiardinaTiffany GiardinaTiffany Kathryn Giardina better known as her new stagename, Gia , is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and model. Her debut full-length album No Average Angel was released in 2009. She also appeared on the soundtrack of Tinker Bell, with the song "Shine"...
(co-write/produce) - Shawn Fisher (co-write)
- Chloe Lowery (co-write)
- Brooke HoganBrooke HoganBrooke Ellen Bollea , better known by her stage name Brooke Hogan, is an American singer, actress, model, socialite, and television personality, and the oldest child of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan . She appeared on the reality-television series Hogan Knows Best, which focused on her family,...
(Sobe EntertainmentSoBe EntertainmentSoBe Entertainment, LLC is an international entertainment parent company founded by Cecile D. Barker with music, film, TV, night club, management and digital subsidiaries....
) (co-write/produce) - Freddy WexlerFreddy WexlerFreddy Wexler is an American singer, songwriter, and producer.-2004-2006: Career Beginnings :Freddy started a career in the record business as the youngest Sony Music intern and pursued his own songwriting efforts on the side. In 2004, Freddy was accepted to the University of Pennsylvania where he...
(produce) - Tina ParolTina ParolTina Parol is a singer/songwriter from New York signed to Universal Motown Records. Her first single "Who's Got Your Money" was released on April 7, 2009, on iTunes...
(Universal Motown) (produce) - Rookie of the YearRookie of the YearThe Rookie of the Year award is given by a number of sports leagues, mainly in North America, to the top first-time professional athlete of a season. -Principal sports making award:...
(111 Records) (produce) - Joey Page (co-write/produce)
- Forever the Sickest KidsForever the Sickest KidsForever the Sickest Kids is an American pop punk band from Dallas, Texas, who have yet to be signed to a new label after the closure of Universal Motown Records. In issue 228 of Alternative Press, the group was named the number one underground band in the "22 Best Underground Bands". Their first...
(Universal Motown) (engineer/digital editing) - Monet Monico (co-write/produce)
- The PictureThe PictureThe Picture is a Caroline era stage play, a tragicomedy written by Philip Massinger, and first published in 1630.The play was licensed for performance by Sir Henry Herbert, the Master of the Revels, on June 8, 1629; it was acted by the King's Men at both of their theatres, the Globe and the...
(mixing) - Deborah GibsonDeborah GibsonDeborah Ann "Debbie" Gibson is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. In 1987 she was pronounced the youngest artist to write, produce, and perform a No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, with her song "Foolish Beat" and she remains the youngest female to write, record, and...
(co-write/produce) - Jordan KnightJordan KnightJordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight is an American singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer in the boy band, New Kids on the Block , and actor, who rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s. He is best known for his distinctive falsetto style of singing, influenced by The Stylistics. After New Kids On...
(Trans Continental Records) (co-write/produce/engineer/guitars/programming) - KeKe PalmerKeke PalmerLauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer is an American actress and singer who rose to fame for her performance in the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee. She also starred as the title character in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP...
(Atlantic RecordsAtlantic RecordsAtlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
) (co-write/co-produce) - C-NoteC-NoteC-Note may refer to:*C-Note , an album by Prince*C-Note , an Orlando boy band*C-Note , an American rapper*Slang for the United States one hundred-dollar bill*C...
(Trans Continental Records) (co-write/produce) - Jeff TimmonsJeff TimmonsJeffrey Brandon Timmons is an American pop singer and producer and founding member of the Grammy-nominated pop group 98 Degrees.-98 Degrees:...
(co-write/produce) - Aaron CarterAaron CarterAaron Charles Carter is an American singer. He came to fame as a pop and hip hop singer in the late 1990s, establishing himself as a star among pre-teen and teenage audiences during the early-first decade of the 21st century....
(Trans Continental Records) (co-write/produce/engineer/guitars/programming) - Rich CroninRich CroninRichard Burton "Rich" Cronin was an American singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer and primary songwriter for the pop group Lyte Funkie Ones or LFO.-Early life:...
(co-write/produce/engineer/guitars/programming)