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Karl Sterling
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- Syracuse, NY & New York City
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- Born in Ithaca, New York Karl has spent the majority of his life in the Syracuse, NY area. Having grown up in a musical household, it was a natural thing for Karl to take to music and drums, in particular. Both of Karl's parents attended the Ithaca College School of Music. Karl's father, Bob Sterling is a drummer, composer/arranger, and leader of several successful bands in the Central New York area for many years. His mother, Helen majored in vocal studies at Ithaca College and is also a talented pianist.
It was in 1970 when Karl was 9 years old that he first saw legendary drummer BuddyRich. At that very point he KNEW the drums were his instrument and started seriously studying and practicing. His first teacher was his father and after 4 years, at the age of 13, he started playing gigs with his dad's band. Karl also met and became friends with drummer Peter Erskine in 1972 at age 11. Peter had just graduated from high school and was on his first tour with the Stan Kenton Band. Karl and Peter have stayed in touch ever since.
Karl attended Onondaga Community College for 2 years majoring in music and studying percussion with John Barker. Karl has also studied drums with Danny D'Imperio, Joe Morello, Mike Melito, Wilby Fletcher, Mick Lewander, and Peter Erskine.
Over the years, Karl has had the good fortune to play with many wonderful musicians and bands in the Syracuse, Rochester, and New York City area's including; Ronnie Leigh, Nancy Kelly, Dino Losito, Jeff Palmer, Devin Garramone, Andy Calabrese, Rick Montalbano, Ron France, Bob DiBaudo, John Rohde, Mark Copani, Larry Arlotta, Mala Waldron, Steve Salerno, Miriam Sullivan, Classified, Eye Level, Moss, Prime Time, Seaflight, Diamond in the Rough, Dave Hanlon's Cookbook, John Puma, and many others.
Also an avid bicyclist, two summers ago Karl and his son, Nick bicycled over 1,700 miles in 14 days to raise money for the Children's Miracle Network. Check out the cool video of their arrival in Dallas along with trip photos below. You can also check out the trip site at: bicyclingforlife.org.
Arrival Video of Bike Ride from Syracuse, NY to Dallas, TX July, 2005
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- I have an early 70's set of Slingerlands for most of my gigs. I LOVE those drums. I have a 6 piece set of the Sonor Hilite Series for some of the horn band/funk gigs. I use my Sonor snare drum for EVERY gig though. It's the best snare I've ever had and works in every situation.
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RIP Wilby Fletcher
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Posted on October 20, 2009 at 9:34am —
Only TWO DAYS until my marathon! We need your support!
Thank you again!
Karl!
Posted on September 10, 2009 at 11:24pm —
Dave CasT (Castiglione) homecoming gig with Ronnie France, Karl Sterling & Rick Balestra
AUBURN NY - These days everyone knows him as "CasT." You may have seen
him on PBS,or in the horn section with The Dave Matthews Band on "Live on The
Rocks" Cd or DVD, or on tour with George Clinton.
Auburn native and sax player David CasTiglione returns to his home town of Auburn
for a special appearance with his jazz quartet at Bear Bones Bar-B-Que, located
at 83 Wall Street 8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21st. There will be no… Continue
Posted on November 18, 2008 at 3:22pm —
RIP Dave Carpenter
Dave Carpenter Remembered
Posted on August 16, 2008 at 6:22pm —
SEAFLIGHT to perform at "Jazz in the Square" in Syracuse, NY, July 24th, 5pm and 10pm (CD RELEASE PARTY)
If you're in the Syracuse, NY area, please stop by Clinton Square for the first evening of "Jazz in the Square" jazz festival. SEAFLIGHT, led by guitarist/composer Jason Kessler, will open the series at 5:00pm followed by the Syracuse Symphony Pops Orchestra featuring vocali… Continue
Posted on July 23, 2008 at 12:08am —
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Diego
good to hear from you...me & Wilby go waaaaay back...tel him I send my regards.
Many blessings to you & always keep it "funky"
Doc
Tiffany had an insatiable love for children and passion for life. She believed in living life to the fullest each day. The Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Central New York is proud to honor Tiffany’s life and legacy by naming the Walk for Wishes in her memory.
I've always felt awkward asking for donations, but I got thinking if each of my DRUM NETWORK friends donate JUST ONE DOLLAR, we can make a significant difference in lives of many children . Please take a step by helping me reach my personal fund-raising goal by visiting:
www.karlsterling.net
Thanks so much!
Karl Sterling
Thanks for the add. I read a recent article about Les Paul still playing at 92 and wondering what he is going to do when the arthritis gets too bad! At 70, stiffness seems to be a bigger issue than anything else - at least for speed purposes. Guess I'll just have to focus more on the "mellow" part. You young dudes probably don't have to worry about that sort of thing, but the gigs do seem to be drying up somewhat with the economy like it is and will probably be for awhile. I just heard that locally our gas just went down to $3.32 a gallon.
thank you for the add,
happy to have the network here for us to share and meet!
thanx for the add...............i bought a george way snare drum in Ithaca back in '88. still have it . sounds great .
keep swingin' . meet up with you some day
peace
mb
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