Stebal Drums - Clinics

Stebal Drums offers in-house drum clinics by world renowned artists such as Mike Clark, Liberty DeVitto , Billy Ward, Zoro, Bernard Purdie, Kenny Aronoff, Steve Bowman, Johnny Rabb, Mark Schulman, Dom Famularo, Billy Coakley, Mike Clark, Dave Brewer (see below for details and photos)

STEBAL DRUMS CLINIC HISTORY

Josh Touchton and the Evans Tune Up Clinic

1ST 10 DRUMMERS TO BRING IN THEIR SNARE WILL GET A FREE EVANS BATTER HEAD AND TUNE-UP. Josh Touchton started destroying drums at the tender age of eight. From that point nothing was sacred and the quest for optimum drum sounds started. Josh always took extra time in set up and tuning, getting great drum sounds was key to stage and studio performances. In 1993 Josh’s tuning was taken to the next level when he met and studied (or ate copious amounts of Mexican food to be more exact) with legendary Billy Cobham and John Bonham drum tech, Jeff Ocheltree. Jeff accepted no less than perfection of sound for the drum, room, or song, and even less for the complete understanding of what it took to get to that level and the same was demanded from Josh. Also that year Josh began working in tandem with Gibson Custom Shop guitar tech Ryan Futch, working on the southeast festival circuit and getting to work with such acts as The Band, Wilco, Fishbone, the Bottle Rockets, P-Funk, Jeff Healey, Willie Nelson, B.B. King, the International Blues Festival and the W.C Handy Awards. In addition Josh has gotten to tech in tour, studio, and in clinic settings for Bernard Purdie, Gregg Bissonette, Nick D’Vigilio, Big Country, Wilco, and Emmylou Harris and has built drums for Saliva, Wilco, Dwight Yoakham, Smashmouth, Gregg Bissonette, ELO, Mark Schulman, Mark Brzezicki, Gary Husband, Brady Blade, and Steve White and has had his drums heard commercials from Honda and Sears and several Grammy nominated albums.

The Evans Tune up Clinic is a great way to learn about keeping your drums in tiptop shape through following several simple steps. It’s a great way to make your sound heard in studio or live settings. More than anything it help develop the drummer’s own personal sound so that he or she will stand out.

As the Southern Regional Sales Manager for J. D’Addario & Co., Josh does over 30 drum tuning clinics a year with Evans Drumheads, focusing on ways to optimize any drum’s sound. Josh’s approach is one that makes tuning understandable for the beginner to the professional and takes the time to make the clinic attendee comfortable with tuning, drum head selection and ultimate optimization of their own personal drum sound

Ready. Set. Rock Tour.
Events are open to all guitarists, bass players, drummers, keyboardists and singers ages 7 to 17.

INTERACTIVE CLINIC: During the clinic, Camp Jam’s pro music instructors will give young musicians a “backstage” look at what they can expect when attending Camp Jam this summer, offering up music instruction, sharing tricks of the trade, helping them hone their rock ‘n’ roll chops and teach young musicians about being in a successful band. A limited number of instruments will be provided for this interactive clinic.

NATIONAL ROCK SOLO CONTEST: Rockers, ages 7 to 17, are invited to play their best 30-second rock solo for a chance to win a free session to Camp Jam. The contest is open to all guitarists, bass players, drummers, keyboardists and vocalists. Instruments will be provided although guitarists and bass players can bring their own instrument if they like. The winner in each city will win a free week at Camp Jam in their city and the national winner will win a free week to Camp Jam overnight in Atlanta or Chicago (flight included) and some free gear! Register now! (go to "LEARN MORE ABOUT CAMP JAM'S SPRING TOUR DAY LIVE CLINIC...")

NAMM'S WANNA PLAY? GUITAR PROGRAM FEATURING GUITAR HERO™ III- LEGENDS OF ROCK: The program is open to the first 40 rockers, ages seven to 17. Those with the top five scores will advance to compete against a real-life rock legend. The young rocker with the highest overall score will win a $100 gift certificate to the music store. Register now!(go to "LEARN MORE ABOUT CAMP JAM'S SPRING TOUR DAY LIVE CLINIC...")

MIKE CLARK gained worldwide recognition as one of America's foremost jazz and funk drummers while playing with Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters in the early 1970's. He became known as a major innovator through his incisive playing on Hancock's album Thrust which garnered him an international cult following. He has performed extensively throughout the US, Europe and Asia, and at all the major jazz festivals of the world.
A faculty member of Drummers Collective, Mike has appeared at college clinics throughout the world, and has been featured in Downbeat, Musician, International Musician & Recording World, Modern Drummer, Jazz Times, Guitar Player, Jazziz and many jazz history and method books.
Regarded as one of the most sampled drummers around, Mike's beats are respected by producers, deejays, musicians and audiences of all generations. His tracks have been sampled by musicians as diverse as NWA, Grandmaster Flash, Janet Jackson, De la Soul, Christine Aguilera, Prince and many others.
His touring band Prescription Renewal debuted in the winter of 2000 and electrified audiences across the country with an eclectic core of cross generational multi talents such as Charlie Hunter, Fred Wesley, Skerik, Robert Walter, and DJ Logic. Special guests were often featured such as George Porter Jr. of Funky Meters' fame, Kyle Hollingsworth of String Cheese Incident, Les Claypool, Will Bernard, Larry Goldings and fellow Headhunters alumni, Bill Summers. Touring concurrently that year and the next was the Roots Funk All Stars, another hot ad hoc association that paired Mike with James Brown trombonist Fred Wesley, former Headhunter cohort and bass legend Paul Jackson, organist Dr. Lonnie Smith and guitar virtuoso Robben Ford.
As a leader, his release Give the Drummer Some was very enthusiastically received, earning a rare four and a half stars in Downbeat, as was The Funk Stops Here a joint effort with Hancock alumni Paul Jackson. In 2001, Mike released the jazz-funk album Actual Proof and followed up with an acoustic jazz endeavor in February 2003 with Summertime, (featuring Chris Potter and Billy Childs), which spent several weeks in the top ten jazz charts.
Mike remains active with The Headhunters, Prescription Renewal, his jazz band and as a special guest with many of the best musicians in the world. With his vast contributions to music and drumming, he continues to influence yet another generation of young musicians as he has in the past while working to constantly further the evolution of music.

Jerry Z joined Mike Clark on organ. Jerry has worked wth Melvin Sparks and toured with the most recent incarnation of the Headhunters. After a recent Headhunters gig, Glide Magazine wrote of his "super sized keyboard skills.

Mike's Website

In the last fifteen years Billy has toured and /or recorded (among others) with jazz artists Jim Beard, Bill Evans Supergroup, Leni Stern, B.B. King, George Russell and Living Time Orchestra, pop artists The Knack, Jimmy Webb, Carly Simon, Richard Marx, ex-KISS star Ace Frehley's Comet, and unclassifiable talents like Bill Champlin, Robbie Robertson, Yoko Ono, and Chris Whitley. Most recently Billy completed a year and a half tour with singer Joan Osborne.

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Josh Touchton and the Evans Tune Up Clinic

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