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. Peter and Karl have remained friends and stayed in
touch with each other now for over 30 years!Karl attended Onondaga Community College for 2 years majoring in
music and studying percussion with John Barker. Karl has also studied
drums with Peter Erskine, Danny D'Imperio, Joe Morello, Mike Melito,
Wilby Fletcher, and Mick Lewander.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, Karl and his son, Nick, bicycled over 1,700 miles
two ago summers to raise money for the Children's Miracle Network. Check
out the trip site at: www.bicyclingforlife.org.Some of Karl's friends and favorite musicians appear in these slides:In the slideshow below are some photo's of Karl and Nick's 1,700 mile
fund-raising bicycle ride from Syracuse, NY to Dallas, Texas last
summer. Check out the trip site at www.bicyclingforlife.org
(more photo's coming real soon)
Below is a real cool video of their arrival in
Dallas, TX (Cedar Hill, TX) concluding our 1,700 mile
bicycling fund-raiser for the Children's Miracle
Network:
Bicycle Ride from Syracuse, NY to Dallas, TX - July, 2005
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