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Norm Stockton
Bassist/solo artist/clinician Norm Stockton travels extensively throughout North America, Europe and Asia. He has appeared in leading music publications worldwide and is recognized by many as one of the premier bassists today.
He toured & recorded for six years with chart-topping worship artist (and former Steve Perry guitarist) Lincoln Brewster, and continues to work with him on various projects. He has also performed or recorded with a number of Grammy-winning artists.
As a solo artist, he has released three instrumental projects that have garnered widespread acclaim from around the globe. His latest, Grooves & Sushi, is also a web series featuring world-renowned musicians performing live in Norm's home.
Norm has performed or recorded with such artists as:
Bobby Kimball (Toto)
Clark Beckham (American Idol)
Lincoln Brewster
Mark Lettieri (Snarky Puppy)
Chris Coleman (Beck, Prince)
Bill Champlin (Chicago)
Dominique Di Piazza (John McLaughlin)
Tony Guerrero
Eddie Brown (Beyoncé, Stevie Wonder)
Steve Laury (solo artist, Fattburger)
Mandisa (American Idol)
Rob Mullins (solo artist, The Crusaders)
David Pack (Ambrosia)
Darlene Zschech (Hillsong)
Zoro (Lenny Kravitz, Bobby Brown)
and many more.
Norm is also known internationally as a bass educator and clinician. His bass instructional dvd series, Grooving for Heaven (distributed by Alfred Publishing), has sold extensively in the United States and abroad. His instructional site (www.ArtOfGroove.com) serves subscribers from around the world. He has conducted master classes or is adjunct faculty at Biola University, The Los Angeles College of Music, Musicians Institute Tokyo, Tech Music School London and more.
Norm lives in Orange County, CA, with his wife and daughters.
Gear
MTD (Michael Tobias Design) basses
Gallien-Krueger amplification & speakers
Bartolini pickups
Dunlop strings
Gruv Gear
Kala
Revelation Cables
BackBeat
64 Audio (IEMs)
Aguilar (effects)
Matthews Effects
Essential Sound Products (power cords)
A-Designs Audio
Bose Professional
AVID (Sibelius notation software)
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Norm Stockton: Tea in The Typhoon
by C. Michael Bailey
West Coast freelance bassist Norm Stockton describes his instrumental music as, contemporary jazz, but with wide influences including funk, fusion, rock, West African, and even a bit of classical." Indeed, not to mention an extroverted electric bass style that somehow retains the sheer technical power of Jaco Pastorius without the hubris. Stockton currently plays with the worship band Lincoln Brewster; when not doing that, he is producing various projects in his Orange County, California home base.
Tea in ...
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Bass, electric
Clinic/Workshop Information
An extremely educational yet informal evening of lively music and highly practical suggestions related to developing and enhancing your effectiveness as a bassist.
Norm's "Grooving" clinics are a mixture of technique, approach/concept, gear talk, tips and further elaboration on topics found in Norm's acclaimed Grooving for Heaven instructional DVD series (in particular, the drum/bass relationship in an ensemble is examined in detail). Norm also demonstrates and explains a number of more advanced techniques as he performs tunes from his Pondering the Sushi and Tea In The Typhoon solo projects.
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Music
Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson