Michael Stribling
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Michael Stribling is an American
musician, best known for his series of New Age albums. His debut New Age album, Songs of Hope and Healing, was named Best Electronic Album of 2006 by New Age Reporter.
, the older of two children to Ivan Stribling and Lorraine Murphy, later divorced. Stribling attended Merced High School
, graduating in 1969. He next attended California State University Fresno, graduating in 1974 with a bachelor’s degree in percussion performance. He later earned a masters degree in theology with an emphasis on marriage and family ministries from Fuller Theological Seminary
in Pasadena, California
.
Stribling began music lessons at age 7, studying violin, clarinet and guitar, but when the Beatles arrived in 1964 he “switched to drums and never looked back,” according to his web site. He worked as a performer, composer, engineer and in the 1970s worked as a radio announcer for a classic rock station.
From June 1974 to July 1975, he toured the U.S., Europe and Canada with Johnny Mathis
. He also performed with jazz performers of the time, including Clark Terry
, Oliver Nelson
, Cannonball Adderley and more.
Stribling lists his musical influences as including The Beatles
, Jan Hammer
, Vangelis
, Paul Winter
, J.S. Bach, Igor Stravinsky
, Jimi Hendrix
Joni Mitchell
, Steely Dan
, Peter Gabriel
and more.
Apart from his music career, Stribling worked in many areas of the mental health field, working for outpatient mental health clinics, substance addiction treatment, foster care and group homes. He became a licensed marriage and family therapist in April 1992. He has been a faculty member for University of Phoenix
since 1999. His sister, Patrice Stribling Nelson, is also an accomplished musician, performing at Carnegie and Tanglewood as well as directing a choir that performed before Queen Elizabeth II
and President George H. W. Bush
. His niece, Elizabeth Donald
, is an award-winning author and journalist.
Songs of Hope and Healing, Leela Music, 2006.
Out of the Darkness, Into the Light, Leela Music, 2007.
Another Day in Paradise, Leela Music, 2007.
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musician, best known for his series of New Age albums. His debut New Age album, Songs of Hope and Healing, was named Best Electronic Album of 2006 by New Age Reporter.
Biography
Stribling was born in 1951 in Merced, CaliforniaMerced, California
Merced is a city in, and the county seat of, Merced County, California in the San Joaquin Valley of Northern California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 78,958. Incorporated in 1889, Merced is a charter city that operates under a council-manager government...
, the older of two children to Ivan Stribling and Lorraine Murphy, later divorced. Stribling attended Merced High School
Merced High School
Merced High School is located in Merced, California as a part of the Merced Union High School District. The high school district added a second high school in 1960 which was built and named El Capitan High School. [Note: you need to find out the facts on the rest of this...
, graduating in 1969. He next attended California State University Fresno, graduating in 1974 with a bachelor’s degree in percussion performance. He later earned a masters degree in theology with an emphasis on marriage and family ministries from Fuller Theological Seminary
Fuller Theological Seminary
Fuller Theological Seminary is an accredited Christian educational institute with its main campus in Pasadena, California and several satellite campuses in the western United States...
in Pasadena, California
Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
.
Stribling began music lessons at age 7, studying violin, clarinet and guitar, but when the Beatles arrived in 1964 he “switched to drums and never looked back,” according to his web site. He worked as a performer, composer, engineer and in the 1970s worked as a radio announcer for a classic rock station.
From June 1974 to July 1975, he toured the U.S., Europe and Canada with Johnny Mathis
Johnny Mathis
John Royce "Johnny" Mathis is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standards, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status, and 73 making the Billboard charts...
. He also performed with jazz performers of the time, including Clark Terry
Clark Terry
Clark Terry is an American swing and bop trumpeter, a pioneer of the fluegelhorn in jazz, educator, NEA Jazz Masters inductee, and recipient of the 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award...
, Oliver Nelson
Oliver Nelson
Oliver Edward Nelson was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger and composer.-Early life and career:...
, Cannonball Adderley and more.
Stribling lists his musical influences as including The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
, Jan Hammer
Jan Hammer
Jan Hammer is a composer, pianist and keyboardist. He first gained his most visible audience while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the early 1970s, as well as his film scores for television and film including "Miami Vice Theme" and "Crockett's Theme", from the popular 1980s...
, Vangelis
Vangelis
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock and orchestral music, under the artist name Vangelis...
, Paul Winter
Paul Winter
Paul Winter is an American saxophonist , and is a six-time Grammy Award nominee.- Biography :Paul Winter attended Altoona Area High School and graduated in 1957...
, J.S. Bach, Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor....
, Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...
, Steely Dan
Steely Dan
Steely Dan is an American rock band; its core members are Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The band's popularity peaked in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop...
, Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
and more.
Apart from his music career, Stribling worked in many areas of the mental health field, working for outpatient mental health clinics, substance addiction treatment, foster care and group homes. He became a licensed marriage and family therapist in April 1992. He has been a faculty member for University of Phoenix
University of Phoenix
The University of Phoenix is a for-profit institution of higher learning. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Apollo Group Inc. which is publicly traded , an S&P 500 corporation based in Phoenix, Arizona...
since 1999. His sister, Patrice Stribling Nelson, is also an accomplished musician, performing at Carnegie and Tanglewood as well as directing a choir that performed before Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
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and President George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
. His niece, Elizabeth Donald
Elizabeth Donald
Elizabeth Donald is an American author, best known for writing horror and science fiction, including the Nocturnal Urges vampire mystery series.-Biography:...
, is an award-winning author and journalist.
Works
Journey Within, Leela Music, produced in 1989 and re-released by Leela Music in 2005.Songs of Hope and Healing, Leela Music, 2006.
- Reached No. 1 on the New Age playlist and received Best Electronic Album of 2006 from New Age Reporter Lifestyle Music Award.
- Also nominated in four other categories, including best new artist.
Out of the Darkness, Into the Light, Leela Music, 2007.
- Reached No. 2 on the New Age playlist in its first month of release (January).
- Nominated for two 2007 Lifestyle Music Awards.
Another Day in Paradise, Leela Music, 2007.
- Ranked in the Top 5 on the New Age playlist for three months in a row (November & December, 2007; January, 2008).
- Nominated for a 2008 Lifestyle Music Award.