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StocktonHelbingBiography: StocktonHelbingisnotverygoodatsittingstill. Whennotdrummingheisbeingacomposer, arranger,producer,bandleader,educator,music director,author,andentrepreneur. Stocktonmaintainsabusyscheduleofperforming, recording,andteachingaroundNorthAmerica.Heis afrequentguestartistatcollegesandhighschools duetohisheftyresumeofpastperformances.In recentyears,Stocktonhasbeenheardacrossthe UnitedStatesplayingdrumsforAmericanmusicicon andtrumpetplayerextraordinaireDocSeverinsen. Stocktonhasreleasedsixalbumstodate:Lodestar (2005),ForNothingisSecret(2007),Battlestations&EscapePlans(2010),Crazy Aquarius(2012),Handprints(2014),and,hismostrecentPatina(2015).Eachalbum showcasesnotonlyStockton'sdrummingabilities,buthiscomposing,arranging, andproducingskillsaswell.Stocktonalsoreleasedhisfirsteducationaltextin2015, BigBandDrumSetRightReadingEtudesVolume1,whichhelpsdrummerslearn howtoimproviseandsucceedinabigbandsetting. Stocktonhasperformedandrecordedwithawiderangeofartistsincluding MaynardFerguson,theManiacal4,ErikaBadu,DavidBraid,SteveWiest,Jennifer Holiday,TheDallasSymphonyOrchestra,DenisDiBlasio,TheCincinnatiPops,Chip McNeill,DardenPurcell,ClayJenkins,PhilWoods,WayneBergeron,RandyBrecker, TheImperialBrass,MaryWilson,PaulTynan,ErnieWattsandmanymore. Since2007,StocktonhasownedandoperatedArmoredRecords,anindependent JazzrecordlabelthatfocusesonreleasesbyupandcomingJazzartists.Todate, ArmoredRecordsasreleasedoverfiftyalbumsfromartistscoasttocoast. StocktonlivesinDallas,TX,withhiswifeDenise,Johntheirson,Jackthedog,and Aquariustheturtle.