Aaron Sterling

John Mayer / Studio

Aaron Sterling is an American drummer, producer and engineer who lives in Los Angeles, CA.

Known for his studio work, Aaron has played drums on hundreds of records over the past decade for a variety of artists including...
John Mayer / Taylor Swift / Sara Bareilles / The Civil Wars / Richie Sambora / Regina Spektor / Fiona Apple / Glen Campbell / Kris Kristofferson / Rachel Platten / Lily Allen / Liz Phair / Gavin DeGraw / Natasha Bedingfield / Kelly Clarkson / Miley Cyrus / Brooke Fraser / Foreigner / Mat Kearney / Gungor / Matt Nathanson / Ben Rector / Brett Dennen / Lissie / Chris Tomlin / Steve Martin and Edie Brickell / Dierks Bentley / Frankie Ballard / Jake Owen / The Band Perry / Maren Morris / Rai Thistlethwayte / Kris Allen / Selena / Alejandro Sanz / Pablo Alborán / Luan Santana / William Fitzsimmons / Blake Shelton / Shakira / and many many more.

Since 2011, Aaron Sterling has played drums and percussion for recording artist John Mayer. He was the drummer on the Born and Raised and Paradise Valley albums and played in the band for Mayer's 2013-2014 World Tour. Since then, Aaron has spent more time in the studio with Mayer working on new material for an upcoming record.

More recently, Aaron has been working on records, to be released sometime in 2016, for Michael Buble, Keith Urban, Rita Ora, John Legend, Maty Noyes, Dierks Bentley, Jordan Smith (recent winner of The Voice) and many others.

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