Shawn Tyler Stein is a professional drummer from San Francisco and serves the Bay Area music scene as a regular and on-call member for Bay Area based touring artists and local bands, and corporate musical organizations. With years of experience as a working musician, Shawn covers a wide variety of musical styles, with groups locally and across Northern California.

Shawn has built a reputation as a reliable performing musician for many, accommodating local club dates or tours out of state, consistently bringing a high quality of musicality to his playing. Over years of being in so many musical situations, Shawn has developed into a highly versatile drummer across genres such as R&B, Soul & Neo-Soul, Jazz, Hip Hop, Funk, Rock, Blues, Pop/Top 40, Bluegrass, Country, Latin and Afro-Cuban styles.

Shawn has worked with or currently performs with artists such as Lightning Rose (Rachel Rose of Jefferson Starship), Stymie & The Pimp Jones Luv Orchestra, Elena, Roem Baur, Shamilah Ivory, Tory Teasley, Speakease, Oakadelic, Dirty Cello, The Jro Project, Eric Silverman, Hydrophonic, David Davis, Big Blue Soul Review, Kiana Melendez and with many others artists.

Shawn has performed opening sets before Grammy award winning artists on a couple occasions, including Mike McCready’s (Pearl Jam) Flight to Mars at The Independent and for Fantastic Negrito at The Chapel and has performed before for well-known acts such as Marcy Playground.

Shawn studied music through the San Francisco State University Jazz program, where he focused on Afro-Cuban and Jazz music while studying independently under renown drummers such as Atma Anur, John Mader, Akira Tana, John Calloway, while crafting his own sound on drums.

Shawn is endorsed by Snareweight drum dampeners (2023)

Contact Shawn for live shows / tours, remote or in-studio recordings, and drum lessons.

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