Hello, I’m Patrick. The drummer, and newest member of The Floyd. I’ve been playing music in and around Northern Nevada for 30 years. I teach drums in the Carson Valley. A lifelong fan of Pink Floyd, I am excited to study the drumming of Nick Mason. His melodic approach is brilliant, his sweeping and melodic…
I am deeply passionate about my position in The Floyd. Clare Torry’s original recording of Great Gig in the Sky, on the Dark Side of the Moon was my introduction to what my first role would be in this band. I studied every breath and nuance and strive to, in every performance, give the audience…
After playing with legendary Reno rock bands “Somebody’s Kids” and “Razor Maid”, Curt Mitchell was one of the founding members of the hard rock band “Bangalore Choir”. Their debut album was produced by Max Norman (Ozzy Osborne, Megadeath), and featured songs co written by Jon Bon Jovi and Aldo Nova. The album “Cadence” was released…
Jeff is a saxophonist/composer/producer with a weird story. He started early with sax but needed to learn other instruments because his OCD was too focused on saxophone. His strange youthful, perhaps unhealthy, obsession with music manifested itself over years as a pseudo-adult musician. As hunger and necessity increased he awkwardly imposed himself to his bandmates as…
Music is certainly in my DNA. I’ve had many mentors and teachers that have shared their knowledge and wisdom with me, and I can do that technical thing, but for those of us who are fans, Pink Floyd has always touched us in a very personal way. For me, playing this music live…
Vince has been in the Northern Nevada music scene since the mid 1980s. Owner of “Play Your Own Music” in Carson City, Vince continues to support the local music scene daily. In 2008, he was named one of Reno’s top 101 “The List: 101 who mattered”, (“some of the many people who’ve had a major influence…
