ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Pat Larocque
Pat Larocque started his music career at very young age playing and touring with many Canadian bands before moving to Los Angeles as a young adult. After almost a decade of touring the world, on and off the stage with many prominent Metal bands, Pat decided to take a break from the road to finish his music studies and various side projects.
After earning two separate degrees from Berklee College of Music, along with earning many other awards and achievements as well over the years, Pat has gone on to become one of the leading studio session musicians and instructors with students all around the world. He has worked with many of the world's leading record labels, video game companies and media companies worldwide including Warner, Capitol, Ubisoft, Metal Blade, Century Media Records and his own label Iron Sphere Records just to name a few. Recently, he has also seen some great success and has earned quite a following with his new underground Metal bands Ritual Abuse (3rd album due out 2017) and Death Sermon (debut EP due out 2017). Pat is also endorsed by various companies including Fireplant Guitars, Xvive Audio, SIT Strings, Clayton USA, Best-Tronics Pro Audio, WB Gear, Big Bends Nut Sauce and Mental Case Inc.
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Pat Larocque
Pat Larocque started his music career at very young age playing and touring with many Canadian bands before moving to Los Angeles as a young adult. After almost a decade of touring the world, on and off the stage with many prominent Metal bands, Pat decided to take a break from the road to finish his music studies and various side projects.
After earning two separate degrees from Berklee College of Music, along with earning many other awards and achievements as well over the years, Pat has gone on to become one of the leading studio session musicians and instructors with students all around the world. He has worked with many of the world's leading record labels, video game companies and media companies worldwide including Warner, Capitol, Ubisoft, Metal Blade, Century Media Records and his own label Iron Sphere Records just to name a few. Recently, he has also seen some great success and has earned quite a following with his new underground Metal bands Ritual Abuse (3rd album due out 2017) and Death Sermon (debut EP due out 2017). Pat is also endorsed by various companies including Fireplant Guitars, Xvive Audio, SIT Strings, Clayton USA, Best-Tronics Pro Audio, WB Gear, Big Bends Nut Sauce and Mental Case Inc.