Artist:Pete Pascoe and The Patient Hum

Melbourne band, playing dynamic shows and recording whenever we can. The songs are written by Pete, he presents them to the band and they receive the ‘Patient Hum’ treatment: Ants underpins everything with his acoustic guitar, and gritty elec.rhythm guitar. Dan gives it the rock edge on the drums. Neil produces ‘Neil’ leadbreaks and riffs. After this Pete creates new arrangements for the Piano and Keys Bass, in response, while singing the Lead Vocals. Ants chimes in with BVs. Thus arranged, the songs grow on stage until they’re ready to be recorded. It’s a process unto itself, which all enjoy. A typical Pete Pascoe and The Patient Hum gig will include bluesy rockers & quieter ones which grow. The melody and lyrics are punctuated by the band, the overall effect being : the band is ‘in the moment’, always looking to improve, expand on the arrangements.Consequently, the ‘live’ performances of the songs, while loyal to the recorded version, are a step on to somewhere else. Sometimes ...