Multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, Patrick Frost has been captivated by island rhythms since he was four years old and his family moved from Topeka, Kansas to the island of Bermuda.
Eventually, the Frost family moved to Columbus, Ohio where Patrick began playing Trombone and Piano. While in High School, he spent his summers attending National Stage Band Camps as well as the Berklee College of Music.
Patrick graduated from Capital University in Columbus with a Bachelor’s Degree in Jazz Performance. Continuing his education at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, Patrick obtained a Master of Music in Theory and Composition specializing in Studio Writing and Production.In 1982 he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at Wright-Patterson AFB where he was a member of the 661st Air Force Band.
In 1985, Patrick began working at Cyberteknics Creative Recording in Dayton, Ohio. His work at Cyberteknics as well as in the Air Force Band gave him a firm foundation in multitrack recording, production and the emerging MIDI technology.
In 1987, he co-founded a production company which specialized in music jingles for radio and TV as well as scoring for corporate film and video.
In 1990, Patrick and his wife, Maritza relocated to Orlando, Florida where they currently reside.
It was during his tenure with the Island Breeze Caribbean band that he began to learn and play island rhythms. The time spent working with a variety of musicians from Jamaica, Grenada, Dominica, Antigua, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobego indoctrinated him into the world of Reggae, Calypso, Soca and Zouk. It was only a matter of time before he got his first set of Double Tenor Steel Pans.
While in Nassau, Bahamas recording a show for Disney Cruise Lines, the shows producers requested the sound of Conch Shells being blown as a musical fanfare. As a Brass player, Patrick had the "chops" to play melodies on these Shells. Since then, he has learned to craft instruments from the Shells and plays an assortment of Shells with different fundamental pitches.
In 1997, he began to perform a solo act which draws upon all of his skills. He plays Steel Drums, Keyboards, Trombone, Conch Shells and sings to backing tracks that he creates in his home studio.
His obligation as an artist is kept alive through the ecclectic original music which he writes and records. These works include stream of conciousness beat poetry set to music, world beat jazz influenced instrumental music, and quirky pop melodies.