Pat Braden is a Bassist, Singer/Songwriter and Storyteller in Yellowknife, NT Canada. Starting from his early days playing Electric and String Bass with high school concert and big bands, community choral and theatre productions, jazz , blues, rock and country bands, from Blues men to Metis fiddlers, from folk singers to throat singers, on the stage or in the studio.

In addition to his Bass skills, he writes, records and performs his music on the Chapman Stick ™, a Guitar/Bass hybrid that expands his contribution to the arrangement of a song by adding subtle, chordal pads or melodic, rhythmic parts on the five guitar strings while playing a bass groove on the five bass strings.

Pat wrote and recorded his first Chapman Stick ™ album Debut in 1991, followed by Listen to Your Heart in 1994. He continued to write material for northern based radio and television productions which aired on regional and national networks from 1991 to 2000.

He began his journey into storytelling in 2003 when he produced From the Fire, a collection of six northern children’s stories titled, which emerged from creating bedtime tales for his 2 young daughters. Over time, Pat began telling his stories at festivals across the country and internationally, culminating into a solo performance piece titled, A Place to call Home, a 90 minute montage of stories and songs, reflecting on growing up in the northern mining town of Yellowknife, NWT. Pat sings of the people in his community, the eccentric characters, musicians and old timers who lived in those old town shacks and of friends, family and loves, celebrating their influence on his life.