Patrick O'Hearn (b. September 6, 1954) is a multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and recording artist. Born in Los Angeles and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Patrick O'Hearn began his professional music career at age 15 when he joined the Musicians Union and began playing night clubs in Portland, Oregon. Upon graduating high school in 1972, he moved to Seattle and both briefly attended Cornish College of the Arts and studied privately with bassist Gary Peacock.