Meet The Band

Roman is originally from Windsor Ontario and played in numerous bands in the mid 70’s touring southern Ontario and Michigan. In the early eighties he spent a couple of weeks in L.A. hoping to get a record deal for his band at that time, not being able to secure a deal he took a long break from music and returned back home to get his BCS degree and embark on a technology based career path. It wasn’t until the late ‘90s that he would rekindle his passion for playing music. By then he was living and working in Thunderbay Ontario and playing with many of the local musicians in various venues. Upon retirement from his corporate job at Bell he decided to relocate once again.

Arriving in the Okanagan in September of 2017 Roman wasted little time in getting noticed and building a solid reputation. His versatility and relentless pursuit for musical engagement and collaboration with local and distant recording artists is evident and too lengthy to describe here however for anyone wanting to know more all one needs to do is look at his timeline on his Facebook profile “Roman Picco - musician”.

Libby is a native to Kelowna born and raised, I have been singing professionally for 6 years.

L&JZ sax duo group, member of sista B and the Boyz, participated in two big shows

 Rock Me Baby!

Recently picked up by iNSTARiO to be the icing on the cake for a group of super talented studs!!!

The fivesome she has always dreamed of!!!

What started off as a high school hobby with some “air band” buddies, has turned into a life long passion.
Completely self-taught, his love and ability for playing the guitar has grown over the past couple of decades.
He thanks all his past bandmates, especially the “little drummer boy”…for all their patience and encouragement which has helped him as a player both on and off the stage.

 

Greg is very excited about his new bandmates and their new project iNSTARiO!!

He believes this is the next evolution in his musical

journey and wants to bring the best live music experience to all the people who have supported him in the past and, to all the new friends and live music fans that lie ahead.

See you out there!

Jason a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, who has been making noise since he was a Zygote,

 Playing in bands has always been a passion, while others were skiing and playing golf he preferred to have his headphones on, playing along to records of the day.

 When Leather pants, and, long hair were a prerequisite, Jason was a leader in every form, having the privilege to play in venues like the Commodore Ballroom, The Town pump, and Club Soda amongst others in the area… also opening up for various headliners Including Trooper, Alanna Myles, Bif Naked, and many more…

 

Drums and vocals are his primary vice, and, continues his passion today with Instario.

 I started playing music in a little house, in a small town in West Central Saskatchewan. No real access to new musical equipments. Everything I did was by ear with quite a bit of Macgyvering, making bad instruments sound good through terrible amps, mimicking effects with no effects pedals and buying boiled strings from the only pawn shop in the nearest town. 

 Later I became a drummer out of necessity, I was the only guy out of a room full of guitar players that could hold a beat, so that was it, I became a drummer and guitar took a back seat.  Once I picked up the bass I found it was just a mix of drums and guitar. So I put those 2 skills to work and have been a bassist ever since.

I listen to a wide range of music and play various styles of music over the years from Country to Death Metal. Everywhere from Saskatchewan, Alberta and BC. 

 I slowly made my way West searching for more professional musicians and the rest is history.